INDIAN SUMMER. AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRICKET TOUR IN ENGLAND 1946. London, 1947. 8vo. (6)+141pp. 8 plates. Original cloth, covers slightly soiled. An account of the 1946 Indian tour of England. Padwick, 5602. [ref: 61223] £10.00 enquire buy |
JACK HOBBS. PROFILE OF THE MASTER. London, 1981. 8vo. 144pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the great Surrey and England batsman Jack Hobbs. [ref: 13827] £6.00 enquire buy |
JACK HOBBS. PROFILE OF THE MASTER. London, 1981. 8vo. 144pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. WITH A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, (SIGNED JOHN) TO THE CRICKET AUTHOR AND FELLOW HAMPSHIRE SUPPORTER NEIL JENKINSON tipped down on the front endpaper. A biography of the great Surrey and England batsman Jack Hobbs. [ref: 71476] £20.00 enquire buy |
JOHN ARLOTT'S 100 GREATEST BATSMEN. London, 1986. 4to. 280pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. The author's selection of the one hundred greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. [ref: 13833] £8.00 enquire buy |
JOHN ARLOTT'S BOOK OF CRICKETERS. Guildford, 1979. 8vo. 180pp. 25 portraits. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Appreciations of twenty-five of John Arlott's favourite cricketers. These include Jack Hobbs, Philip Mead, Keith Miller and Maurice Tate. Padwick, 7167-1. [ref: 13829] £7.00 enquire buy |
MY FAVOURITE CRICKET STORIES. EDITED BY JOHN ARLOTT. Guildford, 1974. 8vo. 148pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. With six factual and six fictional stories. Contributors include Neville Cardus, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Andrew Lang and Arthur Mailey. Padwick, 5830-1. [ref: 13762] £8.00 enquire buy |
OF PERIOD AND PLACE. London, 1944. Small 8vo. 45pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A good copy. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper: For John & Plato. with fondest wishes, Jack. Arlott has also crossed out his name on the title-page, and signed his name underneath. Poems include On a Great Batsman, Cricket at Worcester, 1938 and The Old Cricketer. This was John Arlott's second book. Padwick, 6402. [ref: 39643] £120.00 enquire buy |
ROTHMANS JUBILEE HISTORY OF CRICKET 1890-1965. London, 1965. 4to. 212pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. A history of cricket from the Golden Age to the 1960s. Padwick, 58. [ref: 13856] £7.00 enquire buy |
SOCCER: THE GREAT ONES. STUDIES OF EIGHT GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYERS. EDITED BY JOHN ARLOTT. London, Pelham Books Limited, 1968. 8vo. 160pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in trimmed dust-wrapper. Marks on front and back endpapers. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR on the title-page. A selection of eight great footballers. Subjects include Tommy Lawton, Sir Stanley Matthews and Duncan Edwards. Contributors include Tony Pawson, Bernard Joy and Brian Glanville. [ref: 64427] £35.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
TEST MATCH DIARY 1953. A PERSONAL DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF THE TEST SERIES ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA. London, 1953. 8vo. 212pp. 20 plates. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. An account of the 1953 Australian tour of England. Padwick, 5106 [ref: 49845] £8.00 enquire buy |