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, […]
Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]
This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58 along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!
Pre-tour cricket brochure, for India's 1952 tour of England under Vijay Hazare. Contains fixtures, records, and portraits of the players on both sides.
8vo. 32pp. Illustrated throughout. Original
Pre-tour, for the 1977-78 Indian cricket tour of Australia under Bishen Singh Bedi. Includes a history of the SCG by Phil Wilkins.
Paperback. 8vo. 67pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers,
Pre-tour, for the 1980-81 New Zealand and Indian cricket tours of Australia.
Paperback. 8vo. 88pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers, very good.
Pre-tour cricket brochure. Contains an article on the history of the MCG by the former Australian cricketer, and captain of Victoria, Hans Ebeling.
Paperback. 8vo. 64pp. Illustrated in colour, mainly
Pre-tour brochure for the 1946 All India cricket tour of England with short biographies of the players on both sides.
Paperback. 8vo. 32pp. Light blue paper wrappers, lightly rubbed. Very good condition.
Glossy illustrated Australian magazine previewing the visit of the Indian Test team, featuring an introduction to the series by Richie Benaud plus profiles of Steve Waugh, Kapil Dev and others and full
Pre-tour brochure, for India's 1952 tour of England under Vijay Hazare. Contains fixtures, records, and portraits of the Indian players.
Paperback. 8vo. 24pp. Illustrated throughout. Original colour
Pre-tour cricket brochure, edited by Gordon Ross. For the 1959 Indian tour of England under DK Gaekwad. With profiles of Indian tourists, fixtures, statistics.
Paperback. 8vo. 24pp. Illustrated, mainly
Pre-tour, covering Pakistan's second cricket tour to England in 1962 under the captaincy of Javed Burki.
Paperback. Large 8vo. 24pp. Illustrated. Original paper wrappers with ink mark
Pre-tour, covering Pakistan's first tour to England in 1954 under the captaincy of AH Kardar.
Paperback. 8vo. 24pp. Illustrated. Damp stains to page edges (of all pages), not affecting text. Original
Fold-out leaflet containing the printed scorecards of the four Test matches played between the two countries during the Pakistan tour of 1962. Issued free with the Sunday Telegraph.
Small 8vo. Fold-out
Souvenir brochure for the Hyderabad Blues cricket tour of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Fiji.
Paperback. Large 8vo. A very good copy.
Cricket tour brochure. Pre-tour, looking at the Indian cricket team that will tour Australia in 1985-86. Includes itinerary and full profiles of all the players, led by Kapil Dev.
Paperback. 8vo.
Pre-tour souvenir brochure for the 1932 Indian cricket tour of England - their second visit but the first in which they played Test matches.
Paperback. Large 8vo. 48pp. Illustrated throughout. Original
Pre-tour, for the 1980-81 New Zealand and Indian cricket tours of Australia.
Paperback. 8vo. 110pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers, very good.
Pre-tour cricket brochure, for the 1980-81 New Zealand and Indian cricket tours of Australia.
Paperback. 4to. 56pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers, sunned to top edge of front cover. Good condition.
Souvenir brochure, published pre-tour, for the Pakistan cricket tour of India in 1979-80, under Majid Khan.
Paperback. 8vo. [98]pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very good condition.
Press release from the information dept. of the Pakistan High Commission providing fixtures and player details for the upcoming Pakistan cricket tour of England under A.H. Kardar. Press article by Ernest
Souvenir brochure, published pre-tour, for the 1960/61 Pakistan cricket tour of India under Fazal Mahmood.
Paperback. 8vo. 58pp. Illustrated with portraits of the players. Original pictorial paper wrappers,
