'Close of Play'
Catalogue for the auction of items from the cricket collection of Chris Saunders
Held on Saturday 13th September 2025 at
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 404
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £95
‘The Story of a Cricket Playbill’. Irving Rosenwater 1968. Printed for private circulation in 1968. Limited edition number 20 of only twenty five numbered copies produced, signed by the author. This copy was given to Gordon Seyner and is accompanied by a short letter slipped in from the author, dated 18th June 1968, ‘To my very good friend- the only non-collector to have a copy’. Rosenwater was best man at Seyner’s wedding. Minor age toning to wrappers, rusting to staples, otherwise in good condition. Rare.
This article originally appeared in The Northern Cricket Society annual booklet for 1968.
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 404
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £95
This article originally appeared in The Northern Cricket Society annual booklet for 1968.