Collection of Cricket Books - Approximately 30-35 Volumes Including Bradman and Bodyline Facsimile Reprint Series

Approximately 30-35 cricket books in hardcover and paperback formats. Includes a matched four-volume facsimile reprint series featuring Don Bradman's own memoir, two Jack Fingleton titles, and C.B. Fry. Also includes Jardine's Bodyline account, Brearley's Phoenix from the Ashes, and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1994 edition). Good to very good condition throughout.



Description

The headline item in this collection is a matched set of four volumes from what appears to be a specialist cricket facsimile reprint series, all in uniform green cloth binding with cream spine labels: "Farewell to Cricket" by Don Bradman, "Cricket Crisis" by Jack Fingleton, "The Ashes Crown the Year" by Jack Fingleton, and "Life Worth Living" by C.B. Fry. "Farewell to Cricket" is Bradman's own account of his career and retirement, written with the precision and clarity that characterised everything he did on and off the field. Fingleton played against Bodyline as a member of the 1932-33 Australian Test side and later became one of cricket's finest journalists - both his titles here are authoritative first-hand perspectives on the most controversial period in Anglo-Australian cricket. C.B. Fry was one of the most remarkable men cricket has ever produced: a Test cricketer, an athlete who held the world long jump record, a journalist, and a man once offered the throne of Albania.



Douglas Jardine's "In Quest of the Ashes" sits alongside the Fingleton books and completes a remarkable primary source collection on the Bodyline series. This is the captain's own account of the 1932-33 tour that forever changed the relationship between England and Australian cricket. Reading it alongside Fingleton's "Cricket Crisis" - the opposing perspective from a player who faced Larwood's bowling - gives a uniquely complete picture of events that are still argued about 90 years later. Mike Brearley's "Phoenix from the Ashes" covers another defining Ashes series: the 1981 summer when Botham's Headingley innings and Willis's 8/43 produced the most dramatic reversal in Test cricket history.



The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 131st Edition (1994) is present with its distinctive yellow spine - the first Wisden of the post-Border Australian era, covering the summer before the team's long dominance began. Additional titles include Simon Barnes's "Phil Edmonds: A Singular Man" (Faber and Faber), "The Faber Book of Cricket" edited by Michael Davie and Simon Davie, Charles Williams's "Bradman" biography (Abacus), Tim Heald's "Denis Compton: The Authorized Biography" (Pavilion Books), the two Henry Blofeld volumes, "The Cricketer's Companion" edited by Alan Ross (Eyre Methuen), "A Lot of Hard Yakka" by Simon Hughes (Headline), Allan Donald's "White Lightning" autobiography (Collins Willow), "Jack Hobbs" by Ronald Mason, "The Don Meets the Babe" by Ric Sissons (a fascinating comparative study of Bradman and Babe Ruth), and "Tales from a Long Room" by Peter Tinniswood. There is also a blue-spined autobiography with what appears to be a gold signature visible on the cover - buyers are encouraged to inspect in person to identify and assess this volume. At specialist dealer prices the replacement cost of this collection runs to AUD $500-$1,500 or more.



Titles Identified in Photos

Matched facsimile reprint series (uniform green cloth binding):

* Farewell to Cricket - Don Bradman

* Cricket Crisis - Jack Fingleton

* The Ashes Crown the Year - Jack Fingleton

* Life Worth Living - C.B. Fry

Further cricket books:

* In Quest of the Ashes - Douglas Jardine (Bodyline account)

* Phoenix from the Ashes - Mike Brearley (1981 Ashes)

* Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 131st Edition (1994)

* Phil Edmonds: A Singular Man - Simon Barnes (Faber and Faber)

* The Faber Book of Cricket - ed. Michael Davie and Simon Davie (Faber)

* Bradman - Charles Williams (Abacus)

* Denis Compton: The Authorized Biography - Tim Heald (Pavilion Books)

* It's Just Not Cricket! Henry Blofeld's Cricket Year (Simon and Schuster)

* My Dear Old Thing - Henry Blofeld

* Betrayal: The Struggle for Cricket's Soul (Witherby)

* The Cricketer's Companion - ed. Alan Ross (Eyre Methuen)

* Cricket's Strangest Matches - Andrew Ward (Robson Books)

* A Lot of Hard Yakka - Simon Hughes (Headline)

* From Sammy to Jimmy - Peter Roebuck (Partridge Press)

* Allan Donald: White Lightning (Collins Willow)

* Jack Hobbs - Ronald Mason

* The Don Meets the Babe - Ric Sissons

* Yakking Around the World - Simon Hughes

* Anyone But England - Mike Marqusee (Verso)

* Runs in the Memory (Fairfield Books)

* Ashes in the Mouth - Ronald Mason

* Tales from a Long Room - Peter Tinniswood (Pan, paperback)

* Blue-spined autobiography with apparent gold signature - identity to be confirmed at inspection

* Additional partially visible titles



Condition

Books appear in good to very good condition throughout. The matched green facsimile series is clean and well-presented. Hardcovers retain dust jackets with minor shelf wear. Paperbacks show age-consistent minor wear. No obviously damaged or broken-spined volumes visible.



Specifications

Contents: Approximately 30-35 volumes

Format: Mixed hardcover and paperback, includes matched 4-volume green facsimile series

Condition: Good to Very Good - refer to photos

Item size: H28cm x W47cm x D34cm

Location: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD


Price Guide: $80 - $200 AUD

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Location of item: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD, Australia

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