Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 730
Estimate: £80/120
Cricket in Ireland. ‘Cricket in the Writings of James Joyce’, Geoffrey K. Whitelock 1975. Limited edition no. seven of only twenty copies produced. Presentation copy with dedication to inside front limitation page, to ‘Dear John [Arlott], Being a devotee alike of Cricket, Humour and Literature you are liable to find some amusement in this trifle, Geoffrey’. Bound in later blue cloth boards, original blue card wrappers retained, with bookplates of A.E. Winder who bought the book from Arlott in 1979. Scarce. Very good condition. Sold with ‘A Short History of Irish Cricket with Literary Connections’, Roy Clements, Dari Press 1996. Limited edition no. 33/100, signed by Clements. Original paper wrappers. Good/ very good condition. Qty 2.