SUNDIAL IN THE SHADE. THE STORY OF BARRY RICHARDS: THE GENIUS LOST TO TEST CRICKET. London, 2015. 8vo. 256pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A biography of the Hampshire and South African batsman Barry Richards. [ref: 68753] £14.00 enquire buy |
SUNDIAL IN THE SHADE. THE STORY OF BARRY RICHARDS: THE GENIUS LOST TO TEST CRICKET. London, 2015. 8vo. 256pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY BARRY RICHARDS AND THE AUTHOR on the title-page. A biography of the Hampshire and South African batsman Barry Richards. [ref: 73964] £30.00 enquire buy |
TEST OF CHARACTER. THE STORY OF JOHN HOLDER, FAST BOWLER AND TEST UMPIRE. Worthing, 2016. 8vo. 352pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY JOHN HOLDER AND THE AUTHOR on the title-page. A biography of the Hampshire fast bowler and Test match umpire John Holder. [ref: 78266] £28.00 enquire buy |
TWENTY20 VISION. MY LIFE AND INSPIRATION. FOREWORD BY IMRAN KHAN. London, 2006. 8vo. xiii+213pp. 16 colour plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Pakistan and Sussex spin bowler Mustaq Ahmed. [ref: 53768] £10.00 enquire buy |
BENEFIT YEAR 1976. (Northampton, 1976). 8vo. 48pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY MUSHTAQ MOHAMMAD on the front cover. Mushtaq Mohammad played for Northamptonshire between 1964 and 1977, and for Pakistan between 1959 and 1979. Padwick, 7896-1. [ref: 26451] £25.00 enquire buy |
BENEFIT YEAR 1976. [Northampton, 1976]. 8vo. 48pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers, covers worn. A brochure for the Mushtaq Mohammad benefit year. Mushtaq Mohammad played for Northamptonshire between 1964 and 1977, and for Pakistan between 1959 and 1979. Padwick, 7896-1. [ref: 26600] £12.00 enquire buy |
FROM NIGHTFIGHTER TO SCRIPTWRITER. THE LIFE OF J.O.C. ORTON. 2020. 8vo. 44pp. Illustrated. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION of 50 numbered copies, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A biography of the all-round sportsman J.O.C. Orton who represented Norfolk at cricket, hockey and rugby. During the First World War he was an aviator and on his return to civilian life he became a successful scriptwriter. In 1935-36 when in Australia he included a cameo role for Don Bradman in the film The Flying Doctor, Bradman's only acting role. [ref: 73032] £12.00 enquire buy |
THREE BROTHERS FROM BRANDON. BASIL, RODNEY, AND DESMOND ROUGHT-ROUGHT. 2022. 8vo. (4)+64pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. LIMITED EDITION of 70 copies. Biographies of the three Rought-Rought brothers, Basil, Rodney and Desmond, who all played for Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship between the wars. [ref: 76214] £14.00 enquire buy |
MICHAEL FALCON. NORFOLK'S GENTLEMAN CRICKETER. Cardiff, 2010. 8vo. 152pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. A biography of the Norfolk bowler Michael Falcon. No. 15 in the Lives In Cricket series. [ref: 54439] £12.00 enquire buy |
OVERCOMING STIGMA IN VICTORIAN CRICKET. THE REMARKABLE STORY OF FRANCIS TERRY, CANADA'S MAD VICAR. 2022. 8vo. (4)+60pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. A biography of the Somerset cricketer Francis Terry who emigrated to Canada in 1891, where he became one of the leading batsmen in North America and played cricket for Canada against USA. [ref: 77104] £14.00 enquire buy |