THE HISTORY OF RUGBY SCHOOL. London, R. Ackermann, 1816. Folio. [2]+34pp. 5 magnificent hand-coloured aquatint plates by D. Havell and J. Stadler. Bound in quarter morocco. With the bookplate of J.W. Goldman. The plate opposite page 22, by J. Stadler after W. Westall, titled View of the Southern Schools & dormitories of Rugby School from the Play Ground shows a game of cricket in the foreground. Not recorded by Gaston, Bibliography of Cricket, 1895, Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906, or Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937. Padwick, 1517. [ref: 72498] £950.00 enquire buy |
WICKETS, TRIES AND GOALS. REVIEWS OF PLAY AND PLAYERS IN MODERN CRICKET, RUGBY AND SOCCER. London, 1949. 8vo. x+236pp. 48 plates. Original cloth, Covers slightly soiled. Seddon, A Football Compendium, C896. [ref: 13873] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
SPLASHDOWN. THE STORY OF MY WORLD CUP YEAR. London, Simon & Schuster, 2011. 8vo. ix+302pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the England rugby footballer Chris Ashton. [ref: 80735] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
SPLASHDOWN. THE STORY OF MY WORLD CUP YEAR. London, Simon & Schuster, 2011. 8vo. ix+302pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY CHRIS ASHTON on the half-title. Autobiography of the England rugby footballer Chris Ashton. [ref: 74252] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A piece of paper signed on both sides in pencil and ink by all thirty members of the Australian rugby union team and the manager who toured South Africa and Rhodesia in 1933. (Three signatures are in ink, twenty-seven in pencil). The Australian rugby union team was made up of the manager, fifteen players from New South Wales, twelve players from Queensland, and two players from Victoria. Signatures of the New South Wales players in the team comprise: Ron Biilmann, G.V. Bland, C. Campbell, W.H. Cerutti, M. Grace, A. Hodgson, J. Kelaher, R.B. Louden, E.W. Love, F. McPhillips, W. Mackney, S. J. Malcolm, M. F. Morton, Dr. A. W. Ross (Captain) and J. Young. Signatures of the Queensland players in the team comprise: G. Bennett, E. Bonis, J. Clarke, G. Cooke, B. Doneley, D. McLean, J. Ritter, J. Steggall, G. S. Sturtridge, W. Warlow, M. White and W. G. White. Signatures of the Victoria players in the team comprise: O. J. Bridle and D. Cowper. Also signed by the manager W.F. Matthews. This tour comprised a series of 23 rugby union matches played by the Australia national team in 1933. These include a five Test match series against South Africa, who won three of the five games. With exception of two of the Victorians, the team departed from Sydney aboard the "Ulysses" on Anzac Day, 25th April 1933. [ref: 76438] £300.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE SPORTING SOLICITOR. HUGH MURRAY INGLEDEW. THE GLAMORGAN CRICKETER (1891) AND WELSH RUGBY INTERNATIONAL (1890-91), CARDIFF CRICKET CLUB AND CARDIFF RUGBY CLUB. Cheltenham, privately published by the Author, 2019. 8vo. [44]pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 79 numbered copies, INITIALLED BY THE AUTHOR. A biography of the solicitor Hugh Murray Ingledew, who played cricket for Glamorgan and rugby for Wales in the 1890s. [ref: 72281] £15.00 enquire buy |
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, CollinsWillow, 2003. 8vo. xxi+346pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the England rugby union captain Bill Beaumont. [ref: 81775] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, CollinsWillow, 2003. 8vo. xxi+346pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY BILL BEAUMONT on the title-page. Autobiography of the England rugby union captain Bill Beaumont. [ref: 86363] £24.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THANKS TO RUGBY. London, Stanley Paul, 1982. 8vo. 207pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Autobiography of the England rugby union captain Bill Beaumont. Jenkins, A Rugby Compendium, 1998: C8. [ref: 64871] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
EVERYWHERE FOR WALES. London, Stanley Paul, 1981. 8vo. 175pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Welsh rugby footballer Phil Bennett. Jenkins, A Rugby Compendium, 1998: C10. [ref: 75068] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
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