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[ARLOTT, John]. LANDMARKS. A BOOK OF TOPOGRAPHICAL VERSE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. EDITED BY G. ROSTREVOR HAMILTON AND JOHN ARLOTT. Cambridge, 1943. 8vo. xvi+236pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. WITH A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER FROM ARLOTT, (SIGNED JOHN A.) loosely inserted. John Arlott's first book, including his poem Cricket at Worcester (1938). Padwick, 6389. [ref: 46106] £30.00 enquire buy |
BASINGSTOKE BOY. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, 1990. Large 8vo. 304pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Autobiography of the famous author and broadcaster John Arlott. [ref: 32349] £6.00 enquire buy |
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ARLOTT. (John). BASINGSTOKE BOY. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, 1990. Large 8vo. 304pp. Illustrated. Original full red morocco, all edges gilt. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 200 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Autobiography of the author and broadcaster John Arlott, covering his life up to 1958. [ref: 57756] £60.00 enquire buy |
BASINGSTOKE BOY. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, 1990. Large 8vo. 304pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. WITH A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER FROM JOHN ARLOTT, (SIGNED JOHN A.), TO HIS FRIEND GEOFFREY WHITELOCK tipped down on the front endpaper. Autobiography of the famous author and broadcaster John Arlott. [ref: 72137] £18.00 enquire buy |
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ARMIGER, (Charles). THE SPORTSMAN'S VOCAL CABINET, COMPRISING AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF SCARCE, CURIOUS, AND ORIGINAL SONGS AND BALLADS, RELATIVE TO FIELD SPORTS. London, 1833. 8vo. (4)+426pp. Rebound in half calf, rebacked. The ballad To live a life free from gout, pages 157-158, includes cricket references. Not recorded by Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906. Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'Scarce.' Padwick, 6549. [ref: 40196] £65.00 enquire buy |
A clear ink signature. Armstrong (1892-1990) played for Leicestershire between 1919 and 1939. [ref: 38821] £6.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE ART OF CRICKET. London, 1922. 8vo. 150pp. 20 plates. Original cloth, covers soiled. Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 1984, 489: 'contains chapter of the Australian team in England, 1921 and a note on Armstrong by A.C. MacLaren.' [ref: 27950] £12.00 enquire buy |
TURF ACCOUNTANTS. A CONNOISSEUR'S RACING ANTHOLOGY. London, Gollancz, 1994. 8vo. 202pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. [ref: 83571] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
An original head and shoulders postcard-size photograph of John Arnold. Published in West Bromwich by A. Wilkes & Son, (c.1938). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ARNOLD across the image. Arnold (1907-1984) played for Hampshire between 1929 and 1950, and for England in 1931. [ref: 64536] £65.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE BODYLINE HYPOCRISY. CONVERSATIONS WITH HAROLD LARWOOD. Durrington, 2013. 8vo. 254pp. 8 plates. Original pictorial wrappers. Second edition. Cover-title: Fresh Analysis of the England-Australia Bodyline Controversy. [ref: 63743] £12.00 enquire buy |