Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025
Lot 555
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £100
‘The American Cricketer, a Journal Devoted to the Noble Game of Cricket’ 1880/81. Vol. IV nos. 100-150, 1st July 1880- 1st December 1881. Published by the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia 1881. Complete run of the magazine, with title page and index to front, bound in modern maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Lacking original wrappers. Padwick 4050. Very good condition.
‘The American Cricketer’ was first published in 1877, originally weekly in the summer and monthly in the winter, latterly monthly, until it ceased in 1929. George Newall of the Newall cricketing family of Philadelphia was one of its early editors.