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
91	[Ranji] Ranjitsinhji (Kumar Shri)	The Jubilee Book of Cricket, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897	London	1897	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 39.00
92	Crombie (Charles)	Laws of Cricket	London	[1907]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00
93		[Laws of Cricket] to include M.C.C. Laws of Cricket with Decisions & Interpretations authorized by the M.C.C., London: The Marylebone Cricket Club, 1920	London	1920	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 26.00
94		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	London	1905	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 156.00
95		[John Arlott] to include Arlott (John) Alletson's Innings, London: The Epworth Press, 1957	London	1957	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.00
96		[John Arlott] to include Arlott (John) Alletson's Innings, London: The Epworth Press, 1957	London	1957	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.00
97		[William Gilbert Grace] A collection of volumes relating to W. G. Grace	London	1896	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 130.00
98	Rattigan (Terence Mervyn)	A Four page typed manuscript for the Cricketer [1964]		1964	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 130.00
99	Ashley-Cooper (Frederick Samuel)	Curiosities of First-Class Cricket	London	1901	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 78.00
100	Cardus (Neville) and Arlott (John)	The Noblest Game	London	1969	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 325.00
101	Colman (Sir Jeremiah)	The Noble Game of Cricket	London	1941	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 325.00
102	Bannister (R.C.) and Hamilton (R.V.)	Sport in Lisburn	Belfast	1910	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 32.50
103	Payne (John Bertram)	Index to all First-Class Matches	Harrogate,	1903	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 65.00
104		[Cricket] to include Box (Charles) Cricket, its Theory and Practice, from its origin to the Present Time, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1868]	London	1868	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 45.50
105		[Cricket] to include [Box (Charles)] The Cricketer's Manual: Containing a brief review of the Character, History, and Elements of Cricket, with the laws... by 'Bat',	London	1851	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 39.00
106		[Cricket] to include Taleyarkhan (Homi J.H.) Cricket - United India in Australia, Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1947	Bombay	1947	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00
107		[Cricket] to include Box (Charles) Cricket, its Theory and Practice, from its origin to the Present Time, London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1868]	London	1868	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 45.50
108	Rosenwater (Irving) Alfred James Gaston	A Study in Enthusiasm, Privately Printed, 1975		1975	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
109		[Cricket Biographies & Writing]	London	1919	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 52.00
110	[Wanostrocht (Nicholas)]	Felix on the Bat	London	1845	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 130.00
120		[Cricket Interest] Two Victorian printed cotton souvenir scarves			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 65.00
121		[Silk Scorecard] Australian Tour 1930, Australia v Gloucestershire			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
122		[Canterbury Cricket Week] Three Playbills, an Epilogue and a Booklet			GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
124	after Richard Horwood	Engraved map of Marylebone		circa 1793-94	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 195.00
143		[Player's Cigarettes cards] Cricketers 1938		1938	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 39.00

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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