Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
10th, 11th & 12th April 2026
Lot 1488
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £40
‘Sports and Pastimes’. Verses by Robert Overton. ‘Designed in England. Printed in Germany’ c.1900. Comprises title page followed six single-sided pages printed on card comprising humorous poems covering rowing, hunting, football, coaching, fishing, driving, bathing, racing, cricket and tennis, with attractive colour illustrations throughout. Three small holes to page edges where previously bound, the title has been tipped in to modern blue cloth, gilt title to spine, with original colour pictorial stiffened covers retained. Not listed in Padwick. Some wear to original wrappers, light soiling to pages, otherwise in good condition.


