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British Sports and Sportsmen, Past and Present -
Circa 1913 - British Sports and Sportsmen, London - First Edition. Royal Edition, limited to 250 copies, of which this set is number 105.
Two large finely bound folios containing the biographies of 303 of leading British sportsmen from the eighteenth and (primarily) nineteenth centuries, practitioners of the hunt, polo, steeplechase, cricket, rugby, boxing, and other gentlemanly pursuits accompanied by approximately 300 full page photogravure portrait plates. With a fascinating introduction by Horace G. Hutchinson. Volume I covers Hugo Meynell 1735-1808 to The Hon. Egremont Lascelles 1825-1892; Volume II covers George Parr 1826-1891 to Henry Arthur, Viscount Chelsea 1868-1908.
Compiled and Edited by ‘The Sportsman’. Two large folio volumes [39x29cm] . Profusely illustrated.
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Circa 1913 - British Sports and Sportsmen, London - First Edition. Royal Edition, limited to 250 copies, of which this set is number 105.
Two large finely bound folios containing the biographies of 303 of leading British sportsmen from the eighteenth and (primarily) nineteenth centuries, practitioners of the hunt, polo, steeplechase, cricket, rugby, boxing, and other gentlemanly pursuits accompanied by approximately 300 full page photogravure portrait plates. With a fascinating introduction by Horace G. Hutchinson. Volume I covers Hugo Meynell 1735-1808 to The Hon. Egremont Lascelles 1825-1892; Volume II covers George Parr 1826-1891 to Henry Arthur, Viscount Chelsea 1868-1908.Compiled and Edited by ‘The Sportsman’. Two large folio volumes [39x29cm] . Profusely illustrated.
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Farewell to Cricket - Signed -
Don Bradman
1950 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition
First edition of Sir Donald ‘The Don’ Bradman’s autobiography, Signed. Illustrated with twenty-seven photographs ‘specially selected by Sir Donald himself’.
– Here is Sir Don’s own book – genuine; unassuming; and yet carrying in every line, the authority of the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen.
– Here is the whole personal story from his childhood in Australia to his last triumphant season in England.
– Here, too, is the most interesting book reference in existence, on the past, present and future of the game.
– It is full of characters every player and lover of cricket wants to meet – on and off the field.
– There is a chapter on captaincy that many will find the finest in the entire book.
– There are twenty-seven photographs and every one has been specially selected by Sir Donald himself.
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1950 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition
First edition of Sir Donald ‘The Don’ Bradman’s autobiography, Signed. Illustrated with twenty-seven photographs ‘specially selected by Sir Donald himself’.– Here is Sir Don’s own book – genuine; unassuming; and yet carrying in every line, the authority of the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen.
– Here is the whole personal story from his childhood in Australia to his last triumphant season in England.
– Here, too, is the most interesting book reference in existence, on the past, present and future of the game.
– It is full of characters every player and lover of cricket wants to meet – on and off the field.
– There is a chapter on captaincy that many will find the finest in the entire book.
– There are twenty-seven photographs and every one has been specially selected by Sir Donald himself.
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Annals of Cricket -
W. W. Read - For many years a Member of the Surrey County Team
1896 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition - One of 250 copies
A classic account of the early history of the game together with an autobiography of this prominent Victorian-era Surrey batsman Walter William Read, considered one of the greatest amateur cricketers of his era, second only to W.G. Grace in stature.
Read (1855-197) played in eighteen Tests for England, two as Captain of the winning eleven, and scored 338 against Oxford University in 1888, at the time the second highest first-class score ever made.
One of only 250 copies, illustrated throughout with a portrait frontispiece of Read at the crease and a further twenty-five black and white plates from early drawings and photographs.
W.G. Grace wrote of Read ‘For over twenty years [Read] was one of the most brilliant batsmen in England. The services he rendered to Surrey could scarcely be over-estimated. On scores of occasions his dashing and fearless batting snatched a victory or saved his county from defeat … His hitting was free and his scoring always rapid. Nevertheless his defence was remarkable, and though he seldom failed to punish a loose ball, he generally respected a good one. His favourite ball was a long hop to the off, which he stepped back to and hit with incredulous power in front of cover-point; he also was an expert with the ‘pull stroke’.’
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1896 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition - One of 250 copies
A classic account of the early history of the game together with an autobiography of this prominent Victorian-era Surrey batsman Walter William Read, considered one of the greatest amateur cricketers of his era, second only to W.G. Grace in stature.Read (1855-197) played in eighteen Tests for England, two as Captain of the winning eleven, and scored 338 against Oxford University in 1888, at the time the second highest first-class score ever made.
One of only 250 copies, illustrated throughout with a portrait frontispiece of Read at the crease and a further twenty-five black and white plates from early drawings and photographs.
W.G. Grace wrote of Read ‘For over twenty years [Read] was one of the most brilliant batsmen in England. The services he rendered to Surrey could scarcely be over-estimated. On scores of occasions his dashing and fearless batting snatched a victory or saved his county from defeat … His hitting was free and his scoring always rapid. Nevertheless his defence was remarkable, and though he seldom failed to punish a loose ball, he generally respected a good one. His favourite ball was a long hop to the off, which he stepped back to and hit with incredulous power in front of cover-point; he also was an expert with the ‘pull stroke’.’
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Price HK$ 2,800