Arlott, John,

AUSTRALIAN TEST JOURNAL - A Diary of the Test Matches Australia v. England 1954-55.

Phoenix Sports Books, London, 1955, 1st edn., 160pp, half tone photo frontis, 8pp half tone photo ills., light green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., spine and edges tanned, faint foxing to endpapers, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 35216

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Arlott, John,

BASINGSTOKE BOY - The Autobiography.

Willow Books (Harper Collins), London, 1990, 1st edn., x, 304pp, 16pp half tone plates, black cloth gilt, the first volume of the legendary cricket commentator's autobiography covering the years 1914 to 1958, lightly bumped at tips, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 23016

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Barker, Ralph,

TEN GREAT INNINGS.

Chatto and Windus, London, 1964, uncorrected proof of 1st edn., paperback, 227pp, frontis and 11 half tone photo plates, paper wrappers, uncorrected proof copy, ten memorable innings from Jack Hobbs in 1926 to Cyril Washbrook in 1956, lightly rubbed at extrems., ink title on spine and date upper wrapper, light creasing lower wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 22199

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: cricket sport proof

Bedser, Alec and Eric,

FOLLOWING ON.

Evans Brothers, London, 1954, 1st edn., 240pp, frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., brown cloth gilt, continuing the autobiography begun in 'Our Cricket Story', this book covers the 1950-53 cricket seasons from the West Indies tour to England in 1950, MCC to Australia and New Zealand, South Africa visit of 1951, India in 1952 and the visiting Australians in 1953, as well as county cricket for Surrey, a little bumped at cnrs. and lower edges, lightly foxed at edges, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl loss at spine ends and cnrs., small chiplower edge lower panel, sl. surface rubbing, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22361

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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Bennett, John,

MAKING LITTLE BOXES FROM WOOD.

Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, Lewes, 1992, 1st edn., paperback original, [viii], 136pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous in text half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams, large format (11 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, everything the aspiring box-maker needs to know, techniques for making the simple butt joint to the secret mitre dovetail, using plain varnished, imlaid, veneered or French polished woods, with plans and instruction for 28 projects, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease in spine, very good plus,

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Book number: 36869

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: craft wood boxes joinery carpentry

Bird, Philip,

THE GUINNESS CRICKET QUIZ BOOK.

Guinness Publishing, Enfield, ND (c1993), paperback, 160pp, numerous in text half tone ills., large format wrappers, 60 quizzes of 25 questions for cricket enthusiasts, 4 line inscr. inside front wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 23012

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket

Bonington, Chris,

ANNAPURNA SOUTH FACE.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1976, paperback, 410pp, 12pp col'd photo ills., half tone photo ill. inside lower wrapper, 2 maps in text, [v] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Michael Dempsey, an account of the 1970 successful Bonington led expedition to the South Face of Annapurna in the Himalayas, lightly rubbed at extrems., light diag. crease lower cnr. lower wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 30016

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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Bosley, David et al,

WOODWORKING CRAFTS ANNUAL.

Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, Burgess Hill - West Sussex, ND (copyright 1985), paperback, 112pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, 48pp Reference Section, large format (11.5 x 8 inches approx.), photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, containing a number of features incl. the Great Bed of Ware, making a nutcracker, chairside furniture, bookcase, etc., a start to woodcarving, setting up a smoothing plane, woodworking crafts in Africa; with a supplement on woodturning, a little rubbed at tips and cnrs. inclined to curl, wrappers sunned, very good,

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Book number: 36872

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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Botham, Ian,

BOTHAM - My Autobiography.

Collins Willow, London ,1994, 7th imp., 400pp, 16pp col'd and half tone plates, black cloth gilt, as new apart from 4 line inscr. on half title, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 23057

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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Boycott, Geoffrey,

IN THE FAST LANE.

Arthur Barker / Weidenfeld, London, 1981, 1st edn., 224pp, pictorial eps, half tone frontis, numerous in text half tone ills., red cloth gilt, pictorial dw, account of the controversial tour of the Caribbean in 1981, loosely inserted circket presentation event card signed on reverse Geoff Boycott, light bump head of spine, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., unpriced, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 23053

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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Bridges, Antony,

MODERN SALMON FISHING.

Adam and Charles Black, London, 1947, reprint, xii, 230pp, frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawings and tables in text, maroon cloth lettered in silver at spine, upper edge coloured, lower edge uncut, a little rubbed at extrems., tiny fray head of upper joint, light marks to cloth, edges and endpapers a little foxed, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 34428

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport hobby pastime game fishing salmon

Buchanan, Handasyde,

GREAT CRICKET MATCHES.

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1962, 1st edn., 406pp, 2pp scores and acknowledgements, photographic eps., mid green cloth lettered in gilt on crimson title panel, top edge col'd, account of 25 great matches from England v. Australia Sydney Test 1894/5 to Australia v. West Indies at Brisbane 1960/1, with relevant score cards, etc., vertical crease length of spine, spine sunned, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 23023

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket

Cary, Clif (foreword by Alan Kippax),

CRICKET CONTROVERSY.

T. Werner Laurie, London, 1948, 2nd imp., xi, 232pp, half tone frontis, 15pp half tone plates, khaki cloth lettered in turquoise, top edge coloured, an account of Test matches in Australia 1946/7, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., cloth sunned at spine and a sl. foxed at spine, edges a little dusty, child's biro scribble to 1 plate (opp p80), a few finger marks in places, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 23040

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

Keywords: sport cricket

Cooper, Bill and Laurel,

SELL UP AND SAIL.

Adlard Coles Nautical, London, 2000, 4th edn., paperback, vi, 346pp, 4pp coloured photo ills., numerous in text half tone photo ills. and line drawings, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 34536

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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Cowdrey, Colin,

THE INCOMPARABLE GAME.

The Sportman's Book Club, Newton Abbot, 1971, club edn., 130pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, a look at the game during the 50's and 60's, the outstanding occasions and personalities in England, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies, lightly bumped at head of spine and top cnr. lower bd., dustwrapper: a little rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22359

Catalogue: Sport, Games, Crafts, Hobbies and Pastimes

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