Bedser Alec and Eric (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Owner name ffep. 240pp with 31 b&w photographs. Dj is not price clipped. Green cloth clean bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, foxing to closed page edges but o/w a good tightly bound copy in a part faded dust wrapper that has been clipped and cellotaped at head and tail, b&w plates, 240pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, with fair condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, foxing to pages, previous owner signature to inside page, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Condition: Fair. 1951. Reprint. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout, heavy to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Mild water staining to head of spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.…

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces. Spine noticeably sunned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing octavo hardback 240 pp Illustrated Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Sl dust darkened top dw has sl rub around spine ends and parts of spiune sides, and to some corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. DJ with some edge wear, fading and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 240 pages, illustrated, index, foreword by Donald Bradman, foxing to page edges and endpapers, light fading to front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition. Illustrated with monochrome photographs including a frontispiece showing : 'Twins coach Twins at Warnambool, Victoria.' ***Very good in green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and largely unmarked - edges of boards just slightly rubbed. Bottom edge of front board slightly faded. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Edges of page-block foxed. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Interior pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good colour-illustrated price-clipped dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is complete - just slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased and rubbed. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed, nicked and creased. Small closed tear and associated creasing to top edge of front panel. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly marked and discoloured (being a white background). Some fading to the colours on the spine - front panel bright. ***204mm x 138mm. 240 pages including appendix and index at the back of the book. ***'Vivid first-hand accounts of the historic 1950-1953 cricket season. After describing the West Indian Tour of England in 1950, the twins tell of the Test Trials in which they found themselves in opposition to each other, Alec being in the England XI and Eric in the Rest; then begins a detailed description of the M.C.C. tour of Australia and New Zealand, in which the inside story of both players and play is given, fairly and without bias, providing a new angle on one of the most controversial tours in cricket history. ***This is followed by such chapters as: The Springbok Tour, The !952 Season Against the Indians, County Cricket, Benefit Season, The Aussies at Trent Bridge, The Lord's Test, Old Trafford and Headingly and, of course, The Ashes - a graphic account of the England victory.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition in very good original condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates throughout. Flat signed by authors to frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.…

Green Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Circa 1949. . FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Illustrated with Black & White Photographs (illustrator). Name Inscribed B. Carpenter in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. Illustrated (illustrator).

First edition. Endpapers & page fore-edge lightly foxed; binding tight; some wear to dust jacket, with short tear. Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback, 8vo, 240pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, slight browning, text clean and sound, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper rubbed and browning, slightly frayed.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. (cricket, sports, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hard Back. Pictorial dust jacket worn with closed tears to the extremities No marks inscriptions or foxing to the pages illustrated with black and white photographic plates pp 240 Overall a good copynbsp. book.

Hard Back Dust Cover. Dust jacket fair despite light shelf wear and rubbing in places Price clipped Edges foxed Contents with some stains throughout Overall fair 240pp. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cricket anmd Cricketing Opinions of the cricketing twins slight foxing to first 4 pages ow vg cond no Jacket.

HARDCOVER. Evans Brothers, nd. First edition. A very good copy with previous ownership markings to the front free endpaper. No d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. An undated hardback volume in Acceptable condition, spine faded, slight lean to spine, light flecking to edges, also to prelim. pages, interior clean and bright. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Signed by both Authors to title page. Prior owner details to flyleaf. DJ shows use, is complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback 1951 reprint. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Jacket has only a little edge wear. Front flap is not price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref g16. Our Cricket Story: Alec and Eric Bedser. Reprint published in 1951 by Evans, UK.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No print date, suggest early 1950s. A firm straight book, internally spotless. 240 pages.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. nrFine Pc DW. 1st Edition. DW spine slightly faded (not affecting lettering).

Hardback. Condition: VG+. G++ DW. 1st Edition. Clean tight copy with slight edge spotting. Entire DW has some signs of wear and aging.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 240pp. This copy has been signed by five famous Welsh sportsmen, 1. Jack Matthews (1920-2012), Welsh rugby union international and boxer (during WW2, he boxed for the RAF and held Rocky Marciano to a draw); 2. George Edwards (1920-2008), Welsh footballer, played for Swansea, Birmingham, and Cardiff; 3. Alf Sherwood (1923-1990). Welsh international footballer who played for Cardiff and Newport County; 4. Jack Petersen (1911-1990), Welsh boxer who twice held the British heavyweight title; 5. Dai Dower (1933-2016), Welsh boxer, flyweight champion. There is a sixth signature J? Lewis, with another word in double inverted commas, but I can't work out who this is. A biography of the cricketing twins Alec and Eric Bedser. This is the second volume of biography and concentrates on the historic 1950-1953 cricket seasons. Condition: Fair condition. The dustwrapper is faded to the spine and rather worn. The book has foxing to the page edges and endpapers, the text pages are tanned but it remains in good readable condition. There is a slightly musty odour which will go in time. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 240 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with the yellow colour to the spine sun faded, not price clipped 10s 6d. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 240 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Small damp mark to top of front end paper. Near Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with general edges wear and rubbing to the paper, spine slightly sun faded, not price clipped 10s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj cover. Second reprint. GC plus.Evans,1951.Second reprint.Green hardback(small mark on the front cover,small nicks,scratches and dent on the edges of the cover and spine,red lettering to the spine) in GC plus, no Dj cover.Illustrated with b/w photos.Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks,ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges,foxing marks,ink marks and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages,previous owner's small inscription written inside the edges of the front cover.The book is in GC for its age with some shelf wear.240pp including List of illustrations,index.…