Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
4th, 5th & 6th July 2025
Lot 87
Estimate: £30/40
Richard Parr Daft. Nottinghamshire 1886 (1 match). Two page handwritten letter in ink from Daft to the collector and dealer, A.J. Gaston. Dated 4th March 1905, Daft is offering ‘a few letters... for your scrapbook’ and wishes to sell some ‘old annuals’ of which he has duplicates, listing green Lillywhites for 1866 & 1878, Lillywhite’s Guide for 1864, and Wisden almanacks for 1868, 1876, 1882 and 1883. Nicely signed ‘R.P. Daft’. One page unevenly trimmed to left edge with some loss to the text, light folds, otherwise in good condition.
Albert James Gaston was a leading writer, collector and dealer in cricket books and memorabilia during the period 1890-1925.