Cricket has historically generated a great range of signed sports memorabilia, including many items, autographed by true cricketing legends, such as w g grace, don bradman and wally hammond. He was quite a coup and so would wally hammond have been if i. He was quite a coup and so would wally hammond have been if i had managed to nail him on the. Autograph books have gone out of fashion but were a. Original price 3 pounds 9 shillings and 2 pence starting auction at this price. Full text of a history of inventions and discoveries. He wrote for the star during the 1948 test series and penned three books with the assistance of a ghostwriter. Vintage hammond autograph cricket bat greynicholls unused.
Th unbearable pain of being wally hammond the untold. This lot is a superb vintage wally hammond autograph cricket bat by gray nicolls. An autograph book is a book for collecting the autographs of others. Do you want to compare the autograph in your signed book with other copies of the authors signature. I gave it a wipe over with linseed oil and it shines like a new penny. Two pages per person so all they see is a fresh clean open book, just for them. Wr hammond beneath an illustrated likeness on a single page. One of the 4 best batsmen in the history of cricket ink autograph laid down to album page full name walter reginald hammond born 19 june 1903 dover, kent, england died 1 july 1965 aged 62 kloof, natal, south africa batting style righthanded bowling style right arm fastmedium role middleorder batsman international information national side england test debut cap 227 24 december 1927 v. Vintage wally hammond autograph cricket bat by gray.
This ice skating themed 6x9 autograph book has the ability to hold 50 signatures. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of england. Boys or girls character signature journal for walt disney world or disneyland vacation character signatures on. Journal of economic education 19692015 books by language additional collections journal of materials engineering.
A wally hammond autograph bat by greynicholls unused, no ball dents, original brown paper case bottom torn. Autograph books have gone out of fashion but they gave my friends and i. Traditionally they were exchanged among friends, colleagues, and classmates to fill with. Born in 1903, hammond was already 56 by the time of the accident, and was bedridden for almost a year. Roger wally and sybil hammonds nee nessharvey only son. What a buy for someone, an historic displayable item. We are coming in late september and i was looking into autograph books. My disney autograph book is the perfect companion for any trip to walt disney world, disney land or any of disneys resorts. Th unbearable pain of being wally hammond the untold story. All these and thousands of other chemists signed tetsuo nozoes autograph books almost 1200 pages in all between 1953 and 1994. Its is remarkable condition showing signs of little use. Cricket autographs sports books and sports memorabilia. Walter reginald wally hammond 19 june 1903 1 july 1965 was an english firstclass. Autograph books have gone out of fashion but they gave my friends and i hours of unabated pride.