Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025
Lot 983
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £38
‘Pierce Egan’s Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life’. London first edition 1832. Dedicated to George Osbaldestone, Esq. Rebound by ‘Tout’ in half morocco with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, marbled endpapers, gilt to top page edges. Original decorative paper wrappers retained. Good cricket content pp 337-352, with references to Hambledon cricket and John Small. Padwick 1992. Original front wrapper becoming detached, minor wear to board extremities, otherwise in very good condition.
Pierce Egan (1772-1849) was a journalist who established himself as the country’s leading reporter of sports events, in particular on boxing and horse racing, including four volumes of ‘Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism’.