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

‘Cricket Rhymes by “Century”’. Published by the Cricket Press, London 1899. Comprises twenty four poems on cricket, including some dedicated to individual cricketers, namely W.G. Grace, MacLaren, Stoddart, Ranjitsinhji, and Wainwright, each with accompanying woodcut portrait of the player. Also to the Australians 1897-98 and the Professionals’ strike. Original stiffened grey cloth boards with later taped spine. Ownership signature in ink of C.I.S. Wallace to inside front cover. Padwick 6434. Breaking to internal hinges, otherwise in good condition.