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
169	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946 - 1949		1941, 1942, 1945, 1946 - 1949	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 364.00
170	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, second half 20th Century		1950 - 2006	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 91.00
171	John Wisden	John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack, second half 20th Century		1965 - 1971, 1973 - 2005, 2007 - 2010, 2012 - 2023	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 494.00
172		Wisden: Cricketers' Almanack Australia		1998-2006	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 26.00
186	McCance (James L.)	The Surrey Eleven	London	1896	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 104.00
187		[County Cricket, Surrey] to include Alverstone (The Rt. Hon. Lord) Surrey Cricket: Its History and Associations	London	1904	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 45.50
188	Shawcroft (John)	A History of Derbyshire County Cricket Club 1870-1970	Derby	1970	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 26.00
189		[County Cricket, Derbyshire & Essex]	Derby		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
190	Shawcroft (John)	A History of Derbyshire County Cricket Club 1870-1970	Derby	1970	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 39.00
191		[County Cricket, Lancashire] to include Lorimer (Rev. Malcolm, Hardcastle (Graham) ...) 150 Years of Lancashire Cricket: 1864-2014,	Cheshire	2014	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 26.00
192		Castleton Moor Cricket Club. Official Guide and Handbook to the Bazaar, to be held in St Edward's School, Manchester Road, Castleton,	Rochdale	1923	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 26.00
193		[County Cricket, Hampshire] to include Altham (H. S.) and Arlott (John) Hampshire County Cricket	London	1957	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
194		[Hampshire] Basingstoke Cricket Club ... Bazaar		1877	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 58.50
195		[County Cricket, Glamorgan, Wales] to include Wooler (Wilfred) The History of County Cricket: Glamorgan,	London	1971	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 32.50
196		[County Cricket, Kent] to include Small (E. Milton) The Canterbury Cricket Week: Its origin, career, and Jubilee 1842-1891,	Canterbury:	[1892]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
197		Kent County Cricket Club, 1898	Canterbury	1898	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 91.00
198		[County Cricket, Leicestershire] to include Snow (E. E.) A History of Leicestershire Cricket,	Leicester	1949	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 13.00
199		[County Cricket, Leicestershire] to include Leicestershire County Cricket Club Bazaar, November 21st to 26th, 1910		1910	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 52.00
200		[Middlesex County Cricket Club] a three-volume history	London	1900	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 156.00
201		[County Cricket, Nottinghamshire] to include Richards (C. H.) Fifty Years of Nottinghamshire Cricket 1838-1887,	Nottingham	1890	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.00
202		[County Cricket [Nottinghamshire] to include [Anon] Richards' Nottinghamshire Cricket Guide for 1925,	Nottingham	1925	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
203		[County Cricket, Somerset] to include Lawrence (Eddie) Somerset County Cricket Club: Players, Photographs and Statistics 1891-2002,	Taunton	2003	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 52.00
204		Gaston (Alfred J.) Sussex County Cricket	Brighton	1924	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.00
205		Sussex Cricket Annual for 1901	Brighton	1901	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 130.00
206		[County Cricket, Sussex] to include Gaston (Alfred James) Sussex County Cricket 1728-1923,	Brighton	1924	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 52.00

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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