Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 1339
Estimate: £600/900
‘The Empire’s Cricketers’ from original drawings. By Alfred Chevallier Tayler with biographical sketches by George William Beldam. The Fine Art Society, London 1905. First edition folio volume with contents page followed by the forty eight original chromolithograph plates in original red cloth binding with gilt titles to front board, each print with the original accompanying printed biography of the featured player. Some ageing and staining to red boards, some discolouration to the spine paper, some slight breaking to internal hinges otherwise in good order, the plates of the cricketers in good order
’The Empire’s Cricketers’ was originally published in twelve parts, each containing four plates. The cricketers are W.W.Armstrong (Australia), E.G.Arnold, G.W. Beldham, B.J.T. Bosanquet, L. Braund, C.J. Burnup, A. Cotter (A), J. Darling (A), D. Denton, R.A. Duff (A), W.H.B. Evans, H.K. Foster, R.E. Foster, C.B. Fry, W.G. Grace, S.E. Gregory (A), J. Gunn, S. Haigh, Lord Harris, Lord Hawke, T. Hayward, J.T. Hearne, H.V. Hesketh-Prichard, C. Hill (A), G.H. Hirst, A.J. Hopkins (A), J. Iremonger, G.L. Jessop, A.O. Jones, J.J. Kelly (A), J.H. King, F. Laver (A), W. Lees, A. Lilley, G. McGregor, A.C. MacLaren, H. Martyn, C.L. McLeod (A), M.A. Noble (A), P. Perrin, W. Rhodes, R.H. Spooner, F.S. Jackson, G. Thompson, V. Trumper (A), J.T. Tyldesley, P.F. Warner and Capt E. Wynyard.