SMYTH, ROB (Ed) & DAVIDSON, ALAN (Fore)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Bloomsbury 2015

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden cricket Richie Benaud

WINDER, ROBERT

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Bloomsbury 2013

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket almanacks Wisden publishers

GRIFFITHS, GEORGE

AUTHOR'S COPY WITH EPHEMERA, quarto staple bound softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1978

KEYWORDS: otago university cricket sporting history dunedin george griffiths

STEEL, A G & LYTTELTON, R H

Octavo, brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; spine & front board lettered & decorated in black & brown; illus. eps, frontis., device to tp, illus., plates; xiv + 429 pp.; VG- (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping; moderate to heavy soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; heavy cracking at fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy, moderate to heavy cracking to central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888

KEYWORDS: 19th ninteenth century sports games sportsmen cricket guide

LAVER, FRANK

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board panelled & lettered in blind, device in blind to rear board; frontis., plates; xvi + 296 + 16 (advts) pp.; VG- (moderate & scuffing soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate soiling to pg edges & eps, heavy soiling; some soiling throughout; light cracking at fr, central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1905

KEYWORDS: Frank Laver Australia Australian sports sport cricket life lives memoir autobiography sportsman sportsmen travel

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [14 advts] + 269 + 19 (advts) + [12 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; stamps in black ink to front covers; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; creasing to fr & rear advts; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to first p.).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1888

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [7 advts] + 269 + 19 (advts) + [16 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; tearing to front pp., some advts loose; creasing to fr & rear advts; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1889

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [11 advts] + 262 + 22 (advts) + [8 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; tearing to front pp., some advts loose; creasing to fr & rear advts; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to tp; adhesive markings to fr & rear; some tearing to central pp.).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1890

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [14 advts] + 275 + 22 (advts) + [9 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; light cracking to fr & rear hinges; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1891

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, frontis., advts throughout; [12 advts] + 266 + 21 (advts) + [6 advts] pp.; G (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl, prev ownership inscr in black ink to front cover; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; heavy cracking to fr & rear hinges, txt block loose from covers; insect holes to fr pp.; light cracking to central gutters; creasing to pp. throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1894

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, advts throughout; [13 advts] + 272 + 19 (advts) + [2 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; segment cut out to fr advt; some pen & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1893

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, 1 plate, advts throughout; [9 advts] + 315 + xxx (advts) + [3 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to fr p.; moderate cracking to fr & rear hinges, bdg sloppy, tearing to fr pp.; loose pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1896

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W (ed.)

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; advt eps, advts throughout; [9 advts] + 295 + xxx (advts) + [2] + [3 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to covers, prev ownership inscr in red ink & pencil scribbles to fr cover, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl, segment cut out of lwr front board; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr in blue ink to fr p.; moderate cracking to fr & heavy cracking to rear hinges, bdg sloppy, tearing to fr pp.; moderate tanning & foxing & creasing to pp. throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1897

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

BETTESWORTH, W A

FIRST EDITION. Signed & inscribed by author. Sm octavo, green buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus.; xvi + 468 + xxi pp.; VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping; light soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps; gift inscr to ht recto; some annotations to rear).

PUBLISHER: Merritt & Hatcher (1910)

KEYWORDS: sports sport games cricket sportsmen sportsman profiles lives biography

WARNER, P F

COLONIAL FIRST EDITION. Sm octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board decorated in black; frontis., plates; xiv + 204 + [4 (advts)] pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps).

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1903

KEYWORDS: sports sport games sportsmen cricket cricketers travel first edition

ALCOCK, CHARLES W

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [6 advts] + 242 + [20 advts] pp.; VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; owner's inscr to advt in blue ink; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy, some tearing to pp. at central gutters; owner's inscr & library stamp to tp; pen & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1876

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [10 advts] + 304 + + [5 (advts)] + 21 advts + [5 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; owner's inscr to frontis verso & tp; moderate to heavy cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy, some tearing to pp. at front & central gutters, some pp. loose).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1882

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [25 advts] + 261 + 20 advts + [3 advts] pp.; G+ (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, owner's inscr. in black ink to front cover; moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; stamp in purple ink to advt; moderate to heavy cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1883

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

ALCOCK, CHARLES W

Sm octavo, light cl covers lettered in black; frontis. tipped in, advt eps, advts throughout; [19 advts] + 256 pp.; G+ (heavy soiling & scuffing to covers; heavy bruising to edges & extrems w chipping & fraying to cl; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals; stamp in purple ink & owner's inscr. to tp; moderate to heavy cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy).

PUBLISHER: James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. 1884

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century sports games sport sportsmen sportsman James Lillywhite cricket cricketer

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, heavy archival repairs to spine, sm octavo, yellow light card wrappers- faded, 607pp, G+ (v heavy archival tape repairs to spine- spine heavily cracked, moderate fading & foxing to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters throughout - a rather delicate item)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: Wisden's cricketers' almanacks John Wisden sport history statistics cricket first editions