Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026

Lot 1565
Estimate: £700/1000
‘The Cricket Guide’. Mohummud Abdullah Khan. Lucknow, printed at The Royal Printing Press, ‘First [and only] Edition’ 1891. Small 8vo. ii, 28pp. Full-page diagram of fielding positions on p27, original errata slip on folding green paper bound in to rear. ‘Intended for the use of young players, containing a short but comprehensive account of the game, embracing all the important rules and directions nicely arranged in due succession’. Bound in full green morocco, gilt title to spine, original printed pink wrappers retained. Bookplate of E.D.R. Eagar to inside front cover. Padwick 456. Some sun fading to leather board edges and spine, internally in good/ very good condition. Rare.
This copy was sold at the Christie’s Auction of ‘The Library of the Late E.D.R. Eagar’, 21st April 2005, as Lot 170 for £2,160 (including commission). Christie’s card lot label to book.

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