Bradman. An Australian Hero
London, Little, Brown, 1996. Signed with a thick black felt-tipped pen by Don Bradman on the title page. More
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Bradman. An Australian Hero
London, Little, Brown, 1996. Signed with a thick black felt-tipped pen by Don Bradman on the title page. 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
Reminiscences of Twenty-Five Years' Yachting in Australia. An Essay on Manly Sports, a Cruise on Shore .. Notes of a Voyage to China and Japan
Adelaide, Wigg, 1888. Sir William Henry Bundey (1838-1909), for ten years Commodore of the South Australian Yacht Club, was a South Australian MP (Attorney-General, 1878-81) and later a Supreme Court judge. An uncommon book on an uncommon (Australian) topic. 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
A History of Shoalhaven Cricket
[Shoalhaven], Shoalhaven Discrict Cricket Association, [1994]. Signed by the author. More
Francis Beart. A Single Purpose
Sparkford, Haynes, 1978. With the ownership details of Eddie Thomas, Australian racing identity. More
Links with a Past. A History of Golf at Glenelg
Glenelg, Pagel/ Glenelg Golf Club, 1987. More
Out of the Rough. A History of the Mount Lofty Golf Club..1925-1975
Adelaide, Mount Lofty Golf Club, [1975]. Number 15 of 1000 copies. Signed and dated (1st April 1st 1975) by the author, with a remarkable dedication and a relevant black and white snapshot taped to the verso of the half-title and many relevant signatures at rear (including two captains of the..... More
Fairways on the Mount. A History of the Mount Osmond Golf Club, 1927-1977
[Adelaide, Mount Osmond Golf Club, 1977]. More
'1902 Australian XI'. A superb vintage gelatin silver photograph by Thomas Bolland of London (a gigantic 440 × 600 mm, glazed, with the original calligraphic mount and ornate frame) of the entire fourteen-man squad to tour England
The almost-Invincibles (they lost just two matches out of 39) are Darling (captain), Armstrong, Carter, Duff, Gregory, Hill, Hopkins, Howell, Jones, Kelly, Noble, Saunders, Trumble, Trumper, and the manager, Major Ben Wardill. Provenance: incredibly, from Joe Darling himself! - his bold ink signature is clearly visible on the verso of..... 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
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
Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1910
Complete with the original mounted gelatin silver photograph of the 'Five Cricketers of the Year' (facing page 157 in the first section). 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 859 of the deluxe edition of 974 copies signed by Don Bradman; loosely inserted is the certificate of authenticity signed by Peter Allen. 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