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James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1897
Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, advts throughout; [9 advts] + 295 + xxx (advts) + [2] + [3 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, prev ownership inscr in red ink & pencil scribbles to fr cover, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl, segment cut out of lwr front board; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to fr p.; moderate cracking to fr & heavy cracking to rear hinges, bdg sloppy, tearing to fr pp.; moderate tanning & foxing & creasing to pp. throughout).
PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1897
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer
Chats on the Cricket Field
FIRST EDITION. Signed & inscribed by author. Sm octavo, green buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus.; xvi + 468 + xxi pp.; VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping; light soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps; gift inscr to ht recto; some annotations to rear).
PUBLISHER: Merritt & Hatcher (1910)
KEYWORDS: sports sport games cricket sportsmen sportsman profiles lives biography
Cricket Across the Seas: Being an Account of the Tour of Lord Hawke's Team in New Zealand and Australia
COLONIAL FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board decorated in black; frontis., plates; xiv + 204 + [4 (advts)] pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1903
KEYWORDS: sports sport games sportsmen cricket cricketers travel first edition
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1876
Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [6 advts] + 242 + [20 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; owner's inscr to advt in blue ink; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy, some tearing to pp. at central gutters; owner's inscr & library stamp to tp; pen & pencil annotation throughout).
PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1876
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1882
Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [10 advts] + 304 + + [5 (advts)] + 21 advts + [5 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; owner's inscr to frontis verso & tp; moderate to heavy cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy, some tearing to pp. at front & central gutters, some pp. loose).
PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1882
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1883
Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [25 advts] + 261 + 20 advts + [3 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, owner's inscr. in black ink to front cover; moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; stamp in purple ink to advt; moderate to heavy cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy).
PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1883
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer
James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1884
Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [19 advts] + 256 pp.; G+ (heavy soiling & scuffing to covers; heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; stamp in purple ink & owner's inscr. to tp; moderate to heavy cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy).
PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1884
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer
Counting the Cost: The 1981 Springbok Tour in Wellington
Quarto, red stapled illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, [4] + 75pp, VG (moderate adhesive staining to spine area on both wrappers, moderate fading & light creasing to wrapper edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & title page, minor staining & foxing to inside rear covers)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University History Dept Occasional Paper No 1, Wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rugby union Springbok tour 1981 Wellington South Africa Springboks protests racism apartheid
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1923
FIRST EDITION, heavy archival repairs to spine, sm octavo, yellow light card wrappers- faded, 607pp, G+ (v heavy archival tape repairs to spine- spine heavily cracked, moderate fading & foxing to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters throughout - a rather delicate item)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: Wisden's cricketers' almanacks John Wisden sport history statistics cricket first editions
Flat to the Boards: A History of Motor Car Sport in New Zealand From 1901 to 1940
Quarto, brown card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, illus., photos; 186 pp.; VG (light soiling & scuffing to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, & prelims/terminals; ownership inscr to ffep; ); in d/w VG (moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Craigs 1985
KEYWORDS: motor car automobile race racing cars history sport New Zealand
World Championship
FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Autosport 1959
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor sport car cars Grand Prix race racing first edition
Private Entrant: Racing with Rob Walker
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Cassell and Company 1965
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor sport car cars Rob Walker race racing
The Mad Motorists: The Great Peking-Paris Race of '07
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Harrap 1980
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor sport Asia Europe race racing history
John Player Motor Sport Yearbook 1976
Super octavo hardcover (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: Queen Anne Press 1976
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor sport car cars racing race automobile season
Seventy-One Not Out: The Reminiscences of William Caffyn
First edition. Sm octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; xiv + 265; VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; some foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1899
KEYWORDS: cricket cricketers cricketer sport sports games memoir first edition
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1919 (Fifty-Sixth Edition)
FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, SCARCE THUS, sm octavo, yellow wrapper, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 328pp, illus, G (bottom half of spine missing with binding exposed, 2cm closed tear to upper spine, tanning to spine, moderate soiling & light tanning to wrapper, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, minor foxing throughout, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, front wrapper tentatively attached)
PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1919
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1916 (Fifty-Third Edition)
FIRST EDITION, LACKING LEAF 3/4 ON ADVERTISEMENTS, sm octavo, yellow wrapper, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 300pp, illus, G+ ( heavy cracking & chipping to spine- some minor loss with binding exposed, moderate to heavy scuffing on wrapper, moderate soiling to wrapper & page edges, top two centimeters snipped off title page [page 9/10], minor cracking to spine throughout, front gutter for page 2/3 excessively glued)
PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1916
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1933 (Seventieth Edition)
ORIGINAL BINDING, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, yellow wrapper, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 720pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping/cracking & creasing to spine, some binding exposed, minor fading to spine, moderate soiling & scuffing to wrapper, moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, small sticker from previous bookseller on page 17, minor cracking to gutters, occasional minor soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1933
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1917 (Fifty-Fourth Edition)
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, beige wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 352pp, illus, G+ (messy/soiled tape repair to spine, some binding exposed, heavy cracking and chipping beneath tape, moderate soiling & creasing to wrapper, moderate soiling & foxing to page edges, previous owners name in pen on cover [dated 1917], moderate cracking to spine throughout, tape reinforcement to front gutter).
PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1917
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1944 (81st Edition)
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, beige canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed inside wrapper, 343pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing/soiling & creasing to spine & wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1944
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden