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1st UK edition. Creasing to the covers, else VG pbk. ISBN 0715386123. Illustrated by Jeff Hook. 17895. eng
xii+ 193 pages, illustrated, appendices, statistics, bibliography, index. eng
Inscribed by Don Shepherd on half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, wrinkling to lower page margins and very minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 224pp. Biography of the very popular Glamorgan bowler who helped bring home the County Championship in 1969. He holds the record as the greatest wicket-taker never to be selected to play for England.
Lots of information on the activities of the Household Brigade in 1876. Page edges gilt. 314 pages. Four portrait engravings. Wear to top/base of spine and cover corners.
124 pages. Edited and with notes by J.F. Van Every. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Few markings to contents and covers. A worthy reading copy. Book
1st edition. VG pbk. Pages browning. Small crease to the back cover. ISBN 0552541990. Ilustrated by Mike Miller 22336. eng
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.
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 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.
VG. no dj. clean tidy copy internally. the odd small tarnish marks.
108 pages, illustrated, contributors include Tom Graveney, Norman Gifford and Ray Illingworth. eng
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..
Broch?. 48 pages.
76pp., 19 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers.
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
295 pages, illustrated, statistics. 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.
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
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
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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