FOR 1911-12. EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. EDITED AND COMPILED BY J. WYNFRED GIBBONS. Barbados, 1912. Small 8vo. 154+(2)pp. publisher's advertisements. Rebound in cloth with original wrappers preserved. Wrappers expertly repaired. This annual was published over twenty years, covering the West Indies seasons between 1894-95 and 1913-14. The front wrapper is an integral part of the book and is effectively its title-page, with details of publisher and date of publication. Printed on inferior quality paper few of these annuals survive. Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906, page 13: 'The early issues of this valuable annual are difficult to obtain...The first number was sold out within a few weeks of publication...' Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'A complete set is very hard to obtain.' Padwick, 3677. [ref: 7693] £300.00 enquire buy |
THE APPEAL OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. SUSSEX IN THE SUMMER OF 1981. WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID SHEPPARD. Bath, 2002. 8vo. 157pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Recollections of the 1981 season, when Sussex narrowly failed to win the County Championship for the first time. [ref: 48728] £15.00 enquire buy |
ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA. A COMPENDIUM OF TEST CRICKET BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES 1877-1968. London, 1969. 4to. 314pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A review of every Test match between England and Australia from 1877 to 1968, with full scores. Published to commemorate the 200th Test match between the two countries. Padwick, 4359. [ref: 14218] £10.00 enquire buy |
A LA RECHERCHE DU CRICKET PERDU. AN ANTHOLGY OF NEW WRITING. London, 1989. 8vo. 138pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Parodies of famous authors. This was the Cricket Society Book of the Year in 1989. [ref: 29205] £8.00 enquire buy |
An original full length postcard-size photograph of Des Barrick. Newmarket, Published by C. Goodman, (c.1950). Good condition. Barrick played for Northamptonshire between 1949 and 1960. [ref: 63595] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ALLAHAKBARRIES C.C. 1899. London, 1950. Small 8vo. 40pp. Frontispiece and text illustrations. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. A reprint of The Allahakbarrie Book of Broadway Cricket for 1899, with a foreword by Sir Donald Bradman. Padwick, 1296. [ref: 54268] £10.00 enquire buy |
NO NONSENSE. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 2016. 8vo. 6+340pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the England, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers footballer Joey Barton. [ref: 77714] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE VISIT OF MR. W.W. READ'S 1891-92 ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM TO SOUTH AFRICA. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 2007. 8vo. [4]+178pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 200 numbered copies. An account of the 1891-92 England cricket tour of South Africa led by W.W. Read, with full scores of the matches. The England team was a strong side, and included W. Brockwell, J.J. Ferris, Alec Hearne, W.L. Murdoch, W.W. Read and H. Wood. This was only the second England tour of South Africa, following the 1888-89 tour by Major Warton's team. ..................................................................................... The Cricket Statistician, November 2007: An edited reprint of a book...which is now hard to obtain...This is an important and welcome reprint. ..................................................................................... [ref: 44813] £18.00 enquire buy |
M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA 1938-39. WITH FOREWORDS BY LEN WILKINSON AND NORMAN GORDON. TOGETHER WITH A FACSIMILE REPRINT OF A PRE-TOUR BROCHURE: M.C.C. SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR 1938-39, R.M.M.V. ATHLONE CASTLE. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 1997. 8vo. 252pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 250 numbered copies, SIGNED BY LEN WILKINSON AND THE AUTHOR. Wilkinson played for Lancashire between 1937 and 1947, and three Test matches for England during this series. This account of the 1938-39 MCC tour of South Africa, with full scores of the matches, includes a day-by-day account of the famous Timeless Test match, played over ten days. With reprints of two pre-tour brochures for the tour. The MCC team included Bill Edrich, Ken Farnes, Tom Goddard, Walter Hammond, Len Hutton, Eddie Paynter, Hedley Verity and Len Wilkinson. They were undefeated on the tour and won the Test series by virtue of their victory in the third Test match, the only Test match to reach a conclusion. The final Test lasted ten days and is the longest match in the history of first-class cricket. England were set 696 runs to win and had reached 654 for five wickets before the game was drawn, as the MCC team had to catch the ship home. With forewords by Len Wilkinson (England) and Norman Gordon (South Africa). [ref: 14240] £18.00 enquire buy |
MANN'S MEN. THE M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA 1922-23. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 2004. 8vo. ix+140pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies. An account of the 1922-23 MCC tour of South Africa, with scores of the matches. The MCC team was the strongest yet to tour South Africa, despite players of the calibre of Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hearne and Parkin declining the invitation to tour. Captained by F.T. Mann, England won the series. [ref: 34290] £18.00 enquire buy |
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