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[WYATT, Charles and FYFE, Lawrence]. THE TOUR OF THE WEST INDIAN CRICKETERS. AUGUST & SEPTEMBER, 1886. Demerara, 1887. (4)+92pp. Frontispiece (an actual mounted photograph of the team). Rebound in half calf. Frontispiece and prelims foxed. An account of the 1886 West Indies tour of USA and Canada, with full scores and analyses. This was the first cricket book ever published in West Indies. Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, 1970, Page 293: '1886. West Indian team toured Canada and U.S.A...played thirteen matches (none first-class)...' Padwick, 5520. [ref: 60457] £5000.00 enquire buy |
HALO FOR HADLEE. A LIGHT-HEARTED HISTORY OF THE 1949 NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TEAM. Dunedin, [1949]. 8vo. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, covers soiled. An account of the 1949 New Zealand tour of England. Padwick, 5539 [ref: 20013] £25.00 enquire buy |
DR. W.G. GRACE. London, 1901. Very small 8vo. 90pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original printed cloth. Good condition. A short biography of the great Gloucestershire and England cricketer W.G. Grace. Volume VI in the Bijou Biographies series. Padwick, 7610. [ref: 32912] £20.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET IN CONFLICT. London, 1984. 8vo. 176pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Major conflicts in cricket. These include illegal bowling, bodyline, the D'Oliveira Affair and the Packer Affair. [ref: 20031] £8.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET NEWS. A WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE GAME. VOLUME 1 NOS. 1-26, VOLUME 2 NOS 1-26, VOLUME 3, NOS.1- 4. (APRIL 30, 1977 - MAY 29, 1979) INCLUSIVE. EDITED BY PETER WYNNE-THOMAS AND ROBERT W. BROOKE. Retford (Notts.), 1977-79. Three volumes in two. 4to. Illustrated. Loosely preserved in cloth folders. (A COMPLETE SET). A short-lived weekly magazine containing news, reviews and scores of current matches. Padwick, 1194-1. [ref: 15172] £20.00 enquire buy |
IVO BLIGH. (Haughton Mill, Notts.) 2002. 8vo. 17pp. Frontispiece. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. A summary of the career of the Kent and England batsman Ivo Bligh, with biographical commentary. No. 67 in the Famous Cricketers series. [ref: 42331] £5.00 enquire buy |
'GIVE ME ARTHUR'. A BIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR SHREWSBURY. London, 1985. 8vo. 161pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the Nottinghamshire and England batsman Arthur Shrewsbury. [ref: 20018] £6.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET'S HISTORIANS. Cardiff, 2011. 8vo. 343pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. A review of cricket's many historians, with much bibliographical information. [ref: 57410] £20.00 enquire buy |
F.S. ASHLEY-COOPER. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. Nottingham, 2003. 8vo. 40pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. An invaluable biography of the cricket statistician and author F.S. Ashley-Cooper, with a check-list of all his publications. [ref: 46734] £6.00 enquire buy |
GEORGE PARR. West Bridgford, Notts., 1993. 8vo. Frontispiece. 39pp. Original pictorial wrappers. A summary of the career of the Nottinghamshire batsman George Parr, with biographical commentary. No. 20 in the Famous Cricketers series. [ref: 48229] £6.00 enquire buy |