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1111[1946] With nine illustrations. 200 pages. Very light wear to cover edges, rubbing.
1964160 pages. 16 pages of photographs.
1977A biography that creates a vivid picture of Sussex and English cricket over nearly three decades and the gradual decline in the late 30s. 215 pages.
1979A collection of humour and wit by a variety of contributors. 159 pages. Illustrated. Creases to edges of dust jacket. Dedication to previous owner on front free endpaper.
1111[1961] 64 pages of test cricket history, records of batting and other averages, photographs and cigarette advertisements.
1937With original box. viii; 271 pages. 12 tipped-in illustrations. Green cloth covers with gilt title and decoration on front cover and gilt title on spine. Foxing on pastedowns, free endpapers and page edges. Dust jacket has tear and creases at top/tail of spine, slight foxing and general shelfwear. Slight foxing to some tissue guards and on illustrations. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
1981Paginated 231:332.
1876Lots 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.
1969Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 160 pages, contents include: Delight of dice, Lawn and table tennis, Pall mall to the cricket pitch, Gof, Gouffe, Gowff or Goff, Cock fighting to football, Card games and origins, Mainly bowls and billiards, Games in English pubs, Antiquity of board games etc.
1971Ex-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.
1970A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 151 pages. Full lavender cloth boards. Tattered dust jacket with tears. Beautiful illustrations by Garth Williams.
1948Book is in excellent condition with very light edge wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind and is in impressively fine condition with tipped-in color plates and b&w prints, map endpapers showing the locations of the text. Dust jacket is price clipped and is extensively repaired at edges with scotch tape. Contents include The pleasure gardens, White conduit house, Marylebone gardens, Jenny's whim, Bagnigge wells, Islington spa, Sadler's wells, Highbury barn, Bermondsey spa, The English grotto, Finch's grotto gardens, Florida gardens, The Yorkshire stingo, etc.
1968Full green cloth boards worn and faded at edges. Tattered dust jacket. Small stain on side page ends. Tight binding. Large oblong format: 15 1/2"w x 10 3/4"h. 128 pages. Many b&w and color illustrations.
1962A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 116 pages. "An aid to the appreciation of first-class cricket, and a guide to the laws." Helpful diagrams and glossary of cricket language.
1989Book is in excellent condition with some light foxing to the page ends. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, now wrapped in protective cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 277 pages, content include: Rise of modern ball games, Early american cricket, Players, Clubs, Baseball's boom and cricket's survival, etc. Short b&w photo section.
2005Book shows very light shelf wear only to covers, age-toned paper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 355 pages
1980No marks or inscriptions. Some creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 95pp. A concise study of cricket in all its forms.
1992No 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.
1947No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. Lower page edges untrimmed. 288pp. Autobiography of the renowned cricket commentator and music critic from the slums of Manchester who achieved fame and recognition in the Long Room at Lord's and the musical festivals of Saltzburg.
1999No 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 torn with minor trace of label removal to front and slight crease to upper rear edge. 240pp. Mini-biographies of over eighty cricket stars from the memory of EW Swanton who has been writing cricketing obituaries for the Daily Telegraph and The Cricketer for more than fifty years. Illustrated.
1924124 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
1952Pages 77 - 120. Features: Photos of Hatfield, Lord Salisbury's Great Mansion where Elizabeth Tudor spent her youth; Photos taken aboard the S.S. United States; Great aerial photo of the S.S. United States entering Southampton Docks at the end of her transatlantic record-setting maiden run from New York; Rumania's Foreign Minister Mme. Anna Pauker is number one in the ranks of women communists; Interesting page of illustrations present a new technique of radar navigation which optically weds the radar picture to the actual chart; Photos of demonstration of underwater radio transmission; The houses of the iron age in Ultima Thule-Jarlshof excavations; Great photos show how Iron Age Shetlanders lived; The Army's university at Shrivenham; Scenes at the military college of Science; Photos of General Eisenhower - the Republican's candidate - and some possible Democrat candidates; Fantastic centerfold photo of the Republican convention which selected General Eisenhower as Republican Presidential candidate; Photos of personalities of the week, including open golf champion Bobby Locke and D.J. Hulbert, hero of the Eton v. Harrow cricket match; Photo of the U.S. battleship Missouri in Portland Harbour; Dr. Hewlett Johnson supports claims of germ warfare on the Chinese by the U.S.; Nice ad for the Humber 8-seater Pullman Limousine on back cover; and more. Back cover loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1956Pages: 801-844. Features: Great colour ad inside front cover for British Motor Corporation (BMC) features illustration of elephant pulling massive log; Nice one-page Rover car ad; Cover photo of the Queen and her husband arriving at Ascot on Royal Hunt Cup Day; Dramatic cricket photos - test match between England and Australia; Review of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards on parade at Windsor; Photos of ten personalities of the week, including Mr. Michael Arlen, Golda Myerson, Thomas J. Watson, and Professor James J. Guest; Swiss Everest climbers; Royal Polo; Churchill and Truman; King Faisal of Iraq; Seven illustrations of Britain's first 'motors only' road - the preston by-pass; Nice two-page photo montage of seeded tennis players for the Wimbledon singles titles; One page with three large photos of a gathering of heroes - scenes from the Queen's review of holders of the Victoria Cross (V.C.); Magnificent centerfold photo of the Queen arriving in horse-drawn carriage at London's Hyde Park to review 300 holders of the Victoria Cross; Photos from the Troodos Mountains 'Sweep' in Cyprus - terrorists and a deadly fire; Photos of Krushchev and Tito; The vanished crown of Mary of Modena - a counterfeit of the seventeenth century found under a royal diadem of the eighteenth; Mrs. Nasser votes in Egypt; Photos from East Germany - Russina withdrawals; Photo of fourteen Canadian Victoria Cross (V.C.) recipients on their arrival at Portsmouth; Arrival of 14 Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross at Tilbury Docks; Arrival of 10 Indian recipients of the Victoria Cross at Tilbury Docks; One-page ad for Wolseley cars; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for Ilford colour film features Stonehenge and a Marilyn Monroe look-alike; Nice colour ad on back page for Midland Bank Gift Cheques; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1956Pages: 281-320. Features: Cover photos of Adlai Stevenson's triumph in Chicago; Photo ad for Grants Stand Fast Whisky inside front cover features Alan Melville; One-page Ford car ad; Esso Petrol one-page ad features tigers; South African Airlines ad; Large photo portrait of Adlai Stevenson; Turning Point in Cyprus? - The Eoka Cease-fire Declaration - six photos including Archbishop Makarios and Dighenis; Two pages of photos of the delegations which attended the London Conference on Suez; Prince Charles and Princess Anne help sailors pull a rope; Photo portraits of Princess Margaret; Photos of the Queen in Oban, Mull, Skye, Barra and South Uist; Photo of nine heads of the Arab League; Story and eight photos of newly oil-rich Saudi Arabia; Great centerfold photo of delegates at the opening session of the Suez Conference in London (holding by one staple); 14 photos of personalities of the week, including Lake Ontario swimmer Brenda Fisher, Sir Otto Lund, Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, Baron Von Neurath and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick; Miss Pat Smythe at the Brighton horse show; Thousand-year-old trees a few inches high - the astonishing welwitschia, from the deserts of Angola; One-page aerial photo of raft L'Egare which had just finished an 87-day voyage on the Atlantic; Police raid Communist H.Q. in West Germany; Nice colour-photo ad inside back cover for the Illustrated London News encourages subscriptions for those flying to Australia; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features cricket theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1980114 pages. Features: Tribute to Tunnicliffe; Numbers 1 to 32 London (great photos of address numbers); The Appeal of Blue Peter; Four Paws for Freedom; London's Keystone Personalities; Charles Ledger - Adventurer Extraordinary; Belloc in Love; Mechanical Music in the West Country; Back to the Peacock Days of Cricket; History in Wax; A Penchant for Pin Cushions; The Man of the Mask; The Noble Chianti; Marianne North - the travels of a happy artist; Winter in Old Russia; Childhood in the 19th Century; and more. Average wear. Sticker removal mark in upper corner of front cover. A sound copy of this great issue. Book