PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, beige/yellow canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, xvi + 463pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine, moderate soiling & curling/fraying to wrappers/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

WEBBER, ROY & ARNOTT, KENNETH M

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy- some insect damage; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Cricket Book Society N/D (c.1947)

KEYWORDS: cricket sport history Glamorgan ccc

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ads to front & rear, lxxvi + 418pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps- minor foxing also, moderate cracking to gutters- some prelims & terminal pages partially detached but still present, minor tanning & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

HARRIS, NORMAN & BLAIR, BOB (foreword)

Small octavo softcover (VG+); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Last Side 2010

KEYWORDS: cricket sport Tangiwai disaster history New Zealand

FRITH, DAVID & ABBOTT, STEVE (foreword)

Super octavo softcover (VG+); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: ABC 2005

KEYWORDS: sports cricket ashes Australia David Frith Steve Abbott

WISDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, bound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp + ads to rear, VG (moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional pencil markings throughout- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1880

KEYWORDS: first editions cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

PARDON, H SYDNEY (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, photographic page with tissue guard to prelims, xlv + 354pp, VG (moderate tanning & soiling to head of page block, light tanning & soiling to page egdes, varying degrees of foxing sporadically throughout- mostly quite minor, fore-edges of pgs 83-86 clipped from rebind- some text mildly affected, 1.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg263- text sl affected)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1892

KEYWORDS: First Edition cricket cricketers John Wisden Almanacks sport history past years

PARDON, H SYDNEY (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxi + 330pp + ads to rear, VG- (sl discolouration to board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, other light to moderate tanning throughout, edges of some prelim & terminal pgs brittle- sl chipped or creased, moderate cracking to gutters of rear pages- some pages partially detached)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, original binding, repair to spine, beige light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, liii + 376pp + ads to rear, G+ (historic repair to spine, moderate to heavy soiling & creasing/chafing to spine & wrappers, binding shaky with some light to moderate cracking to gutters, moderate soiling to page edges, sm sections of page block partially detached but still present, moderate foxing to single photographic page & tissue guard)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1894

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

WISDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in light brown buckram including original covers, gilt lettering to spine, 268pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, minor foxing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, original wrapper [internally bound] moderately creased & chipped- quite brittle with bottom corner missing, occasional pencil annotations, minor ink 'amendments' to original front wrapper)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1885

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

WISDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, 216pp, VG (light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing & soiling to eps, other light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1881

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

WISDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, 212pp, VG (light tanning to pages and page edges throughout, minor foxing to prelims & rear pages)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history previous years

WISDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, front cover is present but rear cover is absent, gilt lettering to spine, 228pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, minor staining to top corner of page blockheavy tanning & light foxing to original front wrapper with prev. owner's name also, sporadic foxing throughout- minor)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1882

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

WISDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in reddish brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 284pp + ads to rear, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, pgs179-190 partially detached at head & base of gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1884

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

PARDON, H SYDNEY (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, tape repair to spine, original wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, 299pp, VG- (2cm loss at head of spine, heavy cracking & chipping to rest of spine with tape repair, moderate soiling to wrappers, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1917

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in green buckram boards, original front cover is bound in, gilt lettering to spine, lxxiii + 390pp + ads to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, original front wrapper [internally bound] is heavily tanned with prev. owner's name in ink, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, single ad page to rear completely detached but present, moderate cracking to gutter at prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1895

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history

SHASTRI, RAVI & MEMON, AYAZ; RAO, SHIVA (illus.)

Super octavo softcover (VG+); 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: HaperCollins 2021

KEYWORDS: sport sports sportsmen cricket cricketers life lives biography autobiography memoir

PIETERSON, KEVIN

Super octavo softcover (VG); 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: Sphere 2014

KEYWORDS: Kevin Pieterson cricket cricketer sport sports biography autobiography life lives

PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in full leather boards, lacks original covers, PHOTOGRAPH is present, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, lii + 301pp, VG (light fading & soiling/rubbing to spine, minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate soiling to photographic page, minor soiling & tanning sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

WARNER, P F

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front cover with black cricket illus, gilt lettering to spine with gilt cricket decoration, teg, minimally deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, XII + 253pp, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1911

KEYWORDS: cricket sport history first edition