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
41 Belcher (W.) and others

[Cricket] The Galaxy

Rochester 1790 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
42 (Diomed, editor)

The Sporting Mirror

1883 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 52.00
43

Baily's Monthly Magazine

London 1878-1895 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00
44 Drummond (Henry)

Baxter's Second Innings

London 1892 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 117.00
45

[Cricket Flip-Books] Woolley (Frank) Cricket

London n.d. [circa 1936 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 78.00
46 Warner (Sir Pelham Francis)

Imperial Cricket

London 1912 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 104.00
47 Trusler (Rev Dr.)

The Progress of Man and Society

Bath n.d. [circa 1795] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 32.50
48 Hawkins (John) and Saunders (Christopher)

Victor Trumper's Photograph Album

Newnham on Severn: 2005 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 169.00
49

The Daily Graphic, Cricket Number, 1914

London 1914 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
50 Mailey (Arthur Alfred)

Arthur Mailey's Book

Sydney 1922 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 143.00
51 [Castleden (George)]

Woburn Park: A Fragment in Rural Rhyme

London 1840 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
52 [Haygarth (Arthur, compiler)

The Public School Matches

Surrey 1861 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
53

'Outfield', The Bradman Book

Melbourne 1948 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 91.00
54 Tayler (Albert Chevalier)

The Empire's Cricketers

London 1905 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 975.00
55 Bettesworth (W.A.)

Chats on the Cricket Field

London n.d. circa 1910 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 65.00
56

[The Sporting Chronicle Annual for 1877-1879]

Manchester 1877-79 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 58.50
57 Bentley (Henry)

A Correct Account of all the Cricket Matches

London 1823 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 325.00
58 Daft (Richard)

Kings of Cricket

Bolton 1893 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 156.00
59

[Cricket]

1896 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 143.00
60 [Nyren (John)

Nyren's Cricketers Guide

London n.d. 1849 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 104.00
61

[Cricket] to include Gale (Frederick) Echoes from Old Cricket Fields, London, Simpkin, Marshall, and CO., 1871

London 1877 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
62 Deadman (Derek) and Sheppard (Christopher)

The Bardswells: Fact and Fiction

Leicester 1979 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 130.00
63

[Cricket] to include Crawley (Captain) [Chamber's Useful Hand-Books] Cricket. Its Theory and Practice, London: W.R. Chambers, 1877

London 1877 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 52.00
64

[Cricket] to include West (George H.) Feltham's Cricketer for 1878, London: Virtue & Co.

London GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 130.00
65

[Cricket] to include Crawley (Captain) Chambers's Useful Handbooks. Cricket Its Theory and Practice, London: W. & R. Chambers, n.d.

London n.d. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 45.50
  • 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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