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18918vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made primrose endpapers, original cloth gilt mounted on new and separate leaves at front, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
1893rif. 304054Adelaide 1893. Silver prints measuring 4-5/8 x 5-3/4 in. Mounted on archival board. Very good. Silver prints measuring 4-5/8 x 5-3/4 in. A lovely set of pictures: the first being a portrait of the team showing thirteen women in uniform and hats with bats and ball front and centre. The second image is a shot of a ladies match in progress the umpire seemingly signalling a no ball. On the verso of each is inscribed "Ladies Cricket Team 93" and then "Ladies Cricket Match Adelaide." These images of some interest as they preceed the formation of the first women's cricket league in Australia in 1894 under the direction of Lily Poulett-Harris. unknown books
rif. 81030Seated next to him is Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker 1879-1950 and his young son also Richard 1909-1967. Richard senior played 119 matches for Kent 1898-1908 'a hard-hitting batsman and a fine slip fielder. He helped Kent carry off the County Championship in 1906 and was President of the club when he died. His twin daughters Barbara and Joan . were prominent members of the Kent women's cricket team and both played for England' 'Wisden Book of Obituaries'. In this photograph Richard junior looks to be four or five years old; at that time 1913 or 1914 Richard senior was playing for Blackheath Cricket Club. Here he is shown padded up so presumably it is in season. Grace died in October 1915 and this photograph taken a year or two before his death depicts a genial smiling giant of a man at ease in this archetypal cricket setting. In excellent condition mounted and matted ready for framing. unknown
1957Single sheet, 8vo., a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Tedder' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the airman's keen and continuing interest in the sport. Tedder was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1953 to 1958. The letter regretfully declines Moore's invitation to attend the Buccaneer's annual dinner (held at Lords). Marshal of the RAF Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890-1967) was one of Britain's most distinguished air commanders. Educated at Whitgift School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he transferred from the Dorsetshire Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, serving in France from 1915- to 1917 and in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. He was then commissioned in to the (new) Royal Air Force where was appointed Director of Training from 1934 to 1936, after which he became Commander RAF Far Eastern Forces. During WWII he was head of RAF Middle East Command, controlling Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including the evacuation of Crete and the defeat of Rommel; his air power was a vital component of Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Having been promoted to Air Marshal, Tedder then took part in the early planning for D-Day, and was subsequently appointed Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe (the most senior such British position) immediately beneath General Eisenhower, on whose behalf he signed at the German Surrender in 1945. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles lecture, afterwards published as 'Air Power in War'. Following his retirement he served as Chancellor of Cambridge University and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY TEDDER ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
1933rif. 97242Adelaide: South Australian Cricket Association 1933. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide South Australian Cricket Association 1933. Octavo 96 pages with numerous illustrations and advertisements plus cover advertisements. Attractive pictorial wrappers printed in green and gold; top corner of the outside rear cover lightly stained; centrefold scoring sheet completed neatly in ink with the final results for the last three Tests on the relevant page; short tear to one leaf expertly sealed; an excellent copy. A pre-match publication for the Test that saw bodyline tactics move from controversy to crisis. Padwick 4487. South Australian Cricket Association paperback
rif. BN104123O'Reilly Editions. Softcover. DNS et BIND DNS et BIND O'Reilly Editions paperback
1878rif. 20325London: Vanity Fair 1878. Fred Spofforth 1853 - 1926 the player also known as "The Demon Bowler" was arguably the Australian cricket teams' finest pace bowler of the 19th century. Spofforth was the first bowler to take 50 test wickets and the first to take a test hat trick on January 2 1879 where a bowler takes three wickets in consecutive deliveries. Published on July 13 1878. Color chromolithograph 10 x 14 1/2". Sml. crease near the title otherwise very good condition. Vanity Fair unknown
1938rif. 134463Broughty Ferry Dundee: Unidentified Photographer 1938. Very Good. Broughty Ferry Dundee Unidentified Photographer 1938. A vintage gelatin silver photograph 205 × 296 mm laid down on the original captioned mount with the players identified below the image. The mount is a little marked mainly by three small faint glass-rings one slightly encroaching on the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph; tiny mark to the surface of the photograph; overall in excellent condition. The Burnie 'Advocate' Friday 5 August 1938 has an interesting account of the first day's play: 'The Australians arrived by charabanc at the picturesque Broughton sic Ferry ground to-day wearing tartan bonnets but there was nothing festive about their early batting on a good wicket. McCabe won the toss and decided to bat. The weather was fine and cool. By virtue of his father being an Aberdonian the Yorkshireman Gibb led Scotland which drew no nationalistic bar. The team included the West Indian Hunt who is now a professional for Aberdeenshire. Chipperfield was train sick after the 12.5 hour journey from Swansea and stayed in bed to-day. Bradman is staying with friends at Perth. He is expected to stand down in the minor matches to ensure freshness for the next Test. Badcock and Walker who opened for Australia scored only seventeen in half an hour before Badcock was stumped off the first ball from Laidlaw. Walker was bowled in Hunt's first over. Against creditable bowling Barnes batted crisply until caught in the slips by Laidlaw. Fingleton whom one kilted spectator described as a "we bitty on the dour side" stayed with McCabe until lunch when three wickets were down for 95 runs. After lunch Fingleton was soon out and Brown did not last long but McCabe gave the crowd of 4000 the kind of batting it had come to see. Brilliant and versatile he scored 50 in 50 minutes. At tea the Australians were all out for 213 runs'. A few days later the Hobart 'Mercury' Monday 8 August reported that the match was a draw with Australia 213 and 320 and Scotland 88 and 8 for 185. The 'two-day match which ended at Dundee yesterday would have been won easily had not the Australians in light-hearted mood refused to allow it a definite finish. Some of the Scottish newspapers are critical of the Australian tactics at Dundee. The "Scotsman" says it was with no sense of satisfaction that Scotland drew the match in such circumstances'. The full account of the match is nothing if not entertaining with snippets such as these: 'A crowd of 6000 in sultry weather after lunch was entertained first by the release on the field of a kangaroo from the Australian exhibit at the Glasgow Exhibition' and 'As an example of Scottish economy tickets for the match with India in 1932 were used as pass-out checks at lunch time'. [Unidentified Photographer] unknown
rif. 66219Very Good. Printed in blue on white silk now framed and glazed visible surface 245 × 185 mm. A few light creases and light marginal spotting; in excellent condition. Australia lost by an innings and 18 runs . and 18 was Australia's total first innings score! Kelly Graham and Trott scored 8 4 and 6 respectively; Darling was the last man standing on nought Giffen was unable to take to the field so only ten men played but Gregory Iredale Hill Trumble Eady and McKibbin ALL scored ducks! Bowling figures were Pougher 5-0 Hearne 4-4. This is still Australia's lowest first-class score a record they hope won't ever be broken. unknown
rif. 100633A gelatin silver photograph 218 × 294 mm laid down as issued on the original printed mount of the photographer 'E. Ziegler 40 Elizabeth St Norwood' Ernest Charles Victor Ziegler active 1879-1925. The photograph and mount are in superb condition behind glass in the original frame. 'The Advertiser' 11 December 1931 sets the scene for these Inter-Collegiate matches: 'Today the annual cricket match between St Peter's and Prince Alfred Colleges will begin at the Adelaide Oval. Last year the game was played at Prince Alfred College the first time in the history of the matches first played in 1878 that the Adelaide Oval was not available. The match is one of the most important cricket events outside first-class matches in South Australia although in recent years it has failed to sic the importance and drawing power of inter-collegiate matches played before the war. Many famous cricketers have graduated from the college teams'. The 1910 SPSC team - victorious to the tune of 232 runs - was no exception; sitting next to each other are C.E. Pellew and Vice-Captain A.G. Moyes. 'Nip' Pellew played for South Australia 1913-14 to 1928-29 the AIF Touring XI 1919 to 1919-20 and Australia ten Tests in 1920-21. Johnny Moyes a 'promising young cricketer . had represented 1912-15 South Australia making a century on debut been chosen 1914 for Australia in a tour cancelled due to World War I against South Africa and played for Victoria in 1920. In Sydney he achieved one of the highest individual scores in grade cricket when he made 218 runs in 83 minutes for the Gordon District Cricket Club in 1922. he served as a New South Wales selector 1926-27 and wanted Sir Donald Bradman to play for the State' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. For many years he worked as a journalist including fifteen years as sporting editor of 'The Sun' and he published thirteen books on cricket. In 1949 he began 'broadcasting sporting sessions for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. In 1950-51 he covered his first Test series against England. In 1955 he received a full-time contract. As a cricket broadcaster he became a household name in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s and early 1960s' ADB. unknown
First Edition, vii,[i]pp., 283,[1]pp., 11 engraved plates showing such goods as hose pipes, carriage wheel tire, air proof cushions, beds, swimming belts, Yachting boats, mud boots, tents, fishing trousers, cricket bat, -leg protector, -gloves, foot balls, etc., orig. embossed cloth, small tear to head and foot of spine. "Hancock, Thomas (1786?1865), rubber manufacturer and inventor... Hancock took out sixteen patents in all relating to rubber between 1820 and 1847. He displayed remarkable ingenuity in suggesting uses for what was practically a new material, and the specifications of his patents cover the entire field of rubber manufactures, though many of his ideas were not carried out at the time."?(Oxford DNB).
1877rif. biblio358London: Vanity Fair june 9 1877. Fine. Chromolithography 265x395mm original proof impression Like new a small tear of 2 cm in the lower margin “The second versions of the Vanity Fair caricatures are the proof prints or proofs before lettering First versions are the original watercolors; third versions are the widely available weekly/album prints Produced to verify the colours and lines of the lithograph no more than twenty copies were printed Not true many more than that These prints have no captions or dates or other descriptive type and the magazine bound them in numbered albums in green leather with gilt tooling They were offered for sale and also awarded as prizes in the magazine’s acrostic contests At the front of each volume is a printed note from Vanity Fair giving the number of the proof volume and the numbered volume in the series However these volumes were "broken" to sell individually and one never sees the complete volume The quality of the colours in the proof prints their clarity of line and detail and their scarcity make them of considerable interest to the collector” Roy T Matthews and Peter Mellini In “Vanity Fair” Berkeley: University of California Press 1982 203 Vanity Fair hardcover
2011rif. 1-0738723347Midnight Ink 2011. Paperback. New. original edition. 288 pages. 7.90x5.10x0.80 inches. Midnight Ink paperback
1949Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter declines Moore's invitation to attend the annual dinner, but carries Wavell's best wishes for the Club for the coming year during which he hopes to see tham in action. Field-Marshal Earl Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa, his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific, ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar, compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' (1944). The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
1991rif. 132778Adelaide: Australian Cricket Board 1991. Very Good. Adelaide Australian Cricket Board 1991. Quarto 4 pages a card bifolium. Apart from a few trifling creases and marks in excellent condition. Philip Lovett Ridings 1917-1998 played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957; he was captain from 1946 to 1957. He was then a cricket administrator serving as Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983. Loosely inserted is an original colour photograph sheet size 210 × 296 mm of Phil Ridings and six of the guests of honour at the dinner: Don Bradman Ray Lindwall Alan Davidson Sam Loxton Bill Johnston and Neil Harvey. All seven have signed the wide margin of the photograph. The rear cover of the menu has also been signed by some 35 attendees at the dinner including the above seven luminaries. 2 items. Australian Cricket Board unknown
1984rif. 53785Adelaide: Wakefield Press/ SACA 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide Wakefield Press/ SACA 1984. Large quarto ii x 262 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs. Full leather with the clear acetate dustwrapper; mint in the original specially-designed cardboard box. One of 299 numbered copies of the deluxe edition issued with a gilt-embossed leather cricket ball signed by Don Bradman still present with this copy - many are no longer so!. The odd limitation number was chosen because it is the Test record for the Adelaide Oval set by Bradman against South Africa in 1932 - incidentally he was not out. Wakefield Press/ SACA hardcover
rif. 18165Paris, André Barry & fils, 1948. In-folio, 147 pp. 27 pl., en feuilles, couverture originale imprimée, chemises et étui éditeur de demi-toile bleue (1 accident à l'étui, frottements, quelques taches et rousseurs, quelques pâles décharges, 1 cuivre manquant).
1959rif. 73294Adelaide: The Club 1959. Fine. Adelaide The Club 1959. Quarto one large sheet of card approximately 510 x 380 mm printed on one side only and folded twice down to size. An attractive menu card printed in red and blue throughout with the menu and toast list on the centrefold and the last page designed for autographs; in fine condition. And autographs there from this auspicious year in which the Club won the premiership in all three grades in the 1958-59 season. Sir Don Bradman proposed the toast to the Club and he is one of the signatories along with Clarrie Grimmett the Club coach. Among the more than fifty other signatures all but one in ink are the following Test and State players: Alec Barker Bert Bedford Leon Hill Alan Hitchcox Hitchcock Gil Langley Brian Leak Bob Lee Douglas McKay Roy Middleton 'Nip' Pellew Colin Pinch Ross Stanford Cecil Starr and Rolly Vaughton. The oldest former Club member A.P. May born in 1873 has also added his signature. The original owner of the menu has written his ownership details at the head of the first and last pages. The Club unknown
1889rif. 9545Bristol: J Arrowsmith 1889. 1st Edition. . Book Book Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Bristol: J Arrowsmith 1889. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. 1889 assumed publication date. Unnumbered pages believed complete. Pocket sized softback. No back present front cover is separated and missing outside 1/4" all way around. Spine card heavily torn. Thread-bound. The final leaf recto: Gloucestershire V Kent August 1889 and verso Batting Averages in matches against Kent Lancashire Middlesex Nottingham Surrey Sussex and Yorkshire. Internally tight and unmarked. Photographs on request. Bristol: J Arrowsmith paperback
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rif. 2218537Near Fine. Hi I am selling some of my non Wisdens Here we have : Imperial Cricket by P.F.Warner. 1912. What an enormous book I have never seen anything like it. There is no jacket but not sure one was ever on it by researching it. It is Number BLANK of the 900 subscribers edition not sure why blank I am not an expert on this book perhaps it makes it worthless. Online they retail at 250-500 so ill stick with the lower amount if I am wildly off please say. Lovely picture and ripped tissue paper of His Majesty King George V. The Abe book people say it is : Portrait and numerous plates 3 coloured. Large 4to 12 1/4 x 10 inches pages: xxi:503. It is so huge it has been used to press flowers flowers included unless you want me to bin then they could be 100 years old no damage to the book. Ill post for free as could be a lot. UK only for . Condition=8/10 unknown
rif. 1957077Near Fine. Hi I am selling some of my non Wisdens Here we have : John Wisdens RUGBY Football Almanack second edition 1924-25 season. In Very good condition in Original paperback form. The spine paper has some loss of text to one end but it is still tightly bound excellent hinges the front and rear covers are tight to the next page might be reaffixed but it might just be the book itself. Clean pages not an expert on these but I would say it was an 8 or 9 out of 10. Condition=8/10 paperback
rif. 931879Fine. ORIGINAL 12 CHARLES CROMBIE LAWS OF CRICKET HUMEROUS CARICATURES Published by Perrier in 1906. There are only 12 cartoons in the set. Charles Crombie was an editorial cartoonist who was born in Scotland Condition=9/10 unknown
rif. 24480An original vintage gelatin silver press photograph 120 × 165 mm with a typed caption mounted on the verso: 'Australians dismissed for 156 runs in their first innings against Essex at Leyton. Fairfax Australia loses his leg stump to Palmer after scoring 12 runs'. The photograph is taken from behind the wicket and includes the wicket-keeper the fieldsman at slips Alan Fairfax the cartwheeling stump and Alan Kippax the batsman at the non-striker's end. Of far greater consequence however is the signature pencilled on the verso of the image: that of Archie Jackson the New South Wales and Australian Test batsman who died of tuberculosis in 1933 at the early age of 23. Jackson and his friend and supporter Fairfax were room-mates on the 1930 tour of England which helps explain why this particular image from this tour bears his ownership signature. unknown
