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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘Fifty Years of Nottinghamshire Cricket 1838-1887, being Vols. 1 and 2 of Notts Cricket Scores and Biographies’. Compiled by C.H. Richards. Printed by G. Richards of Nottingham 1890. Original red cloth, gilt emblem to front and title to spine. Frontispiece carte de visite style original photograph of the ‘Nottinghamshire County Eleven 1866’. Padwick 2517. Nicks to head and foot of spine with some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘A Memento of two great Notts. Cricketers, Arthur Shrewsbury and Alfred Shaw’. William F. Grundy. C.H. Richards, Nottingham 1907. Original decorative blue stiffened boards with titles to front board. Signed presentation copy ‘To Dr J.F. Hunter from W.F. Grundy, 16th November 1916’ inscribed in ink to inside front board. Padwick 8034. The book with very minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good condition. Scarce. Ex Woodhouse collection.... View full lot details

‘The Nottinghamshire County Cricket Annual, being a continuation of “Notts. Scores and Biographies.” Championship Year, 1907’. C.H. Richards. Nottingham 1908. Bound in contemporary black leather and marbled boards. Padwick 2508. Good condition.... View full lot details

‘Body-line?’. Harold Larwood. London 1933. Original green cloth. Signature in pencil of Larwood on piece laid down to title page. Fading to spine, otherwise in good condition. Sold with ‘Alfred Shaw Cricketer. His Career and Reminiscences’, A.W. Pullin (“Old Ebor”), London 1902. Rebound in modern black cloth. Good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

‘Nottinghamshire Cricket Championship Souvenir 1929’. F.S. Ashley-Cooper. Nottingham 1929. Original paper wrappers. Padwick 2501. Minor age toning to wrappers otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Larwood Story’. Harold Larwood & Kevin Perkins. Sydney 1982. Revised paperback edition bound in to blue cloth boards with original paper wrappers retained. Nicely signed to title page by Larwood. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman Flicker Book. No.1. ‘On Drive and Off Drive’. Flicker Productions Ltd, London, 1930. Some soiling and wear to wrappers, slight rusting to staple, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Don Bradman Flicker Book. No.3. ‘Leg Glance and Pull’. Flicker Productions Ltd, London, 1930. Some soiling and wear to wrappers, slight rusting to staple, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Cricket. C.V. Grimmett Flicker Book. No. 4, ‘Leg Break Delivery and Leg Break Finger Spin’. Published by Flicker Productions Ltd, London in 1930. Some soiling and wear to wrappers, slight rusting to staple, tear to head of booklet, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

‘Cricket. Full Scores made in Test Matches between England and Australia 1877 to 1902’. Compiled by ‘Umpire’ (A.A. Ambridge). Published by Ambridge, New Plymouth, New Zealand 1902. 60pp, illustrated. Original paper wrappers. Padwick 4355. Wrappers split at spine and almost detached, otherwise in good condition. Very rare.... View full lot details

‘’The Archie Jackson Story. A Biography’. David Frith. Ashurst 1974. Blue leather with gilt titles to front and spine. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this being number 760, signed by the author. Minor bumping to one corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Two first edition hardback autobiographies by Bradman, both with original dustwrappers. Titles are ‘My Cricketing Life’, London 1938, and ‘Farewell To Cricket’, London 1950. Both titles with later signature of Bradman on piece/ label laid down to title page. Minor faults to dustwrappers, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Three first edition hardback titles. ‘On Tour with Bradman’, Andy Flanagan, Sydney 1950. Signed to front endpaper with dedication from the author, and to the foreword page by E.W. ‘Slip’ Carr. Original dustwrapper with loss and tape repair. Also two titles by Bradman, ‘Don Bradman’s Book’, London 1938, original black cloth, and ‘The Art of Cricket’, London 1958 with signature on piece laid down to title page. Good condition.... View full lot details

M.A. ‘Monty’ Noble. Three first edition hardback titles by Noble. ‘The Game’s The Thing’, London 1926. Original dustwrapper with some loss and staining. ‘Those “Ashes”. The Australian Tour of 1926’, London 1927, original green cloth. ‘The Fight for the Ashes 1928-29’, London 1929, original blue cloth. Good condition.... View full lot details

‘Shane Warne. My Illustrated Career’. Shane Warne. London 2006. Leather hand bound limited edition number 746 of 1000 copies produced, signed by Warne to the limitation page. In green slipcase, including the six limited edition photographs of Warne reproduced from the book. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

‘Adelaide Oval Test Cricket 1884-1984’. Centenary of Test Cricket at the Adelaide Oval 1884-1984. Bernard Whimpress & Nigel Hart. Adelaide 1984. Deluxe special edition limited to 299 numbered copies to mark Don Bradman’s innings of 299, at the time the highest Test score at the Adelaide Oval. This copy is no. 49. Bound in full leather with leather title labels in gilt to front and spine. Small indent to front board, otherwise in very good... View full lot details

‘The Captains’ Tales. Battle for the Ashes’. David Fulton. Edinburgh 2009. Hardback with good dustwrapper. Signed to the title page by the author, and by the sixteen featured England and Australia captains, each having signed to the first page of their respective chapter. Signatures are Mike Brearley, Kim Hughes, Bob Willis, Greg Chappell, David Gower, Allan Border (signed twice), Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Mark Taylor, Alec Stewart, Steve Waugh, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan,... View full lot details

Patrick Eagar. Two softback titles by Eagar and Alan Ross, both signed throughout by featured players. Titles are ‘A Summer to Remember, England v Australia 1981’, London 1981 (19 signatures), and ‘Summer of Speed. The Fight for the Ashes in Australia 1982/3’, London 1983, signed by Eagar with over thirty signatures of players. Signatures include Mike Gatting, Geoff Boycott, Peter Willey, Bob Taylor, David Gower, Chris Old, Ian Botham, Paul Allott, Bob Willis, Mike Brearley,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. ‘Cricket Sketches’. R. Scott, Manchester 1909. 16pp booklet. Original paper wrappers with portrait of Warren Bardsley to front cover, biographies and photographs of the touring party, tour fixtures, humorous articles. Tipped in to modern blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Padwick 6846. Minor soiling to original wrappers, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Ashes Captains’. Gerry Cotter. Marlborough 1989. Hardback with good dustwrapper. Signed to the inside front cover and endpapers by twenty two England captains, Dexter, Smith, Graveney, Illingworth, Denness, Edrich, Greig, Brearley, Botham, Willis, Gower, Gatting, Gooch, Atherton, Lamb, Stewart, Hussain, Vaughan, Flintoff, Strauss, Cook and Root, and to the rear by eleven Australian captains, Morris, Harvey, I. & G. Chappell, Border, Taylor, Waugh, Gilchrist, Ponting, Smith and Paine. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Beyond a Boundary’. C.L.R. James. First edition, London 1963. Original hardback with good dustwrapper. Signed to the front endpaper in ink with dedication to the vendor, ‘For Michael Stone with warm regards, C.L.R. James’, and dated 5th February 1969. Padwick 7757. Odd nicks to the dustwrapper, some foxing to page edges, otherwise in very good condition. A rarely seen signed copy of this seminal work.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1924/25. ‘A Voyage with the Mails Between Brisbane- London... A memento by an amateur photographer’. London Stereoscopic Company, London, fourth edition c.1920. A large format souvenir book with decorative blue cloth, comprising photographs and descriptions of ports of call on the journey on the Orient Line ‘S.S. Ormonde’. Includes a collection of twenty eight signatures in ink on two facing pages, including on the ‘Autographs’ page, each within printed borders, of... View full lot details

‘My Cricket Memories’. Jack Hobbs. London 1924. Original green cloth. Nicely signed in black ink to the front endpaper by Hobbs. Some fading to spine and covers, slight breaking to rear internal hinge, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘How to Become a Test Cricketer’. R.C. ‘Crusoe’ Robertson-Glasgow. London 1962. Original green cloth, gilt title to spine, very good original dustwrapper. Presentation copy with dedication in ink ‘For John Arlott.. a light and airy fragment!’, nicely signed by Robertson-Glasgow, dated 1963. Padwick 6899. Minor foxing to page edges, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Crusoe On Cricket. The Cricket Writings of R.C. Robertson-Glasgow’. Introduction by Alan Ross. London 1966. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Handwritten dedication in ink to the front endpaper from Dennis Silk (Cambridge University & Somerset 1952-1960) ‘To S.S. [Siegfried Sassoon], 80 not out, and much the greatest blessing Cricket has brought me, from Dennis’, dated 8th November 1966, with a further dedication below ‘And glad to see it again nearly thirty years on!’ nicely signed ‘Dennis... View full lot details

‘46 Not Out’. R.C. ‘Crusoe’ Robertson-Glasgow’. 4th impression, London 1949. Original hardback with dustwrapper, which is signed in ink to the front ‘A.P.F. Chapman’. Handwritten signed dedication to front endpaper to ‘Percy [Chapman] with love and many happy returns of the 3rd September 1949 (“49 not out”) from “Frightfully” = Crusoe = R.C. Robertson-Glasgow’, additionally signed in ink to the half title page by Robertson-Glasgow. Padwick 8007. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges, wear... View full lot details

‘Glancing Back’. R.C. ‘Crusoe’ Robertson-Glasgow’. Six page handwritten manuscript in ink of an article written by Robertson-Glasgow for the Hampshire C.C.C. handbook, undated. Nicely signed by the author to the first page, with his initials ‘R.C.R-G’ to the final page. Bound in blue cloth, gilt title to front. Content includes vivid and humorous memories of Hampshire characters including Tennyson, Mead, Livsey, Brown, Bowell etc. Previously sold by Christies in the 2005 sale of E.D.R. Eagar... View full lot details

‘The Book of Games or a History of Juvenile Sports practised at a considerable academy near London’. Published for Richard Phillips by J. Gillett, London 1812. Includes a chapter on cricket pp 102-108 with frontispiece cricket engraving. Bound in early stiffened card boards, leather spine with gilt title to spine. Padwick 7115. Breaking to internal hinges, wear to boards and spine, tear to p65/66, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Hutton and Washbrook’. A.A. Thomson. First edition, London 1963. Original hardback with good dustwrapper, which is signed in ink to the front by both Hutton and Washbrook. Additionally signed by the author to the front endpaper, dated ‘Nov 1966’. Nick to the dustwrapper, otherwise in very good condition. Padwick 7740. Sold with an accompanying small notebook in which Thomson has recorded in pencil interviews with the subjects, primarily Washbrook, whose comments were used verbatim in... View full lot details

‘An Essay on Cricket, School Cricket Hints, Cricketer’s Progress, Reverie on Cricket, Cricket Practice and Club Management and The New Cricketer’s Guide: a Complete Manual of the Game of Cricket’. Published by Chas. Ward, Cricket Implement Merchant, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, c.1884. The two titles amalgamated into one printed volume by the publisher. Rebound in later green cloth with gilt title to spine, assumed lacking original wrappers. Padwick 427 & 376. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside... View full lot details

Public Schools cricket 1843-1892. Seven titles relating to public school cricket at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Clifton College, Uppingham etc. Titles include ‘The Scores of the Cricket Matches Played at Rugby School from the year 1831 [to 1845]’, printed by J.S. Crossley, Rugby c.1845, original paper wrappers with wear and staining. ‘John Lillywhite’s Public School Matches. A correct account of all the matches of which scores are in existence, played between the schools of Eton, Harrow,... View full lot details

Boys’ cricket. Four early hardback titles of which three are in original cloth covers with elaborate pictorial and/or tooled gilt decoration to covers and spines. Titles are ‘The Boy’s Own Book: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Sports and Pastimes, London 1868. ‘The Book of Manly Games for Boys’, Captain Crawley, London 1870, gilt to page edges. ‘The Summer Playground’, Charles Spencer Hayward, London 1902, gilt to page edges, foxing to pages. Also ‘Twenty Five Cricket Stories’,... View full lot details

‘Routledge’s Every Boy’s Annual’. Edited by Edmund Routledge. First edition, London 1863. Original full red leather, marbled page edges, with elaborate colour frontispiece and title page, one dedicated to H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Amongst the listed contributors is Rev. James Pycroft who wrote four articles titled ‘Hints on Cricket by the author of “The Cricket Field”. Padwick 1144. Some scuffing to board extremities, otherwise in good condition. Sold with ‘Reminiscences of Half a... View full lot details

‘Rural Sports: or Amusements for Infant Minds’. Fourth edition ‘with improvements’, published by J.T. Ward And Co’s Juvenile Library, London 1807. Small book with original decorative paper wrappers. Illustrated with ‘Eleven Beautiful Engravings’, the title page features a woodcut image of two players with curved bats. The book describes rural life in the village of Crosby near Liverpool. Preserved in a modern leather and marbled board clamshell case. Padwick 7135-1. Some soiling and wear to... View full lot details

19th Century juvenile sports. Six early titles all with cricket references. ‘Sports of Youth; or The Good Child’s Remembrancer’ c.1830. 36pp of hand-coloured images of sports throughout the year with cricket on p7. Original paper wrappers, tipped in to modern blue cloth. ‘The Boy’s Book of Sports and Games’ by ‘Uncle Charles’, London 1859. Original cloth boards, gilt to front and spine. Some soiling and fading to covers. Cricket pp 28-51. ‘The Youth’s Instructer [sic]... View full lot details

‘Players in Inter-University Cricket Matches from 1827 to 1877’. Published by Gazette Printing Works, Bampton Street, Tiverton 1877. 14pp. ‘A space is left, after each name, for address’. Original paper wrappers. Tipped in to modern cream cloth. Padwick 1619. Light vertical fold otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Clifton College Cricket Records. 1863 to 1891’. Edited by E.L. Fox. Bristol 1892. 79pp. Original decorative stiffened card boards with later replacement spine, preserved in modern grey box. Comprises scores and averages for players including K.J. Key, E.F.S. Tylecote, C.E. Horner etc. Padwick 1395. Minor soiling to original boards, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Scarce. Sold with ‘Scores of the Cricket Matches between Eton & Harrow from the beginning up to date’. Edited by... View full lot details

Public school cricket. Four hardback titles in original cloth. ‘Memories of Eton and Etonians’, Alfred Lubbock, London 1899, ex K.A. Auty Library of Ontario collection. ‘Records of Cheltenham College Matches against Public Schools 1856-1900’. A.A. Hunter. Cheltenham 1901. Some fading to the titles, breaking to the front internal hinge. ‘Repton Cricket (1865-1905)’, Alfred Cochrane, Repton 1908. ‘Sixty Year of Uppingham Cricket’, William Seeds Patterson, London 1909. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Eton v Harrow at Lords’. Edited by Sir Home Gordon. London 1926. Harrow limited edition of 325 copies, this being number 310. Original blue cloth covers with gilt emblems and title to front and spine, gilt to top page edges. Staining to rear cover, some bumping to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Rugby School. ‘The Scores of the Cricket Matches played by Rugby School, from the year 1859 to 1864 inclusive’, Rugby 1864. Original card wrappers with early replacement spine. Padwick 1528. ‘Rugby School Cricket Scores (Foreign and Bigside Matches) 1831-1893’, A.G. Guillemard, Rugby 1894. Original brown cloth. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover. Padwick 1521. Breaking to front internal hinge. ‘Scores of the Cricket Matches between Rugby & Marlborough from the commencement up to... View full lot details

‘Games and Sports; being an appendix to “Manly Exercises” and “Exercises for Ladies”’. Donald Walker. Joseph Thomas, ‘New Edition’, London 1840. Contains a section on cricket, pp 135-149, on how to play the game, the ground, the players, a diagram illustrating the fielding positions, details of the fielders’ roles, the laws of the game as amended in 1835 etc. A line drawing shows a game in progress. Bound in original leather with decorative tooled boards,... View full lot details

‘Sport for All Ages and Limited Purses’. Sketches by W. Ralston. Published by David Bryce & Son., Glasgow c.1899. 32pp. Humorous sporting scenes illustrating the ‘probable cost’ of each sport, including cricket reference on p10 with likely cost to the wicket-keeper of two black eyes. Seven illustrations and front wrapper in colour. Tipped in to modern blue cloth, gilt title to spine, original wrappers retained. Padwick 7029-1. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian cricket histories. Four original hardback titles. ‘Indian Cricketers’, S.K. Roy, Calcutta, third edition 1946. ‘Presenting Indian Cricket’, Berry Sarbadhikary, Calcutta 1946. ‘India vs. England 1971’, Sunder Rajan, Bombay 1971. ‘From Porbander to Wadekar’, N.S. Ramaswami, New Delhi 1975. Also seven softbacks including ‘12 Years of Ranji Trophy’, S.K. Gurunathan, Madras 1946. ‘The Story of the Tests Vol. I India v England 1932-1959’, S.K. Gurunathan, Madras c.1961. ‘By God’s Decree’, Kapil Dev, Sydney 1985 etc.... View full lot details

Indian cricket histories and biographies 1945 onwards. Seventeen hardback and softback titles. Includes three with signatures laid down. ‘40 Years of Test Cricket including 41st Year India- England 1932-1973’, Saradindu Sanyal, New Delhi 1974, signature of B.S. Chandrashekhar on piece laid down to photo plate. ‘How to Play Cricket’, Vinoo Mankad, Calcutta 1976. ‘Runs ‘n Ruins’, Sunil Gavaskar, Calcutta 1984. Other earlier titles include ‘Indian Cricket Uncovered’, Berry Sarbadhikary, Calcutta 1945. ‘India- England Cricket Visits... View full lot details

Indian cricket biographies and histories 1976 onwards. Eight titles, each signed by the author/ subject. ‘C.K. Nayudu, The Shahenshah of Indian Cricket’. Vasant Raiji. Bombay 1989. Limited ‘Deluxe edition’, no. 47/100, signed by the author. Original red cloth. ‘Sunny Days’, Sunil Gavaskar, Calcutta 1976, dustwrapper. ‘Patrons, Players and the Crowd’, Richard Cashman, New Delhi 1980. ‘India’s Tour of Australia 1985-86’, S. Pervez Qaiser, Delhi 1985. ‘Dramatic Moments in Ranji Trophy’, L.N. Mathur, Udaipur 1987. ‘Cricket... View full lot details

Indian cricket biographies 1973 onwards. Fifteen hardback and softback titles, the majority biographies with some histories, each with signature of the subject/ author laid down. Subjects/ signatures include Sunil Gavaskar (4), Aakash Chopra (2), B.S. Chandrashekhar, Ajit Wadekar, Bishen Bedi, Scyld Berry, Sachin Tendulkar, Mihir Bose, Kapil Dev, and Dilip Doshi. Also ‘The Indian Masters’, Bill Ricquier, Stroud 2005, signed to pages by Farokh Engineer and M. Azharuddin, also Nawab of Pataudi on piece laid... View full lot details

Indian cricket histories and biographies 1946 onwards. Box comprising a good selection of mainly modern hardback and softback titles. Includes three titles with signatures, ‘CCI & The Brabourne Stadium 1937-1987’, Vasant Raiji & Anandji Dossa, Bombay 1987, hardback with good dustwrapper, signed to the title page by both authors. ‘Sentimental Journey’, Yousuf Rezaur Rahman’, New York 2002, softback signed by Rahman with dedication to Tom Graveney, crease to cover. ‘The World of Kapil Dev’, Kapil... View full lot details

Cricket books. Good selection of cricket books including histories, biographies, ‘Ashes’ and general cricket books. Includes ‘The Art of Nicholas Felix’. Gerald Brodribb. London 1985. Limited edition 24/220, signed by the author, ‘75 Years of West Indies Cricket 1928-2003’ Goble and Sandiford 2004, signed and inscribed by the author and also by Clive Lloyd and one other, ‘The Glory Days’. 25 Great West Indian Cricketers’. King and Laurie 2004, signed by Sir Everton Weekes and... View full lot details

Cricket softbacks. Four first edition softback titles. ‘Grimmett on Getting Wickets’, C.V. Grimmett, London 1930, pictorial paper wrappers with wear. ‘Big Cricket’, Patsy Hendren, London 1934. Two by Cecil Parkin, ‘Cricket Reminiscences. Parkin on Cricket’, London 1923 (frontispiece detached, wear to wrappers), and ‘Cricket Triumphs and Troubles’, Manchester 1936. Odd faults, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket histories 1899 onwards. Box comprising a good selection of histories and some biographies. Earlier titles include ‘Cricket of To-day and Yesterday’, Volumes I & II, Percy Cross Standing, London 1902. Original decorative green cloth covers with gilt titles and batsman illustrations to covers and spines, the front and rear covers faded to brown. Internally in good/ very good condition. ‘The Book of Cricket. A New Gallery of Famous Players’, C.B. Fry, London 1899, original... View full lot details

Cricket anthologies. Eight hard back titles, of which two are signed. All with good dustwrapper unless stated. Signed titles are ‘The English Game’, Gerald Brodribb, London 1948, signed by Brodribb. ‘Nicely Nurdled, Sir!’, Christopher Lee, London 1988, signed ‘With best wishes, John Major’. Others are ‘Between the Wickets’, Eric Parker, London 1926, tears to dustwrapper. ‘Bat and Ball. A new book of cricket’, Thomas Moult, London 1935, tear and toning to dustwrapper. ‘In Praise of... View full lot details

New Zealand cricket histories. Eight hardback titles, the majority with good dustwrappers. Includes three with signatures. ‘The All Blacks at Cricket 1860-1958’, S. Canynge Caple, Worcester 1958, signed in ink to title page with dedication by the author. ‘Great Days in New Zealand Cricket’, R.T. Brittenden, London 1958, signed by the author to the title page with signature of Bert Sutcliffe on photo cutting to following page. ‘Big Names in New Zealand Cricket’, R.T. Brittenden,... View full lot details

John Arlott. Six titles by Arlott, including four with signatures. ‘Gone to the Cricket’, London 1948, signature of Arlott on piece laid down to title page, good dustwrapper. ‘How to Watch Cricket 1949’, London 1949, signed to half title page with dedication by Arlott, original pictorial paper wrappers with some splitting to spine. ‘Gone with the Cricketers’, London 1950, signed to the title page, green cloth. ‘Attention’, London 1959, booklet with original pictorial wrappers, signature... View full lot details

South West County cricket histories 1952 onwards. A good selection of eleven mainly modern hardback titles, all (with one exception) with signatures either to pages, or on pieces/ collectors’ cards laid down. Counties featured are Somerset (4 titles), Worcestershire (3), Gloucestershire (2), Hampshire (1), and Glamorgan (1). Signatures include Palmer, Hilton, Rose, Kerslake, Cartwright, Kitchen, Tremlett, Burrough, Buse, Caddick, Lathwell, Mallender, Marks, Critchley-Salmonson, Moseley (Somerset), Bird, Booth, Brain, Chesterton, Devereux, B. & D. Fiddian-Green, D’Oliveira,... View full lot details

South East county and Lord’s cricket histories 1920 onwards. Nine hardback titles covering Middlesex, Lord’s, Sussex, Kent and Essex. Includes three earlier hardback titles, ‘Lord’s and the M.C.C.’, Lord Harris & F.S. Ashley Cooper, London 1920, and two volumes of Middlesex C.C.C. histories, Vol. II covering 1900-1920, F.S. Ashley-Cooper, London 1921, and Vol. III 1921-1947, N. Haig, London 1949 with Haig’s signature on piece laid down to title page, plus ‘Middlesex’, E.M. Wellings, London 1972,... View full lot details

General cricket histories. Seven titles, the majority hardbacks with dustwrappers. ‘The Story of Warwickshire Cricket’, Leslie Duckworth, London 1974, with twenty eight signatures of players on pieces laid down to rear pages including R.E.S. Wyatt, B.E. Fletcher, R.H. Jones, J.A. Jameson, K.A. Taylor, T.L. Pritchard, C.W.C. Grove, R.T. Spooner, H.E. Dollery, W.A. Hill, L.T.A. Bates, J.S. Ord etc., also the signature in pink of Barbara Cartland to a limited edition commemorative cover laid down to... View full lot details

Yorkshire and Lancashire county cricket histories 1955-1990. Five hardback titles (four with dustwrappers). ‘Lancashire County Cricket 1864-1953’, A.W. Ledbrooke, London 1955, signed to the title page by Winston Place, Ken Cranston and Roy Tattersall. ‘Yorkshire Cricketers 1839-1939’, Peter Thomas, Manchester 1973. ‘From the Stretford End, the Official History of Lancashire C.C.C.’, Brian Bearshaw, London 1990, signature of Ken Cranston on piece laid to page. Two titles from ‘A History of County Cricket’ series, ‘Yorkshire’, Mike... View full lot details

Cambridge University 1865-1892. Three titles. ‘The Cambridge University General Almanack & Register for the Year 1865’. Published by Henry Wallis and E. Johnson, Cambridge. Printed by J. Webb of Cambridge. Original paper wrappers containing the laws and ‘register of all University Cricket Matches and averages for the preceding year’ from pages 205 to 236. Other sections on rowing, results, crews etc. Padwick 1624. Minor wear to spine, light creasing to front wrapper, otherwise in good/... View full lot details

General cricket books. Eight hardbacks (one softback) including ‘A Handbook of Cricket’. Edmund Routledge, two copies, one assumed to be first edition of 1862 in original pictorial yellow boards, replacement spine, and an 1867 edition in original blue/ red pictorial boards with later spine, both with varying degrees of wear and soiling. ‘Once A Week. An Illustrated Miscellany of Literature, Art, Science & Popular Information’, Vol. VIII, December 1862 to June 1863, bound in quarter... View full lot details

Instructional cricket 1868-1905. Seven hardback titles of which five are in original decorative/ pictorial cloth covers. Titles are ‘Pastimes and Players’, Robert MacGregor, London 1881. ‘The Manual of Cricket’, F.H. Ayres 1895. ‘Cricket’, T.C. Collings, London 1900. ‘Present-day Cricket for Youths’, W.P. Strickland, London 1902. ‘Cricket’, Fred C. Holland, London 1904. Also ‘The Theory and Practice of Cricket’, Charles Box, London 1868, wear to boards, and ‘Swerve of the Flight of the Ball’, P.A. Vaile,... View full lot details

England cricket players’ autobiographies. A good selection of thirty six modern hardback autobiographies, all with good dustwrappers, of which fifteen are signed by the subject. Individually signed titles are Mike Atherton, Steve James, Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson, Graham Gooch, Dominc Cork, Alec Stewart, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar, Phil Tufnell, Jonathan Trott, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, and Basil D’Oliveira. Also ‘Crossing the Boundary’, Kevin Pietersen 2006, multi-signed by Pietersen, Alastair Cook, Vikram Solanki, Ravi Bopara and... View full lot details

Overseas cricket players’ autobiographies. A selection of sixteen modern hardback autobiographies and biographies, all with good dustwrappers, of which ten are signed by the subject. Individually signed titles are Ian Healy, Darren Lehmann, Richie Benaud (two different), Bob Woolmer, Courtney Walsh, Richard Hadlee, Jeremy Coney, and Clive Lloyd. Also ‘Sundial in the Shade. The Story of Barry Richards’, Andrew Murtagh 2015, signed by the author and Richards. Other unsigned subjects include Shane Warne, Chris Pringle,... View full lot details

‘The Essential Denison’. A boxed set of facsimile editions of the six volumes of Denison’s Cricketers’ Companions 1843-1847 and his sketches of the players, together with hardback book ‘The Essential Denison’ by David Rayvern Allen. Christopher Saunders, Newnham on Severn 2008. Limited edition number 18 of 212 copies produced, signed by Mike Brearley, President of the MCC. The set is housed in a quarter leather book box with green cloth slipcase. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Alletson’s Innings’. John Arlott. First edition London 1957. Original green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Limited edition of 200 produced, this copy is stamped ‘Out of Series’ and not signed by Arlott. Bookplate of the sports journalist and author, Gordon Ross, to inside front cover. Padwick 7277. Slight fading to spine, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Poetry of Sport’. Badminton Library. Edited by Hedley Peek. London 1896. Large Paper edition. Limited edition number 130 of 250 copies printed. Includes poetry on various sports including hunting, shooting, cricket, fishing etc. Three quarter dark blue leather with ochre cloth boards, gilt emblem to front and title to spine, top edge gilt. Bookplate of Alfred Money Wigram MP for Romford to inside front cover. Rubbing to spine, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Immortals’. The Book of New Zealand Test Players’. Paul Verdon. Auckland 2006. Limited edition number 274 of 665 copies, signed by the author and by ‘every living former and present Test player able to complete the exercise’. One hundred and seventy signatures to dedicated decade pages. Signatures include W. Hadlee, Kerr, Tindall, Rabone, Reid, Snedden, Alabaster, Blair, Dempster, MacGibbon, Meale, Cameron, Congdon, D. Hadlee, Howarth, Pollard, G. Turner, Vivian, L. Cairns, Chatfield, Edgar, R.... View full lot details

‘Great Cricketers. The Age of Grace & Trumper’. Compiled by George Beldam, Jnr. Boundary Books, Cheshire 2000. Limited edition of 548, this being an unnumbered ‘Review Copy’, signed by Cornelia Beldam. Short listed for the Cricket Society Book of the Year in 2000. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Play Resumed with Cardus’. Neville Cardus. London 1979. Original imitation leather. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, this being number 41. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cardus in the Covers’. Neville Cardus. London 1978. Original imitation leather, brown page edges, in slip case. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, this being number 35. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘A Fourth Innings with Cardus’. Neville Cardus. London 1981. Original imitation leather, red top page edges, in slip case. Specially bound limited edition of 100 numbered copies, this being number 80. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Arabs in Aspic 1935-1993’. E.W. Swanton. Boundary Books, Goostrey 1993. Quarter bound leather, gilt to top page edges, in slip case. Limited edition of only fifty copies produced, this being no. 33, signed by Swanton and Tony Lewis. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Last Over’. E.W. Swanton and David Rayvern Allen. Richard Cohen Books, London, 1996. Limited edition quarter leather bound copy with gilt to all edges by Boundary Books. Limited edition of 90 copies, this being copy 18. Signed to the limitation page by Swanton and Rayvern Allen. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Cricketers Of My Time’. E.W. Swanton. London 1999. Limited edition quarter leather bound copy with gilt to top edge. Limited edition no. 38 of 100 copies produced by Boundary Books, signed by Swanton. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Basingstoke Boy’. John Arlott. London 1990. Numbered limited ‘Collector’s Edition’ bound in full leather by Boundary Books with marbled endpapers, gilt to all page edges. Signed by John Arlott. Limited edition no. 193/200. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gooch’s Golden Summer’. Bill Frindall. Boundary Books, Holmes Chapel 1991. Quarter leather, gilt to top page edges. Limited edition no. 147 of 333 copies published. Signed to the limitation page by Gooch, Frindall and Trevor Bailey who wrote the appreciation, and additionally by Gooch with dedication ‘To Derek’ to the inside front endpaper. Very good condition.... View full lot details