Bill Bowes (22 results)

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition. 183 pages. Pictorial jacket over dark 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 mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.

Condition: Fair. 1961. First Edition. 183 pages. Red & photographic dust jacket with white lettering over black cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges.Front hinge cracked.Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Minor scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners, with tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks, and soiling to DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by The Sportman's Book Club, 1958. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting/toning on page ends and no dust jacket. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 197 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edge wear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good tight condition, foxing to fore edge, shading to end pages, cover has some marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. the boards are shelf rubbed. mild tanning. gift inscription. light marks. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First U.K. edition. Black cloth with titles to spine in price clipped dust wrapper. Minor wear to dust wrapper, tape mark on inside flap and FEP, also at rear. Light foxing to page edges. Includes 25 black and white photographs.

Hardback. Condition: Good. NO JACKET. Hardback. Undated: circa 1949. Gilt spine lettering is rubbed. Tight binding. Inscription dated 1949 on the front end paper. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref OR7.

1st edition very good black cloth hardcover with very good clipped dustjacket. 183p. includes appendix and b&w plates. Covers the 1961 test matches between England and Australia.

Bill Bowes (1908-87) played over 300 matches for Yorkshire and England (1929-47) and was regarded as a master of control with both the in and out-swinger. He was a member of Jardine's 1932-33 Bodyline team in Australia. First Edition. 8vo. 203pp. Portrait frontis., 20 plates. Black cloth,  lacks dust-wrapper. Original owner's name and address to front endpaper. A good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Express Deliveries - the autobiography of Bill Bowes, with 32 illustrations. The great Yorkshire bowler's story told with verve and humour - a classic sporting autobiography. First edition, 1949, no dust jacket; gift inscription, front pastedown: To Brian Xmas 1949 from Auntie Mabel and Uncle George. Black cloth cover faded and scuffed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. 16 pages of illustrations.

1961-1st ed, h/c+d/j, 184pp, 21x14, price clipped, 16 full page plates, d/j chipped and torn, repaired, otherwise good. Covers the tour of England by Ritchies Benaud's Australian team. Anecdotes, stories, stats, illustrations. Nice package.

Bill Bowes (1908-87) played over 300 matches for Yorkshire and England (1929-47) and was regarded as a master of control with both the in and out-swinger. He was a member of Jardine's 1932-33 Bodyline team in Australia. First edition. 8vo. 203pp. Portrait frontis., 20 plates. Dust-wrapper, heavily rubbed with large section missing from lower spine. Internally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Black Hardback/Hardcover WITHOUT/MISSING dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Some slight colouring on page edges due to age, but all text is clean and clear. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy; larger-format; oblong; memoir of a British soldier who was captured in North Africa and was kept in Italian and German POW camps; signed by Bill Bowes (editor). Signed by Editor.

An account of the 1961 Australian cricket tour of England under Richie Benaud. 8vo. [viii] + 184pp. 16 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. some crease marks and edgewear on clear dj. binding tight, no markings S1 4.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gordon Horner. (illustrator). Privately Printed. Preface signed by Bill Bowes (ex-Yorkshire cricketer and ex-POW). Illustrated throughout by the artist and POW Gordon Horner who was artist working for the Sunday Chronicle amongst other. This was produced recounting his war experiences as a POW in Italy and Germany. Believed he was caught trying to get too close to the enemy. 12 tipped in colour plates and drawings throughout of comrades in the camps with names and details, pale yellow cloth boards, green cloth spine with gilt titles along the side. Some light edge rubbing, dustwrapper chipped at edges near spine and closed split at top front edge near spine, but all complete, also wrapper handled feel on cover. Contents very good. Oblong octavo. (uncommon privately printed WW2 military history and war-time experiences). Signed by Author(s).

Signed by author, small oblong quarto, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges & heavier to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (some fading, light bruising to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to front flap fold, some creasing to upper edges).

Bill Bowes (1908-87) played over 300 matches for Yorkshire and England (1929-47) and was regarded as a master of control with both the in and out-swinger. He was a member of Jardine's 1932-33 Bodyline team in Australia. First Edition. 8vo. 203pp. Portrait frontis., 20 plates. Dust wrapper, heavily rubbed to edges with chips to ends of spine and some damp stains (not affecting book). Signed by Bowes to the title-page.