Australian Cricket from Diversity Books, IOBA

Kew, Victoria, Australia: Arcadia/Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2000. xiii, + 408pp. B/white illustrated endpapers. B/white, sepia and colour plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted. Leaves clean and unmarked. Gloss illustrated boards very good+. Like-illustrated dustjacket has soft and very minor edge-creasing. Fourth Edition, wholly revised. "This is the story of the Melbourne Cricket Club and its famous ground,… Read more about this item

London And Sydney: Angus and Robertson Publishers , 1980. 120pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. White title over firm spine. Plain green boards have a small, blind indentation on rear board, else undamaged. Green tinted endpapers. Textblock unmarked. Photographically-illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn, with the aforementioned blind indentation on rear panel. 'Thommo' is the story of… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: BAS Publishing, 2004. 208pp., three unpaginated, candidly-illustrated colour-plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated (author in action) card wrapper bumped and softly creased on upper foredge corners. Signed by author (Darren Berry) on half-title page (using a felt pen), else textblock mildly bumped on upper foredge corner, leaves unmarked. Long-term Victorian wicket keeper Darren Berry… Read more about this item

Ashburton, VIC, Australia: Gary Sparke & Associates, 1979. 112pp., b/white (and several colour) illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Green boards mildly corner bumped on upper corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket softly creased on upper foredge corner. Contributors include: Ken Piesse, Mike Coward, Barry Gibbs, Peter McFarline, David Frith, Frank Holmes Tyson, Ian Brayshaw. Contents include:… Read more about this item

London: Sportsmans Book Club, 1968. 128pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section (called-for plates all extant). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain burgundy boards ditto bumped. Text-block slightly tanned only. Illustrated dustjacket has a small chip on rear panel, a jagged puncture on spine, else mild edgewear. An entertaining biography from 'Phanto', Australian cricket legend… Read more about this item

New South Wales, Australia: HarperSports, 2003. xiv, + 334pp., plus 3 x 8 page, (colour) photographically illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has small surface abrasion to head of spine, otherwise undamaged. "This captain's diary takes us on Australia's triumphant journey to World Cup victory. Ricky Ponting shares his own insights and his team's… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Harper Sports, 1998. 208pp., b/white and colour photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft corner crease to a small section. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased. " . . . Steve takes us on a tour of a different kind: from the glitz and glamour of international cricket to the crushing poverty… Read more about this item

Pymble, N.S.W., Australia: HarperSports, 2006. 374pp., unpaginated, action-illustrated, colour-plate sections. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated [Ponting in a pensive mood] card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. Following Australia's 2005 Ashes loss in England, Ricky Ponting was a cricketer under pressure, with many experts highly critical of the Australian captain. Seven months later a lot had changed: wins against a… Read more about this item

Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Hutchinson Group (Australia), 1976. 206pp., four unpaginated, candid and action-illustrated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean. Spine firm, but lightly bumped and mildly canted. Plain green boards undamaged. A concise personal inscription, signed by author on title page, else text-block unmarked. Pictorially illustrated (author in action) dustjacket edgeworn, with several repaired closed tears, else good. Whenever Australia's… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Bantam Press, 2006. x, + 541pp., two unpaginated, colour and b/white, candidly-illustrated halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Text-block unmarked. Subject-portrait illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. Not sanctioned by Shane Warne in any way, this biography of the record-breaking Australian cricketer is made up of… Read more about this item

Australia: HarperSports, 1996. 224pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. " . . . more than just a comprehensive record of an exciting tournament, it is a fascinating travelogue of a remarkable, yet often turbulent, sporting and cultural adventure." Book weight approx. 495g.. First Impression. Softcover. Very… Read more about this item

Australia: Harper Sports, 2007. xvi, + 367pp., plus 3 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "In 2006-2007, Ricky Ponting's Australlian team achieved the first Ashes clean sweep in 86 years . . . It was a season of triumph, but also the last for some of Ponting's… Read more about this item

Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Sue Hines/Allen & Unwin, 2004. 266pp., unpaginated, candidly-illustrated, b/white halftone plate sections. Subject frontispiece. Pattern-print endpapers. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title on spine. Boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Pictorially-illustrated (subject) dustjacket as new. "Sir Donald Bradman was the greatest cricketer the world has ever known . . . " A household name, but famously guarded… Read more about this item

London: Latimer House, 1951. 301pp., b/white frontispiece (Keith Miller in action), plus unpaginated, action illustrated, halftone plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minor specks on original green cloth boards. Original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, minor foxing flecks on head of textblock, otherwise leaves clean. Action-illustrated dustjacket, which has been covered, in an appallingly amateurish way, with… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Harper Sports, 1995. (iv) + 168pp., six unpaginated colour-plate sections, plus intext b/white halftone plates, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Concise inscription, signed by the author on half title page, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated (montage-style) card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. "In his diary of the dramatic 1995 West Indies tour by Australia, Steve Waugh takes… Read more about this item

Sydney: ABC Books, 2005. 264pp., intext, candid and action illustrated, b/white half-tone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, soft reading crease there-on. Lightly bumped upper foredge corner of textblock, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and edgeworn. Through 46 entertaining chapters, endearing Australian cricket icon Kerry O'Keeffe shares his story . . . Book weight… Read more about this item

Surrey, U.K.: The Kingswood Press, 1985. 125pp., intext, candid and action-illustrated, b/white halftone plates throughout [many of excitable Englishmen]. Book clean. Spine firm, but slightly cocked. Leaves clean. A previous owner has permanently affixed the plastic protected dustjacket to the pastedowns by means of abundant glue and tape to the flaps. Overlooking this problem, the fact that England won the… Read more about this item

Sydney: Sun Australia, 1993. xiii, + 161pp., unpaginated [16 page], candid and action-illustrated, b/w halftone plate section. Book square. Spine firm. Dampstain on upper foredge of several leaves, plus inscription signed by David Boon and Merv Hughes on title page. Pictorial card wrapper mildly edgeworn, and dampstained. 'Boon' is the story of Tasmania's most beloved cricketing hero, David Clarence Boon… Read more about this item

Isle of Capri, Queensland, Australia: Swan Sport, 2004. 302pp., unpaginated [4 x 16 page], candid, action and poignant, b/w and colour, halftone plate illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Action-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. "David Hookes, Barefoot kid, Test cricketer, Larrikin, Family man, Friend, Media personality, Charity funds-raiser, Stirrer, Coach, Good bloke, Organ donor… Read more about this item

London: Pelham Books, 1971. 175pp., unpaginated, candid, action and instructional b/w halftone plates throughout. Book clean, nominally askew. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Nondescript signature on ffep., a formerly dog-eared leaf and light flecking on head of textblock, otherwise leaves clean. Action-illustrated dustjacket trivially edgeworn and abraded, else very good. An early-career biography by laconic, laid-back Australian Test cricketer: Doug… Read more about this item