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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edge lightly dust-soiled but generally bright and clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears to be unread possibly? Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters and cricket ball+ball design to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo,ix-xivpp+1-210pp [paginated] includes illustration list,author/subject prologue,14 chapters and an epilogue,40pp of subject's biographical contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 6 blocks… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,monochrome subject's portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj, with white,white with gilt-edging and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of both dw/dj+boards minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,and the majority of the light creasing is to the top edges of dw/dj. Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,brown(?)+white striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xivpp+2-392pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, illustrations list/table,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour sports photogrphic illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title, capitalised,white-bordered/outlined red-lettered title and capitalised,white-lettered author name,a white spine/backstrip with black-outlined,capitalised slightly sunned red-lettered title and capitalised.black-lettered author name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with colour photograph of David Gower holding the ASHES urn aloft.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,head of spine minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - but no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn per se,but repeated inked,small initials(?) to top corners of front free endpapers and half-title+title pages,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around colour photographic+cartoon illustrated dw/dj wth red and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.A small,superficial indent to front panel of dw/dj with concomitant effect to board beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,accidental,tiny corner tip creases to lower corners of pp147/50 - else appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - initials excepted.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+1- 275pp [paginated] includes subject's foreword,a contents… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,red background with subject portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj, silver gilt+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Publisher's bright,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj, 1st edn,ix-xivpp+1-315pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,photographic acknowledgements,a preface,24 chapters,32pp of contemporary colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece bewtween pp48/9, pp112/13,pp192/93,and pp256/57 respectively,b/w subject photographs at start of each chapter, career statistics,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,and 4pp blanks at rear. 'Being Freddie' is a very personal account of Flintoff's meteoric rise to the… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj -absence of published price - these believed to be export edns,issued before trade release/issue in country of its origin.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork paintng by Ukf Greder,illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised,custard yellow lettering within a red circle to front panel,and blacklettered autor names; spine/backstrip with capitalised red-lettered title and black-lettered author's names as front,and publisher's capitalised black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with black-lettered contributor names. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,subject/author portrait colour photographic front panel of dw/dj with embossed gilt-lettered title and capitalised white-lettered sub-title white and gilt+white lettered newspaper review, spine/backstrip with repeated thumbnail colour portrait photograph to foot of spine/backstrip and with gilt+white lettered title,rear panel with subject/author in sports changing-room b/w photograph and prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - both head+foot of spine/backstrip with gentle pushing and reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but almost blemish-free apart from two tiny specks on top edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised, black-lettered title and author;' name; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,and publisher's white lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with a pair of b/w group photographs.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one tiny nick/closed tear to front's lower corner,but no other tears or splits present and both panels of dw/dj with minimal indents and scoring - the indents minimally affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered with exception of top,two corners' tips with miniscule curl,original plain black RAF blue cloth… Read More

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,9th imp.[First published November,1933.This 9th impression dated November,1939.] VG+. No owner inscrptn but Sunday School presentation adhesive bookplate pasted front free endpaper,dated Xmas,1940 and bookseller's impressed stamped name to top,right-hand corner of same,and minus it's dw/dj. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges,corners,head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal crease,corner tips with age-acquired but miniscule rubbing and gentle curl,but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with inevitable age-acquired toning with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,generally clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked blue ink lettering,and plain white endpapers - bookplate excepted.UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,9th imp,5-255pp [paginated]… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject related,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting - but slightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread example? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip, with near immaculate,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xpp+1-270pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,acknowledgements,a preface,24 chapters,32pp contemporary colour photographs in four blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp52/3,pp116/7, pp148/49 and pp212/13 respectively,player profiles with 11 b/w cricket player/team member b/w portrait photographs,Vaughan's career statistics and an index.Plus… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject/author's autobiographical colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white+gilt letterig, rear panel with colour scenic cricket-ground photograph with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+ 1-439pp [paginated] includes 2pp contents list/table,34 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+colour auto+ biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp216/17,an index and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint edn. [Originally and first published 1980 and this the first reprint in the same year,1980.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no published price - generally believed to be an export edn,released before the trade issue in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around dark green background with black-outlined,capitalised white-lettered title and othe white-lettered author name and a small silhouetted figure of a batsman ina striking pose,to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered title,,other white-lettered author surname only and publisher's ,capitalised,white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel plain dark-green background with white-lettered epigram/quote [Sir Robert Menzies,C.H.,Q.C.] Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top +fore-edges with minimal,sporadic spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial,caricature artwork,by John Ireland, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a couple of tiny nicks/closed tears to top edges - no other major nicks or tears present.Some minimal,random grubbing to white background dw/dj.Top +fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a red headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-95pp [paginated] includes text by Jonathan Agnew,author introduction,40 full-colour,full-page caricatures of assorted batsmen,bowlers,all-rounders,wicket-keepers,umpires+ commentors - all illustrated by John Ireland,each with accompanying text;… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pphotographic illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised,yellow-lettered part-title and other yellow-lettered sub-title,subject's capitalised yellow-lettered name and capitalised,red-lettered co-author name; a green spine/backstrip with capitalised,yellow-lettered part title and subject's name; sub-title in red lettering,and co-author's name in capitalised red lettering and publisher's capitalised+illustrated b/w colophon to foot of same,rear panel with subject's contemporary b/w portrait photograph to a green background.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edge with minimal blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemishedsharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic+cartoon (John Ireland) illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally and lightly but inevitably sunned and faded.Top edge slightly aged/ toned - as usual/normal - fore-edges considerably brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread - apart from my own collation? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-ixpp+1-241pp [paginated] includes author foreword,acknowledgements,14 chapters,10 full-page b/w line cricketer caricatures,b/w line illustrated chapter headpieces and a few b/w line illustrated… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial caricature artwork,by John Ireland illustrated dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Publisher's clean, unblemished,original plain black cloth boards with crisp, bright,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim QrtoHB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,4-95pp [paginated] includes text by Christopher Martin-Jenkins,author introduction, 40 full-colour,full-page caricatures of assorted batsmen,bowlers, all-rounders,wicket-keepers, umpires+commentors - all illustrated by John Ireland,each with accompanying text; plus [unpaginated] title page,a contents list/table and acknowledgements to rear.See also rja447413 for a second related portfolio. Cricket has always been a game of changing moods… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [A lifelong cricket fan,in 1980 he was founder publisher of the Cricketers' Who's Who (Green Umbrella) which celebrated its 43rd anniversary in 2022.This edn is the second of that series.] NFINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around green background with colour pictorial silhouetted batsman illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised,white-lettered title,author name and Introduction for IAN BOTHAM credit; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title includes year date, rear panel with black-lettered bullet point synopsis within a paler green panel.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - both lower corners with minimal laminate peel/curl but still in situ,and both panels with faint,superficial scoring/indents without penetration to boards beneath - and no major nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges with slight thumbing/grubbing at head of spine area and minimal other blemish but… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour+ monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj, with green,brown and b/w lettering to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top corners and top edges of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a white headband and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-304pp [paginated] includes preface/ prologue,10 chapters/matches,8pp contemporary b/w+ colour photographs in 1 block,between pp160/1, appendices (1-3),an index of people; plus… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG+.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,yellow background with green+black letters and illustrated with b/w contemporary subject related photographs; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners, no nicks or tears present,but spine/backstrip of dw/dj is lightly sunned/faded.Book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal - contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - with no offset foxing to same.From upper panel of dw/dj, upper board has a slight,tiny reciprocal indent/impression mark.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-300pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's acknowledgements,a preface,a prologue,10 chapters+epilogue,16pp of contemporary… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but subject/co-author's,neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean, glossy laminated,subject portrait colour photographic dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Sharp-cornered,bright,clean,publisher's original maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vpp-2-344pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,subject foreword,30 chapters, 16pp of contemporary autobiographical,colour photographs in two blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp120/21 and pp216/17 respectively,a statistical appendix,an index; plus [unpaginated],half-title page,co-author/subject SIGNED title page,a dedication, acknowledgements. See also my book ID… Read More