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Fancy a full set of Wisden for Christmas?

Wisden, the cricketing bible, has been published every year since 1864. We have a full set for sale… all 153 volumes. Only the first 15 are facsimile. The majority are original publisher hardbacks.    This set is offered for the first time and is in good to very good condition. And there are ten original publisher […]

My biggest book — and one of the very best…

My new cricket book out just in time for Christmas is A Pictorial History of Australian Test Cricket. It’s my biggest and one of my best books yet. Here are some highlights: YEARS ago I bought a huge collection of books and brilliant original photos from Casino in country New South Wales, and on arrival, […]

ARTHUR MAILEY’S LEGACY

Arthur Mailey was an Australian spin bowling giant between the wars. Most notably his nine wicket haul in a single innings in Melbourne remains the best by an Australian in Ashes cricket. Arthur was also a multi-talented artist whose 1920s caricatures books, penned while he was playing, are among the most sought  by  lovers of […]

The White Warner, truly extraordinary

One of the privileges of handling cricket books for a living are the gems which come along every now and again. I can still remember my excitement at meeting a gentlemen in the Melbourne suburbs on the way to a cricket match and purchasing some of the oldest and rarest early Cricketana from him, including […]