NO ASHES FOR ENGLAND. London, 1951. 8vo. 256pp. 17 plates. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. An account of the 1950-51 MCC tour of Australia. Padwick, 4531. [ref: 48139] £8.00 enquire buy |
SIMPSON'S AUSTRALIANS. THE ENGLAND TOUR 1964. London, 1964. 8vo. 160pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. An account of the 1964 Australian tour of England. Padwick, 5183 [ref: 41933] £8.00 enquire buy |
THE ASHES RETAINED. London, 1955. 8vo. 208pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. An account of the 1954-55 England tour of Australia. Padwick, 4550. [ref: 51793] £8.00 enquire buy |
VINTAGE CRICKETERS. London, 1983. 8vo. 177pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. The author's selection of great cricketers. [ref: 19758] £6.00 enquire buy |
VINTAGE CRICKETERS. London, 1983. 8vo. 177pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a piece of paper laid down on the title-page. Studies of the greatest players the author has known. [ref: 38077] £18.00 enquire buy |
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(WELLS), Sam. A sheet of card bearing a series of original pen and ink caricature drawings, by Sam Wells in 1962, signed by the artist. 1962. Size 27cms x 38cms. Margins extra. Captioned in pencil: 'Vic's "Sin & Sob" Story.' Depicting original pen and ink caricature drawings by Sam Wells of events during and after the match between Victoria and South Australia, played at Melbourne 30th December 1961-2nd January 1962. The caricatures depict scenes of cricketers who played in the match, including D.J. Sincock, G.S. Sobers, R.H. Sellers, D. Sharpe, G. Brooks, B.N. Jarman and L.E. Favell of South Australia, and W.M. Lawry, D.J. Anderson and I.R. Redpath of Victoria. Also depicted are J. Ryder, S. Loxton and other Victorian Selectors hiding in a bin. Sam Wells (1885-1972) was a popular sporting and political cartoonist who worked predominantly for the Melbourne 'Age' between the 1930s and 1960s. He drew the major sporting cartoons of the time, and his work appeared every Monday in the sports column for over 25 years. [ref: 46148] £85.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE CAPTAIN'S YEAR. A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF A SEASON IN THE LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL CRICKETER AND CAPTAIN. Haywards Heath, 1994. 8vo. 178pp. 8 colour plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. The Sussex and England batsman Alan Wells recalls the 1994 cricket season. [ref: 40352] £12.00 enquire buy |
THE CAPTAIN'S YEAR. A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF A SEASON IN THE LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL CRICKETER AND CAPTAIN. Haywards Heath, 1994. 8vo. 178pp. 8 colour plates. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED (NOT DEDICATED) BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. The Sussex captain's reminiscences of the 1994 season. [ref: 66827] £10.00 enquire buy |
WELL, WELL, WELLS! AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Nottingham, (1981). 8vo. 118pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Autobiography of the Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire cricketer 'Bomber' Wells. [ref: 51298] £50.00 enquire buy |
An original colour lithograph caricature of Wells by Spy. From Vanity Fair. Captioned 'FATHER'. [1907]. Good condition. Wells played for Cambridge University between 1891 and 1893, for Surrey in 1892 and 1893, and for Middlesex between 1895 and 1909. March, The Cricketers of Vanity Fair, pages 90-91. [ref: 6518] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |