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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 430
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £180
‘Men in White. The History of New Zealand International Cricket 1894-1985’. Don Neely, Richard King and Francis Payne. Auckland 1986. Deluxe full leather bound limited collectors’ edition of 1200 copies, this copy being number 1101. The largest cricket book ever produced measuring 15.5”x22” and weighing 13.2kg! Gilt to all edges. In red cloth slip case. Includes the original four page colour broadsheet ‘invitation to subscribe’ slipped in. Some flaking to spine, otherwise in very good condition.

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