Cricket catalogue
Date produced 09 Mar 2011

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988120 24.00 GB pounds
BAILY'S MAGAZINE OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES VOLUME X 1865 VG/None From Horse Racing to Otter hunting and Wolf Hunting. June-December 1865. Pages: iv, 372. Contemporary full calf binding with marbled edges and endpapers. 7 b/w plates, + engraved title. Boards scuffed. Front joint a little cracked. Prelims detached. Published by: A.H. Baily
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594029 10.00 GB pounds
DENIS COMPTON'S ANNUAL 1954 1954 VG/Good Beige boards, black titles. B/w photos. Contents fine. Small marks to front cover. Wrapper torn with loss to front. Published by: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.
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594031 12.00 GB pounds
DENIS COMPTON'S ANNUAL 1954 1954 Nr F/VG Beige boards, black titles. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-chipped with slightly grubby rear panel. Published by: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.
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688507 10.00 GB pounds
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 1997 VG/C/w Large format. Blue card wraps. B/w photos. Published by: Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
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815450 16.00 GB pounds
NEWPORT ATHLETIC CLUB 1875 - 1975 1st ed 1974 Nr F/None Yellow cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine slightly creased at edges, small mark to rear cover. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Published by: The Starling Press
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816590 10.00 GB pounds
NEWPORT ATHLETIC CLUB 1875 - 1975 1ST ed THUS 1974 VG/C/w Pictorial card wraps. Covers a little creased. Published by: The Starling Press
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630320 Addison, Vernon & Bearshaw, Brian 8.00 GB pounds
LANCASHIRE CRICKET AT THE TOP 1st ed 1971 VG+/VG Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Wrapper lightly edge-creased. Published by: Stanley Paul
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630325 Addison, Vernon & Bearshaw, Brian 8.00 GB pounds
LANCASHIRE CRICKET AT THE TOP 1st ed 1971 VG+/VG Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Wrapper has 1" closed tear and is edge-creased. Published by: Stanley Paul
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818869 Alcock, Charles W. 65.00 GB pounds
JAMES LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL FOR 1889 1889 VG-/None With which is incorporated "James Lillywhite's Companion and Guide to Cricketers." Orange cloth boards, black titles. Covers unevenly browned/grubby. Front joint split but binding still tight. Subscription page and contents page detached. A few margin marks but contents generally clean. A respectable copy. Published by: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co.
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800156 Allen, David Rayvern 9.50 GB pounds
CRICKET ON THE AIR nd Fine/Fine A selection from fifty years of radio broadcasts. B/w photographs. Book and dustwrapper in mint condition apart from the slightest of rub to some edges. Published by: BBC
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800149 Barker, Ralph 10.00 GB pounds
PURPLE PATCHES nd Fine/Fine A Purple Patch can last an afternoon, an innings, a match or a season - one of those transcient periods when a cricketer scales unprecedented heights. Ten Great Bowlers, Innings of a Lifetime, Ten Great Innings. Foreword by Sir Leonard Hutton. Illustrated dustwrapper, and contents. Book and dustwrapper in near mint condition. Published by: Collins
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595200 Beldam, George W. & Fry, Charles B. 225.00 GB pounds
GREAT BATSMEN THEIR METHODS AT A GLANCE 1st ed 1905 VG/None Green cloth, gilt titles. Illustrataed by 600 action photographs in b/w. Colour illustration of W.G. Grace. xiv + 716 pages. Corners and edges lightly rubbed. Light browning to endpapers. Contents fine. Published by: Macmillan & Co Ltd
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583211 Compton, Denis 7.00 GB pounds
DENIS COMPTON'S ANNUAL 1952 1952 VG/None Orange cloth, black titles. B/w photos. Fading to spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Published by: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.
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594030 Compton, Denis 22.00 GB pounds
DENIS COMPTON'S ANNUAL 1952 1952 VG+/VG Orange cloth, black titles. B/w photos. Wrapper price-clipped and slightly chipped at edges. Published by: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.
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594028 Compton, Denis 14.00 GB pounds
DENIS COMPTON'S ANNUAL 1953 1953 VG+/VG- Green cloth, black titles. B/w photos. Wrapper has a few edge-tears and is grubby to rear. Published by: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.
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583212 Compton, Leslie 6.00 GB pounds
THE DENIS COMPTON ANNUAL nd VG-/None Red boards, black titles. Spine and corners and edges and bumped and worn, with some chipping. Glue/tape marks to spine. Light foxing to some pages and outer page edges. Published by: Mandeville Publications
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613717 Corbett, Ted 9.00 GB pounds
CRICKET ON THE RUN 1st ed 1990 VG/VG Twenty-five Years of Conflict during the sport of cricket. Page-edge browning. Published by: Stanley Paul
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657896 Cotter, Gerry 10.00 GB pounds
ENGLAND VERSUS NEW ZEALAND 1st ed 1990 Fine/Nr F A History of the Tests and Other Matches. Price-clipped wrapper. Published by: The Crowood Press
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819334 Cottey, Tony & Brayley, David 10.00 GB pounds
THERE'S ONLY 2 TONY COTTEYS 1st ed 2008 Nr F/VG Autobiography of Tony Cottey as one of Britain's most accomplished, and unrecognised, sportsmen. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Red endpapers. Colour and b/w photos. Corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper lightly edge creased. Published by: Gomer
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800179 Dilley, Graham & Otway, Graham 10.00 GB pounds
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS nd Fine/Nr F B/w photographs. Graham Dilley's Cricketing Life with Kent, England and Worcestershire. Book in almost mint condition. Creasing to dustwrapper. Published by: Pelham Books
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566384 Eagar, Patrick 10.00 GB pounds
SUMMER OF SUSPENSE 1st ed 1986 Fine/Fine The 1986 Cornhill Test Series England v India and New Zealand. Large format. B/w photos. Wrapper spine lightly faded. Published by: Partridge Press
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613156 Frindall, Bill 8.00 GB pounds
CRICKET FACTS & FEATS 1987 Nr F/VG 'Completely revised, once more to amuse, amaze and inform. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Published by: Guinness Superlatives Ltd
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613074 Frindall, Bill 7.00 GB pounds
THE WISDEN BOOK OF CRICKET RECORDS 1988 VG+/None Edited by Frindall. Published by: MacDonald
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566380 Frith, David 15.00 GB pounds
ENGLAND VERSUS AUSTRALIA 1981 Fine/VG+ A pictorial history of the Test Matches since 1877. Revised edition. Large format. B/w photos. Corners bumped. Wrapper spine faded. Published by: Lutterworth Press
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231412 Frith, David 15.00 GB pounds
ENGLAND VERSUS AUSTRALIA 1st ed 1977 VG/VG A pictorial history the Test Matches since 1877. Large format. B/w photos. Slight amount of dampstaining to top right hand corners. Published by: Lutterworth Press
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566374 Harris, Lord & Ashley-Cooper, F.S. 90.00 GB pounds
LORD'S & THE M.C.C. 1st 1914 VG/None Blue cloth, gilt titles. Black leather spine with gilt title. A Cricket Chronicle of 137 Years based on official documents. B/w illustrations. 314 pages. A couple of pages have light margin marks, and small closed edge tear. Corners rubbed. Published by: The London & Counties Press Association
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663353 Higham, E.S. & Higham, W.J. 12.00 GB pounds
HIGH SPEED RUGBY 1st ed 1960 VG/Good For coaches and every grade of player. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-torn with loss. Ex-lib (school) with just one small bookplate to front endpaper. Published by: Heinemann
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800173 Johnson, Martin & Blofeld, Henry 9.00 GB pounds
WORLD CUP CRICKET '87 nd Mint/Fine The Independent. The Reliance World Cup 1987 in India and Pakistan. Photographs by Michael Steele. Published by: The Kingswood Press
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696166 Lawrence, Ken 9.00 GB pounds
A CENTURY OF CORNHILL TESTS 1st ed 1995 Fine/Fine Large format. Colour photos. Published by: Patrick Stephens Limited
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662341 Ledbetter, Jim & Wynne-Thomas, Peter 10.00 GB pounds
FIRST CLASS CRICKET A COMPLETE RECORD 1939 1st ed 1991 Fine/Fine Oblong format. B/w photos. Name in ink to front endpaper. Published by: Breedon Books Sport
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558051 Lemmon, David 10.00 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR 10TH EDITION 1991 Nr F/Nr F September 1990-September 1991. Wrapper spine faded. Published by: Pelham Books
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611333 Lemmon, David 10.00 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR 15TH EDITION 1996 Mint/Mint September 1995 to September 1996. Published by: Bloomsbury
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231475 Lemmon, David 10.00 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR 4TH EDITION 1985 Mint/Mint September 1984-September 1985. Published by: Guild Publishing
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616179 Lemmon, David 8.50 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR 5TH EDITION 1986 Nr F/Nr F September 1985-September 1986. Published by: Guild Publishing
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231490 Lemmon, David 10.00 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR 6TH EDITION 1987 Mint/Mint September 1986-September 1987. Published by: Guild Publishing
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558050 Lemmon, David 7.00 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR 7TH EDITION 1988 Fine/VG Large format. Colour and b/w photos. September 87 to September 88. Wrapper spine faded with worn corners. Published by: Pelham Books
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616204 Lemmon, David 9.00 GB pounds
CRICKET YEAR THIRD EDITION 1984 VG+/VG+ Third edition October 1983 - September 1984. A complete record of all first-class cricket played around the world from October 1983 to September 1984. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. Published by: Guild Publishing
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214633 Lemmon, David 14.00 GB pounds
CRICKET'S CHAMPION COUNTIES 1st ed 1991 Mint/Mint David Lemmon examines the most successful teams in cricket's history. Published by: Breedon Books Sport
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800152 Lemmon, David 8.00 GB pounds
PELHAM CRICKET YEAR nd Fine/VG+ October 1978 to September 1979. A Chronological record of first-class cricket throughout the world. Book in mint condition apart from slight rub to spine head. Dustwrapper clipped. Published by: Pelham Books
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231523 Lemmon, David 10.00 GB pounds
THE GREAT ALL-ROUNDERS 1988 Mint/Mint The great all-rounders are men who can turn a match with a devastating spell of bowling, a mighty display of batting, or some breathtaking fielding. This book describes these men and their achievements throughout the world. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Published by: The Crowood Press
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630100 Lloyd, Grahame 10.00 GB pounds
DAFFODIL DAYS 1st ed 1998 Fine/Nr F Glamorgan Cricket Club's glorious summer. Colour photos. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper in the form of a gift inscription. Price-cut pictorial wrapper. Published by: Gomer Press
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231399 Manley, Michael & Lloyd, Clive 20.00 GB pounds
A HISTORY OF WEST INDIES CRICKET 1st ed 1988 Mint/Nr F The complete story of the West Indies in Test and international cricket from the first tour of England in 1906 through to 1987. Published by: Andre Deutsch
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660851 Martin-Jenkins, Christopher 12.00 GB pounds
THE WISDEN BOOK OF COUNTY CRICKET 1st ed 1981 VG+/VG Tapemarks to endpapers. Wrapper has small closed edge tear and is slightly creased. Published by: Queen Anne Press
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810557 Monro, F.R. D'O. 15.00 GB pounds
REPTON CRICKET 1901-1951 1st ed 1953 VG/None Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Remainder of contents fine. Published by: George Over
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214561 Mullins, Pat & Derriman, Philip 10.00 GB pounds
BAT & PAD 1st ed 1984 Nr F/Nr F Writings on Australian Cricket 1804-1984. Foreword by Bob Hawke. Published by: Oxford University Press
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677485 Parker, John 7.00 GB pounds
CRICKET STYLES & STYLISTS 1st ed 1979 VG/VG- B/w photos. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper slightly edge-torn and repaired. Published by: Angus & Robertson
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229000 Preston, Norman 18.00 GB pounds
WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 1980 1980 VG/C/w Softback Edition Front cover and foredge slightly dampstained. Published by: Queen Anne Press
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628564 Ross, Gordon 8.00 GB pounds
PLAYFAIR CRICKET ANNUAL 1960 1960 VG/C/w Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Corners rubbed. Published by: Playfair Books Ltd
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662019 Sharpe, Ivan 12.00 GB pounds
ATHLETIC NEWS CRICKET ANNUAL 1934 1934 Good/C/w Small format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Head and tail of spine chipped with slight loss. Rear cover has one corner missing. Slight staining caused by rusty staples. Published by: Athletic News
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599262 Smith, Peter & Hayter, Reg 5.50 GB pounds
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET 1976 VG+/VG+ Observer book no. 49. Revised edition. Black boards with white titles. 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. Wrapper lightly browned and price-cut. Published by: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
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811712 Smith, Peter & Hayter, Reg 5.00 GB pounds
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET 1976 VG/VG Observer book no. 49. Revised edition. Black boards with white titles. 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. Price-cut wrapper is browned with name in ink to verso of front flap. Inscription in ink to copyright page. Published by: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
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813026 Smith, Peter & Hayter, Reg 6.00 GB pounds
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET 1979 VG+/VG Observer No. 49. 2nd Revised edition. With 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. Wrapper spine is browned, with fading to red title. Published by: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
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813029 Smith, Peter 5.50 GB pounds
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET 1st ed 1973 VG+/VG Observer book no. 49. With 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. White titles. Printers code: 1186.1172. Price-cut wrapper has slight fading to red title on spine. Published by: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
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567253 Smith, Peter 75.00 GB pounds
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET (CYANAMID WRAPPER) 1979 Fine/Nr F Observers book no. 49. In the rare advertising wrapper. With 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. Cyanamid wrapper is very slight browned to top of spine, else a fine copy. Published by: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
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569642 Smith, Peter 75.00 GB pounds
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CRICKET (CYANAMID WRAPPER) 1979 Fine/Nr F Observers book no. 49. In the rare advertising wrapper. With 8 colour and 8 b/w plates. Wrapper spine very lightly browned. Published by: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
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800187 Sproat, Iain 9.00 GB pounds
THE CRICKETERS' WHO'S WHO 1986 nd Fine/VG+ Maroon dustwrapper, with b/w photographs. Pages in mint condition; rear dustwrapper has slight tear. Published by: MacDonald
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627595 Steel, A.G. & Lyttelton, R.H. 120.00 GB pounds
CRICKET 1st ed 1888 VG+/None Brown pictorial cloth. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. B/w illustrations. Badminton Library series. A very bright copy with lightly bumped and rubbed corners, top and tail of spine. Contents fine. Published by: Longmans, Green & Co.
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214552 Swanton, E.W. 12.00 GB pounds
FOLLOW ON 1978 Nr F/Nr F A book of cricket. Published by: Collins
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816454 Watson, Alfred E.T. 36.00 GB pounds
THE YOUNG SPORTSMAN 1st ed 1900 VG/None Red cloth, gilt titles. Numerous b/w photos. Everything from Angling to Wrestling. 661 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly faded. Top and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Published by: Lawrence and Bullen
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209223 Webber, Roy 9.00 GB pounds
PLAYFAIR BOOK OF CRICKET RECORDS 1951 G+/None Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Ex-lib. Published by: Playfair Books Ltd
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628565 West, Peter 10.00 GB pounds
PLAYFAIR CRICKET ANNUAL 1953 1953 VG/C/w Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Corners rubbed. Published by: Playfair Books Ltd
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214643 Whitington, R.S. 12.00 GB pounds
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKET 1st ed 1974 VG+/VG Large format. Published by: Pelham
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810646 Woodcock, John 10.00 GB pounds
WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 1982 1982 Fine/C/w Yellow card wraps. B/w photos. Published by: Queen Anne Press
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583134 Woodcock, John 7.00 GB pounds
WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 1983 1983 VG+/C/w Yellow card wraps. B/w photos. Spine faded. Published by: Queen Anne Press
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816722 Wright, Graeme 7.00 GB pounds
WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 2002 2002 Nr F/C/w 139th Edition. Yellow cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. Corners lightly rubbed, contents fine. Published by: John Wisden & Co. Ltd.
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