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A new Richie Appreciation

Benaud, an appreciation, Brian Matthews (Text Publishing, softback, 224 pages, $30) Review by Ken Piesse, author of 52 cricket books Richie Benaud was the free spirit behind cricket losing its stodginess of the late ‘50s. His passion, inventiveness and sheer skill heralded an extraordinary new era for Australian teams he controlled. Unlike most, his contributions […]

Review: A Pictorial History of Australian Test Cricket

Review: Richard Lawrence, Association of Cricket Statisticians Australian book dealer, writer and collector Ken Piesse has been collecting cricket memorabilia for the best part of half a century. Not content simply to hoard, however, he has chosen to share his collection of cricket pictures with the wider world in this beautifully-produced hardback. While weighing in […]

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, […]