J W McKenzie Cricket Books

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[WISTER, Charles K.B.].
THE MERION CRICKET CLUB 1865-1965. BEING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CLUB FOR THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE, TOGETHER WITH ITS ROLL OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS TO 1965.
Philadelphia, privately printed, 1965.
Tall 8vo. [132]pp. Text illustrations. Original decorative cloth. Good condition.
A centenary history of this Philadelphian cricket club. Padwick, 4101.
[ref: 28424] £75.00 enquire buy

WITZIG, (Richard).
THE GLOBAL ART OF SOCCER.
New Orleans, CusiBoy Publishing, 2006.
Large 8vo. xii+500pp. Illustrated. Original stiffened pictorial wrappers.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page.
[ref: 53233] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy

WODEHOUSE, (P.G.).
GOLF WITHOUT TEARS.
New York, George H. Doran, 1924.
8vo. 330pp. Original cloth, covers soiled and worn.
First American edition. Ten stories about golf in English society, previously published in magazines. The title of the first story, The Clicking of Cuthbert, was used for the UK edition.
[ref: 83201] £75.00 (including VAT) enquire buy

WODEHOUSE, (P.G.).
WODEHOUSE AT THE WICKET. EDITED BY MURRAY HEDGCOCK.
London, 1997.
8vo. xi+204pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition.
Includes a compendium of Wodehouse's cricket writing.
[ref: 55088] £20.00 enquire buy

[WOLCOT, John].
THE NOBLE CRICKETERS: A POETICAL AND FAMILIAR EPISTLE. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY JOHN GOULSTONE.
Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 2010.
4to. xxxi+[4]+22pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition.
LIMITED EDITION of 100 numbered copies, SIGNED BY JOHN GOULSTONE. This is a scathing attack aimed at the Duke of Dorset and the Earl of Tankerville, accusing them of spending too much time playing cricket while Britain was fighting the American War of Independence:...Far from the cannon's roar, they try at cricket, stead their country to secure a wicket. A facsimile reprint of the book first published in 1778, with a new introduction and notes by John Goulstone, who has traced the author of this poem. See Padwick 6888. ....................................................................
[ref: 54395] £35.00 enquire buy

[WOLCOT, John].
THE RIGHTS OF KINGS; OR LOYAL ODES TO DISLOYAL ACADEMICIANS. BY PETER PINDAR.
London, Printed for J. Evans, 1791.
4to, [i])+70pp. Rebound in boards.
Cricket, page 14, with reference to the 18th century cricketers John Small and Lumpy Stevens. Not recorded by Padwick.
[ref: 63626] £100.00 enquire buy

WOLFE, (H.A.).
WALLASEY CRICKET CLUB 1864-1964. CENTENARY SOUVENIR BROCHURE.
Wallasey, (1964).
8vo. 32pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers.
A centenary history of Wallasey Cricket Club. Padwick, 1808.
[ref: 19940] £12.00 enquire buy

WOLSTENHOLME, (Gerry).
CRICKET WITH LAUGHTER. SIR LINDSAY PARKINSON'S XI v. WEST INDIES, BLACKPOOL 1933.
Lower Darwen (Lancs.), 2006.
8vo.28pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. Good condition.
LIMITED EDITION of 100 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. An account of the match between Sir Lindsay Parkinson's XI and West Indies, played at Blackpool in 1933.
[ref: 44327] £15.00 enquire buy

WOLSTENHOLME, (Gerry).
FROM PEAK TO 'POOL. A SHORT HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE VERSUS DERBYSHIRE MATCHES AT BLACKPOOL. WITH A FOREWORD BY KENNETH CRANSTON.
Blackpool, privately printed by the Author, 1994.
8vo. 40pp. Original stiffened decorative wrappers.
LIMITED EDITION OF 204 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND KENNETH CRANSTON. Cranston (1917-2007) played for Lancashire in 1947 and 1948, and eight Test matches for England in 1947 and 1948. A history of matches between Lancashire and Derbyshire played at Blackpool.
[ref: 65221] £25.00 enquire buy

WOLSTENHOLME, (Gerry).
THE WEST INDIAN TOUR OF ENGLAND 1906. DECORATIONS BY DEBORAH WOLSTENHOLME.
Blackpool, the Author, 1992.
8vo. 40pp. Illustrated. Original stiffened wrappers.
LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. An account of the first West Indies tour of England in 1906.
[ref: 36524] £20.00 enquire buy