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100 BEST CRICKETERS

Scarce volume on 100 great cricketers published in the early 1960s in Karachi. As well as the usual suspects - Bradman, Grace, Fry etc it also features some more surprising choices from the early days

£100.00

100 BEST CRICKETERS

£60.00

ACCRINGTON: CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES AND MEN OF MARK

A comprehensive chronological history of Accrington and surrounding villages. The second half gives pen portraits and further biographical details of well-known members of the community. Of particular

£60.00

ALL ABOUT CRICKET

1975 edition. Includes a history of the game, laws, glossary of terms and records section. Paperback. 8vo. 208pp. Good condition. Signed and dedicated by Brian Johnston to first page.

£6.00

ALL ROUND THE WICKET: A MISCELLANY OF FACTS AND FANCIES OF FIRST-CLASS CRICKET

Cricket book. From run rates to ducks and maidens to extras this 1951 volume foreshadows many a modern sporting miscellany. Small 8vo. 215pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Bookplate inside. A very good

£7.00

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?

A detailed study of the Hansie Cronje scandal that rocked South African cricket in the late 1990s. Paperback.  213pp. 16 pages of colour photographs. Bottom of spine and front corner have been nibbled

£4.00

AN ANGLER'S RAMBLES - INCLUDING "THE VILLAGE CRICKET CLUB"

Early 19th-century reflections on coarse fishing and country life, including a good chapter on village cricket and developments in the game. The cricket chapter relates the doings of the cricket club in

£100.00

THE APPEAL OF CRICKET - THE MODERN GAME

Benaud offers forthright views on cricket at the end of the twentieth century. 8vo. 280pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed.

£4.00

THE APPEAL OF CRICKET - THE MODERN GAME

Benaud offers forthright views on cricket at the end of the twentieth century. 8vo. 280pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed by Benaud in ink to title-page.

£26.00

ARMCHAIR CRICKET

Guide to cricket on TV and radio. Paperback. First edition. 80pp. Very good condition.

£7.00

ARMCHAIR CRICKET 1975

Guide to cricket on TV and radio. Paperback. 224pp. Covers lightly creased. Good.

£4.00

THE ART OF BRADMAN

A collection of paintings and drawings of the Don housed in the Bradman Museum in his birth town of Bowral. 4to. 240pp on art paper. Lavishly illustrated in b/w and colour. Bound in dark green imitation

£30.00

THE ART OF CENTURIES

The Glamorgan and England batsman turned journalist analyses all aspects of scoring 100 runs in an innings, drawing on both his own experience and insights from greats such as Jack Hobbs, Donald Bradman,

£6.00

THE ART OF JACK RUSSELL - CAUGHT ON CANVAS

An insight into the artistic life of one of cricket's great characters. Profusely illustrated with his paintings. Large 4to (landscape). 144pp. Very good condition. Signed and dedicated by Russell to

£8.00

THE ART OF JACK RUSSELL - NEW HORIZONS

Illustrations of a wide range of work made by the ex-England and Gloucester wicket-keeper, including portraits and landscapes as well as cricket subjects, notably capturing England's 2005 Ashes victory,

£10.00

ASHES TO ASHES: THE RISE, FALL AND RISE OF ENGLISH CRICKET

The story of English cricket's decline in the 1990s and revival in the following decade. 1st edition. large 8vo. Very good. Signed by Keith Fletcher and Ivo Tennant on the title page.

£12.00

AUSTRALIAN BATSMEN

A study of great Australian cricketers, from the great stonewaller, Bannerman, to the dashing southpaw, Neil Harvey. 8vo. 203pp. 16 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£4.00

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE CRICKET FIELD AND THE OLD CROCKS: BEING A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE RAMBLING WANDERING C.C.

A collection of personal recollections of cricketers, cricket and the cricket field, covering things like lob bowling, cricketing families, cricketing clergymen, hitting and hitters, slow and fast scoring.

£50.00

BACKGROUND OF CRICKET

Large volume of collected writings from noted cricket author Sir Home Gordon. 1st edition. Large 8vo. 347pp. photos. Original green boards. Very good.

£14.00

BACKWARD GLANCES: AN ALBUM OF EARLY CRICKET PHOTOGRAPHS 1857-1917

An annotated collection of early cricket photographs edited by the curator of the MCC museum. Paperback, 1st edition. 8vo. Unpaginated, 60 photographs. Good condition.

£4.00

THE BALANCE OF POWER IN TEST CRICKET 1877-1998

Interesting history of Test cricket showing how the balance of power has shifted between countries and between batsmen and bowlers. 8vo. 140pp. Illus. Dust-wrapper, very good.

£6.00

BARCLAYS WORLD OF CRICKET - THE GAME FROM A TO Z

The 1st revised edition of the invaluable guide to cricket, first published in 1966. Includes a potted history of the game, biographies, grounds of the world, etc. 1st thus. large 4to. 662pp. including

£40.00

BARRY NORMAN'S BOOK OF CRICKET

The film critic and journalist offers a nicely illustrated and informative overview of domestic and international cricket. 8vo. 335pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition. Nicely signed by the author to

£14.00

BAT AND BALL: A NEW BOOK OF CRICKET

A charming collection of essays on the various facets of cricket down the ages, with contributions from Robertson-Glasgow, Cardus, WE Bowes, JAH Catton and many others. 4to. 283pp. Portrait frontis, 45

£8.00

BAT AND BALL: A NEW BOOK OF CRICKET

£45.00

BAT, BALL, WICKET AND ALL

A superb account of the origin and development of the implements and dress used in cricket.  Small 8vo. 128pp. Frontispiece, 12 plates. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good condition.

£12.00

BATSMAN'S PARADISE: AN ANATOMY OF CRICKETOMANIA

In this partly autobiographical work, the author recounts his memories of the great batsmen of his youth in the 1920s: Hobbs, Hammond, Hendren, and the Surrey teams of the period. A great read, especially

£5.00

BATTER'S CASTLE: A RAMBLE ROUND THE REALM OF CRICKET

Ian Peebles (1908-80) provides an series of anecdotes, advice, humour and gossip from his life in cricket. 8vo. 191pp. 12 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good condition.

£7.00

BENAUD IN WISDEN

Wisden's tribute to Richie Benaud in the form of reports of all his 63 Test matches, a selection of his own articles including appreciations of Bradman, Lillee and Warne, and pieces written about him from

£8.00

THE BEST LOVED GAME

Moorhouse's beautifully-written examination of English cricket at all levels from Test matches to the village green. 8vo. 188pp. Some neat ink marks to margins. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good

£5.00

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