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BOTHAM - My Autobiography.

Botham, Ian, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins Willow, London ,1994, 7th imp., 400pp, 16pp col'd and half tone plates, black cloth gilt, as new apart from 4 line inscr. on half title, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

THE ASHES CROWN THE YEAR - A Coronation Cricket Diary.

Fingleton, J. H., · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1954, 2nd imp., 320pp, 16pp half tone plates, light blue cloth gilt, account of a tour of England by the Australian test cricketer and journalist for the Ashes tour during 1953, lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, gilding a little dull, no dustwrapper, very...

MY LORD'S.

Heald, Tim (ed.), · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Willow Books, Harper Collins, 1990, 1st edn., 207pp, numerous in text line drawings by Colin Wheelerpeach cloth gilt, a celebration of the World's Greatest Cricket Ground, light bump lower cnr. lower bd. and top edge upper bd., dustwrapper: sl. sunned at spine, very good plu...

THE WORLD OF CRICKET.

Swanton, E. W. O.B.E. (Gen Ed.) Melford, Michael (Assoc. Ed.), Rosenwater, Irving and Winlaw, A. S. R. (Assis. Eds., ), · 1966

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Michael Joseph, London, 1966, 1st edn., 1165pp, col'd frontis, 22pp col'd plates, numerous in text half tone ills., sage green cloth gilt, an A-Z of cricket covering all aspects of the game, a little shaken, lightly rubbed at extrems., no dustwrapper, very good,

IN THE FAST LANE.

Boycott, Geoffrey, · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Arthur Barker / Weidenfeld, London, 1981, 1st edn., 224pp, pictorial eps, half tone frontis, numerous in text half tone ills., red cloth gilt, pictorial dw, account of the controversial tour of the Caribbean in 1981, loosely inserted circket presentation event card signed on ...

DOUBLE CENTURY.

Lewis, Tony, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1987, 1st edn., 375pp, col'd pictorial eps, numerous col'd and half tone in text ills., red cloth gilt, a celebration of 200 years of the MCC, small bump lower cnr. lower bd., lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: sl. sunned at spine, very good pl...

HOMES OF CRICKET.

Plumptre, George (Consultant Ed. E. W. Swanton), · 1988

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Queen Anne Press (Macdonald and Co.), London, 1988, 1st edn., 224pp, numerous in text col'd and half tone ills, grey cloth lettered in silver, the first class cricket grounds of England and Wales, the features and curiosities as well as the changes, highlights and personaliti...

THE COMPLETE WHO'S WHO OF TEST CRICKETERS.

Martin-Jenkins, Christopher (research James Coldham), · 1981

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Orbis Publishing, London, 1981, reprint, 424pp, half tone frontis and numerous in text half tone ills., dark green cloth gilt, lightly bumped at spine ends, erased old price mark cnr. ffep., dustwrapper: price clipped, ligghtly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good plu...

GUBBY ALLEN - MAN OF CRICKET.

Swanton, E. W. (foreword by Lord Home of the Hirsel), · 1985

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hutchinson / Stanley Paul, London, 1985, 1st edn., ix, 311pp, 24pp half tone plates, dark blue cloth lettered in silver, biography of the man with a long and influential affect on English cricket before and after WW2, bump head of spine, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: l...

LORD'S 1787-1945.

Warner, Sir Pelham (foreword by H. S. Altham), · 1946

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

George G. Harrap, London, 1946, 1st edn., 324pp, half tone frontis, 50pp half tone plates, mid blue cloth gilt, the history of Lord's cricket ground, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges a little dusty and faintly foxed, light foxing to eps. and prelims, pencil name a...

BOTHAM REKINDLES THE ASHES.

Melford, Michael (The Series in Figures - Bill Frindall, Comment - E. W. Swanton, Foreword - Peter May), · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Daily Telegraph, London, 1981, 2nd imp., paperback, vi, 161pp, 14pp half tone plates, pictorial wrappers, the extraordinary 1981 Ashes series, lightly rubbed at tips, ink name inside upper wrapper, very good plus,

CRICKET CONTROVERSY.

Cary, Clif (foreword by Alan Kippax), · 1948

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T. Werner Laurie, London, 1948, 2nd imp., xi, 232pp, half tone frontis, 15pp half tone plates, khaki cloth lettered in turquoise, top edge coloured, an account of Test matches in Australia 1946/7, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., cloth sunned at spine and a sl. foxed ...

46 NOT OUT.

Robertson-Glasgow, R. C., · 1948

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Hollis and Carter, London, 1948, 2nd imp., 206pp, half tone frontis , 8pp half tone plates, red cloth, lettered in gilt on green title panel, autobiography and anecdotes by the cricket writer and correspondent, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., cloth faded at spine and ...

THE CRICKETER'S COMPANION.

Ross, Alan (ed.), · 1960

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Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1960, 2nd imp., x, 548pp, pictorial eps, ill. title page and numerous in text ills., light green cloth, lettered in gilt on red, top edge coloured, 3 line inscrip. on half title, an anthology of cricket stories, great matches and players, shaken...

SUMMER DAYS - Writers on Cricket.

Meyer, Michael (ed.), · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Oxford University Press, 1983, 1st in imprint, paperback, reflections on the game of cricket by thirty-three contributors including Laurie Lee, Thomas Keneally and Harold Pintersl. spine slant, several faint vertical creases to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

SPINNING ROUND THE WORLD.

Laker, Jim, · 1959

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Sportmans Book Club, London 1959, , club edn., 224pp, 16pp half tone plates, maroon cloth gilt, autobiography of the spin bowler, a little bumped at head of spine and top cnrs., edges browned, a few fox marks at endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,

THE MCC BICENTENARY MATCH (1787-1987).

Doggart, G. H. G.(intro. welcome by Hubert Doggart), · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Programme Publications, London, , paperback, 80pp, numerous in text col'd and half tone ills., col'd paper wrappers, the Official Souvenir Programme of the match at Lord's 20-25th August, 1987lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

GREAT CRICKET MATCHES.

Buchanan, Handasyde, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1962, 1st edn., 406pp, 2pp scores and acknowledgements, photographic eps., mid green cloth lettered in gilt on crimson title panel, top edge col'd, account of 25 great matches from England v. Australia Sydney Test 1894/5 to Australia v. West Ind...

THE ART OF COARSE CRICKET.

Hughes, Spike (foreword by Denis Compton), · 1964

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Hutchinson, London, 1964, reprint, 122pp, in text ills. by Antony Wysard, light green cloth lettered in red and white, presentation copy to D. M. O'M. Brittain signed by 12 members of the Dublin University Cricket Club, 1964, an amusing study of cricket's Principles, Traditio...

AFTER THE INTERVAL.

Melford, Michael, · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Crowood Press, Sindon, 1990, 1st edn., 238pp, 32pp half tone plates, blue cloth gilt, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the resumption of the first class game after WW2, ex public library copy, only lightly worn with the usual stamps, dustwrapper: remains of label ta...