WILD, (Roland). THE BIOGRAPHY OF COLONEL HIS HIGHNESS SHRI SIR RANJITSINHJI VIBHAJI, MAHARAJA JAM SAHEB OF NAWANAGAR. London, 1934. 4to. xvi+330pp. Portrait frontispiece, 33 plates, and 2 maps. Original decorative vellum, gilt, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Printed on hand-made paper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 230 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A handsome biography of the Sussex and England batsman, dealing with every aspect of his life. The foreword by his nephew states that Ranjitsinhji stipulated that the author of this work should not be a famous cricketer, in case Ranjitsinhji's fame on the cricket field obscured his work as a statesman. This biography therefore deals with all aspects of his life. Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'A good biography of a great cricketer.' Padwick, 7983. [ref: 19873] £300.00 enquire buy |
THE BIOGRAPHY OF COLONEL HIS HIGHNESS SHRI SIR RANJITSINHJI... London, 1934. Large 8vo. 330pp. 28 plates. Original cloth. Good condition. A biography of the Sussex and England batsman K.S. Ranjitsinhji, dealing with every aspect of his life. Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'A good biography of a great cricketer.' Padwick, 7983. [ref: 39496] £18.00 enquire buy |
BRIAN STATHAM. West Bridgford, Notts., [1993]. 8vo. Frontispiece. 104pp. Original pictorial wrappers. A summary of the career of the Lancashire and England fast bowler Brian Statham, with biographical commentary. No. 18 in the Famous Cricketers series. [ref: 55382] £6.00 enquire buy |
IAN BOTHAM. THE POWER AND THE GLORY. London, 2011. 8vo. 374pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Somerset and England all-rounder. [ref: 55566] £12.00 enquire buy |
LETTING RIP. THE FAST-BOWLING THREAT FROM LILLEE TO WAQAR. London, 1994. 8vo. 222pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Fast bowlers in Test cricket between 1974 and 1994. [ref: 19874] £7.00 enquire buy |
NUMBER ONE. THE WORLD'S BEST BATSMEN AND BOWLERS. London, 1998. 8vo. 240pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A survey of the greatest batsmen and bowlers in the history of cricket. [ref: 19875] £7.00 enquire buy |
NUMBER ONE. THE WORLD'S BEST BATSMEN AND BOWLERS. London, 1998. 8vo. 240pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. A survey of the greatest batsmen and bowlers in the history of cricket. [ref: 75033] £16.00 enquire buy |
RANJI. A GENIUS RICH AND STRANGE. London, 1990. Large 8vo. 257pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Sussex and England batsman K.S. Ranjitsinhji. [ref: 44841] £12.00 enquire buy |
RANJITSINHJI. West Bridgford, Notts., [1988]. 8vo. 32pp. Frontispiece. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. A summary of the career of the Sussex and England batsman K.S. Ranjitsinhji, with biographical commentary. No. 12 in the Famous Cricketers series. [ref: 46416] £8.00 enquire buy |
BRADMAN. AN AUSTRALIAN HERO. London, 1996. Large 8vo. xiv+336pp. 24 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the great Australian batsman Don Bradman. This was The Cricket Society Book of the Year in 1996. [ref: 19877] £8.00 enquire buy |