Knight's Sporting Auctions Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia - 3 Day Auction (#6) 08/07/2022 11:30 AM BST Closed Starts Ending 08/07/2022 11:30 AM BST Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1101-1200 of 1529. Previous|1...910111213141516|Next Lot #1075 Arthur Mailey. 'Arthur Mailey's Book. A Series of Sketches illustrating the tour through England and Africa by the Australian slow bowler, Arthur Mailey'. Harry Goddard. Sydney 1922. Original pictorial covers. Tipped in to modern blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Some age toning to original wrappers, otherwise in good condition. A rarer Mailey title - cricket View details Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1076 'The Irish Cricketers in the United States 1879. By One of Them'. Henry Brougham. John Lawrence, Dublin, and M.H. Gill, London, 1880. An excellent account of the tour of the Gentlemen of All Ireland, the cricket well reported and liberally interspersed with typically Irish social matters including a fifteen-stanza poem/song in limerick form titled 'The Ould Leather Breeches' given by Brougham to 'lift us from this state of morbid mutual appreciation' after post-dinner speeches. Members of the to View details Estimates£1,300 - £1,600Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1077 'Hampshire County Cricket'. The Official History'. H.S. Altham, John Arlott, E.D.R. Eagar and Roy Webber. First edition, London 1957. Dustwrapper with odd nicks, otherwise good. Signature in ink 'From H.S. Altham' on label laid down to half title page and, to the inside covers and endpapers, signatures of ninety two Hampshire players with accompanying handwritten list. Four of the signatures are on pieces laid down of Cecil Paris, George Brown, Arthur Pothecary and Alan Shirreff. Other earlier s View details Estimates£120 - £160StatusUnsold Lot #1078 'Bodyline'. 'Anti Body-Line'. Alan Kippax & Eric Barbour. Hurst & Blackett, London edition 1933. Original decorative paper wrappers. Some wear and ageing to the wrappers with small nicks to the spine, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1079 'The Cricket Chronicle for the season 1863'. W. Bayly, London 1864. 'Volume the First' (only year of publication). Rebound in green cloth with original cloth covers and spine with gilt titles laid down. Sadly with replacement facsimile title page and first Appendix page to rear. Marylebone Cricket Club Library bookplate to inside front cover. Padwick 902. According to Padwick 'covers are variously dated 1863 and 1864', this example has the title to the cover 'The Cricket Chronicle 1864'. Gilts f View details Estimates£200 - £300Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1080 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. 1882 and 1884. Two bound volumes. Vol. I (first issue) Nos. 1-21, 10th May- 28th September 1882. Title and index pages bound in to final issue at rear. Pages checked and complete. Bound in brown quarter leather. Wear to board extremities, internally odd nicks to pages, otherwise in generally good condition. Vol. III Nos. 50-79 31st January- 25th December 1884. Appears to be lacking pp485/6 (possible pagination error), otherwise complete with title and cont View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1081 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. 1884/85 and 1885/86. Two bound volumes. Vol. III Nos. 67-76, 24th July- 25th September 1884 and Vol. IV Nos. 80-106 29th January- 24th September 1885. Lacking title and contents pages, otherwise appears complete. Bound in red cloth. Wear and staining to boards, breaking to internal hinges, pages in generally good condition. Vol. IV Nos. 100-109 13th August- 24th December 1885 (appears to be lacking pp465/7, possible pagination error) and Vol. V Nos. 110-1 View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1082 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. 1886, 1888 and 1895. Three bound volumes. Vol. V Nos. 110-139, 28th January- 30th December 1886 with title and contents pages. Appears complete. Bound in dark green cloth. Spine torn, wear to board extremities, some breaking to internal hinges. Tears to some pages, otherwise in generally good condition. Vol. VII Nos. 170-199 26th January- 27th December 1888 with title and contents pages. Appears complete with photographic plate of 'The Surrey Eleven of 188 View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1083 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. 1892 and 1893. Two volumes bound together as one in black quarter leather with gilt title to spine. Vol. XI Nos. 290-319 28th January- 29th December 1892 and Vol. XII Nos. 320-349 26th January- 28th December 1893. Appears complete with supplements for 12th May 1892 'English Cricket Team on Tour, South Africa, 1891-2', 11th August 1892 'Yorkshire Eleven 1892' etc. Lacking title and index pages. Some staining and fading to boards, internally in good/ very go View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1084 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume II (New Series), Nos. 31- 60 18th January to 17th December 1913 bound in red cloth complete with title and contents pages. Red speckled page edges. Slight wear to boards and spine extremities. Some creasing to the first page of the first issue, otherwise in good/ very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1085 John (& James) Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1879-1897. James Lillywhite's annuals in original red cloth wrappers for 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885-1894, 1896 and 1897. Heavy soiling to the wrappers of the 1881, 1887 and 1888. Some issues with owner's name in ink to front wrappers, labels applied to spines of the 1887, 1888 and 1891, otherwise in generally good condition. Also John & James Lillywhite's annuals for 1880, 1882 and 1884 in original green paper wrappers. Crude tape repairs to spines w View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1086 'Frederick Lillywhite's [and M.C.C.] Cricket Scores and Biographies of Celebrated Cricketers'. Volumes I- XVI. Volumes VIII, XI and XII are original bindings in red cloth and gilt titles to fronts and spines. The remainder are facsimile editions published by Roger Heavens 1996-2003 in blue cloth, each limited to 500 copies, various limitation numbers. Vols. XV and XVI with dustwrappers. Odd faults to the original bindings including splitting to the spine of Vol. VIII, the reprints in good/ very View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1087 'Lillywhite's Cricket Scores and Biographies of Celebrated Cricketers, from 1841 to 1848'. Vol. III. London c.1863. Bound in quarter leather with gilt decoration and handwritten title label laid down to spine. Ex Mechanics Institute of Nottingham Library with library stamps throughout. Repairs to internal hinges. Wear to boards, otherwise in generally fair condition - cricket View details Estimates£20 - £30Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1088 'John Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion'. Six issues for 1869 (25th edition), 1870, 1874, 1875, 1877 and 1878 (34th edition). Original green wrappers. Tape repair to the spine of the 1869, other odd faults, overall in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1089 'James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion'. A good run of issues for years 1875 and 1878-1900. All with original red cloth wrappers. The 1875 with age toning to wrappers and faded titles. Breaking to internal hinges of the 1878, 1882, 1883, 1889, 1890 and 1900. Fading to the wrappers of the 1886. Varying degrees of wear and/ or staining to boards, overall in good condition. Qty 24. - cricket View details Estimates£80 - £120Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1090 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume IV. Numbers 80-109 (29th January to 24th December 1885). Bound in green cloth, gilt title to spine, each issue complete with original wrappers, and title page and contents page to front. Illustrated. Slipped in is an earlier 'Important Notice' advertising leaflet announcing Winter issues nos. 47-52 to be issued monthly. Some staining to board extremities, internally in good/ very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1091 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume V. Numbers 110-139 (28th January to 30th December 1886). Bound in publisher's original green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, title page and contents page to front, lacking original wrappers, one supplement to rear. Illustrated. Bookplate of G.B. Buckley to inside front cover, and owner's name in ink to page facing title page of the cricket writer, J.N. Pentelow, dated 25th April 1899. Slipped in is a page of handwritten notes in an unknown han View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1092 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume VI. Numbers 140-169 (27th January to 29th December 1887). Bound in modern green cloth, gilt to spine incorrectly titled 'Volume III'. Title page and contents page to front, lacking original wrappers. Illustrated. Staining and tears to edge of the odd page, otherwise in very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60StatusUnsold Lot #1093 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume VII. Numbers 170-199 (26th January to 27th December 1888). Bound in publisher's original green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, title page and contents page to front, lacking original wrappers, one supplement to rear. Illustrated. Includes one Supplement dated 1st November 1888 to front of the Surrey Eleven of 1888. Slipped in are three advertising leaflets, including one for '"Cricket" Order of Going In' cards etc. Wear to boards and internal View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1094 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume VII. Numbers 200-229 (24th January to 27th December 1889). Bound in modern green cloth, gilt to spine incorrectly titled 'Volume III'. Title page and contents page to front, lacking original wrappers. Illustrated. Tears to first page of first issue, odd minor faults to pages, otherwise in good/ very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1095 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game'. Volume IX. Numbers 230-259 (27th January to 27th December 1890). Bound in publisher's original green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, title page and contents page to front, lacking original wrappers. Illustrated. Wear to boards and breaking to internal hinges with tape repair to rear hinge, breaking to page block, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1096 County and Club histories. Seven hardback titles in original publishers' cloth. 'The Walkers of Southgate. A famous brotherhood of cricketers', W.A. Bettesworth, London 1900. Wear to boards and breaking to internal hinges. 'Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers', F.S. Ashley-Cooper, Nottingham 1923. 'The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle 1772-1796', F.S. Ashley-Cooper, London 1924. 'The History of the Hampstead Cricket Club', F.R. D'O. Monro, London 1949. 'A History of the Worcestershire County Crick View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1097 Cricket biographies, autobiographies and histories. Two boxes of cricket titles, the majority modern hardbacks signed by the author. Signatures include David Tossell, Andrew Hignell, G. Derek West, Robin Osmond, Alan Haselhurst, Christopher Lee, Vic Marks, Brian Levison, Roy Cavanagh, Ken Piese, Geoff Boycott, G.D. Martineau, M.D. Vockins, Tom Graveney, Tim Rice, D.J. Leigthon, Michael Down, Jack Pollard, Vic Lewis, Richard Tomlinson, David Lemmon, Jack Bannister, Peter Roebuck, Chris Westcott, View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1098 Don Bradman biographies. Box comprising seventeen hardback and some softback books, booklets and cassette tapes, all relating to Bradman. Autobiographies include 'Farewell to Cricket', London 1950, dustwrapper with some faults. 'The Art of Cricket' London 1958 with good dustwrapper. 'Don Bradman's Book', London 1930. Biographies include 'The Bradman Albums', London 1988, two volumes in slipcase, 'Images of Bradman', Bowral 1994, limited edition no. 2255/6996, and a selection of other biographies View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1099 Signed cricket biographies. Box comprising thirty three titles, mainly biographies with the odd history, the majority signed by the subject or author. Signatures/ subjects include Derek Shackleton, Ted Dexter, Len Hutton, Eddie Paynter, Matt Prior, Andrew Hignell, Clive van Ryneveld, David Frith, Jonathan Agnew, Mike Atherton, Geoff Boycott, Mark Ramprakash, Clifford Jiggins, Edward Joyce, Grenville Simons, Jack Russell, Ian Botham, Barry Rickson etc. G - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1100 Australian cricket. Box comprising twenty eight mainly modern hardback and softback biographies with the odd anthology and history, of which fourteen are signed. Signatures include Chris Harte, D.M. Harding, Ken Piesse, D.K. Darling, Peter Sharpham, Marc Fiddian (2 titles), Richard Cashman, Doug Walters, Ian Woodward, Clive W. Porter, Gideon Haigh. Also 'Arthur Morris, an Elegant Genius', Jack McHarg, Sydney 2001, multi-signed by the author, Alec and Eric Bedser, and Arthur Morris, 'The Fight fo View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1101 Fairfield Books. Box of thirty three modern biographies and histories, all published by Fairfield Books, Bath, the majority hardbacks. Three titles signed, 'The Appeal of the Championship. Sussex in the Summer of 1981', John Barclay 2002, 'One More Run', Stephen Chalke and 'Bomber' Wells 2000, and a revised edition of 2020 signed by Chalke. Other authors include Douglas Miller, Simon Lister, Patrick Murphy, David Foot, Mark Wagh, Fred Rumsey, Brian Rose, Anthony Gibson etc. VG - cricket View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1102 Australian cricket. Five limited edition titles, each signed by the author. 'Warwick Armstrong', Radcliffe Grace, Camberwell, Victoria 1975, no. 241/350, signed by the author. '10th Wicket First Class Cricket Record Partnership 307 Runs', John Riley, Wonga Park 1997. Limited edition no. 174/250, signed by the author. 'Giffen's Match', Bernard Whimpress, Kent Town, South Australia 2004, no. 85/100, signed by the author. 'Cricket and Classics. The Short Life of Gervys Hazlitt (1888-1915)', James a View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1103 Signed cricket biographies. Four signed hardback limited edition titles and one softback booklet. 'Early Memoirs of Frank Woolley', Ashurst 1976, no. 560/1000 signed by Frank Woolley. 'Ken Farnes. Diary of an Essex Master', David Thurlow, Manchester 2000, no. 37/54, signed by the author. 'Laker's Match. 19 Wickets and The Ashes', Vic Rigby, Ewell 2006, no. 62/75 signed by Rigby, Peter Richardson and Ian Craig. 'Bobby Abel', David Kynaston, New Maldon 2007, no. 26/150 signed by the author. 'Remin View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1104 Australian histories and biographies. Six limited editions and/ or signed titles published in Australia. 'Cricket, Not War', Ian Woodward, Victoria 1994, no. 210/1000, signed by the author. 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt... the birthplace of The Ashes', Joy Munns, Victoria 1994, no. 170/1000, signed by the author. 'The Origin of the Ashes', Rex Harcourt, Melbourne 1997, signed by the author. 'The Official Souvenir of McLaren's English Cricket Team in Australia 1901-1902', facsimile reprint Cherrybrook View details Estimates£60 - £90Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1105 West Indies related cricket books. Five titles relating to West Indies cricket, two of which are signed. 'Six of the Best. Cricket's Most Famous Over', Matthew Engel, Cardiff 2008. Signed by Engel and three players Peter Walker, Roger Davis and John Parkin who played when Sobers hit six sixes in an over. 'Grovel. The Story & Legacy of the Summber of 1976', David Tossell, Studley 2007, signed by the author. Unsigned titles are 'Frank Worrell. A Biography', Ivo Tennant, Cambridge 1987. 'A Nation I View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1106 Cricket histories, biographies, bibliography, instructional and general cricket interest 1898-2015. Box comprising thirty six hardback and softback titles. Includes biographies of C.B. Fry, Jack Crawford, Walter Hammond, F.S. Jackson, W.H. Ferguson etc. Authors include Ranjitsinhji, Pelham Warner, Charles J. Britton, Percy Cross Standing, Jack Guise, Percy Fender, John Arlott, Neville Cardus, Dudley Carew etc. Some signatures on pieces or scraps laid down to earlier titles include W.H. Ferguson, View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1107 Pre World War II cricket books. Fifteen first edition hardback titles, of which three are signed. 'The Jubilee Book of Cricket', Ranjitsinhji, Edinburgh, first edition 1897, cloth covers. Signed in ink to inside front cover by W.J. Ford (Cambridge University & Middlesex 1879-1894), cricket writer who is mentioned on the Preparatory Note for his 'special assistance'. Some breaking to internal hinges, and soiling to boards. 'Lord's and the M.C.C.', Lord Harris and F.S. Ashley-Cooper, London 1920. View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1108 Cricket tour histories 1940s/1950s. Box of thirty hardback titles, all with dustwrappers, covering tours and Test series for the period. Tours covered include England in Australia 1950/51, 1954/55, 1958/59, M.C.C. to West Indies 1959/60, West Indies to Australia 1951/52, South Africa to England 1951, 1955, Australia to England 1953, 1956, Australia to South Africa 1957/58, New Zealand to England 1949 etc. Authors include Louis Duffus (signed), E.W. Swanton, Jack Fingleton, E.M. Wellings, Norman View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1109 Cricket tour histories 1950s/1960s. Box of thirty three hardback titles, seventeen with dustwrappers, covering tours and Test series for the period. Tours covered include England in Australia 1950/51, 1958/59, 1962/63, West Indies 1953/54, South Africa 1956/57, Australia in England 1953, 1956, West Indies 1955, South Africa in Australia 1952/53, 1963/64, England 1955, West Indies in Australia 1951/52, 1960/61, 1968/69, England 1963, New Zealand in South Africa 1961/62 etc. Authors include Arthur View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1110 Cricket tour histories 1950s/1960s. Box of thirty two hardback titles (one softback), twenty six with dustwrappers, covering tours and Test series for the period. Tours covered include England in Australia 1962/63, 1965/66, 1974/75, 1978/79, West Indies 1968, 1974, South Africa 1964/65, India 1976/77. Australia in West Indies 1965, England 1961, 1964, 1977, 1979, South Africa 1966/67, 1969/70. West Indies in Australia 1975/76, England 1963, 1966. New Zealand in England 1965, West Indies 1972. So View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1111 Cricket tour histories 1970s-2000s. Two boxes, one comprising thirty five titles, the majority hardbacks with good dustwrappers, covering tours and Test series for the period with good Ashes coverage. The other with twenty four tour related titles including Bodyline. Some titles signed by the author(s) including one by Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Charles de Lisle signed by both authors, Mike Brearley and Dudley Doust, signed by both, also Ian Chappell, Graham Gooch, Gideon Haigh, Nasser Hussa View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1112 Cricket histories and anthologies. Six titles including 'Scores of the Cricket Matches between Oxford & Cambridge', Henry Perkins, London 1898. Blue cloth. 'Cricket Scores, Notes &c., From 1730-1773', H.T. Waghorn, Edinburgh 1899. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. 'Giants of the Game', R.H. Lyttelton, London 1899. Pictorial green cloth. 'Cricket Form at a Glance 1878-1902', Home Gordon, London 1902. Soiling to original red cloth. 'A History of Leicestershire Cricket', E.E. Snow, Leicester 1949 View details Estimates£70 - £100StatusUnsold Lot #1113 Sussex cricket. Five titles including 'Pre-Victorian Sussex Cricket', H.F. and A.P. Squire' 1951. 'A Complete Record of Sussex County Cricket 1728-1957', George Washer 1957. 'Summers by the Sea. The Centenary History of The Sussex Martlets Cricket Club 1905-2005', David Gibbs 2005. 'Cricket in the Park. The Life and Times of Lord Sheffield 1832-1909', Roger Packham, London 2009. 'Lillywhite. The First Modern Bowler', Martin Wilson, Newnham 2011. G/VG - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1114 Fairfield Books, Bath. Thirteen titles of which twelve are by Stephen Chalke. Hardbacks with good dustwrappers unless stated. Includes three signed titles. 'No Coward Soul. The Remarkable Story of Bob Appleyard', with Derek Hodgson 2003, signed by Appleyard. 'Ken Taylor. Drawn to Sport', 2006, signed by Chalke and Taylor. 'Five Five Five. Holmes and Sutcliffe in 1932' 2007 (softback), signed by Chalke. Others are 'Runs in the Memory. County Cricket in the 1950s', 1997. 'Caught in the Memory. Cou View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1115 Australian histories and biographies. Small box comprising fifteen titles, of which seven are signed and/ or limited editions. 'The Archie Jackson Story'', David Frith, Ashurst 1974, limited edition no. 780/1000, signed by Frith. 'Cricket in Australia' 1979, specially bound hardback limited edition no. 55/1000, signed by Frank Tyson. 'The White Horse and The Kangaroo. Kent v The Australians 1882-1977', Clive W. Porter, Gillingham, Kent 1981, signed by the author. 'Booth to Bat', Brian Booth, New View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1116 Club histories and fixture cards. Small box comprising twenty five books and booklets of club and league histories produced to commemorate centenaries, jubilees etc. Includes two signed titles, 'The Greatest Years in North West [Ireland] Cricket 1919-1941', W.H.W. Platt, Londonderry 1971, signed by Platt, and 'A History of the East Lancashire Club Part One 1864-1944', Eric Greenwood, 1999, signed by Greenwood. Other clubs featured include Waterloo Park 1890-1950, Aberdeenshire 1857-1957, Bath 18 View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1117 Pre-War cricket books. Six hardback titles in original publisher's cloth. 'The Cricket Field', James Pycroft, London 1887. 'The Young Cricketer's Tutor', John Nyren, London 1893. 'Cricket', E. Lyttelton, 'New' (third) edition, London 1894. 'Cricket For Beginners', A.C. MacLaren, London 1896. 'Cricket Form at a Glance 1878-1902', Home Gordon, London 1902, and '1901-1923', London 1924. Also 'Cricket Triumphs and Troubles', Cecil Parkin, Manchester 1936. Original decorative paper wrappers, old tap View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1118 Modern cricket biographies. Eleven biographies of which ten are limited editions and/ or signed. Four hardbacks, 'Gooch of England. A Complete Record'. D. Goodyear & R. Brooke. Birmingham 1993, signed by the authors. 'Les Jackson a Derbyshire Legend', Mike Carey, Derby 1997, signed by Jackson and Carey. 'Gubby Allen- Bad Boy of Bodyline?', Brian Rendell, London c.2000, no. 70/100, signed by Rendell. 'James Aylward: The Untold Story', Roy Clarke, London 2001, no. 127/167, signed by Clarke. Seven View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1119 Pre World War I books. Eleven mainly hardback titles. 'Everybody's Book of Games (Outdoor)', W.H. Howe, London 1890 with signed bookplate of Bob Appleyard. 'Kings of Cricket', Richard Daft, Bristol 1893. 'The Cricket-Field', James Pycroft, London 1884. 'Talks with Old Yorkshire Cricketers', Old Ebor 1898. 'Crickety Cricket', Douglas Moffat, London 1898. 'With Bat & Ball', George Giffen, London 1899, lacking frontispiece. 'Ranjitsinhji, Prince of Cricket', Percy Cross Standing, Bristol 1903. 'Ann View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1120 Pre World War II books. Eight hardback titles, the majority pre second World War. 'Cricket Reminiscences', P.F. Warner, London 1922. 'Test Cricket', William P.H. Sparks, Ouseley 1926 with dustwrapper. 'My Book of Cricket and Cricketers', Patsy Hendren, London 1927. 'The Biography of... Ranjitsinhji', Roland Wild, London 1934. 'Ashes- And Dust', D.R. Jardine, London 1934. 'For England and Yorkshire', Herbert Sutcliffe, London 1948. 'How to Become a First Class Batsman', Herbert Sutcliffe, Leeds 1 View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1121 Cricket annuals 1921-1960. A good selection of annuals including 'Athletic News Cricket Annual 1921, 1922, 1924-1935, 1937-1939 (odd duplication). 'News Chronicle Cricket Annual' 1932-1939, 1946-1960. Playfair Cricket Annual 1948 (first issue), 1951 and 1952. 'Sunday Chronicle Cricket and Golf Annual' 1947-1953. 'Daily Worker Cricket Handbook' 1948 & 1949. 'South African Non-European Cricket Almanack 1953-54' edited by E.J. Reddy and D.N. Bansa. K.A. Auty, Ontario, Library stamp. Some faults, ge View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1122 Large format cricket books. Four large format titles including 'Memorable Cricket Matches', Sir Geoffrey Tomkinson, Kidderminster 1958. Unnumbered limited edition of five hundred copies. Original green cloth. Fading to spine. 'Adelaide Oval Test Cricket 1884-1984', Bernard Whimpress and Nigel Hart, Adelaide 1984, signed to the half title page by Don Bradman. 'The Pictorial History of Lancashire County Cricket Club', Keith Hayhurst, Leicester 2000. Two copies, one a Special Edition Number 104 in View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1123 Cricket Association and Club handbooks 1920s-1990s. Box comprising a large selection of handbooks, the majority 1950s onwards, some earlier. Includes a good run of forty three official handbooks for the London and Southern Counties Cricket Conference, later the Club Cricket Conference. Issues are 1924, 1925-1927, 1933, 1951-1978, 1981, 1989-1991, 1996 and 1998. Odd duplication. Faults to the earlier issues, some lacking wrappers, wear etc. Later editions in good condition. Others include Manche View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1124 Cricket histories including Canadian, American and other overseas, some signed, the majority hardbacks. Overseas titles include 'Century at Newlands 1864-1964', E.L. West & W.J. Luker', Newlands 1965, signed by Luker. Good dustwrapper. 'Cricket in Eastern Canada', Colin F. Whiting, Montreal 1963, very good dustwrapper. Two signed softbacks, 'The South Africans in England 1894-1965', Willliam Powell, Royston 1994, signed by Powell. 'A History of Canadian Cricket: An Immigrant's Game?', Patrick Ad View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1125 'Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds'. Edited by C.W. Alcock. 1895. Published in eighteen weekly parts. Appears to be a full set of eighteen individual parts, the majority with original pictorial and decorative wrappers. Bound in blue cloth with 'The Book of Cricket' Part I, C.B. Fry, bound in with original wrappers to back. Good condition. Also another volume, bound in blue cloth, lacking original wrapper. Wear and staining to boards, breaking to front internal hinge. Sold with 'The Book of C View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1126 Cricket histories. Six hardback titles, one with dustwrapper, one signed. Titles are 'Sixty Years of Uppingham Cricket', William Seeds Patterson, London 1909. 'Lord's & the M.C.C.', Lord Harris and F.S. Ashley-Cooper, London 1914. 'Recollections and Reminiscences', Lord Hawke, London 1924. Ex G.B. Buckley library. 'Records of the Harlequin Cricket Club 1852-1926', Alfred Cochrane, London 1930. 'Test Cricket and Cricketers 1877-1934', E.L. Roberts, London 1934. Dustwrapper with small tears and lo View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1127 Miscellaneous cricket histories and brochures. A selection of softback books and booklets, including some signed and limited editions. 'Seven Tests', Chris Harte, Adelaide 1988, limited edition no. 68/200, signed by Harte. 'W.G. Grace at Kadina', Bernard Whimpress, Adelaide 1994, limited edition no. 60/300, signed by Whimpress. 'For Club and Country', Ken Williams, Melbourne 2000, signed by Williams. 'Gentlemen and Players, Peris Jones, Downend 1989. All ex M.C.C. library. Also 'The Origin of th View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1128 Club histories 1929 onwards. Small box comprising a selection of club histories. Titles include 'Jubilee Souvenir of Accrington Cricket Club 1877-1927', S.M. Holden 1927. 'Look to Your Mote. 1857-1957', A.E. Ratcliffe 1957. 'A History of Beverley Cricket Club 1835-1959', H.W. Warner 1959, signed by Warner. 'A History of Uxbridge Cricket Club', D.M. Griffiths 1971. 'The Royal Bangkok Sports Club Sixth Cycle Commemorative Book 1901-1973', The Club 1973 etc. All ex M.C.C. Library. 'The History of t View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1129 Signed cricket books. Seven hardback titles with good dustwrappers, each signed by the featured player. Titles are 'I'll Spin You a Tale', Eric Hollies 1955. 'A Tale of Two Tests', Richie Benaud 1962. 'Denis Compton's Test Diary 1964', Denis Compton 1964. 'Arlott and Trueman on Cricket', Gilbert Phelps 1977, signed by Fred Trueman. 'Tom Graveney's Top Ten Cricket Book', Norman Giller 1982, signed by Graveney. 'Unleashed', Jack Russell 1997. 'Hoggy. Welcome To My World', Matthew Hoggard 2009. Als View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1130 Cricket annuals 1898-1932. 'James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual' 1898 and 1894. Wrappers detached on the 1898, the 1894 wrappers worn. 'Ayres' Cricket Companion 1912', W.R. Weir. 'The Public School Cricket Year Book 1914', A.W. Lane-Joynt. 'Ayres' Public Schools Cricket Companion 1932'. Old tape repair to front internal hinge. Sold with 'Report of the Cricket Enquiry Committee' 1950. Faults as described, otherwise in good condition. Qty 6 - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1131 Pre-war cricket instructional and histories. Ten first edition hardback titles. 'An Unconventional Cricketer', Albert Kinross, London 1930, signed to the front endpaper by S. Canynge-Capel. 'Defending the Ashes 1932-1933', R.W.E. Wilmot, Melbourne 1933. Ink annotation to front endpaper, 'Advance copy by courtesy of... Robertson & Mullens [publisher]'. 'Routledge's Handbook of Cricket', Edumund Routledge, London 1862. Faults including breaking to page block and wear to boards. 'The Game of Cricke View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1132 Cricket statistics, annuals and magazines. Small box comprising a selection of annuals and magazines. 'Cricket Facts & Figures' 1935 & 1936, and 'Cricket Records' 1938 & 1946, four small booklets of statistical records, each compiled by E.L. Roberts for Gunn & Moore Ltd., Nottingham. Rusting to staples, minor age toning, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Playfair Cricket Annuals for 1959 (larger format), 1963, 1965-1967, 1969-1972, 1974, 1975 and 1980-1985. The 1959 edition with owner's na View details Estimates£20 - £30Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1133 Miscellaneous cricket books. Box comprising twenty two hardback and softback titles. Some titles are limited editions and/ or signed including 'Warwick Armstrong', Radcliffe Grace, Victoria 1975, no. 105/350, signed by Grace. 'Scraps from a Cricketer's Memory', L.G. Wright, Derby 1980, signed by F.G. Peach. 'Cricket's Imperial Crisis of 1932/33', Brian Stoddart, Canberra 1983, no. 82/200. 'The West Indian Tour of England 1906', Gerry Wolstenholme, Blackpool 1992, no. 171/500, signed by Wolstenho View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1134 Cricket biographies and autobiographies. Box comprising twenty eight mainly pre-war titles, the majority hardbacks. 'Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket', R.G. Barlow, Manchester 1908. 'A Cricketer's Log', G.L. Jessop, London 1922. Two titles by Richard Daft, 'Kings of Cricket', Bristol 1893 and 'A Cricketer's Yarn', London 1926. 'The Graces (E.M., W.G. & G.F.)'. A.G. Powell and S. Canynge Caple. London 1948. Limited edition no. 601/1000 numbered copies. 'Edward Mills Grace, Cricketer', F.S. As View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1135 Cricket histories. Box comprising twenty three hardback titles (one softback). 'The Cricket Field', Rev. James Pycroft, London 1882. 'Chats on the Cricket Field', W.A. Bettesworth, London 1910. 'Cricket in Eastern Canada', Colin F. Whiting, Montreal 1963, good dustwrapper. 'Lord's and the M.C.C.', Lord Harris and F.S. Ashley-Cooper, London 1920. Two titles by F.S. Ashley-Cooper, 'Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers', Nottingham 1923, and 'Cricket Highways and Byways', London 1927. 'Bradman t View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1136 Cricket tours. Box comprising nineteen hardback titles. 'Wickets in the West', R.A. Fitzgerald, London 1873. 'An Australian Cricketer on Tour', Frank Laver, London 1905. 'With the M.C.C. to New Zealand', P.R. May', London 1907. Four titles by Percy Fender, 'Defending the Ashes', London 1921, 'The Turn of the Wheel. M.C.C. Team Australia, 1928-1929', London 1929. 'The Tests of 1930', London 1930', and 'Kissing the Rod. The Story of the Tests of 1934', London 1934. 'The Book of the Two Maurices' a View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1137 Fairfield Books. Box comprising nineteen titles, mainly hardbacks. Ten titles are signed by the author including six titles by Stephen Chalke, 'Ken Taylor. Drawn To Sport' 2006, also signed by Taylor, 'A Summer of Plenty. George Herbert Hirst in 1906' 2006, 'Five Five Five. Holmes and Sutcliffe in 1932' 2007, 'Tom Cartwright. The Flame Still Burns' 2007, 'No Coward Soul' 2008, also signed by Bob Appleyard, and 'The Way It Was' 2008. Two signed by John Barclay, 'Life Beyond the Airing Cupboard' 2 View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1138 English cricketers' biographies. Ninety one mainly modern titles with the odd soft cover edition and library copy, in three boxes. Fifteen titles signed by the subject are Denis Compton, Brian Brain, E.T. Smith, Keith Fletcher, Peter May, Mike Atherton, Ian Botham, Geoff Cook, Roland Butcher, Trevor Bailey, Allan Lamb, David Green, Brian Luckhurst, also 'The Professional Amateur' signed by Colin Schindler and Bob Barber, 'Peter May', Alan Hill, signed by Colin Cowdrey and Dickie Bird, and 'Gubby View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1139 English cricketers' biographies. Seventy seven mainly modern titles with the odd soft cover edition and library copy, in three boxes. Sixteen titles are signed by the subject/ author including two biographies of the Bedser brothers, 'Our Cricket Story', signed in ink to the frontispiece photograph by Alec and Eric Bedser, and to the facing title page with dedication, signed 'Alec and Eric'. Also 'The Bedsers', Alan Hill, signed to official label by the author and the Bedsers. Other signatures ar View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1140 Australian cricketers' biographies. Sixty titles with the odd soft cover edition and library copy, in two boxes. Eleven titles are signed by the subject/ author. Signatures are Bob Simpson, Richie Benaud (2), Geoff 'Henry' Lawson, Marc Fiddian, Dennis Lillee (3), Richard Cashman, Shane Warne (on publisher's label), and Damien Fleming. Other subjects include Arthur Mailey, Victor Trumper, Keith Miller, Jack Fingleton, W.R. Ferguson, Ken Mackay, Vic Richardson, Archie Jackson, 'Tiger' O'Reilly, Cl View details Estimates£50 - £80Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1141 West Indies cricketers' biographies. Box comprising twenty one titles with the odd soft cover edition and library copy. Three titles are signed by the subject/ author. 'Playing to Win', Conrad Hunte, London 1971. 'Sobers. Twenty Years at the Top', Sir Garfield Sobers, London 1988. 'Supercat [Clive Lloyd]', Simon Lister, Fairfield Books 2007, signed by Lloyd and Lister. Other subjects include Clyde Walcott, Learie Constantine, Michael Holding, Charlie Griffith, Gordon Greenidge, Roy Marshall, C.L View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1142 Yorkshire cricketers' biographies. Box comprising twenty eight hardback titles with the odd library copy. Four titles are signed by the subject/ author, 'Cricket Is My Life', Len Hutton, London 1949, 'Ball of Fire', Fred Trueman, London 1976, 'Boycott. The Autobiography', London 1987, and 'Follow On', E.W. Swanton, London 1977, signed by Len Hutton. Other subjects include Johnny Wardle, Wilfred Rhodes, John Hampshire, Bill Bowes, Hedley Verity, F.S. Jackson, Lord Hawke, Brian Close, Ray Illingwo View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1143 Miscellaneous cricket books and brochures. Box comprising thirty three books, booklets and some unusual brochures. Seven titles signed by the author including 'A Friend of the Family', Nico Craven 1980, 'John Edward Shilton's Book', Robert Brooke 1984, 'Cricket Medley', Gerald Howat 1993, 'Tragic White Roses', Mick Pope 1995, limited edition no. 134/500, 'Six of the Best', Grahame Lloyd 2008, 'The Impossible Dream... Come True', Tom Moffatt 2009 and 'A Portrait of Lord's', Adam Chadwick 2013. Ot View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1144 Cricket biographies and autobiographies. Box comprising thirty one titles with the odd soft cover edition. Three signed by the subject/ author, 'Three Straight Sticks', R.E.S. Wyatt, 1951, 'Largely Cricket', Colin Milburn 1968, and 'Stumper's View', Alan Knott 1974. Good dustwrappers. Other subjects include Dudley Nourse, Frank Worrell, Johnny Wardle, Arthur Shrewsbury, Jack Hobbs, Frank Chester, Lionel Tennyson, Ken Farnes etc. Sold with a box of fourteen overseas cricketers biographies includi View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1145 Cricket tours and tour related books. Box comprising thirty five titles with the odd soft cover edition. Some signed by the subject/ author, including 'The Fight for the Ashes 1932-3', Jack Hobbs, London 1933, signed by Hobbs. Also signed limited editions, 'The Fight for The Ashes 1982-83', Chris Harte, Adelaide 1983, no. 281/400 signed by Harte. 'A Springbok Down Under. South Africa on Tour 1931-1932', Brian Bassano & Rick Smith, Tasmania 1991, no. 322/400, signed by both authors. 'Ratu Kadavu' View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1146 Great cricket writers. Box comprising forty two titles with the odd soft cover edition. Authors include John Arlott (Qty 21), Neville Cardus (9), A.A. Thomson (7), and David Frith (5). Includes one signed title, 'Alletson's Innings', John Arlott, London 1957, signed by Arlott to the bookplate of Roy Arnold. Mixed condition, generally good - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1147 Essex cricket. Box comprising a selection of over eighty books, booklets, yearbooks, club histories, programmes, scorecards etc. relating to cricket in Essex. Histories include 'The History of Fives and Heronians Cricket Club 1937-1997', John M. Rattey, Loughton 1998, signed by Rattey. Two by E. Montaque Williams, 'Cricket: Let's Look at the Past', Maldon 1951 and 'Cricket: A Bicentenary in a Essex Setting', Maldon 1955. Pictorial covers. 'Cricketing in Essex. Then and Now', Leslie Thompson 1963 View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1148 Signed biographies. Five titles, all with very good dustwrappers, each signed by the author or subject(s). Titles are 'Good Enough?', Chris Cowdrey, London 1986, signed by Cowdrey. 'The Captains' Tales. Battle for the Ashes', David Fulton, Edinburgh 2009. Signed to the half title page by Mike Gatting, Alec Stewart and David Gower. 'Mark Waugh. The Autobiography', London 2002. Two titles by Tony Pawson, 'Runs & Catches', London 1980, and 'Indelible Memories. Playingfields & Battlefields', Talisma View details Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1149 Kent cricket. Three histories relating to Kent cricket by F.S. Ashley-Cooper, all in original paper wrappers. Titles include the rarer 'Kent Cricket Records 1719-1929', Canterbury 1929. Also 'John Wisden's Cricket Match Histories. I- Kent v Surrey 1731-1921', and 'Kent County Cricket',. George W. May, London 1924, rear wrapper detached. Sold with 'The Cricketing Career of Frank Woolley. F.H. Haigh 1927. Original pictorial wrappers. Some wear, age toning and rusting to staples, overall in good co View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1150 Nottinghamshire C.C.C. histories. 'Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers', F.S. Ashley-Cooper, Nottingham 1923. Green cloth with nice bright gilt titles to front cover and spine. Very good condition. Also two titles by Peter Wynne-Thomas, 'Nottinghamshire Cricketers 1919-1939', Nottingham 1980. Green cloth with gilt emblems to front and title to spine. 'Trent Bridge One Hundred and Fifty', Nottingham 1987. Limited edition no. 79/600. Gilt to front and spine, and page edges, in slip case. Both t View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1151 Cricket World Cup 1987, club histories, tour guides etc. A selection of publications including the 'Reliance [World] Cup 1987 Convenor's Report', I.S. Bindra, New Delhi 1987. Original pictorial boards. Mainly northern club and league histories including 'History of Waterloo Park Cricket Club 1890-1950', J. Matthews & F.B. Davidson. 'Devizes C.C. 1850-1950', J.S. Weekes 1950. 'Saltaire C.C. 1869-1969'. 'The History of the Menston Cricket Club 1880-1980', Jack H. Kell. 'One Hundred Years of the Ri View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1152 'Cricket in Hertfordshire'. R.G. Simons. Published by the Hertford County Cricket Association 1996. Hardback lacking dustwrapper. Profusely signed by Hertfordshire C.C.C. players and officials to the front and rear endpapers, half title and title pages and internally. Over one hundred and thirty signatures including J. Gray, R. Simons, T. Burges H. Cutino, J. Burns, R. Smith, C. Marques, T. Morley, D. Smith, A. Burroughs, R. Jahangir, P. Driver etc. Wear to boards and spine, pages in good condit View details Estimates£30 - £40StatusUnsold Lot #1153 'The Eton Ramblers' Cricket Club from its Foundation in 1892 until 1880[Volume I]'. Philip Norman. London 1928. Original pale blue cloth covers with silver gilt emblem to front and title to spine. Presentation copy with dedication in ink to front endpaper 'To E.S. Delmar Morgan' from an unknown donor, dated 13th February 1929. Laid down to the front endpapers are two press obitiuaries of Norman (died 17th May 1931) and a very interesting two page letter handwritten in ink by Norman in his neat h View details Estimates£20 - £30Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1154 Cricket in Eastern Canada'. Colin F. Whiting. Montreal 1963. Dustwrapper with small tear, otherwise good. The book in very good condition - cricket View details Estimates£20 - £30StatusUnsold Lot #1155 Don Bradman and Australian cricket. Three titles by or about Bradman including 'The Art of Cricket', Don Bradman, London 1958. 'The Bradman Albums'. Queen Anne Press, London 1987. First edition, Volumes I & II. Cloth covers, gilt titles to fronts and spines in slip case. 'The Art of Bradman'. Bradman Museum, reprinted 2004, leatherbound. Also 'The First Test Match. England v Australia 1877', Stanley Brogden & John Arlott, London 1950. Good dustwrapper. 'Australia v The Counties 1878-1938'. Reg P View details Estimates£30 - £40StatusUnsold Lot #1156 'Famous Cricketers & Cricket Grounds'. C.W. Alcock. London 1895. Bound in black quarter leather with title in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Some wear to boards, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1157 'My Cricket Reminiscences'. Maurice Tate. London 1934. Original hardback unusually with nice original dustwrapper. Good condition - cricket View details Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1158 'At the Heart of English Cricket. The Life and Memories of Geoffrey Howard'. Stephen Chalk. Fairfield Books 2001. Bound in navy half calf and marbled boards. Limited edition number 78 of 100 produced, signed by Howard, Chalke and Scyld Berry, who wrote the foreword. VG - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1159 'Pigskin and Willow with other Sporting Stories'. Byron Webber. London. Single volume edition of 1883. Original decorative red cloth with gilt titles and emblems to front and spine. Bookplate of Hampshire C.C.C. to inside front cover. Padwick 6131. Minor ageing and wear to covers and spine, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £40StatusUnsold Lot #1160 'The Game of Cricket. An Exhibition Based on The Brockbank Collection'. Catalogue for the exhibition held at John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 11th August- 19th December 1986. The listing includes Brockbank's set of original Britcher's Scores, later given by Brockbank to the Library. Original decorative paper wrappers. VG - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £40Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1161 'The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys. A Guide and Text-Book of Games of The Play-ground, The Parlour, and The Field'. Henry Chadwick. New York 1884. Original green cloth with decorative gilt title and illustration to front and spine, illustrated endpapers. Good cricket content pp58-80 (one page more than baseball!). Not recorded in Padwick. Slight breaking to page block, some wear to boards and spine, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1162 'Catalogue of the Sporting Library of Henry Arthur Blyth, Esq. Deceased'. Original catalogue for the auction held by Christie, Manson & Woods, 14th March 1901 'and the following day'. 413 lots listed with prices realised annotated in pencil. Cricket books listed as lots 92-101 include works by Bentley, Beeton, Gale, Lillywhite and Pycroft etc. Bound in brown cloth with (possibly later) gilt title to spine. Signature in pencil to inside front cover of Francis Edwards, bookseller of Marylebone. N View details Estimates£100 - £150StatusUnsold Lot #1163 'The Library of the Cricket Society'. Three issues of the catalogue listing the contents of the Library for years 1963, 1970 and 1982. Sold with 'Kiwi Cricket Pages. A Bibliography and Reference Guide to New Zealand Cricket Publications', Rob Franks, 2006. G/VG - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1164 'The Cricketers' Register for 1833'. 32pp booklet originally issued in three parts by 'The New Sporting Magazine' in the magazine's issues of August (no. 28), September (no. 29) and October (no. 30) of 1833, paginated so they could be extracted from the magazine and compiled into one volume, as here. Bound in green cloth with gilt title to spine, presumably by John Arlott, who has written and signed a bibliographical note to the front endpaper. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover, who View details Estimates£60 - £90Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1165 'Books and Pamphlets on the Game of Cricket'. Elkin Mathews Ltd., Takeley, Bishop's Stortford. 'List 75', 1961. Typescript in original decorative green paper wrappers, bound in modern green cloth with gilt title 'Elkin Mathews Cricket Catalogue' to front. The catalogue lists 264 titles, many overstamped 'Sold', including items from the Cahn collection. Padwick 17-1. Wear and old tape repairs to original wrappers. Internally in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£40 - £60Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1166 'The Science of Cricket. How to improve your play by Alan Fairfax the famous Australian Test Cricketer'. Alan Fairfax. London 1952. Signed in ink to the title page 'To Mr. Pilkington with best wishes, Alan Fairfax. 29th May 1952'. Original paper wrappers. Padwick 574. Some soiling to wrappers, otherwise in good condition - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1167 'The Ashes Crown the Year'. J.H. Fingleton. London 1954. Original dustwrapper with odd nicks and fading to spine. Signed to the title page with dedication, 'Best wishes to "Plum" [H.W.] Warner. Jack Fingleton, Canterbury, Jun. 1975'. Ownership name in ink of the Kent collector, H.W. Warner, to the front endpaper. Padwick 5121. G/VG - cricket View details Estimates£20 - £30Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1168 'Mr. Goldman's Articles on Cricketana'. A unique collection of original extracts from 'The Cricketer' magazine comprising two sets of articles written by J.W. Goldman on 'Cricketana', 29 articles from 1936 (not published elsewhere), and 'A Bibliography of Cricket', 49 articles from 1937 to 1939, originally published in Goldman's own bibliography of 1937. The first page of the first article is signed by Goldman and Anthony Baer, collector of cricketana and friend of Goldman. The articles bound to View details Estimates£50 - £70Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1169 Albert Neilson Hornby. Lancashire & England 1867-1899. 'Tales About Animals' by Landseer, Le Keux and others. London 1858. Illustrated 'with upwards of one hundred steel engravings'. Original tooled blue cloth with gilt title and illustration to front and spine, gilt to page edges. To the inside front cover is a label laid down, 'Presented by the Misses Tait & Townsend to Albert Hornby of the Secondary Class for his improved application during the past half-year. Seafield House, Christmas 1858', View details Estimates£50 - £70StatusUnsold Lot #1170 'Talks with Old English Cricketers'. A.W. Pullin (Old Ebor). First edition Edinburgh 1900. Original decorative covers. Bookplate of B.J. Wakley to inside front cover. Foxing to page block and internally, slight breaking to page block, otherwise in very nice condition - cricket View details Estimates£25 - £35Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1171 R.C. Robertson-Glasgow. Two hardback titles, both with decent dustwrappers. 'Cricket Prints. Some Batsmen and Bowlers 1920-1940', fourth impression London 1948, and 'More Cricket Prints. Some Batsmen and Bowlers 1920-1945', first edition, London 1948. 'Cricket Prints' with sale plate for the Sassoon sale of 1991. Slipped in is a handwritten letter from George Cox (Sussex) to 'Dear Siegfried', sending the book to Sassoon for his 80th birthday, promising to look out for a copy of 'More Cricket Pri View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1172 'Ten Years of First Class Cricket In England 1894-1903'. Compiled by S. Santall, Warwickshire XI. Birmingham 1904. Original decorative red wrappers. Signature in ink on piece of Sydney Santall tipped in. Padwick 930. Title annotated in ink to spine, otherwise a nice copy - cricket View details Estimates£30 - £50Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1173 'Recollections of Lord's and the Marylebone Cricket Club'. William H. Slatter. Privately printed 1914. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, contained within modern maroon solander box with title in gilt to spine. Includes the mounted photograph showing the ground plan in 1814, 1864 and 1914, as described in Padwick 1019. An additional original portrait photograph of Slatter is laid down to the page facing the title page, very nicely signed below, 'Yours faithfully, W.H. Slatter'. Minor wear to wrappe View details Estimates£1,000 - £1,500Winning BidN/AStatusSold Lot #1174 E.W. 'Jim' Swanton. Three titles by Swanton. 'The Test Matches of 1953' Reprinted from the Daily Telegraph 1953. Bound for John Arlott in green cloth with gilt title to spine, original paper wrappers retained, with Arlott's instructions to the book binder annotated in pencil to the original front wrapper. Dedication in ink to title page, 'John [Arlott], with all good wishes, E.W.S., September 1953'. 'Best Cricket Stories chosen by E.W. Swanton', first edition, London 1953. Good dustwrapper. This View details Estimates£70 - £100StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...910111213141516|Next12345678910111213141516 Previous 12345678910111213141516 Next Previous 12345678910111213141516 Next
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