Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026
Lot 1737
Estimate: £60/80
Boys’ cricket fiction. Four hardback titles, each signed or dedicated by the author. Titles are ‘Tales of the Stumps’, Horace Bleakley, London 1901, breaking to internal hinges. ‘In Carrington’s Duty-Week’, John Gambrill Nicholson, London 1910, wear to boards. ‘That Test Match’, Sir Home Gordon, London 1921, with signed handwritten letter from Gordon laid down to front endpaper, minor staining to boards. ‘The Exquisite Burden’, A.A. Thomson, London 1963, dustwrapper with some wear. Odd faults as described, otherwise in good condition.


