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Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Folding penny card written by Albert Craig ‘Cricket Poet and Rhymester’, and published by the Cricket Press, 25 Temple Chambers, London 1896. Image of Ranjitsinhji to front cover. Possibly slightly trimmed, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Two page handwritten letter from Ranjitsinhji to A.J. Gaston regarding a request for an article to be written on the ‘History of the Sussex Cricket Club, of about 1000/1500 words to be ready by the end of next week’. He then lists his requirements that the article should cover, the history of the club, its great players at various periods and their chief successes,... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Bookplate photograph of Ranjitsinhji in batting pose wearing cap, nicely signed in ink to lower border by Ranjitsinhji. Taken from the ‘Jubilee Book of Cricket’, Ranjitsinhji 1897, the bookplate measures 5.75”x9”. Nick to one corner, minor soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. ‘An Ideal Cricket Eleven Series No. 2. K.S. Ranjitsinhji’. Stamina Trousers trade issue ink blotter printed in colour. Stamped ‘Woods & Co.’ to lower border. 3.75”x8”. Very good/ excellent condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Official single sided menu card for the Dinner hosted by Ranjitsinhji at the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton on the 23rd May 1899. Hotel emblem to top with menu printed below. Originally from the collection of C.L. Townsend, whose copy this was. 3.5”x5.75”. Previously sold by Knights in 2012. Some foxing otherwise in good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. A Wills’s Cigarettes Cricketer Series 1901 cigarette card of Ranjitsinhji pinned to a small envelope postmarked 1901. Signed in ink to the envelope front and across the card by Ranjitsinhji. Stamp to verso for the renowned autograph collector, W.R. Bray of Forest Hill, Kent. Some wear and age toning, otherwise in good condition. Unusual.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original telegram from Ranjitsinghji to A.J. Gaston dated 7th May 1903. The message reads ‘Require article by Saturday morning. Will write your terms fully. Ranjitsinhji’. The page brittle with edges tatty, age toning, overall in fair condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Two original personalised Christmas cards from Ranji c.1930. One with embossed colour Nawanagar State crest of crown and lion to front, colour scene of Ballynahinch Castle to inside and green ribbon tie, the other with colour scene to the front of Jamnagar House. Both cards with printed seasonal greeting to inside ‘From Ranjistinhji of Nawanagar’. Minor soiling to both cards, otherwise in good/ very... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Albert Craig. ‘Cricket Rhymester’ 1896. Original single page broadsheet of a poem by Craig titled ‘To Prince Ranjitsinhji. A Prince in every sense’. The poem relates to ‘one of the most sensational matches of the season’ when Sussex played Gloucestershire at Hove, 25th- 27th May 1896. W.G. Grace scored 243 in Gloucestershire’s first innings of 463 and then dismissed Sussex for 246, Ranji scoring... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Albert Craig. ‘Cricket Rhymester’ 1896. Original single page broadsheet of a poem by Craig titled ‘The Prince At It Again. Makes his Eighth Century of the present season by securing 165 runs against Lancashire in the 2nd innings and 40 runs in the 1st. The Prince holds the honoured [sic] position as the best average batsman for 1896’. Craig writes that ‘The noble young... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original printed letter on Jamnagar Palace official letterhead dated 29th September 1917 with handwritten salutation to ‘My dear Friend’ and the signature ‘Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar’ in ink with other annotations. The letter relates to minutes of a Government committee meeting with the request for comments and recommendations. Some wear and light creasing, minor soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original printed ‘Order of Going In’ card for the match Sussex v Surrey at Hove, 31st August- 2nd September 1896. The card with players’ names handwritten in ink in Ranji’s own hand who was captaining Sussex for the first time in the absence of W.L. Murdoch. Players listed are Fry, Marlow, Ranji, Newham, Killick, Arlington, Collins, Bean, Parris, Hartley and Tate. The card has... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early original four page menu with pictorial wrappers for the ‘Complimentary Dinner to Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji’ held at the Guildhall, Cambridge, 29th September 1896 in recognition of ‘10 Centuries’ scored in 1896. Real portrait photograph of Ranji laid to front cover with titles, internal pages with Ranji’s career statistics, menu, toast list etc. Rear cover with illustration of ‘Trinity College Gateway’. Loss to... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Ranji standing full length in batting pose at the wicket. Printed title ‘H.H. The Jam Sahib’ with diamond ‘F’ logo for Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners and edges, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Ranji standing full length in batting pose at the wicket. Untitled, Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Light adhesive mark to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Mono printed postcard of a group featuring Ranjitsinghji, W.G. Grace, G.W. Beldam and ‘Capt. Hoare’. Beldam and Ranji are sitting on the knee of Grace and Hoare respectively, the three players wearing cricket attire. The identity of Hoare, wearing a suit, is not known. Names printed to top border. A fifth unidentified individual is standing behind. The postcard by W. Hazel, Bournemouth. Postmarked Winton... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early mono printed postcard of Ranji standing amongst a group of Indian dignitaries and others in traditional costume with a British army officer. Date unknown, possibly c.1910. Printed title ‘H.H. The Jam Saheb of Nawanagar [sic]’. Published by The Phototype Company, Bombay. ‘Gujarat, India’ annotated in pencil to verso. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Two early original real photograph sepia postcards depicting a shooting party on the Castle Goring Estate of A.W.F. Somerset who is featured with Ranji, A.C. Maclaren and others. Both postcards titled ‘H.H. the Jam of Nawanagar (Prince Ranji) at Castle Goring, Novr. 1907’. Photographs by Tuft. Both postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent images. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Somerset v. Sussex’ 1901. Ranji’s highest score. Original early and rare double sided scorecard for the match played at the County Ground, Taunton, 8th- 10th August 1901. The scorecard with complete printed scores in a high scoring match in which Sussex batted first and scored 236, George Brann top scoring with 107, Len Braund taking 5/102. Replying, Somerset reached 560/8 declared, Lionel Palairet (194) and Talbot Lewis (120) sharing an opening stand of 258, with... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. ‘Ranji Centenary Celebrations 1972’. Official folding scorecard produced by the Indian Oil Corporation for Board President’s XI v Ranjit XI played at Jamnagar 10th- 12th September 1972 to celebrate the Centenary of Ranji’s birth. The scorecard with image of Ranji to front, printed scorecard to centre with complete handwritten scores in ink, and career statistics to rear. The teams featured many Indian Test players... View full lot details

‘The Jubilee Book of Cricket’. K.S. Ranjitsinhji. Edinburgh 1897. First edition. Large paper edition. Original board covers. Presentation edition from Ranjitsinhji to C.A. Kincaid with inscription to front end paper ‘To C.A. Kincaid Esq with Ranjitsinhji’s kind regards’. To the inside from board is a handwritten letter from Ranjitsinhji to Kincaid which obviously accompanied the book was presented. The letter dated 6th August 1898. My dear Kinciad, I have much pleasure in sending you the... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Early original sepia cabinet card photograph taken after a shooting party on the Glebe Estate, Methwold, Norfolk. Ranjitsinghji is depicted seated cross-legged to the centre. The photograph by Messrs. Stearn of Cambridge is undated but probably c.1907. 6.5”x4.25”. Included is a modern copy photograph from the same shooting party. Minor soiling to the cabinet card, otherwise G/VG... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Excellent original sepia photograph of Ranjitsinhji in casual pose wearing suit and tie, seated in an armchair holding a magazine in front of a fireplace. The unmounted photograph, probably taken at Ranjitsinhji’s country house at Shillinglee Park in West Sussex, with blind embossed logo of Vandyk of London laid to verso, measures 11.25”x8.5”. Some age toning to the photograph, small loss to right edge... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original sepia press photograph of Ranji in later years, seated on a train at Victoria before leaving England for India on 24th December 1932 for the final time. Ranji is depicted wearing a large overcoat, with his pet parrot ‘Popsey’ in a cage on the adjacent seat. The photograph by Graphic Photo Union, London, measures 10”x8”. Some wear and creasing to edges, otherwise a... View full lot details