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
66		[Cricket] to include [Anon] (An ex-Captain) Cricket as it should be played: with the laws of the game as revised ..., London: Ward, Lock and Co.,, n.d.	London	n.d.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 39.00
67	Mailey (Arthur Alfred)	Cricket Sketches	Sydney	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 156.00
68	[Cowburn (Alan)]	Wykehamical Score, from the Year 1825	Winchester	1838 [1847]	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
69	Gibbs (Joseph Arthur)	The Improvement of Cricket Grounds on Economical Principles	London	1895	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 26.00
70	Moraes (Dom)	Green is the Grass	Bombay	1951	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 208.00
71	Kardar (Abdul Hafeez)	Green Shadows	Karachi	1958	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 58.50
72		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	London	1871	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 52.00
73		[Cricket Biography]	London	1958	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 26.00
74		[Cricket Biographies]	New York	1924	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 65.00
75		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	London	1926	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 91.00
76		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	London	1955	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 39.00
77		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	Bristol	1903	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 143.00
78		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	London	1906	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
79		[Facsimiles of early books on Cricket]		1978	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 91.00
80		[Facsimiles of early books on Cricket]		1984	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
81		[The Bodyline Controversy]		1932	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 45.50
82	Warner (Sir Pelham Francis)	Warner (Sir Pelham Francis) Works	London	1906	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
83	Beldham (George W.) and Fry (Charles B.)	Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance, London: Macmillan and Co., 1905	London	1905	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 78.00
84	Warner (Sir Francis Pelham)	Warner (Sir Francis Pelham) Works	London	1906	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 78.00
85	Chalke (Stephen)	to include Guess my story: The Life and opinions of Keith Andrew, Cricketer, Bath: Fairfield Books, 2003	Bath	2003	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 45.50
86	Pycroft (James)	Pycroft (James) Works	London	1865	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 58.50
87	Pycroft (James)	Various editions of The Cricket Field notably [Pycroft (James)] The Cricket Field, London: Cricket Press, 1882	London	1882	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 58.50
88		[Cricket, Limited Editions]	London	2000	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 45.50
89	H.P.T. (P. F. Thomas)]	[Early Cricket, H.P.T. (P. F. Thomas)] to include The Cricket Spectator, London: Walter Jenn, 1928-1930	London	1928-1930	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
90	Warner (Sir Francis Pelham)	Warner (Sir Francis Pelham) Works	London	1912	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 78.00

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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