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BALL BY BALL.

Martin-Jenkins, Christopher, · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Grafton Books, London, 1990, 1st edn., 202pp, 16pp half tone plates, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, signed by Christopher Martin-Jenkins on title page, the story of cricket broadcasting, a few tiny black spots top edge, dustwrapper: lightly ...

THE GUINNESS CRICKET QUIZ BOOK.

Bird, Philip, · 1993

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Guinness Publishing, Enfield, ND (c1993), paperback, 160pp, numerous in text half tone ills., large format wrappers, 60 quizzes of 25 questions for cricket enthusiasts, 4 line inscr. inside front wrapper, very good plus,

THE CRICKET REVOLUTION.

Willis, Bob with Murphy, Patrick, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club Associates, London, 1981, club edn., 194pp, numerous in text half tone ills., red cloth gilt, by England's main strike bowler and account of Test Cricket in the 1970's, the gamesmanship, intimidation and the introduction more money to the game as well as pen portrai...

THE BOUNDARY BOOK.

Frewin, Leslie (ed. and preface by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT), · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macdonald and Co., London, 1962, 1st edn., xv, 320pp, cartoons at eps, 2pp half tone frontis, 1pp half tone portrait HRH Prince Philip, 32pp half tone plates, in text cartoons and ills., pale blue cloth gilt, cricket bat bookmarker bound in, a Lord's Taverners' miscellany of ...

THE BOUNDARY BOOK.

Frewin, Leslie (ed. and preface by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT), · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macdonald and Co., London, 1963, 2nd imp., xv, 320pp, cartoons at eps, 2pp half tone frontis, 1pp half tone portrait HRH Prince Philip, 32pp half tone plates, in text cartoons and ills., pale blue cloth gilt, a Lord's Taverners' miscellany of cricketrubbed at extrems., light...

THE M. C. C. 1787-1937.

Reprinted from The Times M. C. C. Number May 25, 1937, · 1937

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Times Publishing Co. Ltd., London, 1937, 1st edn., 134pp, xviii ads., half tone frontis and 28pp half tone plates, dark blue paper covered bds. lettered and dec. in red and yellow, commemorating 150 years of the MCC, rubbed at extrems. esp spine ends, small chip top lower...

SHOAL WATER.

Yates, Dornford, · 1947

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ward Lock, London, 1947, 6th imp., 317pp, green cloth lettered in black, facsimile 1st issue unattrib. armorial dustwrapper (cream), lightly rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, edges well browned, facsimile dustwrapper, very good, no original d/w, very good plus facsimile d...

JOURNEY DOWN A RAINBOW.

Priestley, J. B. and Hawkes, Jacquetta, · 0

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heron Books, London, ND reprint, xiv, 289pp, frontis port, dark blue simulated morocco, lettered in gilt in panels at spine, gilt decorations spine and upper board, decorative head and tail bands, pale blue silk marker, dec. eps., travel, pencil date on first blank, no dustwr...

THEY WALK IN THE CITY - The Lovers in the Stone Forest.

Priestley, J. B., · 1936

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1936, 3rd imp., 515pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., novel, cocked, bumped, well rubbed, cloth torn at top of lower joint, hinge broken at first blank, cracked at final blank, etc, no dustwrapper, re...

OUT OF THE PEOPLE.

Priestley, J. B., · 1941

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins in assoc. with William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1941, 2nd imp., 127pp, variant orange cloth lettered in black at spine, dealing with Britain's problems of reconstruction after WW2, a proposal for a new and better social order, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, top edg...

OUT OF THE PEOPLE.

Priestley, J. B., · 1941

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins in assoc. with William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1941, 2nd imp., 127pp, light brown cloth lettered in black at spine, dealing with Britain's problems of reconstruction after WW2, a proposal for a new and better social order, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge dusty, 2 lin...

ANGEL PAVEMENT.

Priestley, J. B., · 1930

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1930, 4th imp., 613pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel of London, rubbed at spine ends and lightly at tips, top edge dusty, edges tanned, ink date and 4 line inscr. front free endpaper, light ...

LET THE PEOPLE SING.

Priestley, J. B., · 1940

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club, London, 1940, club edn., 346pp, red cloth lettered in black, top edge col'd, a humerous novel of the people, cocked, rubbed, bumped, foxed, browned, etc, but still tight with complete text, no dustwrapper, reading copy only,

WONDER HERO.

Priestley, J. B., · 1933

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1933, 3rd imp., 321pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel, sl. cocked, rubbed at spine ends and cnrs., lightly bumped top cnr. upper bd., top edge dusty, light foxing fore and lower edges, 3 line ...

THEATRE OMNIBUS (Time and the Conways - Priestley, Golden Boy - Odets, The Corn Is Green - Williams).

Priestley, J. B. , Odets, Clifford and Williams, Emlyn, · 1941

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1941, 279pp, beige cloth lettered in red and dec. in blue at spine, RU was a book club but it is believed that this is the first publication in a collection thus, three plays, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., spine and edges of bds. sunned, edges...

THEATRE OMNIBUS (Time and the Conways - Priestley, Golden Boy - Odets, The Corn Is Green - Williams).

Priestley, J. B. , Odets, Clifford and Williams, Emlyn, · 1941

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, London, 1941, 279pp, beige cloth lettered in red and dec. in blue at spine, RU was a book club but it is believed that this is the first publication in a collection thus, three plays, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, edges dusty, 2 line ink...

ANGEL PAVEMENT.

Priestley, J. B., · 1930

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1930, 2nd imp., 613pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pub. device in blind lower bd., a novel of London, bumped at head of spine and top cnrs., lightly rubbed at tips, top edge sl. dusty, no dustwrapper, good plus,

THEATRE OUTLOOK.

Priestley, J. B., · 1947

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Nicholson and Watson, London, 1947, 1st edn., 76pp, 8pp pict. charts, 40pp col'd. and half tone photo ills.white cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib), an examination of the state and future of the English Theatre, with coloured illustrati...

JENNY VILLIERS.

Priestley, J. B., · 1947

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1947, 1st edn., 190pp, head and tail pieces by M. Elaine Hancock, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine and decorated in silver upper bd., publisher's device in blind lower bd., coloured decorated dustwrapper, a theatre ghost story, bump...

JENNY VILLIERS.

Priestley, J. B., · 1947

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1947, 1st edn., 190pp, head and tail pieces by M. Elaine Hancock, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine and decorated in silver upper bd., publisher's device in blind lower bd., coloured decorated dustwrapper, a theatre ghost story, top ...