Chorley's: The Childhood Auction / The Cricket Auction / Fine Art & Antiques, 102825, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025

Page Size: 311 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		[M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1924-25] The Australian Cricketer. Vol. 1, No. 2	Sydney,	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 156.00
2		The Ninth Australian Tour 1896	London	1896	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 169.00
3		[1921 Tour]	Sydney	1922	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 84.50
4		Trevor (Philip Christian William) With the M.C.C. in Australia (1907-1908)	London	1908	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 169.00
5		[Australia Tour of England 1926]	London	1926?	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 65.00
6		[M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1932-33]	Melbourne	1932	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00
7		[Australia Tour of England 1934]		1934	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00
8		[Australia v India, 1950s-60s]	Bombay	1964	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.00
9		[Souvenir Programmes and Tour Brochures, early 20th century]			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
10		[Irving Rosewater Interest] M.C.C. Tour of Argentina 1964-1965	Buenos Aires	1964	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 58.50
11		[M.C.C. Tour of India 1951-1952]	[Madras?]	1951	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 39.00
12		[The Australians in England 1882]	London	1882	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 91.00
13	[Mukerji (H.C.J. editor)	The Indian Cricketers' Tour of 1911	Bombay	1911	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,560.00
14		'Three Stumps' [pseudonym] All-India Cricketers' Tour 1932	Madras	1932	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 585.00
15		[M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1924-25]	Sydney	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 117.00
16		Commonwealth Cricket Team Visit in Jamshedpur [1950-51]		1950	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 91.00
17		[Tour Brochures 1953-54]		1953-54	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.00
18		[MCC Tour of Australia 1946-47]	Brisbane	1946	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
19		[Tours and Tests]			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 39.00
20		[Tours & Tests, 1930s]	London	1930	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 156.00
21		[Tours & Tests 1950s]	London	1955	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 58.50
22		[Tours & Tests 1940s - 1950s]		1940s - 1950s	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
23		[Australian Tour 1936-37]	Syndey	1936	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
24		[Early Tours and Tests]	London	1873	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
25		[Cricket, Australia]		1930	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 130.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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