Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 1434
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £170
‘Ireland’s Gardens [Brighton] and its Cricket Associations’. Alfred D. Taylor. Privately printed 1899. Bound in blue cloth boards with original black limp cloth covers preserved. This was one of fifty uncorrected proof copies produced, ‘Not Printed’ to title page with handwritten annotation ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy No. 36’. Comprises a history of Ireland’s Gardens, being ‘the centre of attraction, the venue for recreation, and a fashionable resort in the early days of Brighton’s history’. Padwick 892. Bookplates of A.E. Winder, E.D.R. Eagar etc. Some fading to spine of the cloth boards, otherwise in very good condition. Rare.
Ireland’s Pleasure Gardens was developed in the early 1820s by local businessman, James Ireland, and consisted of a cricket ground, bowling green, billiard room, tea rooms etc. The gardens were closed in 1840 and sold for a development of houses.