Catalogue for the auction of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks
and Cricket Books
Held on Saturday & Sunday
14th & 15th September 2024
Lot 537
Estimate: £120/180
Hammer: £320
‘Annals of Cricket’. W.W. Read. Sampson Low, London 1896. Original quarter vellum over dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Contents on hand-made paper, rough edges. Top edge gilt. Limited edition number 23 in the deluxe edition of 250 copies, nicely signed in ink to the limitation page by Read. Name of ownership and date handwritten to the top of the title page. Good/very good condition. Rare
Many copies of the limited edition were not signed by Read. Walter William Read played eighteen matches for England and was considered one of the best batsmen of the 1880s