London, John Stockdale, 1788 ('a new edition, embellished with an elegant Frontispiece and a Vignette')/ 1788. With the armorial bookplate of Arthur Wood. More
London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More
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
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1906. The first Australian golf book of any substance. Daniel Gordon (Dan) Soutar was born in Carmyllie, Scotland in 1882. 'In 1888, his family moved to the nearby seaside resort town of Carnoustie where - over the next 15 or so years - he received a...... More
Edinburgh, R. and R. Clark, 1911. Inscribed and dated (26 December 1913) by the author. 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
London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1911. With the ownership signature of Arnold Edwin Davey (1862-1920), well-known local flour-miller and grain merchant. Not least, big game hunting as well as yachting, steeplechase etcetera... numerous full-page plates (10 in colour). More
London, The Field and Queen (Horace Cox), [circa 1913]. More
London, The London & Counties Press Association Ltd, 1914. 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
London, Graphic Publications Ltd, [1921]. Padwick 5027 and 7024. More
London, Methuen, 1922. More
Garden City, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1923. More
Adelaide, South Australian Football League Limited (and printed by Lonnen & Cope), 1924. 'Umpires and stewards must report bad language and foul play, such as hitting with the fist and with the elbow. The game, according to the laws, is strong enough, there being no occasion for foulness of any..... More
Leeds, Chorley and Pickersgill/ The Electric Press and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1924 and 1950. More
London, Thomas Murray, 1925 (first edition). More
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
New York, McBride, 1926 [first edition]. More
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
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
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
London, Philip Allan, 1929. 'A record of a famous sporting family and its stud...[with] a wealth of racy anecdote and turf history of the nineteenth century'. More
London, The London Publishing Co., 1930. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. More
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]. More
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
Glebe, Simmons Limited (Printers), [1933]. Padwick 6881. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1934 (first English edition)/ 1932. More
London, Seeley, Service, [1935]/ 1931. Volume X in the Lonsdale Library. Loosely inserted are three illustrated advertising items; The Angler's Weekend Book, staple bound, 8 pages, fine; Greased Line Fishing for Salmon, a 2 page flyer folded in the middle, excellent [and] The Lonsdale Library 'bookmark' (printed on both sides)..... More
[Sydney, Wrigley's, 1936]. Signed on the front cover by Don Bradman and Len Darling (who has also signed below his portrait near the centre of the booklet); Bill O'Reilly has signed the inside rear cover. More
Adelaide, Osborne, 1937. 'Fourth Test Match. English v Australia. Adelaide. Jan. 29th. 1937' (cover title). Padwick 4499. More
London, Methuen, 1939. More
London, Collins, November 1940 [second impression]/ October 1940. Reminiscences of the famous 'Times' golf correspondent (and grandson of the more famous Charles). More
Sydney, Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, 1946. The honour of organising this, the first post-war Davis Cup competition, and of making the draw, fell to Australia, the holder of the trophy since 1939. 'Challenges by Italy and Hungary were rejected by Australia on the grounds that for 1946 at least..... More
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1948]. More
Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1949. The author was 'Captain of the Fiji team touring New Zealand, 1948'. Loosely inserted is the original 1948 hand-written receipt for the book. More
London, Hollis and Carter, 1950. Illustrations by the author. The companion to 'Dark Estuary'. More
Melbourne, The Author, 1950. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1950 [third impression]/ 1943. Inscribed 'To Chris, Wishing you a very Happy Birthday. Don Bradman 1/11/51'. We know this to be a present from Don to a child the Bradmans fostered, as we bought it in 2002 from the recipient (and have just got around to..... More
Melbourne, The Author, 1950. More
London, British Museum, 1953. More
London, News Chronicle, 1953. More
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
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1956/ 1954. More
Eden Gardens, Cricket Association of Bengal, 1956. More
London, Allen, 1958 [first UK edition, translated from the fifth revised German edition]. With the ownership signature of Polar explorer John Rymill (Penola, 1959) on the flyleaf. Translated from the German by Dr V. Saloschin. More
North Sydney, NSW Cricket Association, 1958. Official Souvenir Programme. More
