Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025

‘Cricket’. W.G. Grace. Bristol 1891. ‘Crown Quarto Edition de Luxe’ edition bound in black half leather, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original black boards with gilt lettering, appears to have had new spine with original spine leather with gilt titles applied, tape repairs to internal hinges at front and rear, hand stamp of Kent C.C.C. to front end paper. Limited de luxe edition of 652 numbered copies, signed by the author Grace, this being no. 28, an early number. Various inscriptions to front end papers, bookplate of Henry Partridge to front end paper otherwise in good/ very good condition
Subscriber number 28 was Lord Brassey K.C.B. of Normanhurst Court, Battle, Sussex. Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey(1836- 1918), was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of the Colony of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.

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