PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in green buckram boards, original front cover is bound in, gilt lettering to spine, lxxiii + 390pp + ads to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, original front wrapper [internally bound] is heavily tanned with prev. owner's name in ink, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, single ad page to rear completely detached but present, moderate cracking to gutter at prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1895

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history

VAILE, P A

FIRST EDITION, EPHEMERA FROM ST CLAIR GOLF CLUB (1922-1924) LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & golf illus to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + [2] + 252pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate bruising to head & base of spine, sl scuffing to board corners, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history golf hobbies P A Vaile

BEARD, RICHARD

Octavo 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: Yellow Jersey Press 2004

KEYWORDS: sport sports games rugby union Richard Beard

HINCAPIE, GEORGE & HUMMER, CRAIG

Octavo 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: HarperSport 2015

KEYWORDS: sport sportsmen Tour de France cycling

SHASTRI, RAVI & MEMON, AYAZ; RAO, SHIVA (illus.)

Super octavo 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: HaperCollins 2021

KEYWORDS: sport sports sportsmen cricket cricketers life lives biography autobiography memoir

PIETERSON, KEVIN

Super octavo 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: Sphere 2014

KEYWORDS: Kevin Pieterson cricket cricketer sport sports biography autobiography life lives

PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in full leather boards, lacks original covers, PHOTOGRAPH is present, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, lii + 301pp, VG (light fading & soiling/rubbing to spine, minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate soiling to photographic page, minor soiling & tanning sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years

WARNER, P F

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front cover with black cricket illus, gilt lettering to spine with gilt cricket decoration, teg, minimally deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, XII + 253pp, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1911

KEYWORDS: cricket sport history first edition

WARNER, P F

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, minimally deckled page edges, frontispiece, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1912

KEYWORDS: cricket sport history England Australia

SOLTIS, ANDREW

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, illus/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Batsford 2013

KEYWORDS: chess hobbies sport tactics pawn structure strategy pawns

TAL, MIKHAIL & KOBLENCS, ALEXANDER & PRICE, MIKE (transl)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white and black lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/diagrams, VG+ (minor soiling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Batsford 2013

KEYWORDS: chess sport hobbies guides strategy Mikhail Tal

PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board- lacks original wrappers, red speckling to page edges, xxvii + 362pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate soiling to spine, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing/soiling & open tearing to single prelim page, minor foxing to other prelim pages)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in light brown buckram boards - original front wrapper missing but rear wrapper present, gilt lettering to spine & front board, cxii + 438pp + ads, photographic page with tissue guard to prelims, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl foxing & tanning to eps, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, 1cm closed tear to fore-edge & pencil annotation to single ad page to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards- original wrappers bound in, gilt lettering to spine, 360pp + ads, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, original in-bound wrapper heavily tanned, some sections of page block partially detached but present, occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

NUMBERED, LIMITED WILLOWS FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ads to front & rear, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1885 (Facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints

WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

NUMBERED, LIMITED WILLOWS FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ads to front & rear, VG+ (light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1886 (Facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints

PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards- lacks original wrappers, marbled page edges, xix + 308pp, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, minor tanning & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1887

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards with original wrappers bound in, gilt lettering to spine, 290pp + ads, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1885

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original wrappers- rebound in full light brown leather, gilt lettering to coloured leather title plates on spine, red speckling to page edges, single photographic page [minus tissue guard] to prelims, xxxix + 356pp, VG+ (light fading & chafing to spine, sl bruising & rubbing to board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing & minor soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1889

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions leather bindings

WHITAKER, HADDON (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream cloth/canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, 391pp + ads, VG- (moderate fraying/curling to wrapper edges/extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to spine & wrappers with light pencil annotation also, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, 3cm crack to base of front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to pg3, occasional light pencil annotations, occasional sl cracking to other gutters throughout, 2cm loss to base of pg33/34)

PUBLISHER: J Whitaker and Sons 1942

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 20th twentieth century first editions