IMPROVED CRICKET BALLS. A.D. 1893, 3rd FEBRUARY. NO. 2454. London, 1893. 4to. 3pp. Bound in boards. This patent was taken out to cover their invention of improvements in cricket balls. Not recorded by Padwick. [ref: 64179] £15.00 enquire buy |
FLICK-A-BOOK. GOLF. DRIVE AND 7-IRON SHOT. London, Flick-a-Book, (c.1950). Very small 8vo. 48 pages with a photograph on each side. Original printed wrappers, soiled and worn. When the photographs are flicked quickly they give an impression of movement, illustrating Weetman's shots. Weetman won the Masters in 1952. [ref: 47019] £75.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
CRICKET...OUR WEAKNESS. A CHRONICLE OF THE MANY TRIALS AND FEW TRIUMPHS OF MANITOBA'S CRICKETERS BETWEEN 1948 AND 1955. [Winnipeg, 1957]. 8vo. 93pp. Original decorative wrappers, covers faded. Post-war cricket in Canada. Padwick, 4144. [ref: 55711] £38.00 enquire buy |
IMPROVED BALL PROJECTING DEVICE. A.D. 1903, 27th AUGUST. NO. 18,503. London, 1903. 4to. 3pp. + 4pp. diagrams. Bound in boards. This patent was taken out to cover his invention for improved construction of ball projecting device. Not recorded by Padwick. [ref: 50959] £15.00 enquire buy |
RIDING, POLO. London, Longmans, Green, 1891. Large 8vo. xv+453pp. Illustrated. Original publisher's half morocco, top edges gilt, edges untrimmed. Covers stained. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION of 250 numbered copies. A volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. [ref: 39280] £80.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CENTURY OF SPORT. EDITED BY DAVID WELCH. London, Macmillan, 1998. 4to. 400pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial boards. Good condition. A review of all sports played during the twentieth century. [ref: 84796] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE BIOGRAPHY OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR. Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Vision Sports, 2012. 8vo. 336pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. [ref: 65462] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A HISTORY OF COUNTY CRICKET. MIDDLESEX. London, 1972. 8vo. 176pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A history of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Padwick, 2426. [ref: 19755] £7.00 enquire buy |
DEXTER VERSUS BENAUD. London, 1963. 8vo. 182pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. An account of the 1962-63 MCC tour of Australia. Padwick, 4585-1 [ref: 40127] £8.00 enquire buy |
MEET THE AUSTRALIANS. WITH A FOREWORD BY JOHN ARLOTT. EDITED BY E.M. WELLINGS. London, [1953]. 8vo. 64pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. A pre-tour brochure for the 1953 Australian tour of England. Padwick, 5128 [ref: 19753] £8.00 enquire buy |