PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, light brown cloth/canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, 343pp, illus/photos, VG (minor foxing & fading to spine, light fraying & curling to wrapper edges/extrems, sm initials in ink to head of front wrapper, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, occasional sl cracking to gutters, occasional minro foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1944

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 20th twentieth century first editions

PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, light brown cloth/canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, xvi + 463pp, VG (photos available by request)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1946

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 20th twentieth century

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, INCLUDES FIVE YOUNG BATSMEN PLATE, sm octavo, rebound in leather & marbled boards [lacks original wrappers], gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, lxxvi + 386pp, VG (light soiling & scuffing to leather spine- gilt lettering faded/rubbed, minor scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate foxing/soiling to & arond photographic plate, pencil annotations to rear)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1895

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in leather & marbled boards- lacks original wrappers, red speckling to page edges, lxxvi + 418pp, photographic plate with tissue guard, VG (light scuffing & rubbing to leather spine, light scuffing to board edges, minor tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, sl foxing & soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in leather & marbed boards, photo plate with tissue guard is present, lacks original wrapper, red speckling to page edges, gilt lettering & rule to spine, lxxx + 416pp, VG (moderate scuffing to leather spine, light scuffing to board edges, light tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout, minor soiling & foxing to photo plate & tissue guard)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

WILLOWS LIMITED NUMBERED FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 239pp + ads to rear, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1879 (Facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints Willows

WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

WILLOWS LIMITED NUMBERED FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 268pp + ads, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1884 (Facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints Willows

BOON, DAVID

SIGNED. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperSports 1996

KEYWORDS: Australian sports biography autobiography life lives cricket

LEE, BRETT; KNIGHT, JAMES

SIGNED. Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Brett Lee Australian life lives sports biography autobiography cricket

LILLYWHITE, JAMES

Ex library, sm octavo, orange buckram covered soft boards, black lettering to front board, previous owner's pencil lettering to spine, printed inside boards, frontispiece, ads + 276pp + 20pp ads, VG- (minor creasing, soiling, light rolling to lower corner of front board, heavy fading to front board text and title and rear board text, minor scuffing to extrems, light scuffing, fading/discolouration to spine and chipping to base, minor lime green marking to spine, handwritten title to spine, minor library markings to front board & prelims, pencil annotation to front board)

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite & Frowd & Co and Wright & Co 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cricket sport history James Lillywhite

WEBSTER, RAY (compiler) & MILLER, ALAN (ed)

2 VOLUME SET, LIMITED, NUMBERED (BOTH #727) & SIGNED, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, illus eps, frontispieces, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to eps & prelims of both vols, minor chafing & soiling to boards of vol , moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2 - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Ray Webster 1991-97

KEYWORDS: limited numbered 2 volume set cricket Australia sports first-class history

WILSHIRE, JEREMY

Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Echo 2016

KEYWORDS: sports history sportsmen cricket cricketers

LEDBROOKE, A W

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phoenix House 1954

KEYWORDS: sports sportsmen cricket history Lancashire Manchester

HUTCHINSON, H G

FIRST EDITION. Ownership inscription of H. P. Lance. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate tanning to pg edges, eps & prelims/terms, annotation in pencil to ffep, light cracking to rear gutters). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1895

KEYWORDS: Macmillan's Colonial Library Peter Steele cricket sportsmen sports history

BENSON, E F (ed) & MILES, EUSTACE H (ed)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black illus to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning/soiling & wear to spine, some wear/fraying to extrems, moderate chaffing/soiling to boards, minor soiling/tanning to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter, previous owners name in ink to prelim, minor dampwrinkling throughout, light foxing to page ends throughout).

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1903

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket technique sport photographs E F Benson Eustace Miles

PYCROFT, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUME SET. Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, viii+303pp (vol I) & 304pp (vol II), VG (minor soiling and scuffing to spines, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate chaffing/scuffing & soiling to boards, some bruising to board extrems, moderate soiling/tanning to page edges, previous booksellers sticker to front pastedown, light foxing sporadic throughout)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bently & Son 1886

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket autobiography memoir James Pycroft literature sports England

PADWICK, ERIC WILLIAM & ELEY, STEPHEN (compiled) & GRIFFITHS, PETER (compiled)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to fep and title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to front wrapper, minor foxing to rear wrapper, minor tanning to wrapper edges, minor creasing to hinges and head and base of spine and extrems) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Library Association Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: cricket bibliography Eric William Padwick

PADWICK, E W (compiled)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate foxing to page edges, minor marking to lower page edges, minor bruising to head and base of spine, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges, minor creasing to extrems, lighht to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover, minor foxing to flaps, light creasing to hinges, light creasing to head and base of spine, minor rolling/creasing to upper edges of wrappers, minor foxing to wrappers - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The Library Association 1984

KEYWORDS: cricket bibliography sport history

BRADMAN, SIR DONALD

2 VOL SET, in slipcase (VG), hardcover (VG-), lacks d/w, scruffy spines with surface loss ; Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Rigby 1987

KEYWORDS: Sir Donald Bradman Australian sports Australian cricket players sport biography

n/a

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered & ruled in black & gilt, xvi + 968 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, loss to cl from rubbing to front board fore edge, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, light cracking to rear gutter). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Longmans & Co. 1879

KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history life lives biography