HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET 1903-1923. Leeds, 1924. Large 8vo. 337pp. 29 plates. Original decorative cloth. WITH SIGNATURES OF EIGHT YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS laid down on the front endpaper. Signatures comprise: W. Barber, W.E. Bowes, M. Leyland, G.G. Macaulay, Ellis Robinson, T.F. Smailes, H. Sutcliffe and A. Waddington. A history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1903 and 1923. Padwick, 3037. [ref: 57305] £50.00 enquire buy |
HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET 1903-1923. Leeds, 1924. Large 8vo. 337pp. 29 plates. Original decorative cloth. Good condition. LORD HAWKE'S BOOK, WITH HIS BOOKPLATE inside the front cover. A history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1903 and 1923. Lord Hawke (1860-1938) played for Yorkshire between 1881 and 1911, for Cambridge University between 1882 and 1885, and for England between 1896 and 1899. Padwick, 3037. [ref: 75107] £75.00 enquire buy |
TALKS WITH OLD ENGLISH CRICKETERS. Edinburgh, 1900. 344pp. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth, covers slightly soiled. Interviews with early English cricketers in their old age. These include R.G. Barlow, Richard Daft, Tom Emmett, R.A.H. Mitchell, E. Peate and Alfred Shaw. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'A book of delightfully entertaining reminiscences related to the author by twenty-six leading players.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'a most valuable book.' Padwick, 7239. [ref: 34883] £65.00 enquire buy |
TALKS WITH OLD YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS. REPRINTED FROM THE YORKSHIRE EVENING POST. BY "OLD EBOR." Leeds, 1898. 8vo. 239pp. Portraits in the text. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, covers slightly soiled. Interviews with early Yorkshire cricketers in their old age, published in The Yorkshire Evening Post. Subjects include Tom Emmett, Ephraim Lockwood, Edmund Peate and George Ulyett. Padwick, 7238. [ref: 47071] £65.00 enquire buy |
TALKS WITH OLD YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS. REPRINTED FROM THE YORKSHIRE EVENING POST. BY "OLD EBOR". SECOND EDITION. Leeds, 1898. 8vo. 239pp. Portraits in the text. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, covers slightly soiled. Reminiscences of early Yorkshire cricketers in their old age. These include George Anderson, Tom Emmett, Ephraim Lockwood, E. Peate and George Ulyett. Reprinted from The Yorkshire Evening Post. Padwick, 7238. [ref: 70943] £65.00 enquire buy |
TALKS WITH OLD YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS. BY "OLD EBOR". REPRINTED FROM THE YORKSHIRE EVENING POST. Leeds, 1898. 8vo. 239pp. Portraits in the text. Original pictorial boards, rebacked. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper:...With the author's compliments. Interviews with early Yorkshire cricketers. Subjects include George Anderson, Tom Emmett, Ephraim Lockwood, Edmund Peate and George Ulyett. Padwick 7238. [ref: 77505] £100.00 enquire buy |
THE CRICKET FIELD, OR THE HISTORY AND THE SCIENCE OF THE GAME OF CRICKET. FOURTH EDITION. London, 1862. Small 8vo. 282pp. 2 engraved plates. Handsomely rebound in half calf, top edges gilt. Fourth edition. Pycroft, the pioneer of all cricket historians, was inspired to write this book by his friend Rev. John Mitford, who had written sketches of many of the old Hambledon players. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'great literary masterpiece.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'one of the classics of the game.' Padwick, 394. [ref: 18383] £50.00 enquire buy |
THE CRICKET FIELD, OR THE HISTORY AND THE SCIENCE OF THE GAME OF CRICKET. FOURTH EDITION. London, 1862. Small 8vo. 282pp. 2 engraved plates. Original quarter morocco, covers soiled, spine worn. Fourth edition. Pycroft, the pioneer of all cricket historians, was inspired to write this book by his friend Rev. John Mitford, who had written sketches of many of the old Hambledon players. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'great literary masterpiece.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'one of the classics of the game.' Padwick, 394. [ref: 18384] £35.00 enquire buy |
THE CRICKET FIELD, OR THE HISTORY AND THE SCIENCE OF THE GAME OF CRICKET. FOURTH EDITION. London, 1862. Small 8vo. 282pp. 2 engraved plates. Original pictorial cloth, covers soiled. Rebacked. Fourth edition. Pycroft, the pioneer of all cricket historians, was inspired to write this book by his friend Rev. John Mitford, who had written sketches of many of the old Hambledon players. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'great literary masterpiece.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'one of the classics of the game.' Padwick, 394. [ref: 26884] £45.00 enquire buy |
THE CRICKET-FIELD OR THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF THE GAME OF CRICKET. FIFTH EDITION. London, 1865. Small 8vo. 344pp. 2 engraved plates. Rebound in cloth. Fifth edition. Pycroft, the pioneer of all cricket historians, was inspired to write this book by his friend Rev. John Mitford, who had written sketches of many of the old Hambledon players. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'great literary masterpiece.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'one of the classics of the game.' Padwick, 394. [ref: 38018] £35.00 enquire buy |
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