Laker, Jim [Cricket]Biblio.com
1957Best.-Nr. 355490718394London: Muller 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's dark blue boards with gilt spine lettering. Blue top edge. Light foxing to the fore-edge and the eatly/late pages of the book; boards really bright and clean. Overall VG indeed in Fine condition dust wrapper with very minor graze to the spine tip and tiny tear to the lower spine gutter not price clipped 16/- spine colours not faded super condition copy. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection this protects and prolongs the life of the paper. Signed and inscribed by the Author on his portrait frontispiece: To Malcolm/ All Good Wishes/ Jim Laker". Laid in is a postcard of the SS Iberia the ship that carried the England team to Australia for the Ashes Tour in 1958/9. The postcard has been multi-signed in different inks by 17 members likely all the playing staff of the England touring party including inter alia: P.B.H. May captain Surrey 28; M.C. Cowdrey vice-captain Kent 26; E.R. Dexter Sussex 23; T.W. Graveney Gloucestershire 31; J.C. Laker Surrey 36; G.A.R. Lock Surrey 29; P.E. Richardson Worcestershire 27; J.B. Statham Lancashire 28; F.S. Trueman Yorkshire 26; F.H. Tyson Northamptonshire 28; W. Watson Leicestershire 38. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request. Muller hardcover
1982No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 164pp. Biography of the cricket batsman who played for Surrey and England between 1881 and 1904.
1991Best.-Nr. wis014fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 248pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis009fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 172pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis008fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 152pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis013fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 224pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis012fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 214pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis011fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 180pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis015fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 250pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis010fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 208pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. wis007fLondon: John Wisden & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition with clear dust jacket. 1991. Limited Edition 107/1000. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 100mm 6" x 4". 152pp. . John Wisden & Co Ltd hardcover
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.
1961192 pages, illustrated, statistics, index, wear to covers, weak rear hinge. eng
1954VG/VG . dj is worn.creased to edges over spine, with some small loss. clean tidy copy internally. foxing to edges of textblock. owner stamp to ffep.
1985164 pages, illustrated. eng
19798vo, 83 pages, illustrated. Edited by Lynn Hughes. eng
2006No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 160pp. A fascinating collection of facts about the game of cricket.
1991No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with very slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 147pp. This issue includes Graham Greene, post-war Daphne Du Maurier, PC Wren, Beau Geste, London Mystery Magazine, Military memoirs of the age of Marlborough, Richard Hughes, collecting early cricket books.
1949good+ hardback (no D/J), very small size. wear and some loss to ends of spine, and rubbing to corners. a good reading copy.
Best.-Nr. 035232290X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0352321091.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1946hardback (no D/J), medium size, small light area to board, internally good, rounding to head & tail of spine.
Best.-Nr. 42699L'Harmattan 2001 livre étude 21,5*13,5 278 pages acteur de la science
1949No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page fore-edges and very minor bumping to upper corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped but with small pieces missing from upper front corner and top of spine and tears to other corners and nicks to edges. 240pp. Fascinating discussion and advice on the sport of cricket by the Winchester, Oxford, Surrey and England cricketer. Well illustrated with black & white photographs. Scarce.
19898vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illus Boards, Colour Very Good. No Jacket. A biography of C. P. McGahey, Essex cricketer of the late 1800s. Illustrated and includes statistics for the period.
