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ACKERMANN, (Rudolph).
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]  £1200.00  enquire  buy
BATTERSBY, (David).
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
GALE, (Norman).
MESSRS BAT AND BALL.
Rugby, privately printed by the Author, 1930.
Small 8vo. (6)+55pp. Original pictorial cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper.
Cricket poems. Padwick 6457 records that only 250 copies were printed.
[ref: 32107]  £25.00  enquire  buy
GRIERSON, (Henry).
THE RAMBLINGS OF A RABBIT. WITH A FOREWORD BY MARK F. WATERS.
London, 1924.
Large 8vo. xii+238pp. Portrait frontispiece and 15 plates. Original cloth.
Cricket and rugby reminiscences. Padwick, 7620.
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HIGNELL, (Andrew).
THE SKIPPER. A BIOGRAPHY OF WILF WOOLLER.
Royston, 1995.
8vo. 224pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition.
A biography of the Glamorgan all-rounder and Welsh rugby international Wilf Wooller.
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MELFORD, (Michael).
A BOWL OF CHERRIES. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS.
(n.p.), privately printed, (2002).
8vo. 183pp. Original wrappers.
Autobiographical essays by the Daily and Sunday Telegraph cricket and rugby journalist. Published posthumously, includes cricket references.
[ref: 40832]  £12.00  enquire  buy
MONRO, (F.R. D'O.).
REPTON CRICKET (1901-1951).
Rugby, 1953.
8vo. x+80pp. 9 plates. Original cloth.
A history of Repton cricket. Padwick, 1513.
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MOSES, (E. Watts), (and others).
TO ASHBROOKE AND BEYOND. THE HISTORY OF THE SUNDERLAND CRICKET AND RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 1808-1962.
Sunderland, (1962).
4to. 204pp. Folding coloured frontispiece and 12 plates. Original decorative cloth, covers soiled.
A history of this Durham club. Padwick, 1889.
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MUSK, (Stephen) and DAVAGE, (Mike).
FROM NIGHTFIGHTER TO SCRIPTWRITER. THE LIFE OF J.O.C. ORTON.
2020.
8vo. 44pp. Illustrated. Original wrappers. Good condition.
LIMITED EDITION of 50 numbered copies, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A biography of the all-round sportsman J.O.C. Orton who represented Norfolk at cricket, hockey and rugby. During the First World War he was an aviator and on his return to civilian life he became a successful scriptwriter. In 1935-36 when in Australia he included a cameo role for Don Bradman in the film The Flying Doctor, Bradman's only acting role.
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PALENSKI, (Ron).
JEFF WILSON. SEASONS OF GOLD.
Auckland, 2000.
4to. 253pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition.
A biography of the New Zealand cricketer and rugby union international Jeff Wilson.
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