Ross, Alan (ed.),

THE CRICKETER'S COMPANION.

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1960, 2nd imp., x, 548pp, pictorial eps, ill. title page and numerous in text ills., light green cloth, lettered in gilt on red, top edge coloured, 3 line inscrip. on half title, an anthology of cricket stories, great matches and players, shaken, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., edges dusty, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 23034

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket

Roszkiewicz, Ron (with the collaboration of Phyllis Straw),

THE WOODTURNER'S COMPANION.

Sterling Publishing, New York, ND (copyright 1984), reprint, paperback, 253pp, diagrams and half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a detailed text with over 300 photos guiding the reader through every phase of spindle and vessel (faceplate) turning, sharing numerous secrets, pinpoiting problems and offering viable alternatives, lightly rubbed at tips, faint diag. crease lower cnr., spine sl. sunned, very good plus,

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Book number: 36892

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: crafts wood woodturning joinery carpentry

Shewell-Cooper, W. E. MBE, NDH, FRSL, MRST, Dip. Hort. (Wye), D. Litt.,,

DR. SHEWELL-COOPER'S BASIC BOOK OF ROSE GROWING.

Mayflower, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., diagrams and line drawings in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Roger Phillips, a guide to both the novice and experienced rose grower on the preparation, planting, care and cultivation of all popular varieties of roses, covering shrubs, hedges, climbers and ramblers, Hybrid Tea and Floribunda, roses for particular locations and minature roses, a little rubbed at extrems., bump and light creasing upper cnrs. wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 29915

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: horticulture gardening roses

Swanton, E. W. (foreword by Lord Home of the Hirsel),

GUBBY ALLEN - MAN OF CRICKET.

Hutchinson / Stanley Paul, London, 1985, 1st edn., ix, 311pp, 24pp half tone plates, dark blue cloth lettered in silver, biography of the man with a long and influential affect on English cricket before and after WW2, bump head of spine, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems. with tiny nick head of lower joint, top edge sunned, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 23045

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket biography

Swanton, E. W. O.B.E. (Gen Ed.) Melford, Michael (Assoc. Ed.), Rosenwater, Irving and Winlaw, A. S. R. (Assis. Eds., ),

THE WORLD OF CRICKET.

Michael Joseph, London, 1966, 1st edn., 1165pp, col'd frontis, 22pp col'd plates, numerous in text half tone ills., sage green cloth gilt, an A-Z of cricket covering all aspects of the game, a little shaken, lightly rubbed at extrems., no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 23054

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket

Talbot, Antony (edited by),

CHIPS FROM THE WOODWORKER.

Model and Allied Publications / Argus Books, Watford, 1978, 1st edn., [vi], 122pp, half tone photo ills. and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, '... a compilation of articles from the Woodworker Magazine...', slightly cocked, faint foxing to edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36899

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: crafts wood joinery carpentry

Titmus, Fred,

TALK OF THE DOUBLE.

Stamley Paul, London, 1964, 1st edn., 196pp, 12 pp half tone photo ills., green cloth lettered in black and red, autobiogarphy of the Middlesex and England cricketer, who achieved 'the double' seven times (1000 runs and 100 wickets in 1st class cricket in one season), lightly bumped at tail of spine and top cnr. upper bd., eps. a little browned, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems. with several edge tears, surface loss upper panel, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22357

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: cricket titmus sport biography

Tubby, Pamela (text compiled by),

PATCHWORK AND APPLIQUÉ.

Marshall Cavendish, London, 1979, 2nd printing, paperback, 143pp, diagrams and coloured photo ills. throughout, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a guide for the beginner through the important preliminaries of the two crafts and a collection photographs of stunning items made by the two methods and a variety of designs, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges foxed, very good,

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Book number: 36901

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: craft hobby sewing patchwork appliqué needlework

Warner, Sir Pelham (foreword by H. S. Altham),

LORD'S 1787-1945.

George G. Harrap, London, 1946, 1st edn., 324pp, half tone frontis, 50pp half tone plates, mid blue cloth gilt, the history of Lord's cricket ground, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges a little dusty and faintly foxed, light foxing to eps. and prelims, pencil name and address ffep., no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 23043

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket lord's

Watts, Shirley,

CREATE YOUR OWN CROSS STITCH.

Merehurst, London, 1993, 1st edn., 128pp, numerous full colour, half tone and line drawings in text, coloured pictorial laminated bds. with matching dw, how to create and/or convert your cross stitch designs into reality, book and dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22195

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: cross stitch emboidery wool craft needlework

Willis, Bob with Murphy, Patrick,

THE CRICKET REVOLUTION.

Book Club Associates, London, 1981, club edn., 194pp, numerous in text half tone ills., red cloth gilt, by England's main strike bowler and account of Test Cricket in the 1970's, the gamesmanship, intimidation and the introduction more money to the game as well as pen portraits of some of the players he most admired, sl. cocked, light bumps cnrs. lower bd., dustwrapper: rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 23011

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket kerry packer

Wolfenden, Joan,

THE SATISFACTION OF STITCHERY.

Peacock Vane, Bonchurch - Isle of Wight, ND (copyright 1983), 1st edn., 160pp, printed entirely in a calligraphic text, illustrated in line and colour photos, pictorial endpapers, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a celebration of needlework with examples of 30 years work, from simple cross stitch to canvas embroidery, patchwork (quilting), collage and traditional embroidery, rather bumped at cnrs. and spine ends, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 26601

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: embroidery cross stich pathwork quilting collage needlework

Woodcock, John (ed),

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981.

Queen Anne Press / Macdonald Futura, London, ND (c1981), iv, 1231pp, a number of half tone photo ills. in text, 118th year, original brown cloth covered bds. gilt, with dustwrapper, light bumps spine ends, dustwrapper: price clipped, tiny edge tear internally repaired, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22387

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: cricket sport

Woodcock, John (ed),

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1984.

Queen Anne Press / Macdonald, London, ND (c1984), iv, 1291pp, 12pp half tone plates, a number of half tone photo ills. in text, 121st year, original brown cloth covered bds. gilt, with dustwrapper, tiny bump head of spine, 3 small ink initials ffep., dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine a little sunned, tiny edge tear internally repaired, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22390

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: cricket sport

Woodhouse, Barbara,

DOG TRAINING MY WAY.

Faber and Faber, London, 1954, 1st edn., 84pp, frontis and 18pp half tone photo ills., magenta cloth lettered in yellow, large format 7.5 x 10", a guide to basic dog training, a little rubbed at extrems., light foxing to edges and endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed and creased at extrems., sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs. internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22364

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: dog training pastimes