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ANDREWS, (W.H.R.). A clear ink signature. Andrews (1908-1989) played for Somerset between 1930 and 1947. [ref: 48342] £6.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE HAND THAT BOWLED BRADMAN. MEMORIES OF A PROFESSIONAL CRICKETER. BY BILL ANDREWS. London, 1973. 8vo. 176pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Autobiography of the Somerset all-rounder Bill Andrews. Padwick, 7287. [ref: 31966] £9.00 enquire buy |
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ANTHONY, (Edwyn). HEREFORDSHIRE CRICKET. Hereford, 1903. 8vo. 212pp. Original decorative cloth, covers soiled. A history of Herefordshire cricket. Padwick, 2036. [ref: 57958] £50.00 enquire buy |
THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA FC PROGRAMME BOOK. Liverpool, Trinity Mirror Sport Media, 2016. 8vo. 256pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A history of Chelsea Football Club matchday programmes. [ref: 79962] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
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APPLEYARD, (R.). An ink signature. Appleyard (1924-2015) played for Yorkshire between 1950 and 1958, and for England between 1954 and 1956. [ref: 52166] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
OSSIE'S DREAM: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Bantam, 2009. 8vo. viii+245pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Autobiography of the Tottenham Hotspur and Argentinian footballer Ossie Ardiles. [ref: 74118] £35.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
PERFORMANCES AND PERSONALITIES OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS. COMPILED BY "OLD BOY" OF "THE ARGUS" AND "THE AUSTRALASIAN". [i.e. R.W.E. WILMOT]. Melbourne, [1928]. 8vo. 15pp. Illustrated. Rebound in modern wrappers. Padwick, 3356. [ref: 13736] £24.00 enquire buy |
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ARKELL, (Reginald). PLAYING THE GAMES. PICTURED BY ROBERT S. SHERRIFFS. London, 1935. 8vo. 96pp. Illustrated. (cricket frontispiece). Original quarter buckram. A collection of sporting verses, including Body Line Bowling, page 34. Padwick, 6401-1. [ref: 33280] £12.00 enquire buy |
MAURICE TATE. London, 1951. Small 8vo. 63pp. 4 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A biography of the Sussex and England bowler Maurice Tate. A volume in the Cricketing Lives series. Padwick, 8118. [ref: 35417] £6.00 enquire buy |
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ARLOTT, (John) and ACKROYD, (Norman). ARLOTT AND ACKROYD. A CELEBRATION OF CRICKET, WINE, POETRY AND PLACE. WITH A COMMENTARY BY DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN. Newnham on Severn, 2002. Oblong 4to. [62]pp. Illustrated with 11 reproductions of etchings, and two proof plates, one signed and numbered by Ackroyd in pencil, loosely inserted in front pocket. Original full calf. Preserved in cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION of 295 numbered copies, SIGNED BY NORMAN ACKROYD AND DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN. John Arlott (1914-1991) is best known as a cricket author and commentator. He was also an avid collector of books, poetry, prints and wine. Norman Ackroyd (RA) (1938-2024) was a British etcher who shared Arlott's love of wine, poetry and cricket. This book matches eleven of Ackroyd's etchings with Arlott's prose and poetry, together with a commentary by David Rayvern Allen, a friend of both men. [ref: 56578] £200.00 enquire buy |