Irish Hunting
Tralee, The Kerryman, [1954]. The history, the colour and the pageantry of Ireland's thirty-five packs of foxhounds and staghounds. Illustrations by Lionel Edwards. More
Sport
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The Charm of Cricket. [Contained in] Adventure Stories for Boys ... 1949
Melbourne, OPC Quality Productions, March 1949. The book also contains several illustrated stories on Australian aviation before, during, and just after the Second World War. More
Images of Bradman. Rare and Famous Photographs of a Cricket Legend. With Special Inclusions from Sir Donald's Private Collection
Bowral, Allen and Kemsley/ Bradman Museum, 1994. Number 260 of the deluxe edition of 974 copies signed by Don Bradman. Loosely inserted is a sheetlet of ten Sir Donald Bradman stamps in Australia Post's Australian Legends series (still in the original packaging) and a copy of the Bradman Museum booklet..... More
Tench. How to Catch Them
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1956/ 1954. More
Recollections of the Murray Bridge Racing Club
Murray Bridge, The Author, 1989. More
England V. New Zealand 1902-1949. A Brief History of Cricket Between the Two Countries
Falmouth, The Barcliff Advertising and Publishing Co., Ltd., [1949]. More
The Spyder California. A Ferrari of Particular Distinction
Scarsdale, John W. Barnes, 1976. More
Wickets and Goals. Stories of Play
London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of..... More
Francis Beart. A Single Purpose
Sparkford, Haynes, 1978. With the ownership details of Eddie Thomas, Australian racing identity. More
The Pit Bull Dilemma. The Gathering Storm. 1000 Annotated Abstracts from Books, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers and Reports
Philadelphia, The Charles Press, 1990. More
The Arabian Horse in America. New and Revised Edition
New York, Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1974 (revised edition)/ 1957. This edition 'contains a great deal of new material that brings the Arabian story up to date'. More
A vintage photograph of the 'Cornwall Football Club. Season 1909. Played 18. Won 14. Lost 4'
Offered together with a vintage photograph of the 'Cornwall Football Club. Season 1910. Played 18. Won 15. Lost 3'. Adelaide, Frank A. McNeill, Gawler Place [Photographer], 1910. A gelatin silver photograph (240 × 290 mm), on the original captioned mount (external dimensions approximately 360 × 420 mm). The photograph is..... More
The First Hundred Years. History of S. A. Tattersalls Club
Adelaide, Brolga Books, 1980. One of 1000 copies. More
Links with a Past. A History of Golf at Glenelg
Glenelg, Pagel/ Glenelg Golf Club, 1987. More
Adelaide District Cricket Club. A Grade - B Grade - C Grade Premiership Dinner ... 20th May 1959 [cover title]
[Adelaide, The Club, 1959]. And autographs there from this auspicious year, in which the Club won the premiership in all three grades in the 1958-59 season. Sir Don Bradman proposed the toast to the Club, and he is one of the signatories, along with Clarrie Grimmett, the Club coach. Among..... More
A cabinet card photograph of a curious cricketing ephemeron if ever there was one
The albumen paper photograph (approximately 78 × 143 mm, mounted on a standard cabinet card, 108 × 167 mm) takes the form of a triptych. The left and right panels contain 'The Noble Game of Cricket', five quatrains of verse 'written with the right and left hands' as mirror images..... More
Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1886. Edited by Charles W. Alcock
London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More
New South Wales, 1962. A detached autograph album leaf (170 x 107 mm) signed in ink by the New South Wales team for the Test match against New Zealand at the SCG, 9-12 March 1962 (Webster AFCM 1416/6)
The heavyweights are Benaud (Captain), Booth, Craig, Davidson, Flockton (12th man), Ford, Neil Harvey, Martin, Misson, O'Neill, Simpson and Thomas. Only Ford and Flockton were not current or former Test players (and five of them were Test captains). Webster as ever breathes life into this sheet of paper with his..... More
Official Souvenir of the English Cricketers' Visit to Adelaide. Fourth Test Match commencing January 29th, 1937
Adelaide, Osborne, 1937. 'Fourth Test Match. English v Australia. Adelaide. Jan. 29th. 1937' (cover title). Padwick 4499. More
SA 'Cricketer'. Third Test. Adelaide Jan 16th 1925. Souvenir. Records, Photos, Score Sheets Etc. Price Threepence. Comments by J.J. Lyons, Famous Hitter [cover title]
Adelaide, Publishers Limited, Printers, 1925. A gripping contest: Australia, batting first, reached 489, with Ryder 201 not out; England and Australia then put on 365 and 250 respectively. England, set 375, were bowled out just 11 runs short. Padwick II: 2582. More
A vintage group photograph captioned 'Cricket Match Feb 02 Furreedpore' ['1902 Faridpur' in another hand on the verso]
Furreedpore (Faridpur), formerly in East Bengal, India (now Bangladesh), has important Australian connections, exemplified by this photograph. Silas Mead (1834-1909), a Baptist minister, emigrated to South Australia in July 1861; 'he preached at chapels in Adelaide and North Adelaide. Regular services began at White's Rooms and within a month a...... More
A signed photograph of Don Bradman executing a cover drive
The black and white photograph (303 × 240 mm) is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased this item in the..... More
A signed photograph of Don Bradman walking out to bat with Jack Fingleton
The black and white photograph (253 × 203 mm) is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased this item in the..... More
One leaf in a small autograph album (leaf size 80 × 138 mm) signed in ink (on the recto only) by seven members of the Australian squad selected to tour England in 1930
The signatories are a'Beckett, Fairfax, Grimmett, Hurwood, Kippax, Oldfield, and Walker. The signatures were collected by the parents of a five year-old boy when the family travelled on the same ship as the cricketers on the voyage to England in early 1930. The leaves are the first two in an..... More
A very large signed vintage photograph (372 × 368 mm) of Richie Benaud, taken in England during a publicity shoot for Gray-Nicolls cricket bats
The inkstamp of the London photographer, Chard Jenkins, is on the verso. The photograph probably dates from the 1962-63 Australian tour of England. The signature and inscription ('Best wishes') were obtained at a later date. They are written very clearly in ink on the surface of the photograph. In this..... More