Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026
Lot 1719
Estimate: £50/80
Cricket biographies and histories. Selection in a small box including ten limited editions, each signed by the author. Signed titles are ‘William Brockwell: His Triumph and Tragedy’, J.D. Coldham 1970, no. 83/100. ‘Cricket’s Great Characters’, Gordon Ross 1977, no. 117/300. ‘Well, Well, Wells!’, B.D. ‘Bomber’ Wells 1981, no. 288/500 signed by Wells. ‘George Lohmann. The beau ideal’, Ric Sissons, Leichhardt 1991, no. 193/500, signed by Sissons. ‘Essays on Arthur Haygarth’, Roger Heavens 2000, no. 185/208. ‘James Aylward: The Untold Story’, Roy Clarke 2001, no. 93/167. ‘The Tour of the “Gentlemen of Philadelphia”... 1884’, Gerry Wolstenholme, facsimile reprint 2002, no. 190/200. ‘Reminiscences of “Plum” Warner’, Philip A. Snow 2012, no. 6/75 signed by Snow and Gerry Wolstenholme. ‘Dexter’s Derring-do all in vain’, Gerry Wolstenholme 2012, loose leaf, no. 7/10, also signed by Dexter. ‘Who Was Who of the First Class Cricketers Who Died in the Great War’, Clive Paish 2014, no. 9/200. Sold with a further selection of signed and unsigned titles, signatures include Arthur Sellers, S. Canynge Caple, Keith Walmsley, Colin Shakespeare, Arunabha Sengupta, Leo Bennett, Stephen Chalke etc. Good condition. Qty 20.


