"THE WAR OF THE ROSES" 1849-1949. A DINNER TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF YORKSHIRE - LANCASHIRE COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES. [together with] THE ORIGINAL PRINTED SEATING PLAN OF THE DINNER. [together with] THE ORIGINAL DECORATIVE MENU OF THE DINNER. (Sheffield, 1949). 4to. 8pp. including covers. Original decorative wrappers. With original ribbon at centre. SIGNED IN INK BY EIGHTEEN LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS WHO WERE GUESTS AT THE DINNER on the front of the menu. Signatures include: T.J.D. Birtles, P. Holmes, R. Howard, Len Hutton, M. Leyland, H. Makepeace, A. Mitchell, W.E. Phillipson, Wilfred Rhodes, Emmott Robinson, E. Smith, Herbert Sutcliffe, A.C. Williams and Norman Yardley. An illustrated souvenir of a dinner held at Grand Hotel, Sheffield on October 7th, 1949. With historical notes on the matches. Padwick, 2281. [ref: 76728] £150.00 enquire buy |
ZED. Kingswood, 1983. 8vo. 159pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Pakistan and Gloucestershire batsman Zaheer Abbas. [ref: 20079] £8.00 enquire buy |
VISIT OF SIR JULIEN CAHN'S CRICKET TEAM. MALAYA, 27TH MARCH - 10TH APRIL 1937. Kuala Lumpur, (1937). Oblong 4to. 96pp. Profusely illustrated. Rebound in cloth with original pictorial wrappers preserved. FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOHN ARLOTT, WITH HIS PENCIL INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS BINDER on the front wrapper. A pre-tour souvenir of Sir Julien Cahn's team 1937 tour of Malaya, containing an article on the history of cricket in Malay. Padwick, 4952. [ref: 1423] £300.00 enquire buy |
1998. EDITED BY JOHN WARD. Harare, on behalf of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, 1998. 4to. 120pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. First year of punlication. [ref: 45091] £12.00 enquire buy |