b'29142The Ninth Australian Tour 1896. Portraits and Biographies of the Players. Published by the Cricket Office, London 1896. 32pp. Complete pre-tour booklet in original pale green paper wrappers with portrait of Mr. Harry Musgrove, manager of the Australians, to the front. Padwick 4984. Age toning to covers and pages but otherwise in quite good condition; attractively rehoused in a modern claret binding with new end papers, but with all original elements preserved. Rare. $500750143An alternative version to the previous item: The Ninth Australian Tour 1896. Portraits and Biographies of the Players. Published by the Cricket Office, London 1896. 32pp. Complete pre-tour booklet in original pale yellow paper wrappers with portrait of G.H.S. Trott, the Australian captain, to the front. Front wrapper detached with small loss (held in place with conservation tape), the next leaf loose. Otherwise in good condition and attractively rehoused in modern green boards with gilt lettering. Very scarce.This was Trotts fourth tour of England. He had been named Cricketer of the Year by Wisden in 1893. .$500750144THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET by K.S. RANJITSINHJI, [Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood and Sons; 1897, 1st ed.], 474pp + frontispiece photogravure, introductory pages and all plates; attractively presented in a modern leather binding with decorative endpapers.A presentation copy with pasted in label to blank front end paper: Presented by Fred H. Smith, Esq., President South East Lancashire Amateur Cricket League, to T. Hodson (Holyrood Church C.C.) Combination Batting Prize 1906. .$200250145A booklet (incomplete) titled Cabinet-Size Portraits (In Position at the Wicket) of A.E. Stoddarts ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM visiting AUSTRALIA 1897-1898; 10 of the 14 portraits are present; the decorative covers are also absent.$200250 146THE JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET by K.S. RANJITSINHJI, [Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood and Sons; 1897, 2nd ed.], 465pp + frontispiece photogravure, introductory pages and all plates; attractively presented in a modern leather binding with decorative endpapers. .$200300147WITH BAT AND BALL : TWENTY-FIVE YEARS REMINISCENCES OF AUSTRALIAN and ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET by George Giffen, [London : Ward, Lock and Co., 1898, 1st ed.] 240pp + photo portraits; attractively bound in brown leather, with gilt titles and decorations. $100150148The original 1898-1903 scorebook of the Hastings & St.Leonards Cricket Club for 1898-1903, which includes matches featuring the Tenth & Eleventh Australian Teams To England: the original scorers records for matches at Hastings during two Australian tours: - South of England v Australians on 4th-6th September 1899. (Captains W.G.Grace & Joe Darling). - South of England v Australians on 8th-10th September 1902. (Victor Trumper 120, Tom Hayward 106). Other matches include Mr.Stoddarts Australian XI v Rest of England; Yorkshire v Rest of England; Gentlemen v Players; and North v South of England. An exceptional and historic scorebook. Green fabric over boards, overall 33 x 63cm when opened for display$2,0003,000149VICTOR TRUMPER (1877 - 1915) original pencil signature on piece,affixed to an AUSTRALIAN TEST PLAYER card. .$200250150150THE BOOK OF CRICKET - A Gallery of Famous Players 1899; Edited by C.B. FRY; the complete set of 16 weekly parts together with extremely rare 4-page index; beautifully housed in a later green leather solander box with gilt titles. .$500750'