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BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

Frank BUNCE

Walter LITTLE

New Zealand

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"Midfield Liaison by Bob Howitt

The story of an All Black centre partnership, small piece missing from first blank page, a second-hand hardback with a dust wrapper in good condition. SIGNED BY BUNCE & LITTLE

1st Edition 1996 Pages  236 Ref: aubkbinz-bunce.little - £40.00

 

Will CARLING 

England & British Lions

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"My Autobiography" with Paul Ackford

The autobiography of England Grand Slam captain written together with a member of his team, second row turned journo Paul Ackford. A second-hand hardback with d/w in good condition.  - SIGNED COPY 

1st Edition 1998 Pages 312 Ref: TL5-aubkbien-wc-pa - £20.00

  

Gavin HENSON

Wales & British Lions

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"My Grand Slam Year" - Gavin Henson with Graham Thomas  

The Welsh Grand Slam year and British Lions tour of NZ seen through the eyes of Wales' golden boy, a second-hand hardback with d/w in excellent condition - SIGNED COPY 

1st Edition 2005 Pages 218 Ref: TL5-aubkbiwa-g.henson - £25.00

   

 

Jonathan HUMPHREYS

Wales

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"Capten Cymru" - with Androw Bennett

Diary of a Wales captain, text in Welsh. A second-hand paperback in good condition - SIGNED COPY

1st Edition 1996 Pages 172 Ref: TL5-aubkbiwa-jh - £15.00

 

John KIRWAN

New Zealand

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"Kirwan - Running On Instinct" by Paul Thomas  

All Black winger, scorer of try in 1987 World Cup Final, a second-hand hardback with dust wrapper in good condition - SIGNED COPY (by Kirwan)

1st Edition 1992 Pages 272 Ref: aubkbinz-jk - £35.00

   

 

David LOVERIDGE

New Zealand

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"Master Halfback" by Ron Palenski

Great All Black half back of the 1980s, a second-hand hardback with dust wrapper in good condition - SIGNED COPY (by Loveridge)

1st Edition 1985 Pages 263 Ref: aubkbinz-dl - £29.00

 

Willie John McBRIDE,  

Ireland & British Lions

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"Willie John - The Story of My Life" an autobiography with Peter Bills

Ireland and British Lions (1974) captain. The Heineken Rugby Personality of the Century. One of the greatest players of all time, a second-hand hardback with d/w in good condition. - SIGNED COPY 

1st Edition 2004 Pages 312 Ref: TC3-aubkbiir-wjm2 - £39.00

 

Fergie McCORMICK, 

New Zealand

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"Fergie"  by Alex Veysey, 

All Black full back, a second-hand hardback with d/w in good condition - SIGNED COPY

1st Edition 1973 Pages 175 Ref: aubkbinz-fm - £17.00

 

Wayne SHELFORD

New Zealand

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"Buck - The Wayne Shelford Story" by Wynne Gray

New Zealand captain, a second-hand hardback with d/w in good condition - SIGNED COPY

1st Edition 1990 215 pages Ref: bkbipynz-shelford-au - £35.00

HISTORIES

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"The Centenary History Of The Rugby Football Union" by UA Titley

Great history including biographies of players and officials, the official centenary history of the game in England. Includes excellent chapters on the origin of game at Rugby School, a second-hand hardback with d/w in good condition

This copy is signed by the IRB and RFU historian Eric Watts-Moses,  

1st Edition: 1970 Pages: 312 Ref: aubkenhi70-uat - £30.00

 

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MIDLANDS - "Midland Rugby Football" by Gerald Holmes

History of clubs & services rugby in the Midlands area, Rugby, Aston Old Edwardians, Birmingham, Burton on Trent, Camp Hill Old Edwardians, Coventry, Five Ways Old Edwardians, Handsworth, Moseley, Old Edwardians, Wolverhampton, Worcester. The first chapters are memories of the author's time watching rugby in the area. A second-hand hardback with d/w in good condition, 

A presentation copy signed by the author to England international HLV Day   

1st Edition: 1950 Pages: 121 Ref: aubkhienpv50-gh -  £35.00  

 

 

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"Rugby - The Game" by 'Ompax'

A coaching book with chapters on the development of the game, how the game should be played, even how the game should be watched. Of Scottish origin, it is not known who 'Ompax' was. A second-hand hardback without d/w, 

signed by the author & KG MacLeod, Scotland 1905-08 who wrote the foreword  

1st Edition: 1927 Pages: 152 Ref: aubkhi27-ompax - £75.00  

MISC

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RUGBY WORLD CUP - "A History of the Rugby World Cup" by Gerald Davies with a foreword by John Eales

The most up to date history of the Rugby World Cup, published in 2003 prior to the tournament in Australia. Covers every match for the first 4 tournaments. A secondhand paperback in very good condition - SIGNED COPY by GERALD DAVIES

Published in 2003

379 pages Ref TC8-aupbhiwc03-gd-xb - £15.50

 

ANNUALS

 

RUGBY ALMANACK OF NEW ZEALAND - SIGNED EDITIONS

All original editions, the annuals are autographed by the named player/s who was one of the five players of the year, an All Black unless otherwise stated

 

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Ref: PC29-nzan40xb - £80.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan52xb - £35.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan62xb - £25.00

52.jpg (44908 bytes) 75.jpg (39554 bytes) 1965 (Peter Crittle, Australia, John Thornett, Australia, Ken Gray)

Ref: PC29-nzan65xb - £40.00

48.jpg (31419 bytes) 71.jpg (45447 bytes) 1970 (JPR Williams, Fergie McCormick, Ian Kirkpatrick) includes review and statistics of 1969 Wales & Tongan tours of New Zealand

Ref: PC29-nzan70xb - £39.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan73xb - £20.00

43.jpg (38991 bytes) 83-b.jpg (39965 bytes) 1977 (Andy Haden, Stu Wilson)

Ref: PC29-nzan77xb - £28.00

42.jpg (33202 bytes) 70.jpg (51927 bytes) 1978 (Terry Cobner-Wales, Doug Bruce, Bruce Robertson)

Ref: PC29-nzan78xb - £30.00

41.jpg (44100 bytes) 69.jpg (62797 bytes) 1983 (Mark Ella, Roger Gould)

Ref: PC29-nzan83xb - £38.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan84xb - £40.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan86xb - £34.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan89xb - £40.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan90xb - £25.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan91xb - £30.00

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Ref: PC29-nzan93xb - £38.00

 

00x.jpg (122058 bytes) 1977/78 Welsh Brewers Rugby Annual for Wales - Special Lions Tour Edition - very good condition - signed to the front cover by the Wales flanker Clive Burgess. The annual is accompanied by a certificate guaranteeing the authenticity of the autograph. 

Ref: PC24-auanwa77-8-burgess.clive - £29.00

00w.jpg (75344 bytes) 2001/02 Rugby Annual for Wales - very good condition - boldly signed to the front cover by Wales & British Lions legends Rob Howley & Neil Jenkins. The annual is accompanied by a certificate guaranteeing the authenticity of the autographs.  

Ref: PC24-auanwa01-2.au2 - £25.00

 

MULTI - SIGNED BOOKS

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"Springbok Saga" by Chris Greyvenstein
An illustrated history from 1891 - a nice chronological history of South African rugby looking at all the major tours. A secondhand hardback with d/w in good condition. 

A copy signed by the 1983 South African Schools Invitation squad. 31 signatures in total.  

2nd edition: 1978 Pages: 287 Ref: TL7-aubkhisa-cg78 - £75.00

 

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South Africa  - "The Captains" by Edward Griffiths

signed by 19 former Springbok captains

The book is an exceptional history of South Africa's captains through the ages, this copy has had the autographs of 19 former Springbok captains added to the blank pages and title page at the beginning of the book. The autographs, which are on labels were collected by editor Keith Clayton while he was compiling his outstanding book 'Danie Craven's - Legends of Springbok Rugby'. The 19 former captains whose signatures have been added to this book including the year of their first captaincy are as follows:

Danie Craven (1937), Basil Kenyon (1949),  Stephen Fry (1955), Basie Viviers (1956)  Johan Classen (1958), Des van Jaarsveldt (1960), Roy Dryburgh (1960), Avril Malan (1960),  Abie Malan (1963), Nelie Smith (1964), Dawie de Villiers (1967),  Tom Bedford (1969), Hannes Marais (1971), Piet Greyling (1972),  Morne Du Plessis (1975), Theuns Stofberg (1980), Wynand Classen (1981), Divan Serfontein (1984), Naas Botha (1986), .

The book is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity guaranteeing these autographs

1st Edition 2001 Pages 555  Ref: DPR-aubkbimusa-eg01-xc - £145.00

 

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South Africa - Springbok Saga by Chris Greyvenstein

signed by 40 former Springboks

The book is a well illustrated history of South African rugby from it's beginnings to the early 1990s. This 2nd edition published in 1981 has had the autographs of 40 former Springboks added to the half title and facing page. The autographs, which are on labels were collected by editor Keith Clayton while he was compiling his outstanding book 'Danie Craven's - Legends of Springbok Rugby'. There is a great mix of old and new Springboks with players from the 1930s to 1980s included in the selection. The 40 former Springboks whose signatures have been added to this book are as follows:

Gerald Bosch, Theuns Briers, Louis Babrow, George Daneel, Boland Coetzee, Willie du Plessis,  Carel du Plessis, Michael du Plessis, Floris Duvenage, Danie Gerber, Geoff Gray, Joggie Jansen, Rob Louw, Gerrie Germishuys, Bubbles Koch, Butch Lochner, Flappie Lochner, Ian McCallum, Pat Montini, Ray Mordt, Gysie Pienaar, Louis Moolman, Cecil Moss, Jeremy Nel, Tiny Naude, Daan Retief, Wilf Rosenberg, Uli Schmidt, Gert Smal, Fred Smollan, Dawie Snyman, Errol Tobias, Freddie Turner, Clive Ulyate, Jack van der Schyff, JC van der Westhuizen, Moaner van Heerden, Tom van Vollenhoven, Piston van Wyk & Harry Newton Walker

The book is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity guaranteeing that the autographs are original and authentic.

Ref: DPR-aubkhisa-greyvenstein81.ed2-xb - £115.00

 

 

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LLANELLI - THE SCARLETS - A history of Llanelli Rugby Club  by Gareth Hughes

Season by season history of Llanelli, all the results from their long history. A great addition to this is full page individual caricatures of the leading Scarlets players through the years. A secondhand hardback, a small tear and some discolouration on the d/w.

SIGNED COPY - by 5 former Scarlets next to illustrations in the book. Three of these are on full page colour plates: Roy Bergiers (see example), Terry Davies & Delme Thomas + Phil Lewis (see example) and Clive John on small black and white caricatures. All five players have also signed thye title page of the book.

1st Edition: 1986 260 pages Ref: TL7-aubkhiwacb-ll86-gh - £85.00

 

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Wales Grand Slam 2005

"Grand Slam - Year of the Dragon" by Paul Rees

A well balanced view of the re-emergence of Welsh rugby, under the guidance of Mike Ruddock the men in red swept all before them aside in one of the greatest ever seasons. 

SIGNED BY BRENT COCKBAIN & RYAN JONES

published in 2005

224 pages

Ref: TL19-aubktrwa05-pr - £35.00

 

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England Rugby World Cup Winners 2003 

"England Rugby World Champions edited by Philip Brown

A large format book, terrific illustrations from the tournament, an excellent record of England's greatest feat. foreword by Rob Andrew.  

SIGNED COPY - The following players have signed their photos on the inside pages, a photo of each player on the day they signed appears on the front end pages: Mike Catt, Andy Gomersall, Paul Grayson, Mark Jones (Wales), Shane Williams (Wales) & Jonathan Thomas (Wales). 

1st edition 2004

336 pages 

Ref: TL19-aubkwcen03-pb - £75.00

 

 

This limited edition book has been signed by the greatest players from around the world from the amateur era.

Colin Meads, Gareth Edwards, David Campese, Barry John, Hugo Porta, Frik du Preez, John Eales, Michael Jones, Naas Botha, Willie John McBride, Tony O’Reilly, Sean Fitzpatrick, Cliff Morgan, Joost van der Westhuizen, Joel Stransky, JPR Williams, Jackie Kyle …

That’s just for starters!

Add Mike Gibson, Philippe Sella, Mervyn Davies, Mark Ella, Michael Lynagh, Fergus Slattery, Nick Farr-Jones …  

Plus more stars from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s such as Benoit Dauga, Walter Spanghero, Jackie Matthews, Dickie Jeeps, Lucien Mias, Nick Shehadie, Pierre Villepreux, Jo Maso, Bleddyn Williams  …

There are All Black greats such as Ian Kirkpatrick, Brian Lochore, Kevin Skinner, Grant Fox, Bob Scott, Wilson Whineray and ‘Tiny’ White Sid Going …  

Now you're beginning to see the quality of this collection in Legends of World Rugby. These are just some of the 74 legendary players – every player involved – who’ve signed each precious limited edition.

There are 100 ‘Legends’ who are covered in this fabulous book. Out of respect to the dead, the balance of players is made up of legendary players who are now deceased, the men who will never be forgotten, the greats of yesteryear include Gwyn Nicholls, Gerry Brand, Gordon Brown, Danie Craven, Billy Wallace ....  

Each chapter analyses the often superb contribution the player made to the history of the rugby game and to his own country’s fortunes. The author’s efforts ensured the player’s life since his retirement was covered too. A ‘bio box’ also rounds out each player’s coverage.

The book contains wonderful photography, with many historic shots, sets off all 100 of these remarkable players’ careers.

The presentation of Legends reaches all new standards.

The book comes in a handsome presentation – an embossed padded cover Special Edition sits snugly contained inside a lined ‘cigar box’ (lift-up top) outer shellcase. 

There is a certificate of authenticity (signed by the author) and a written guarantee that it is restricted to only 533 copies worldwide.

Ref: bkbimu-pv-lg

PRICE - £340.00

For more information including a list of all signatures on this luxury limited edition book.....CLICK HERE

 

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"MEN IN BLACK" luxury edition No 200 signed by 49 All Blacks to the title page. The All Blacks that have signed the volume are as follows:-

Jl Griffiths, Beethoven Algar, Allan Hewson, Bernie Fraser, Mike Clamp, Murray Pierce, Artie Lambourn, Andy Leslie, Scott Crichton, Bruce Watt, George Nepia, Peter Burke, MG Watts, Neil W, Murray Will ?, Ross Brown, Ray Roper, GE Beatty, Peter Jones, KC Briscoe, AJ Gardiner, A Collins, J McCullough, Brian ????, BA Grenside, JT McEldowney, JL Sullivan, IM Eliason, BL Muller, Alan Smith, John Major, Dave Loveridge, Bryce Robins, ????, NW Thimbleby, Robbie L Stuart, FS McAtamney, Jock Hobbs, Ian MacRae, Mark Shaw, J McCormick, Alan Robilliard, Bryan Williams, Ian Kirkpatrick, ?????, ?????, Andy Haden, Steven Pokere, AL Kivell,

It comes complete with a wooden carrying case. 

Ref: ZZ-bkhi-mib-xc - £1500.00

 

 

 

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