THE MAN THEY COULDN'T GAG. London, Hutchinson/Stanley Paul, 1977. Large 8vo. 387pp. Illustrated. Original cloth, spine worn. Autobiography of the sports reporter Peter Wilson [ref: 75152] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
C.B. FRY. AN ENGLISH HERO. London, 1999. Large 8vo. xvi+498pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Sussex, Hampshire and England batsman C.B. Fry. Fry was one of the most talented of English sportsmen who also played soccer for England, and held the world long jump record. This was selected by The Wisden Cricketer in 2010 as one of the fifty best cricket books of all time. [ref: 42114] £10.00 enquire buy |
C.B. FRY. AN ENGLISH HERO. London, 1999. Large 8vo. xvi+498pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. A biography of the Sussex, Hampshire and England batsman C.B. Fry. This was selected by The Wisden Cricketer in 2010 as one of the fifty best cricket books of all time. [ref: 66874] £20.00 enquire buy |
THE ART OF REVOLVER SHOOTING. ILLUSTRATED FROM DESIGNS BY THE AUTHOR AND FROM ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROUCH, FRY, PURDEY, PENFOLD, ETC. New York, Putnam's, 1901. 4to. xii+251pp. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth, covers worn, top edge of spine expertly repaired. Edge of front endpaper damaged, pages 237 to end marked. [ref: 39502] £75.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
CRICKET'S RICH HERITAGE. A HISTORY OF RHODESIAN AND ZIMBABWEAN CRICKET 1890-1982. Bulawayo, 1983. 4to. 232pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. A history of cricket in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. [ref: 46787] £25.00 enquire buy |
ENGLAND'S YOUNGEST CAPTAIN. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MONTY BOWDEN AND TWO SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNALISTS. Windsor, the Author, 2003. 8vo. 304pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A biography of Monty Bowden, who toured South Africa with Major Warton's team in 1888-89. He captained England when only 23, becoming England's youngest Test match captain. [ref: 36513] £90.00 enquire buy |
FOLLOWING THROUGH. London, MacMillan, 1985 8vo. xiii+414pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. INSCRIBED: RAY BURNISTON. A[SSOCIATION OF] G[OLF] C[LUB] S[ECRETARIES] 1989-2002. Anthology of Herbert Wind's golf writings in The New Yorker. [ref: 83363] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
TIPS FROM THE TOP. 52 GOLF LESSONS BY 27 LEADING PROFESSIONALS. COMPILED BY HERBERT WARREN WIND. London, Country Life Ltd., 1956. 8vo. xv+105pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Instructional. [ref: 70107] £35.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE LITTLE WONDER. THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF WISDEN. FOREWORD BY DAVID KYNASTON. London. 2013. Large 8vo. 439pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Sussex fast bowler John Wisden, and a history of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the Wisden company. Published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the almanack. [ref: 59992] £8.00 enquire buy |
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WINDOWS (A.R.). An original half length postcard size photo of Tony Windows. Newmarket, Published by C. Goodman, (c.1965). Good condition. Windows played for Gloucestershire between 1960 and 1968. [ref: 63573] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |