Hookes David (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. David Hookes autobiography, Australian Test Cricketer, media personality and organ donor upon his tragic death.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. No Jacket. Foreword by Richie Benaud. Ray Titus (illustrator).

Large Paper Back. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Do you know more about Australian cricket than David Hughes? 196 pages. This copy appears unused, almost as good as new. Size: 8 1/2 X 5 1/2".

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Glossy card cover, 196 pages. Just out of long-term storage, appears unread.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 225 pages. 6th. printing. Some minor signs of use to covers, else all pages are very clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A firm straight unmarked book, just out of long-term storage, about as good as new. Phtography By Ray Titus. (illustrator).

The official pictorial record of Australia's first Test-series win in the West Indies since 1973, including scoreboards for each match and featuring images of the squad on and off the pitch, plus accounts of the action from the players - Taylor, Waugh, Boon, Warne etc. 4to. 96pp. Printed boards. Very good condition. …

Autobiography of the Australian cricketer who suffered an untimely death in 2004. Paperback. 8vo. 225pp. Illustrated covers, spine a little sunned. Very good condition.

Multiple contributors, including former team-mates and opponents, pay tribute to the Australian cricketer and broadcaster David Hookes whose untimely death in 2004 following an altercation outside a Melbourne hotel prompted the organ-donation charity supported by the book; includes a full record of the player's statistics. 8vo. 302pp. Dust-wrapper. Very good condition.…

Condition: Very Good. Octavo, a card bifolium, with the programme and menu printed on the two middle pages. In excellent condition. The front cover is signed by David Hookes, the guest speaker for the evening. David Hookes (1955-2004) made his first-class debut with South Australia in 1975-76; he was state captain from 1981 to 1990, and retired in 1992. He played in 23 Tests between 1977 and 1985, with a World Series Cricket career in between, in 1977-79. 'Natural, aggressive and irrepressible, David Hookes was an Australian cricketer of the 1970s who remained one into the 21st century. Not that he was a reactionary or relic; on the contrary, he was a savvy media performer and an innovative coach. But he had throughout his career a breezy confidence that recalled days when cricket was a more spontaneous and flamboyant affair. It was while indulging in the oldest of Australian rites, the post-match drink, that Hookes was killed in circumstances still shocking in their senselessness, by a bouncer's gratuitous punch, on January 19 [2004], aged 48' (Gideon Haigh, in his 'Wisden' obituary). Signed.…