IMRAN KHAN. London, 1994. 8vo. 205pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Worcestershire, Sussex and Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan. [ref: 38649] £8.00 enquire buy |
THE COWDREYS. PORTRAIT OF A CRICKETING FAMILY. London, 1990. 8vo. 205pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY COLIN COWDREY on the bookplate of the previous owner. The story of the Kent cricketing family. [ref: 19285] £10.00 enquire buy |
THE COWDREYS. PORTRAIT OF A CRICKETING FAMILY. London, 1990. 8vo. 205pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. The story of the Cowdrey cricket family. [ref: 38291] £8.00 enquire buy |
FOOTBALL THE GOLDEN AGE. INTRODUCTION BY RODNEY MARSH. London, Cassell & Co., 2001. 4to. 383pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A pictorial history of football between 1900 and 1985. [ref: 65703] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
STICKY WICKETS. London, 1950. 8vo. 173pp. 31 plates. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Hampshire and England batsman Lionel Tennyson. Padwick, 8128. [ref: 52558] £9.00 enquire buy |
THE DIARY OF HENRY TEONGE, CHAPLAIN ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ASSISTANCE, BRISTOL, AND ROYAL OAK, ANNO 1675 TO 1679. London, 1825. 8vo. 327pp. Engraved folding plate. Engraved half-title badly foxed. Handsomely rebound in half morocco. Good condition. A diary published 135 years after the author's death, with an entry for 6th May 1676 of cricket played on a visit to Aleppo. Rait Kerr: National Book League Catalogue, no. 17: 'The author, whose diary was published 135 years after his death, became a naval chaplain rather late in life, as the result of financial embarrassments...In May, 1676, while on a visit to Aleppo, he recounts how...'the English residents and the Consul rode out of the city...and indulged in various sports, including cricket.' Not recorded by Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906. Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'Contains one of the earliest references to cricket.' Padwick, 851. [ref: 37794] £150.00 enquire buy |
PAUL TERRY BENEFIT YEAR 1994. 4to. 72pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED IN INK BY PAUL TERRY on page 72. A brochure for the Paul Terry benefit year. Terry played for Hampshire between 1978 and 1996, and for England in 1984. [ref: 75554] £9.00 enquire buy |
DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS. BY M.A. TITMARSH. London, 1849. 8vo. [4]+49pp. Engraved title-page and fifteen engraved plates. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, covers soiled. Rebacked. The plate opposite page 29 shows three stumps and a boy holding a cricket bat. Not recorded by Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906, Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937, or Padwick. [ref: 50454] £65.00 enquire buy |
1909. BY ROVER & CAPTAIN COE. London, 1909. Small 8vo. 96pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. Title changed in 1909 to Cricket and Sports Annual. Formerly The Star and Leader Cricket Annual. Continued as The Daily News and Leader Cricket Annual. Padwick 1090 incorrectly calls for editions between 1900 and 1911, but an edition for 1912 is known. [ref: 33971] £75.00 enquire buy |
BY AN OLD BOY. London, (1860). Small 8vo. 66pp. Text illustrations. Rebound in cloth without original wrappers preserved. The story of a cricket ball, intended for youths of England. Includes Laws of Cricket. Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906: 'Another scarce item.' Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'Scarce.' Padwick, 5947. [ref: 5621] £85.00 enquire buy |
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