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Cricket Books

1833-1850
John NYREN : The Young Cricketer's Tutor
(1833 Effingham Wilson)
Nyren's Cricketer's Guide
(1840 T P Caldwell)
FELIX : Felix on the Bat
(1845 Bally Bros)
John NYREN : Nyren's Cricketer's Guide
(1845 H Washbourne)
FELIX : Felix on the Bat
(1850 Bally Bros - revised ed)

1851-1900
FELIX : Felix on the Bat
(1855 Bally Bros - revised ed)
Gerald Brodribb : Felix on the Bat
(1962 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
FELIX : The Cricket Bat
(1861 Bally Bros)
FELIX : The Cricket Bat
(1863 Houlston & Wright) - reissued in 1865
W G GRACE : Cricket
(1891 Simpkin Marshall) - 652 signed copies
Cricket
(1891) - trade ed
Batting, Bowling, Fielding
(1892 Simpkin Marshall)
K S RANJITSINHJI : The Jubilee Book of Cricket
(1897 Blackwood) + Large Paper edition
Cricketing Reminiscences & Personal Recollections
(1899 J Bowden)
P F WARNER : Cricket in Many Climes
(1900 Heinemann)

1901-1920
John NYREN : The Young Cricketer's Tutor
(1902 The Sportsman's Classics)
A W PULLIN : Alfred Shaw - Cricketer
(1902 Cassell)
P F WARNER : Cricket Across the Seas
(1903 Longmans)
Percy STANDING : Ranjitsinhji - Prince of Cricket
(1903 Arrowsmith)
E F BENSON & E H MILES : The Cricket of Abel, Hirst & Shrewsbury
(1903 Hurst & Blackett)
How we Recovered the Ashes
(1905 Longmans)
Percy STANDING : The Hon. F S Jackson
(1906 Cassell)
The Book of Cricket
(1911 Dent)
J B HOBBS : Recovering the Ashes
(1912 Pitman)
A Wallis MYERS : C B Fry - The Man and His Methods
(1912 Arrowsmith)
P F WARNER : England vs Australia
(1912 Mills & Boon)
F S ASHLEY-COOPER : W G Grace
(1916 J Wisden)
Edward Mills Grace - Cricketer
(1916 Chatto & Windus)
(Ed) P F WARNER : Cricket (1920 Badminton Library)

1921-1930
Lord HARRIS : A Few Short Runs
(1921 Murray)
P F WARNER : My Cricketing Life
(1921 Hodder & Stoughton)
Neville CARDUS : A Cricketer's Book
(1922 Grant Richards)
J B HOBBS : Cricket for Beginners
(1922 Pearson)
Neville CARDUS : Days in the Sun
(1924 Grant Richards)
Lord HAWKE : Recollections and Reminiscences
(1924 Williams & Norgate)
J B HOBBS : My Cricket Memories
(1924 Heinemann)
F S ASHLEY-COOPER : The Hambledon Cricket 1772-1796
(1924)
Sammy WOODS : My Reminiscences
(1925 Chapman & Hall)
H S ALTHAM & E W SWANTON : A History of Cricket
(1926 Allen & Unwin)
P F WARNER : The Fight for the Ashes in 1926
(1926 Harrap)
J B HOBBS : The Test Match Suprise
(1926 Reader's Library)
Between the Wickets
(1926 A & C Black)
F S ASHLEY-COOPER : Cricket Highways & Bye-Ways
(1927 Allen & Unwin)
Neville CARDUS : The Summer Game : A Cricketer's Journal
(1929 GR)
P F WARNER : The Fight for the Ashes in 1930
(1930 Harrap)

1931-1940
J B HOBBS : Playing for England : My Test Cricket Story
(1931 Gollancz)
The Fight for the Ashes 1932-1933
(1933 Harrap)
The Fight for the Ashes in 1934
(1934 Harrap)
Neville CARDUS : Good Days
(1934 Cape)
Bernard DARWIN : W G Grace
(1934 Duckworth)
Roland WILD : The Biography of Col His Highness Shri Sir Ranjitsighji Vibhaji
(1934 Rich & Cowan) + Signed Ltd Ed 230
J B HOBBS : My Life Story
(1935 The Star)
Neville CARDUS : Australian Summer
(1937 Cape)
W H HUMPHREY : George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes - A Record of Cricket Achievement
(1937 Broadbent)
C B FRY : Life Worth Living - An Autobiography
(1939 Eyre & Spottiswoode)

1941-1950
Sir Jeremiah COLMAN : The Noble Game of Cricket
(1941) - 150 copies
P F WARNER : Cricket Between Two Wars
(1942 Chatto & Windus)
Lords 1787-1945
(1946 Harrap) - Signed 150 copies
Neville CARDUS : English Cricket
(1946 Collins - Britain in Pictures series)
Neville CARDUS : Autobiography
(1947 Collins)
H S ALTHAM & E W SWANTON : A History of Cricket
(1947 Allen & Unwin)
A G POWELL & S CAPIE : The Graces
(1948 Cricket Society) - 1000
Neville CARDUS : Second Innings
(1950 Collins)

1951-1955
John ARLOTT : Maurice Tate
(1951 Pheonix House)
Denzil BATCHELOR : C B Fry
(1951 Phoenix House)
P F WARNER : Long Innings : The Autobiography
(1951 Harrap) - 260 signed copies
E W SWANTON : Elusive Victory
(1951 Hodder & Stoughton)
John ARLOTT : Athol Rowan
(1952 Privately printed) - 10 copies
Clifford BAX : W G Grace
(1952 Phoenix House)
E W SWANTON : Cricket and the Clock
(1952 H & S)
John ARLOTT : Cricket
(1953 Burke)
E W SWANTON : The Test Matches of 1953
(1953 Daily Telegraph)
West Indian Adventure
(1954 H & S)
The Test Matches of 1954/55 : Victory in Australia
(1955 Daily Telegraph 2/6)
E W SWANTON : Victory in Australia
(1955 Daily Telegraph)

1956-1960
John ARLOTT : Neville Cardus
(1956 Hants CCC) - 12 copies
E W SWANTON : The Test Matches of 1956
(1956 Daily Telegraph)
John ARLOTT : Leo Harrison
(Hants CCC) - 70 copies
John ARLOTT : Alletson's Innings
(P Epworth) - 200 signed copies
John ARLOTT : Alletson's Innings
(P Epworth) - trade ed
A A THOMPSON : The Great cricketer - A Biography of W G Grace
(1957 Hale)
John ARLOTT : Derek Shackleton
(1958 Hants CCC) - 50 copies
John ARLOTT : Desmond Eagar
(Hants CCC 1958) - 20 copies
John ARLOTT : V H D Cannings
(Hants CCC 1958) - 50 copies
John ARLOTT : The Boy Collins
(1959 privately publ) - 15 copies
John ARLOTT : J R Gray
(1960 Hants CCC) - 12 copies
E W SWANTON : The Compleat Cricketer : A Short Sketch of H S Altham
(1960 Hants CCC) - 25 copies
Sidney ROGERSON : Wilfred Rhodes - Professional and Gentleman
(1960 Hollis & Carter)

1961-1965
John ARLOTT : Peter Sainsbury
(1961 Hants CCC) - 50 copies
John ARLOTT : Roy Marshall
(1961 Hants CCC) - 50 copies
Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie
(1962 Hants CCC) - 50 copies
H S ALTHAM & E W SWANTON : A History of Cricket
(1962 Allen & Unwin) - 2 vols
E W SWANTON : The Test Matches of 1962/3
(1963 Daily T)
John ARLOTT : Arthur Holt
(1963 Hants CCC) - 50 copies
John ARLOTT : Henry Horton
(1964 Hants CCC) - 50 copies
John ARLOTT : Mervyn Burden
(1964 Hants CCC) - 25 copies

1966 Onwards
E W SWANTON : The World of Cricket
(Ed) (1966 Michael Joseph)
E W SWANTON : Cricket from all Angles
(1968 Michael Joseph)
John ARLOTT : David White
(1969 Hants CCC) - 25 copies
Neville CARDUS : The Noblest Game
(1969 Harrap) - with John Arlott
Neville CARDUS : Full Score
(1970 Cassell)
John ARLOTT : Fred
(1971 Eyre & Spottiswoode)
E W SWANTON : Sort of a Cricket Person
(1972 Collins)
John NYREN : The Young Cricketer's Tutor
(Ed by Neville Cardus - Ltd Ed 750 copies)
John NYREN : The Young Cricketer's Tutor
(Ed by John Arlott 1974)
E W SWANTON : Follow On
(1977 Collins)
David FRITH : My Dear Victorious Stod - Biography of A E Stoddart
(1977 PP)
Bernard DARWIN : W G Grace
(1978 Duckworth)
(Ed) E W SWANTON : Barclay's Book of Cricket (1980)
Eric MIDWINTER : W G Grace - His Life and Times
(1981 Allen & Unwin)
Michael DOWN : Archie - A Biography of A C Maclaren
(1981 Allen & Unwin)
L H BROWN : Victor Trumper and the 1902 Australians
(1981 Secker & Warburg)
David KYNASTON : Bobby Abel - Professional Batsman 1857-1936
(1982 Secker & Warburg)
Alan ROSS : Ranji - Prince of Cricketers
(1983 Collins)
Clive ELLIS : CB - The Life of Charles Burgess Fry
(1984 Dent)
B HAYNES & J B LUCAS : The Trent Bridge Battery - The Story of the Sporting Gunns
(1985 Willow)
Peter WYNNE-THOMAS : Give Me Arthur - A Biography of Arthur Shrewsbury
(1985 Arthur Barker)
J P COLDHAM : F S Jackson - A Cricketing Biography
(1989 Crowood)
Simon WILDE : Ranji - A Genius Rich and Strange
(1990 Kingswood)
J P COLDHAM : Lord Hawke - A Cricketing Biography
(1990 Crowood)
Clifford JIGGENS : Sammy - The Sporting Life of Sammy Woods
(1997 Sansom £14.99)
Simon RAE : W G Grace - A Life
(1998 Faber)
Iain WILTON : C B Fry - An English hero
(1999 Richard Cohen £25)

READING
A J Gaston : A Bibliography of Cricket
(1895 London)
Alfred D Taylor : Catalogue of Cricket Literature
(1906 London) (1972 EP Group, Yorkshire)
E W Padwick : A Bibliography of Cricket
(1977 Library Assoc)

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