Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 777
Estimate: £50/80
Large format books. ‘Cricket of To-day and Yesterday’, Volume I, Percy Cross Standing, London 1902. Nicely bound in quarter leather, the spine with raised bands and ornate gilt decoration and gilt title label, red speckled page edges. Minor wear to board extremities, otherwise in very good condition. ‘Famous Cricketers & Cricket Grounds’. C.W. Alcock. London 1895. Rebound in full black leather, gilt to spine, red speckled page edges, original front wrappers for each issue retained, the wrapper for the first issue bound in to the front, the remainder to rear. Very good condition. ‘The Book of Cricket. A New Gallery of Famous Players’. C.B. Fry, London 1899. Original decorative boards with some wear, otherwise in good condition. Qty 3.