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Dairy format, colour maps, signed by David Capel on the front endpaper. eng
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. Lower page edges untrimmed. 288pp. Autobiography of the renowned cricket commentator and music critic from the slums of Manchester who achieved fame and recognition in the Long Room at Lord's and the musical festivals of Saltzburg.
VG pbk. 20035. eng
8vo., with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of terracotta buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, a bright, clean copy. With personal name-stamp on front free endpaper and rear paste-down.
Features: Sensational ad for Chas. Baker & Co's inside front cover for Correct College and School Outfits features young lad in top hat and older youth in bowler hat with walking stick; Title page illustration of British troops defending a home on the railway near Marcelcave; General Fochs - The Allied Leader (article); Ludi Humaniores - A Please for Cricket (article); Great Guns - Monster Cannon of Days Gone By (article); Page of photos of personalities of the hour includes Brig.-General Guy Livinston, Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard, Lieut.-General Sir David Henderson, The Earl of Derby, M. Clemenceau, Viscount Milner, Austen Chamberlain, Baron Burian and Lord Bertie; G.K. Chesterton discusses 'My Mission to London' by Prince Lichnowsky; Half-page photo of British sailors on the deck of a Monitor behind her 6-inch gun; Excellent half-page photo from a Spanish mail-steamer off Cadiz which has been stopped by a U-boat which appears surfaced in the background with many crew members visible; Photos of scenes in Greece, France, Flanders, and London; Photos of curiosities of the war - a steel German sniper's mask, Canadian troops fixing detonators of Mills bombs in their trench, etc.; The Effects of Wind in Air Fighting (article); One-page illustration entitled "The New Battle of the Somme - British Troops Stemming the German Flood"; Article about Typhoid Fever; One-page illustration entitled "Our Fighting Retreat From Armentieres - The Five Days Defence of Erquinghem; Two pages of photos of troops where some of the fiercest fighting has taken place, and elsewhere in the front line; Centrefold image of a British field artillery battery in close action, with gas-masked gunners; Aided by "Reds" and "Whites" - Our Petrograd Embassy (8 photos); Where Germany Profits by Civil War - five photos from Finland and the Aalands; Roll of Honour - photos of 21 officers including Leiut.-Col. N.B. Elliott-Cooper who died of wounds; Photo of "The Women of Pervyse" - The Baroness T'Serclaes and Miss Mairi Chisholm have maintained a concealed dressing-station since the early days of the war; Photo of the automatic mono-wheel stretcher-carrier (like an extended wheelbarrow) which allows a single troop to move an immobile commrade; Nice two-colour Greys Cigarette ad on back cover features the woman trooper, Mrs. Christian Davis who fought in three battles and died in 1739; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
94 pages, statistics. eng
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's South Kensingron location on November 17, 2010. Sale code: BKS- 5459. The sale consisted of sporting books and memorabilia including items from the Marylebone Cricket Club Library. 171 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 72. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at creased at edges. Includes an account (and photographs) of Trueman's 300th test wicket, and full tour statistics.
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64 pages. Features: Circus cover illustration; Interesting one-page photo ad says "You Can Play 9 Holes of Golf on 3 Slices of Bread", includes image of woman putting from on top of three slices of bread; Nice one-page ad for Frigidaire fridges; Only Let Me Live (short story); The Romance of Albania's Soldier-King and his strange little Balkan State - photo-illustrated article on King Zog; Call of the Hell Cats (short story); Safety First (short story); The Organist (short story); Dust over Canada - interesting article on million of dollars are spent to fight soot, dust and dirt; The Judges Robbed Me! - photo-illustrated article on how ultra high speed movie cameras are used to decide the winners of horse races; Cornishman's Chance (short story); Canada's Place in Cricket - article with photo of the Canadian cricket team in Britain last year; Palmolive ad features images of the Dionne Quints; Richard Hudnut cosmetics ad features photos of Canadian radio stars Billie Bell, Jean Haig and Kathleen Kidd; Colgate ad features illustraion of the Dionne Quints; Movie news with photos of Paul Muni, Charles Winninger, Mirian Hopkins, Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier, and others; Half-page Quaker Puffed Wheat ad features four adorable photos of Shirley Temple on Vacation; Business News; Quarter-page ad for the 1937 C.N.E.; Nice two-page Oldsmobile ad shows a green Oldsmobile Six Coach with Trunk; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of daschunds "Wanda" and "Otto" owned by Mrs. Herbert Yuile of Westmount, Quebec; When the Sun Runs a Temperature - beauty article; Vintage one-page Heinz ad entitled "In the best regulated families" shows mother and kids with cans of soup; Cooking article; World Sayings; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Nice colour-photo back cover ad for Maxwell House Coffee features dancer Paul Haakon, tennis star Carolyn Roberts, accordion player Charles Wright, and Mrs. John Carver; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this vintage issue. Book
No date VG in black cloth with slightly faded gilt spine lettering. Includes the author's personal view of the M.C.C. Tour of Australia in 1946-47. 10929. eng
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor bump to top of spine, spine ends slightly rubbed and no bumping to corners. 131pp. Sir Learie Constantine's account of his life and cricketing career. With 28 photographic illustrations. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
295 pages, illustrated, statistics. eng
130 pages, illustrated, index, small repairs to jacket rear, page edges tanned. eng
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. One public library stamp, and date label on the rear endpaper. 12091. eng
Proof copy, 132 pages, illustrated, foxing to page edges, previous owner name on front cover and front endpaper. eng
76pp., 19 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers.
Broch?. 48 pages.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163pp. This issue includes Beatrix Potter, cricket novels & stories, Elizabeth Bowen, Lindsey Davis crime novels, legendary gunfighters, London Book Fair, Anne Bronte and index, letters and classified..
108 pages, illustrated, contributors include Tom Graveney, Norman Gifford and Ray Illingworth. eng
VG. no dj. clean tidy copy internally. the odd small tarnish marks.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper edge. 63pp. The story of how the Lord's Taverners raised ú10 million for charity (to 1990) from their early work in cricket to all the other sports that came along. With a wealth of photographs of the many celebrities who helped them on the way.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Covers show edgewear at lower edge. 112 pages with large b&w illustrations and photos throughout. Subjects covered in text include: Balloonists, Brass bands, bathing, Batty's hoppodrome, Catch clubs, Circuses, Cock fighting, Cyclorama, Cricket, Derby, Donkey rides, Hangings, Hyde park, Jockey club, Magic Lantern, Pleasure gardens, Prize fighting, Horse racing, Street traders, thames, Thaumatrope, Village entertainment, etc.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 183pp. After 110 years as a minor county, Durham County Cricket Club achived the rare feat of elevation to major-county status. This account celebrates that achievement and tells the story of how it happened. Illustrated.
1st edition. VG pbk. Pages browning. Small crease to the back cover. ISBN 0552541990. Ilustrated by Mike Miller 22336. eng
