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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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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