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The first mention of cricket in a book was in the English version of Giovanni Florio's Italian dictionary in 1598. Collecting cricket books and cricketana has long been a popular pastime, and some fine collections have been built up, not least that of the MCC at Lord's. Rare cricket books (Nyren, Lambert, Bentley) are keenly sought, as are signed books and Ashes memorabilia, especially from the Bodyline tour (1932/33). Other areas of interest are scorecards, cricket autographs and tour brochures. |
Profiles of 100 top cricketers who hail from the West Country from Foot, a cricketing journalist who knows the region intimately....
Triple-biography of three of cricket's most controversial and irascible characters - Charles Warrington Leonard Parker...
Twelve character studies of the author's favourite heroes. 8vo. 176pp. Dust-wrapper, as new. Signed by...
Facsimile edition, with an introduction by Irving Rosenwater. The original edition was published in Brighton by D.B. Friend...
A socio-historical approach to cricket in England, in short an explanation of how the game grew and developed in the light of...
The first volume in the Middlesex history trilogy, preceeding Ashley-Cooper and Haig. 8vo. 547pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue....
A cricket volume in the "Sporting Suffolk Series". With contributions By F.G.J. Ford, Tom Richardson and M.C. Kemp. Includes a...
Cricket book, including chapters on Gents v Players and the 1899 Australians. 8vo. 171pp. Illustrated boards, blotched,...
A comprehensive study of cricket at the university during the period, complete with match scores, statistical appendices and an...
An account of the 1961 Australian cricket tour of England under Richie Benaud. 8vo. xii + 180pp. 16 pages of photographs. No...
History of the wandering club, the Forty club on the occasion of their Golden jubilee. With a foreword from Patron, H.R.H. The...
History of Kent CCC, covering the years 1967 to 1979 when they won 11 trophies in 13 years. 8vo. 192pp. Dust-wrapper, very...
Facsimile reprint of the 1844 original, illustrated instructional. 1st thus. Facsimile reprint on laid paper. 8vo....
An account of a life in local cricket, mostly in the west country, playing for teams like Portway CC, Western Opera Players,...
A look at the charm, traditions and vital function of club cricket. 8vo. 167pp. Frontispiece, 16 pages of photographs....
An account of the 1991 Test series between England and West Indies, focusing on the two captains, Graham Gooch and Viv Richards....
A superb pictorial record of Ashes cricket since 1877, with over 1000 pictures including many from the author's own private...
The finest of all illustrated cricket books, comprising some 2,000 illustrations, many from the author's own collection....
Excellent history of fast bowling, from the Hambledon era of Lumpy Stevens and David Harris to the age of Thomson and...
A pictorial celebration of cricket's Golden Age, the pre-World War One era of 1890-1914, handsomely illustrated by pictures...