ORMEROD, (G. Wareing). ANNALS OF THE TEIGNBRIDGE CRICKET CLUB. 1823-1883. COMPILED BY G. WAREING ORMEROD. Plymouth, privately printed, (1888). Small 4to. xii+103pp. Frontispiece. Original decorative cloth, covers soiled. With the bookplates of Hampshire County Cricket Club and E.D.R. Eagar. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE COMPILER on the half-title. WITH A TWO PAGE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE COMPILER laid down on the front endpaper. The only history of this Club. In his preface the compiler states that there is no evidence that the game of cricket was supported in Devonshire by any permanent Club before 18th May 1823 [when the Teignbridge Club was founded]. Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906: 'Charming and artistic volume...' Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'Private circulation.' Padwick, 1864. [ref: 18043] £65.00 enquire buy |
A CELEBRATION OF LORDS AND COMMONS CRICKET 1850-1988. EDITED BY LORD ORR-EWING. London, 1989. 4to. 211pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A history of parliamentary cricket between 1850 and 1988. [ref: 18045] £8.00 enquire buy |
A CELEBRATION OF LORDS AND COMMONS CRICKET 1850-1988. EDITED BY LORD ORR-EWING. London, 1989. 4to. 211pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR on the title-page. A history of parliamentary cricket between 1850 and 1988. [ref: 77200] £12.00 enquire buy |
ANTHOLOGY OF SPORTING VERSE. London, 1930. 8vo. 288pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Includes cricket, pages 187-221. Contributors include William Goldwin, James Love, E.V. Lucas and G.D. Martineau. Padwick, 6393. [ref: 18048] £10.00 enquire buy |
HOW TO PLAY GOLF. New York, Coward-McCann, Inc., 1949. Small oblong 8vo. [32pp.] Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial boards in torn dust-wrapper. Golf humour. [ref: 76274] £24.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE HISTORY OF THE MOTE CRICKET CLUB 1857-1981. THE FIRST 125 YEARS. Maidstone, 1990. 8vo. 194pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. A history of this Kent cricket club. [ref: 33860] £7.00 enquire buy |
OSSIE. KING OF STAMFORD BRIDGE. Edinburgh, Mainstream, 2002. 8vo. 191pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PETER OSGOOD on a publisher's label laid down on the half-title. Autobiography of the Chelsea and England footballer Peter Osgood. [ref: 74050] £25.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE ESSENTIAL HISTORY OF RUGBY UNION SCOTLAND. FOREWORD BY ANDY IRVINE. London, Headline Publishing Group for WHSmith, 2003. 8vo. 335pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A history of rugby union in Scotland. [ref: 79966] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
(OUT FIRST BALL). An original humorous postcard photograph of two urchins playing cricket. One boy is wicketkeeper, with arms raised. The other is the batsman who has just been dismissed. Published in Holmfirth by Bamforth & Co., (c.1906). Postally used, with franked stamp. Number 415. [ref: 61831] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FIELD AND LAWN GAMES...WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT L. JESSOP. London, 1912. Large 8vo. xi+336pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial cloth. Cricket, pages 68-103. Padwick, 7096. [ref: 18056] £18.00 enquire buy |