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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
144		A quantity of framed cricketing ephemera	1908	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 39.00
145	W.G. Grace [William Gilbert Grace]	Manuscript autograph Letter 1885	1885	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 260.00
146	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack: 1864-1878 Facsimile Edition	1864-1878	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 182.00
147	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1879	1879	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 169.00
148	John Wisden	[Willows Reprint] John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack	1879 - 1928	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 715.00
149	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1880	1880	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.00
150	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1881	1881	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 416.00
151	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1883	1883	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
152	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1883	1883	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 325.00
153	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1884	1884	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
154	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1888-89, 1891-92	1888	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 455.00
155	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1892 - 1894	1892 - 1894	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 195.00
156	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1894 - 1896	1894 - 1896	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 208.00
157	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1895 - 1899	1895 - 1899	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
158	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1899, 1906 - 1909	1899, 1906 - 1909	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 247.00
159	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1917	1909, 1911, 1912, 1917	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 390.00
160	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1918	1910, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1918	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
161	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1917	1917	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 182.00
162	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1922-1928, 1930-1931	1922-1928, 1930-1931	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 364.00
163	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1923-1924, 1926	1923, 1924, 1926	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 195.00
164	John Wisden	John Wisden's Crickteters' Almanack	1929; 1933; 1935	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 364.00
165	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1932	1932	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 416.00
166	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1933 - 1939	1933 - 1939	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 286.00
167	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1936, 1938-39, 1943, 1945	1936	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 325.00
168	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1940, 1943, 1946-63	1940, 1943, 1946 - 1963	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 494.00

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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