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Wisden Cricketers&Apos; Alamanack

John Woodcock · 1978

£54.99 (€65.86 | $73.97 | ¥11,686)

London , John Wisden and Co Ltd. 1978-1981. Cloth. Four consecutive volumes of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book published annually i...

Cricket of to-Day and Yesterday

Percy Cross Standing · 1902

£395.00 (€473.11 | $531.30 | ¥83,945)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1902. Cloth. An interesting early 20th century illustrated work on the popular sport of cricket, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by cricketer Sir H. F. G. Leveson Gower. A fascinating early twentieth century work on cricket, the ...

Wisden&Apos;S Cricketer&Apos;S Almanack

Norman Preston (Ed) · 1969

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd, 1969-1976. Paperback. A four volume set of the well known Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. The set consists of volumes for the years 1969, 1971, 1974 and 1976. With publisher's advertisements Wisden's Cricketer's Almanack is a cr...

A Brechin Eleven and a Printer&Apos;S Dozen

David Gourlay · 1956

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

Brechin, Wm Hendry, 1956. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this book concerned with cricket by David Gourlay. The first edition of this work. Scarce copy rarely seen in commerce. Featuring two short collections of pieces concerned with cricket. Written by ...

Wisden Cricketers&Apos; Alamanack

Norman Preston and John Woodcock · 1980

£110.00 (€131.75 | $147.96 | ¥23,377)

London , John Wisden and Co Ltd. 1980-1983. Cloth. Four consecutive volumes of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack from the early 1980s. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book...

Repton Cricket 1865 -1905

Alfred Cochrane · 1908

£69.99 (€83.83 | $94.14 | ¥14,874)

London , A. J. Lawrence, 1908. Cloth. A text detailing tracking the events and changes in the Cricket team in Repton, Derbeyshire. With Plans and photographs Alfred Cochrane is the author of 'Collected Verses', 'Told in the Pavilion.' In a full cloth bindin...

Wisden Cricketer&Apos;S Almanack for 1950

Hubert Preston [editor] · 1950

£38.00 (€45.51 | $51.11 | ¥8,076)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd. 1950. Cloth. A smart volume of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1950, with special features. Illustrated with twelve plates to the front of the text, with numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. The official Wisden Crickete...

Wisden Cricketer&Apos;S Almanack for 1949

Hubert Preston [editor] · 1949

£37.00 (€44.32 | $49.77 | ¥7,863)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd. 1949. Cloth. A smart volume of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1949, with special features. Illustrated with twelve plates to the front of the text, with numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. The official Wisden Crickete...

Wisden Cricketer&Apos;S Almanack for 1949

Hubert Preston [editor] · 1949

£34.00 (€40.72 | $45.73 | ¥7,226)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd. 1949. Cloth. A smart volume of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1949, with special features. Illustrated with twelve plates to the front of the text, with numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. The official Wisden Crickete...

Cricket: A Little Book for Lovers of the Game

Samuel J. Looker [editor] · 1925

£125.00 (€149.72 | $168.13 | ¥26,565)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming book on cricket, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A lovely little book and really scarce in the original pictorial dust wrapper T...

A History of the Sind Cricket Tournament and Karachi Cricket in General

C. B. Rubie; B. D. Shanker · 1928

£6,500.00 (€7,785.29 | $8,742.91 | ¥1,381,375)

Karachi , Edwin Forster & Co. [1928]. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this illustrated exploration of Karachi cricket and the Sind cricket tournament, written by English and Indian cricketers, C. B. Rubie and B. D. Shanker. First edition. Dated usi...

At the Sign of the Wicket: Essays on the Glorious Game

Edmund B. V. Christian · 1894

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

Bristol, J. Arrowsmith, [1894]. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce collection of essays on the game of Cricket by Edmund B. V. Christian. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers.This volume was written by Edmund B. V. Christian...

Frederick Lillywhite&Apos;S Cricket Scores and Biographies of Celebrated Cricketers

Frederick Lillywhite; Arthur Haygarth · 1862

£475.00 (€568.92 | $638.91 | ¥100,947)

London, John Lillywhite; Frederick Lillywhite, 1862-63. First edition. Cloth. Frederick Lillywhite's important reference work on cricket, an extensive record of scores of the sport alongside biographies. Three scarce volumes of 'Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Sc...

Marylebone Club Cricket Scores and Biographies from 1855 to 1875, Being a Continuation of Frederick Lillywhite&Apos;S Scores and Biographies from 1772 to 1854

Arthur Haygarth · 1878

£880.00 (€1,054.01 | $1,183.66 | ¥187,017)

London, Longmans Co, 1878. Leather. An attractive and extensive documentation of cricket scores between the years 1867 to 1876, with concise biographies of notable cricket players of the time. In five volumes. Bound by C. H. Whittmann. A continuation of Frederick Lillywhites &...

Wisden Cricketers&Apos; Almanack

Hubert Preston [ed.]; Norman Preston [ed.] · 1950

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd. 1950-1963. Cloth. Three volumes of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, including the almanacks for 1950, 1951 and 1963. Three volumes, the first two of which are in the publisher's original cloth binding, and one of which is in the the pu...

Wisden Cricketer&Apos;S Almanack for 1959, 1980, 1981, 1984, & 1994

Norman Preston [editor] · 1959

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd.; Queen Anne Press, 1959-1994. Cloth. Five volumes of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack with special features in each volume. Five volumes. The official Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, an annual publication known as the "Bible of Cricket." T...

Talking About Cricket

William Pollock · 1941

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London , Victor Gollancz, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this book on cricket. A first edition copy. This is a rich book about cricket written by one of the foremost writers on the game. With a frontispiece.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the ...

The Brigadier&Apos;S Collection

Peter Tinniswood · 1986

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London, Severn House, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A humorous and entertaining first edition work containing numerous tales of Peter Tinniswood's erstwhile cricketer, 'Brigadier&apos. The first edition thus of this single volume collection of short stories from Engli...

History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1924-1949

J M Kilburn; J H Nash; T L Taylor (Foreword) · 1950

£40.00 (€47.91 | $53.80 | ¥8,501)

[Leeds], The Yorkshire Count Cricket Club, 1950. Cloth. An interesting work of sporting history by the noted sports writer J M Kilburn, illustration throughout with a total of 34 plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A fascinating work of sporting history fro...

Wisden

Norman Preston (Ed) · 1959

£90.00 (€107.80 | $121.06 | ¥19,127)

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd, 1959-80. Cloth. A three volume set of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack edited by Norman Preston. This is a pleasing set of works offering a history of the sport. Three volumes of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, each in the publisher&ap...