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YES PRIME MINISTER - The Diaries of the Rt. Hon. James Hacker.

Lynn, Jonathan and Jay, Antony (nominal eds.), · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

BBC Publications, London, 1986, reprint, 256pp, 2 original cartoons by 'Trog' and 'Sabbord', several half tone ills. and facsimile letters, marbled eps., dark green simulated morroco gilt, TV tie-in with Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, an expansion on the scripts with ma...

INSUBSTANTIAL PAGEANT.

Molnar, George, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Angus and Robertson, 1959, 1st edn., unpaginated 109pp, illustrated ffep and 105 full page captioned line drawings, white cloth dec. in black, yellow and blue, matching dw, large format 10 x 7", a period view of Australia and Australians, cloth browned along top edges, 2 fain...

PLAY IT AS IT LIES.

Thelwell, Norman, · 1987

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, London, 1987, 1st edn., 128pp, captioned line drawings throughout, dark green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, Thelwell interprets the rules, conventions and definitions found in golf, light bumps to lower bd., dustwrapper: pc., very good plus in a very good plus ...

DAD'S ARMY - The Defence of a Front Line English Village.

Ableman, Paul (Arthur Wilson ed.), · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

BBC Books, London, 1989, 1st edn., 127pp, numerous ills. in line and half tone, col'd pictorial laminated bds., the discovery of Capt. Mainwaring personal archives lead Sgt. Wilson's nephew, Arthur Wilson MA, already commissioned to write a book in commemoration of the outbre...

DAD'S ARMY - The Defence of a Front Line English Village.

Ableman, Paul (Arthur Wilson ed.), · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

BBC Books, London, 1989, 1st edn., 127pp, numerous ills. in line and half tone, col'd pictorial laminated bds., the discovery of Capt. Mainwaring personal archives lead Sgt. Wilson's nephew, Arthur Wilson MA, already commissioned to write a book in commemoration of the outbre...

DAD'S ARMY - The Defence of a Front Line English Village.

Ableman, Paul (Arthur Wilson ed.), · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

BBC Books, London, 1989, 1st edn., 127pp, numerous ills. in line and half tone, col'd pictorial laminated bds., the discovery of Capt. Mainwaring personal archives lead Sgt. Wilson's nephew, Arthur Wilson MA, already commissioned to write a book in commemoration of the outbre...

FROISSART'S MODERN CHRONICLES.

Gould, F. Carruthers, · 1902

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1902, 4th imp., 108pp, numerous ills. in line, pictorial eps., light blue cloth lettered and dec. in dark blue and silver, edges uncut, a political satire of the last 16 years of the 19th century, shaken, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges dusty, on...

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991.

Wright, Graeme (ed), · 1991

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

John Wisden, London, ND (c1991), 1360pp, 11 col'd and 1 half tone plates, half tone photo ills. in text, 128th year, original brown cloth covered bds. gilt, with dustwrapper, lightly bumped at spine ends, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine a little sunned, very good p...

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1984.

Woodcock, John (ed), · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Queen Anne Press / Macdonald, London, ND (c1984), iv, 1291pp, 12pp half tone plates, a number of half tone photo ills. in text, 121st year, original brown cloth covered bds. gilt, with dustwrapper, tiny bump head of spine, 3 small ink initials ffep., dustwrapper: lightly rubb...

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981.

Woodcock, John (ed), · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Queen Anne Press / Macdonald Futura, London, ND (c1981), iv, 1231pp, a number of half tone photo ills. in text, 118th year, original brown cloth covered bds. gilt, with dustwrapper, light bumps spine ends, dustwrapper: price clipped, tiny edge tear internally repaired, very g...

KNITTING AND CROCHET in Easy Steps.

de Negri, Eve, · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Studio Vista, London, 1977, 1st edn., 64pp, illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial laminated bds., large format 8.5 x 11", an introduction to both knitting and crochet with some simple patterns, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, very good,

FASHION CROCHET.

Kinmond, Jean, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1972, 1st edn., 128pp, numerous half tone photo ills and line drawings in text, blacl cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, a varied collection of personal and practical crochet designs, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very g...

THE WORLD'S GREATEST CRICKET MATCHES.

Giller, Norman, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Octopus Books, London, 1989, 1st edn., paperback original, 160pp, half tone photo ills. in text, paper wrappers, slim larger format 5.75 x 8", over 40 of the world's most memorable matches from England v. Australia 1953, Botham/Willis miracle against Australia at Headingley, ...

DOG TRAINING MY WAY.

Woodhouse, Barbara, · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Faber and Faber, London, 1954, 1st edn., 84pp, frontis and 18pp half tone photo ills., magenta cloth lettered in yellow, large format 7.5 x 10", a guide to basic dog training, a little rubbed at extrems., light foxing to edges and endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed and creased a...

JUST MY STORY.

Hutton, Len, · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hutchinson, London, 1956, 1st edn., 192pp, frontis and 30pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth gilt, by the first professional cricketer to be appointed captain of England, an account of his four years in the post in which he won the Ashes from Australia in 1953 and held...

FOLLOWING ON.

Bedser, Alec and Eric, · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Evans Brothers, London, 1954, 1st edn., 240pp, frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., brown cloth gilt, continuing the autobiography begun in 'Our Cricket Story', this book covers the 1950-53 cricket seasons from the West Indies tour to England in 1950, MCC to Australia and ...

CRICKET IN CONFLICT.

Wynne-Thomas, Peter and Arnold, Peter, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Newnes Books, Feltham - Mddx., 1984, 1st edn., 176pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, the story of the major crises that have rocked the game including early illegal bowling, the Nottinghamshire strike, bodyline, D'Olivera, Packer, etc., ...

THE INCOMPARABLE GAME.

Cowdrey, Colin, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Sportman's Book Club, Newton Abbot, 1971, club edn., 130pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, a look at the game during the 50's and 60's, the outstanding occasions and personalities in England, Australia, New Zealand and the West ...

TALK OF THE DOUBLE.

Titmus, Fred, · 1964

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Stamley Paul, London, 1964, 1st edn., 196pp, 12 pp half tone photo ills., green cloth lettered in black and red, autobiogarphy of the Middlesex and England cricketer, who achieved 'the double' seven times (1000 runs and 100 wickets in 1st class cricket in one season), lightly...

QUALITY STREET.

Barrie, Sir James, · 1938

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1938, 27th, 192pp incl. 13pp in text line drawings by Hugh Thomson, olive cloth lettered in black and blind stamped bds., sl. cocked, lightly rubbed to extrems., top edges of bds. a little sunned, top cnr. front free endpaper sl. thinned where pr...