Bird, Dickie

White Cap and Bails: Adventures of a Much Travelled Umpire

Near fine condition. Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a small mark and ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of small nicks and ink mark on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 474pp including Statistics Section, index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780340750872

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Book number: 5000

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Bischoff, Eric

Controversy Creates Cash (WWE)

VGC plus. Pocket Books, 2006. First US edition-2nd printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Black hardback (red lettering to the spine) with protected Dj(small nicks and scratches on the protected Dj), both in VGC plus. Ex-Library book with stamps(including a stamp on the outer edges of the pages), stickers but in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with two creases on the edges of the pages, very small mark on the edge of the first blank page of the book. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 392pp. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9781416527299

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Book number: 5309

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Blofeld, Henry

Cakes and Bails: Henry Blofeld's Cricket Year

VGC. Simon & Schuster, 1998. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(two creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges(slightly yellow), inscription written on the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book. 280pp including index. Price clipped. First edition. Review: Cakes and Bails finds Henry Blofeld, or Blowers as he is known to dedicated listeners of Radio 4's Test Match Special, on top form. Beginning with an account of a drunken champagne weekend in the company of Mike Atherton and Graham Gooch, the book proceeds to weave a delightful (and at times slightly unsteady) path through the 1998 cricketing year, from England's agonising winter defeat in the Caribbean, to the dramatic triumph over the South Africans in the summer. n nLike his Test Match commentaries, Blofeld's prose has a logic all of its own, as he moves from indignant outrage at the incompetence of England's cricketing establishment, to wonderfully dry descriptions of players and colleagues, crowned by the continual reappearance throughout the book of GLY--Geoffrey Boycott, the Greatest Living Yorkshireman. There are some lovely portraits of the players who set the season alight with Their performances, including the effervescent Jonty Rhodes, the heroic Angus Fraser (nicknamed The Schoolmaster by Blowers), and Mark Ramprakash, chosen for his brilliant maiden test century in Barbados. n nCakes and Bails is however, at its best in describing the sheer drama and tension which comes from a close test match, and Blofeld has seen quite a few over the last year. His description of Atherton's monumental battle with Allan Donald throughout the summer series is particularly memorable, evidence if any were needed that there is more to life in the Test Match Special commentary box than just cakes and champagne! Amazon cricket fans will also be amused by Blofeld's befuddled description of the creation of a website solely dedicated to his thoughts on the great game; whoever said that cricket was falling behind the times?. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780684851518

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Blofeld, Henry

It's Just Not Cricket

Near fine/VGC. Simon & Schuster, 1999. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(very small tear on the edge of the Dj cover, some scratches, small nicks and creases on the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos, map. Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small nick and crease on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book but with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 346pp including index. Price clipped. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9780684851525

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Book number: 3390

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Blyth, Chay

The Challenge: Official Story of the British Steel Challenge

Fine condition. Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Large format blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, maps, diagrams, drawings. The book is new with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 192pp including Foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princes Royal Anne, appendices 1 to 6. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. Heavy book. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780340591901

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Book number: 5764

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Blyth, Chay

The Challenge: Official Story of the British Steel Challenge

Fine condition. Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Large format blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, maps, diagrams, drawings. The book is new with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 192pp including Foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princes Royal Anne, appendices 1 to 6. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. Heavy book. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780340591901

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Boardman, Chris

Chris Boardman - The Complete Book of Cycling

VGC. Partridge, 2000. First edition-first printing(10 9 8 76 5 4 3 2 1), Purple hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick and dent on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but with small foxing marks and ink marks on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 261pp including Foreword by Greg LeMond, appendices, index. Price un-clipped. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9781852252670

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Book number: 9740

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Boardman, Chris

Chris Boardman - The Complete Book of Cycling

VGC. Partridge, 2000. First edition-first printing(10 9 8 76 5 4 3 2 1), Purple hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick and dent on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but with small foxing marks and ink marks on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 261pp including Foreword by Greg LeMond, appendices, index. Price un-clipped. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9781852252670

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Book number: 14144

Catalogue: Autobiography Biography Sports

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Bond, Bob

Handbook of Sailing (Pelham practical sports)

VGC. Pelham Books, 1985. First paperback edition-first impression. Large format paperback(small nicks and crease on the cover and spine) in VGC. Illustrated with many b/w photos, drawings, maps, diagrams, plans. Nice and clean pages with two small marks on the outer edges, a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages, previous owner's name written inside the edge of the front cover. 352pp including Appendix, glossary of terms, index. Heavy book. Very Good. ISBN: 9780720716443

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Book number: 6333

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J. L. Bonhote

Birds of Britain And Their Eggs

GC. A. & C. Black, 1927. Reprinted edition, 1930. Pictorial hardback(green lettering on the front cover & spine, small marks, nicks & light shelf wear on the cover) in GC, no Dj. Illustrated with 82 colour, b/w plates. Clean pages but tainted & aged on the outer edges, small foxing marks and creases on some pages, big tear on the first blank page of the book, small tear inside the page 97, the first two pages are slightly seperated from the book, inscription written on the last blank page of the book and inside the back cover. The book is in GC for it's age with some shelf wear. 410pp including Preface to First Edition, list of illustrations, index. A collectable book. Good/No Jacket.

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Bonington, Sir Chris

Everest the Hard Way

VGC. Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. First UK edition. Large format blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, light shelf wear on the edges of the cover) with Dj(small tear, creases, nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with a b/w map of Everest inside the front and back cover, full colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps, tables. Nice and clean pages with a mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, some foxing marks on the edges of the pages, foxing marks and slightly yellow inside the Dj cover, small mark on the back cover. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear. Foreword by Lord Hunt. 239pp including List of illustrations, Appendices 1 to 11, index. A collectable first edition. Heavy book(approx. 1. 3 Kg). Review: The hard way up Everest is the steep, towering, unclimbable South West Face which has a 1000-foot band of bare rock and defied six expeditions. Until Bonlngton's 1975 crew attacked the Face, all others had been sidetracked at the last minute and taken one of the less difficult ridges. Even his 1972 group was turned back by monsoon weather. The success of the latest team seems to have been a surmounting of giant egos as well as impossible difficulties - but for all, including the reader, there are some walloping moments of undiluted joy, particularly when the first two team members straddle the small topmost ridge and take in the incredible sights - Everest's purple 200-mile shadow, black storm clouds rolling far below. (Think of sitting on a rock five miles straight up. ) Just as spellbinding are the hallucinations (?): an utter stranger watching a climber on the peak from a few feet away; the mind dividing in three, one part a guiding voice outside the climber; and similar psychic events. The elation of success is offset by the tragic loss of the expedition's cameraman, who gets lost in a sudden mist and is never seen again. Stripped, raw storytelling, with some humor; 125 pages of appendices about equipment. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780340208335

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Botham, Ian

Botham's Century: My 100 Great Cricketing Characters

Near fine condition. CollinsWillow, 2001. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the cover) with Dj(small nicks, crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, colour, b/w photos, drawings. Nice and clean pages as new but with light shelf wear on the outer edges(slightly yellow), small nicks on the edges of the pages. 432pp. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780002189569

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Book number: 4637

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Botham, Ian

Botham's Century: My 100 Great Cricketing Characters

Fine condition. CollinsWillow, 2001. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks, crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, colour, b/w photos, drawings. The book is new with a small ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages. 432pp. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780002189569

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Book number: 5931

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Boulting, Ned

On the Road Bike: The Search For a Nation?s Cycling Soul (Yellow Jersey Cycling Classics)

VGC plus/VGC. Yellow Jersey Press, 2013. First UK edition-first printing (2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Red hardback (silver lettering to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) in VGC plus, with Dj (a couple of small colour marks inside the edges of the Dj cover, small tear, two small marks, creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 292pp including List of illustrations. Price un-clipped. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780224092081

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Book number: 11147

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Boulting, Ned

On the Road Bike: The Search For a Nation's Cycling Soul (Yellow Jersey Cycling Classics)

Near fine/VGC. Yellow Jersey Press, 2013. First UK edition-first printing (2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Red hardback (silver lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj (very small tear, small mark and some nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with a small nick and ink mark on the outer edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 292pp including List of illustrations. Price un-clipped. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9780224092081

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Book number: 11380

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