Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1886. Edited by Charles W. Alcock
London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More
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Lord's & the M.C.C. A Cricket Chronicle of 137 years, based on Official Documents, and Published, with the Knowledge and Sanction of The Marylebone Cricket Club, to Commemorate the Centenary of their Present Ground
London, The London & Counties Press Association Ltd, 1914. More
33 Years of Cricket
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
Mailey's Googlies. A Series of Sketches and Caricatures of English County and Test Match Cricket, by the Famous Australian Googly Bowler ..
London, Graphic Publications Ltd, [1921]. Padwick 5027 and 7024. More
History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1903 - 1923. [Together with] ... 1924 - 1949
Leeds, Chorley and Pickersgill/ The Electric Press and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1924 and 1950. 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
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
Between the Wickets. An Anthology of Cricket
London, Philip Alan, 1926. With the ownership signature of Robert Trimble, son of Hugh Trimble, and (presumably) his relevant annotations on a late blank. Uniform with the author's 'Game Pie'. More
Wigs and Wags. A Volume of Fun, Facts & Faces about Our Railways. 60 Cartoons
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
Cricketing Memories
London, The London Publishing Co., 1930. More
Getting Wickets
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. More
Souvenir of English Cricketers' Visit to Adelaide. Third Test Match. January 13, 1933
Adelaide, South Australian Cricket Association, 1933. 'International Cricket. England v. Australia. Souvenir of Visit of MCC Team. October 1932 to March 1933. Third Test Match ...' [cover title]. Padwick 4487. More
Souvenir of English Cricketers' Visit to Adelaide. Third Test Match. January 13, 1933. [International Cricket. England v. Australia. Souvenir of Visit of MCC Team. October 1932 to March 1933. Third Test Match ... (cover title)]
Adelaide, South Australian Cricket Association, 1933. A pre-match publication for the Test that saw bodyline tactics move from controversy to crisis. Padwick 4487. More
Bodywhine. A Treatise on the Jardinian Theory. Cartoons by R.W. Blundell
Adelaide, Rigby, 1933. 'The Book has been written for the new regime of cricket; the batter, bruise and bust cricket, which has been thrust upon us. This travesty of an erstwhile noble sport demands new techniques to master it ... We find after years of research that all previous books..... More
Cricket Sketches and Short Stories by Arthur Mailey, the Australian Googly Bowler, 1932-33
Glebe, Simmons Limited (Printers), [1933]. Padwick 6881. More
Tricking the Batsman
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1934 (first English edition)/ 1932. 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
Cricket. United India in Australia
Bombay, Thacker, 1947. Biographical sketches of the members of the first India team to tour Australia, 'but there is something more to it than just that. In the introduction the author has made out an impassioned case for the vital necessity of retaining unity in the Sports of the country..... More
Grimmett on Cricket. A Practical Guide
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1948]. More
News Chronicle Cricket Annual 1953
London, News Chronicle, 1953. More
Cricket Association of Bengal. Eden Gardens, Calcutta. Silver Jubilee 1929-1954
Eden Gardens, Cricket Association of Bengal, 1956. More
Australian Tour of the MCC Team 1958 - 1959
North Sydney, NSW Cricket Association, 1958. Official Souvenir Programme. More
Alletson's Innings
London, Epworth Press, 1958/ 1957. 'The most remarkable sustained hitting innings in first-class cricket'. 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 Portfolio of Cricket Prints. A Nineteenth Century Miscellany, with Introduction and Notes by ..
London, Holland Press and Neville Spearman, 1962. More
I Zingari Australia. 75 Years of Cricket, 1888 - 1963
[Point Piper, The Author], 1963. More
Australian Tour of the MCC Team 1965 - 1966
Crows Nest, NSW Cricket Association, 1965. Official Souvenir Programme. More
West Indies Tour of Australia 1968 - 1969
Crows Nest, NSW Cricket Association, 1968. Official Souvenir Programme. More
By Hook or by Cut
Adelaide, Investigator Press, 1970 (first edition). Inscribed and signed by the author. More
100 Not Out. A Century of Cricket on the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide, Rigby, 1972. With the contemporary ink signature of Don Bradman on the title page. More
The Paddock that Grew. The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club
North Melbourne, Cassell, 1974 (revised and enlarged)/ 1962. More
Board of Control for Cricket in India 1929-1979. Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume
[Bombay, Board of Control for Cricket in India, 1980]. More
Nottinghamshire Cricketers 1919-1939
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1980. More
Cricket Balmainia. Official History Balmain District Cricket Club
Rozelle, Balmain District Cricket Club, 1981. With the presentation plate on the front pastedown: number 320 of 600 copies signed by the author. A warm presentation inscription, dated (30 March 1981) and signed by the author, is on the verso of the flyleaf. More
Elysian Fields. Sport, Class and Community in Colonial South Australia, 1836-1890
Adelaide, The Author, 1982. Loosely inserted is the small original prospectus, and a related newspaper clipping. Pencilled on the title-page is a brief annotation indicating that the previous owner had confirmation from the author that only 1000 copies were printed. More
John Player Art of Cricket
London, Secker & Warburg, 1983. More
Fifty Years in Cricket
London, Stanley Paul, 1984. Loosely inserted is a card inscribed and signed by Len Hutton. More
Men in White. The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894-1985 ... Statistics by Francis Payne
Auckland, Moa Publications, 1986. More
To Celebrate a Century of Northern Tasmanian Cricket. The Story of the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association 1886-1986
Launceston, [The Author, c.1986]. Signed by the author. More
Double Century. The Story of MCC and Cricket
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. More
The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection. Volume 1: 1925-1934. Volume 2: 1935-1949
Sydney, Rigby, 1987. The first trade edition, superior to subsequent reprints. This set was purchased at a charity function around the date of publication. The frontispiece of the first volume has been signed by Don Bradman, and the title page of the second volume has been signed by his wife..... More
Casino. A Cricket History, 1861-1986
[Casino, Ron Howard Pty Ltd, 1987]. More
The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection. Volume 1: 1925-1934... Volume 2: 1935-1949
Sydney, Rigby, 1987. This is an example of the deluxe edition limited to only 500 sets; a small printed numbered sheet of paper signed by Don Bradman was mounted in the first volume of each set when it was originally published. This set comes from the archive of the printer..... More
Boycott. The Autobiography
London, Macmillan, 1987. Inscribed, dated (5 February 1988) and signed by the author. More
The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Donald Bradman's Official Collection. Volume 1: 1925-1934 [and] Volume 2: 1935-1949
Sydney, Rigby, 1987 [first trade edition]. This first trade edition (issued at the same time as the signed limited edition in full leather), is greatly superior in quality to subsequent reprints. In this set, the frontispiece portrait of each volume is signed in blue ballpoint pen by Don Bradman, and..... More
Geelong's Blazing Century. Runs and Wickets since 1862
[Geelong, The Author, c.1989]. Signed by the author on the flyleaf. One of 1000 copies. More
The Roads. Golden Anniversary of South Road Cricket Club
Plympton, the author, 1990. More
A Springbok Down Under. South Africa on Tour 1931 - 1932. Based on the Diary of Ken Viljoen
Tasmania, Apple Books, 1991. Number 182 of only 400 copies. Signed by both authors. More
Early Cricket in Sydney. Edited by Cashman, Richard and Stephen Gibbs
Sydney, NSWCA, 1991. Signed by the editors on the title page. More