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 |
FRED ALLEN ON RUGBY. London, Cassell, 1970. 8vo. (8)+242pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Reminiscences of the All Black rugby union captain Fred Allen. [ref: 72906] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
1000 MAILLOTS DE RUGBY. Paris, Olo.editions, 2015. 8vo. 255pp. Profusely illustrated. Published in French. Original pictorial stiffened wrappers. Good condition. A collection of rugby shirts from around the world. Text in French. [ref: 79970] £15.00 (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 |
EVERYWHERE FOR WALES. London, Stanley Paul, 1981. 8vo. 176pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Welsh rugby footballer Phil Bennett. [ref: 75068] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BEHIND THE SCRUM. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Orion, 2004. 8vo. (8)+278pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY KYRAN BRACKEN on the title-page. Autobiography of the England rugby footballer Kyran Bracken. [ref: 74190] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
RUGBY FOOTBALL COMBINATION OFFICIAL HANDBOOK 1947-48. INCLUDING RUGBY UNION RULES, COMPLETE LIST OF LOCAL FIXTURES, INTERESTING ARTICLES, ETC., ETC. Bristol, (1948). Small 8vo. 116pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. [ref: 63270] £18.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
CARTER, (Dan) and GREIVE, (Duncan). DAN CARTER. MY STORY. Auckland, Mower, 2015. 8vo. 288pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY DAN CARTER on the title-page. Autobiography of New Zealand rugby player Dan Carter. [ref: 78966] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
LANDING ON MY FEET. MY STORY. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. 8vo. xiv+354pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY MIKE CATT on the title-page. Autobiography of England rugby player Mike Catt. [ref: 78967] £30.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
MEN IN BLACK. London, Pelham, 1978. 4to. 390pp. Illustrated. Original cloth. A history of New Zealand rugby union. [ref: 75074] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |