Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026
Lot 1705
Estimate: £80/120
‘Cricket’. C.L.R. James, edited by Anna Grimshaw. London 1986. Original hardback with very good dustwrapper. Signed by James in later years, ‘Padwick II 3273. Sold with ‘C.L.R. James. A Life Beyond the Boundaries’. John L. Williams. 2022. Original dustwrapper. Very good condition.
Cyril Lionel Robert James was ranked by many, including John Arlott, as the greatest of all writers on cricket, especially for ‘Beyond a Boundary’ first published in 1963. He died in 1989.