This slightly foxed but otherwise unused example has been signed prominently in blue ink by Jack Hobbs (and the lad who received it has written - almost unnoticed in dark ink in the dark bottom margin - 'Jack Hobb's [sic] autograph'). More
Leatherhead, Bruce Main-Smith, 1975. With the ownership initials of Eddie Thomas, local SA racing identity. More
London, Stanley Paul, 1984. Loosely inserted is a card inscribed and signed by Len Hutton. More
London, Horace Cox, 1911. The forty-fifth edition. The author was also author of 'The Gamekeeper's and Game Preserver's Account Book and Diary'. More
Eight members of the team are posed standing with six (presumably) members of the factory staff in a yard with stacks of timber in the background; the odd hunk of wood and new bat are being held by the assembled group. This was only the second tour of England by..... More
Sydney, Beatty, Richardson & Co., Printers, 1920. Reminiscences and observations of an Australian Test player. Frank Iredale (1867-1926) played 133 matches for NSW from 1888-1901 and 14 Test matches from 1894-99; these included the 1896 and 1899 tours of England. 'A journalist by profession, Iredale was an Australian selector during..... More
[Hornsby, The Author], 2001 [first edition]. Signed by the author. More
[No Place], Inaflash Books, 2000. More
Milsons Point, Random House, 1999. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. More
The captain of Lillywhite's team, Charles Aubrey Smith (1863-1948), was an extraordinary character by any reckoning. In 1888-89 he captained the first team to visit South Africa, and in the first Test (his sole Test appearance) he played a considerable part in England's victory. He remained in South Africa at..... More
Toorak, Ski Club of Victoria, 1986. More
London, Heath Cranton, 1924. More
Adelaide, Printed by Pritchard Brothers, c.1928]. Loosely inserted is an original pencil caricature by Maegraith (dated 1950); on the verso are twelve autographs of WA cricketers (plus the manager, Bryant) dated November 1949. A fund-raiser for charity. More
A vintage photograph (240x185mm) featuring both teams and the two beneficiaries; it is laid down on the original captioned mount, with the players identified below the image; in fine condition, recently framed and glazed. 'Until the introduction by State associations and the Australian Cricket Board of Players' Provident Funds, it..... More
Melbourne, 2002. Loosely inserted is a list of footballers who served with the RAAF during WW2. More
London, Routledge, 2006. One of the Sport in the Global Society series. More
Grange, Grange Golf Club, 1997. '75 copies have been bound in leather as a special edition'; this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. More
London, CollinsWillow, 1995. Inscribed and signed by Mansell, and with an original colour photograph of Mansell signing this copy taped to the verso of the half-title. More
Kew, Eastern Cricket Association, 2002. More
Kew, The Author, 1994. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1959. Inscribed and signed by the author, with a sketch (on the title page) and a presentation inscription on the flyleaf to [Stuart] 'Chester' Willmott. More
Sydney, Reed, 1976. More
London, Neville Spearman, 1973 [revised edition]/ 1960. More
