Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

‘Cricket and Cricketers’. F.S. Ashley-Cooper. The Office of The American Cricketer, Philadelphia 1907. Rebound in early quarter green leather and cloth, marbled endpapers, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Lacking original wrappers. 102pp. Covers the history and development of cricket, written for American readers. Presentation copy with dedication in green ink to front endpaper, ‘To John Arlott with best wishes, L.E.S. Gutteridge’. Bookplate of A.E. Winder to inside front cover. Padwick 59. Some wear to spine and board extremities, slight breaking to front internal hinge, otherwise a nice copy in good condition. Scarce.