It’s surprising to learn that John Astley Cooper first proposed what has become the Commonwealth Games in 1891: 5 years before the Modern Olympics. The plan was to hold a sports competition every four years “as a means of increasing goodwill and understanding of the British Empire”. Committees were set up throughout the Empire to […]
England at the FIFA World Cup over the years – it’s certainly been a journey! From crushing defeat to glorious victory…to who knows what the 2026 tournament will bring. We’ve still got the fun and great hope of not knowing at this point. The first World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930. FIFA chose […]
Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953. He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]
A further collection of Arlott's cricket writings and commentaries, including interviews with personalities of the past, a radio feature on WG Grace, some poetry and hymns, plus articles on non-cricketing
A further collection of Arlott's cricket writings and commentaries, including interviews with personalities of the past, a radio feature on WG Grace, some poetry and hymns, plus articles on non-cricketing
A cricketing anthology, history, poetry, fiction etc.
1st edition, small 8vo. 223pp. plus endpaper photos of Hobbs and Grace, small 3 tone frontis illustration. Internally very good, clean and bright,
A selection of writings from the respected cricket historian and author, compiled by his son and mainly comprised of pieces written for the Journal of the Cricket Society, forming a commentary on the state
A second volume of selected writings from the respected cricket historian and author, compiled by his son and comprised of the writer's first 8 "monographs", which include profiles of cricket in Germany,
History and anthology on cricket, written to accompany the BBC TV series.
1st edition. 8vo. Profusely illustrated. Dust-wrapper, spine a little faded. Good. Signed and dedicated by Trueman to front endpaper.
History and anthology on cricket, written to accompany the BBC TV series.
1st edition. 8vo. Profusely illustrated. Dust-wrapper, very good. Tape mark to front endpaper. Very good. Signed by Trueman to
A collection of Arlott's cricket writing, notably for the Guardian. Edited by David Rayvern Allen.
Large 8vo. xii + 308pp. Dust-wrapper, a fine copy. Signed to the title-page by David Rayvern Allen and
A fine collection of Swanton's cricket writing. Edited by George Plumptre.
Large 8vo. 542pp. Very good. Signed and dedicated by Swanton to his fellow cricket writer Christopher Taylor to title-page. Taylor's
A collection of great cricket stories. Contributors include Bernard Darwin, Jessop, Farjeon, Fry, Warner, Sassoon, Fender, Bowes, Bradman and Hugh de Selincourt.
8vo. 318pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed
One of the earliest, and best, cricket collections, whose contributors include Mary Mitford, Alfred Cochrane, John Nyren, Neville Cardus and Andrew Lang.
Small 8vo. xvi + 308pp. Green cloth, with
One of the earliest, and best, cricket collections, whose contributors include Mary Mitford, Alfred Cochrane, John Nyren, Neville Cardus and Andrew Lang.
Small 8vo. xvi + 308pp. Light foxing to page edges.
A collection of essays, published posthumously, from the well-known cricket correspondent for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph. Includes a number of essays on cricket.
Paperback. 8vo. 183pp. Bookplate of
A collection of Cardus's writing.
8vo. 254pp. Bound in bonded leather with gilt titles to front and spine. Specially bound limited edition 5/100. Fine condition.
A selection of the cricket writings of Sir Neville Cardus, selected and introduced by Sir Rupert Hart-Davis. First published in 1949.
8vo. 256pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.
A selection of the great Lancastrian cricket-writer Neville Cardus's later writings recorded and annotated, drawn from the Neville Cardus Archive at Lancashire County Cricket Club.
4to. 74pp. Paperback.
A "treasury of reading" about cricket, introduced and selected by John Arlott from the game's huge literary library. A volume in the "Pleasure of Life Series".
8vo. xiii + 278pp. 16 pages of photographs.
A collection of the cricket writings of the great West Indian scholar and political activist.
Large 8vo. 320pp. 1st. A very good copy in dust jacket.
A collection of essays drawn from Arlott's own cricket library.
8vo. xiii + 278pp. 16 plates in b/w & colour. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good condition. Signed
A cricketing anthology, history, poetry, fiction etc. - this facsimile edition was published 60 years after the original edition.
8vo. 225pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.
