Ball Games
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BADMINTON LIBRARY - SHEARMAN, Montague. Athletics and Football.London : 1887
First edition, number 48 of 250 large-paper copies. Running to five editions, Shearman's book "stood the test of time for its comprehensiveness and for the quality of its writing" (ODNB). Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 141851
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CRICKET. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1938.London : 1938
First edition of the 1938 volume of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. The Cricketers' Almanack, often called "the bible of cricket" was first published in 1864 (the statement of 75th edition on the book refers to its place in the series) and remains in print today. With the "cricket bat" bookmark, and fragments of original wraparound. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 144360
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WARNER, Pelham Francis (ed.) Imperial Cricket.London : 1912
First edition, number 174 of 900 copies (with a further 100 issued signed), of this profusely illustrated survey of the history of cricket and its present state across the world, published to coincide with a triangular Test series between England, Australia and South Africa to celebrate imperial bonds, a book that thus "seems to embody with confidence... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 141848
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MARBLE, Alice. The Road to Wimbledon.New York & London : 1946
First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed, this is the first memoir by Alice Marble (1913-1990), ranked World No. 1 from 1936 to 1940. She became Wimbledon champion in 1939, winning not only the women's singles, but also the doubles and mixed doubles titles. Billie Jean King recalled: "Alice Marble... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 134406
