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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges, rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped but in poor condition with a few small pieces missing. 160pp. With articles and stories from Frank Richards, Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook and others
Sword of Willow is the New Zealand cricket captain's story. This is a cricket book without malice or scandal, a book that includes vivid and amusing stories of matches and tours, a book that expresses a profound concern for the game, a book that will delight cricket-lovers of all ages. With over 40 illustrations, and 2 line drawings. Green cloth covers. Dust jacket in clear wrapper; flaps stuck down on pastedowns with tape, which has also marked edges of covers.
Appears unread and unopened. No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces opf storage and no bumping to corners. 234pp. A historical series of articles on cricket in West Yorkshire about the great club players, the dedicated club men and women, committees, officials, caterers, wives, girlfriends and groundsmen. And of course some of the great matches. Extremely scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked, very slightly indented boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Very scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with a minor crease at the top of the spine. With signs of general handling. 168pp. Description of each of the Benson & Hedges Cup Final days at Lords over 27 years. Photos, statistics and an excellent treasure trove of memories of each day of the best-loved competition in cricket.
60 pages, illustrated, statistics, foreword by Gul Hameed Bhatti. eng
Copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo de "La Domenica del Corriere" del 4/03/1928
8vo., First Edition, with 57 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo.. First Edition, with numerous plates, neat inscription on front free endpapers, some light offsetting from fold-ins tom free endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in red and black, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears. Padwick 8144.
1st edition. VG pbk. Pages browning. Small crease to the back cover. ISBN 0552541990. Ilustrated by Mike Miller 22336. eng
Neat inscription on front end paper. No other marks. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped, not torn with very minor handling to upper edge. 128pp. The full story of how the Ashes were gloriously reclaimed by England for the first time in 16 long years. A scarce book.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 105pp. An illustrated survey of football, cricket, rugby, lacrosse, athletics, bowls, racing, golf and Fred Perry in Stockport from 1764 onwards. Scarce.
8vo.. Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 80 pages of plates; olive tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. Good quality reissue of the original classic of 1899. Padwick, 7583 (recording the original edition).
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes detailed statistical appendices. Padwick II, 1595.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates (8 in colour) and endpaper charts; original series binding of black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. OB49; printing code: 1186.1172. Marren & Carter, p.169.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes detailed profiles of 110 players. SCARCE.
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. Near Fine/VG. Foreword by Alan McGilvray. ISBN 086770019X. 23156. 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, marked or torn with very tiny nick to rear edge and no creasing. 975pp. The history of cricket taken from Wisdens over fifty-six years beginning with the very first issue published by Sussex cricketer John Wisden in 1864.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page fore-edges and very minor bumping to upper corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped but with small pieces missing from upper front corner and top of spine and tears to other corners and nicks to edges. 240pp. Fascinating discussion and advice on the sport of cricket by the Winchester, Oxford, Surrey and England cricketer. Well illustrated with black & white photographs. Scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 16 plates; original decorative cloth, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 240pp. A lavishly illustrated book covering the history of cricket in Lancashire and the foundation of the County Club which also looks at the conditions of players and life in the surrounding areas, placing the development of the game in an historical context. Foreword by Clive Lloyd.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes several statistical appendices.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges and traces of storage. Quite scarce. 174pp. Biography of Chris Balderstone who played cricket and football non-stop for 20 years. His football was initially with Huddersfield Town and then in the top league with Carlisle United and he was capped twice by England whilst in the Leicestershire cricket team.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Book shows very light shelf wear only to covers, age-toned paper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 355 pages