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295 pages, illustrated, statistics. eng
1890d0071London: Ashdown & Parry; J Wightman & Sons; &c. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked with edge-wear. Minor foxing and marks within. 1890. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 350mm x 170mm 14" x 7". 138pp. The Pretty Bird Quadrille; London by Night Quadrille; Silvery Waves; Watching for Pa; Put me in my Little Bed; Dead March; The Transit Galop; The Pace Galop; Delightful Waltz; Winter Time Galop; Midnight; The Happy Homes of England Quadrille; A Very Pretty Schottische; Belgravia Polke; The Daisy Polka; Mein Schönster Tag in Berlin Waltzes; Dream of the Rose Waltz; Beautiful Danube; La Grande Duchess Quadrille; Schneider how you vas Quadrille. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Ashdown & Parry; J Wightman & Sons; &c hardcover
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.
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
1954004455Kent: The Association of Kent Cricket Clubs 1954. A very nice copy of the FIRST ever yearbook. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh on the cover photographed whilst bowling during cricket practise at the nets at the Royal Naval Petty Officer's school Kingsmoor in July 1947.Lots of information about Cricket in Kent and also articles by the likes of John Arlott and Philip Snow.Over FIFTY adverts including Parker Pens.176pp. Not Inscribed or Signed. This is the VERY First Issue. Paper Wrappers. Very Gd Slighly Browned Edges/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Photographs. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. The Association of Kent Cricket Clubs paperback
1956004457Kent: The Association of Kent Cricket Clubs 1956. A very nice copy of the THIRD ever yearbook.Lots of information about Cricket in Kent and also articles by the likes of D.V.P. Wright and Colin Cowdrey.Over FIFTY adverts including Parker Pens.160pp. Not Inscribed or Signed. This First Edition of The 3rd Yearbook. Paper Wrappers. Very Gd Slighly Browned Edges/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Photographs. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. The Association of Kent Cricket Clubs paperback
1955004456Kent: The Association of Kent Cricket Clubs 1955. A very nice copy of the SECOND ever yearbook.Lots of information about Cricket in Kent and also articles by the likes of F. E. Woolley and Frank S Lee.Over FIFTY adverts including Parker Pens.184pp. Not Inscribed or Signed. This First Edition of The 2nd Yearbook. Paper Wrappers. Very Gd Slighly Browned Edges/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Photographs. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. The Association of Kent Cricket Clubs paperback
193978249Couverture souple. 10 (+ 4) fascicules brochés.
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
34598Talence. Laboratoire de Zoologie de la Faculté des Sciences. 1948. Petite plaquette In-8. Br. Suivi de La Lutte Contre le Criquet Italien dans les Charentes. 50 p. Intérieur très frais. qlques taches sur la couv.
1333838549.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
IN BUONO STATO
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.
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.
94 pages, statistics. eng
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
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.
VG pbk. 20035. 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.
98 pages, illustrated, statistics, contributors to this benefit brochure include Curtly Ambrose, Dennis Lilee and Andy Roberts. eng
Dairy format, colour maps, signed by David Capel on the front endpaper. eng
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight traces of handling. 240pp. This is a fascinating acount of a club supposedly dominated by dour professionals. The fact is, indeed, more interesting than any fiction and this book is a colourful narrative crammed with personality and tales of exceptional performance.
1933BIB322504London: John Wisden & Co Ltd. 1933. 12mo approx 10.5x17.5cm. Good Condition. Illustrated with two Black and White Plates portrait & five cricketers. Original condition - corners rubbed and very small section of spine missing. Spine creased and small loss to spine ends. Cricket bat page marker string present but marker missing. 719 pages. . Good. Seventieth Edition. Softcover. John Wisden & Co Ltd paperback
hardback (no D/J), medium size, corners bumped. page edges foxed, titled spine, slight rounding to head & tail of spine
Pages: 281-320. Features: Cover photos of Adlai Stevenson's triumph in Chicago; Photo ad for Grants Stand Fast Whisky inside front cover features Alan Melville; One-page Ford car ad; Esso Petrol one-page ad features tigers; South African Airlines ad; Large photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson; Turning Point in Cyprus? - The Eoka Cease-fire Declaration - six photos including Archbishop Makarios and Dighenis; Two pages of photos of the delegations which attended the London Conference on Suez; Prince Charles and Princess Anne help sailors pull a rope; Photo portraits of Princess Margaret; Photos of the Queen in Oban, Mull, Skye, Barra and South Uist; Photo of nine heads of the Arab League; Story and eight photos of newly oil-rich Saudi Arabia; Great centerfold photo of delegates at the opening session of the Suez Conference in London (holding by one staple); 14 photos of personalities of the week, including Lake Ontario swimmer Brenda Fisher, Sir Otto Lund, Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, Baron Von Neurath and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick; Miss Pat Smythe at the Brighton horse show; Thousand-year-old trees a few inches high - the astonishing welwitschia, from the deserts of Angola; One-page aerial photo of raft L'Egare which had just finished an 87-day voyage on the Atlantic; Police raid Communist H.Q. in West Germany; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for the Illustrated London News encourages subscriptions for those flying to Australia; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features cricket theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book