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Auction No 370, Category: Sport

35 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Collection of mainly Manchester City and International Cricketers' signatures in small album,

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Collection of mainly Manchester City and International Cricketers’ signatures in small album, including Colin Bell, Andy Dibble, Tony Book, Gary Owen, Joe Royle, Alex Stepney, Shaun Goater; and South Africa & England Cricketers 1998 including Ian Botham, Gary Kirsten, Hansie Cronje, Sean Pollock, Alan Donald, Bob Willis, Paul Allott, Mike Atherton and many others; plus few TV celebrities with William Roache & Eddie Large. Signatures are ‘back to back’ and carefully annotated.  Fine. (90)

Album of autographs, early 1990s, sport & entertainment, with Manchester United & City

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £185
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Album of autographs, early 1990s, sport & entertainment, with Manchester United & City players including George Best, Bryan Robson, Niall Quinn, Denis Law, Ryan Giggs & others; Muhammad Ali, Clive Lloyd, Mike Sweeney, Coronation Street & Brookside stars, Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills, Bill Wyman, Norman Wisdom, Robert Powell, Alvin Stardust, Dora Bryan, Foo Foo Lamar, Billy Connolly, Frank Windsor, Gordon Kaye, George Cole, Screaming Lord Sutch, and many other well-known. Signed pages mostly ‘back to back’. Fine (110)

Album of autographs, 1990s, chiefly Sport, some Entertainers, with Lancashire Cricketers, Joan Collins, Francis Lee,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Album of autographs, 1990s, chiefly Sport, some Entertainers, with Lancashire Cricketers, Joan Collins, Francis Lee, Asa Hartford, Falcon (Gladiators), Manchester City players 1995 and 1997; West Indies Cricketers with Andy Roberts, Wes Hall, Courtney Walsh & others; TV Soap stars; Sammy McIlroy, Ray Illingworth, Ian Botham, Teddy Sheringham; South African Cricket Team 1998 including Hansie Cronje, Jacques Kallis, Alan Donald; Bob Willis, Richie Benaud; England Cricket Team 1997; Brian Kidd, Alex Ferguson, and many other well-known. Signed pages mostly ‘back to back’. Fine (124)

Album of autographs, early 1990s, chiefly Footballers, some entertainers, including Tom Jones, Tommy Steele,

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Album of autographs, early 1990s, chiefly Footballers, some entertainers, including Tom Jones, Tommy Steele, Manchester City and Everton players, Martin Buchan, Steve Coppell, Howard Kendall, Denis Tueart, Alan Hansen, Peter Reid, Tony Book, Rowan Atkinson, Viv Anderson, Bernard Manning, and many other well-known. Signed pages mostly ‘back to back’. Fine (56)

Album of Cricket autographs 1998-2000, plus few Manchester United, with many International cricketers,

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Album of Cricket autographs 1998-2000, plus few Manchester United, with many International cricketers, plus County players; includes Graham Lloyd, Wasim Akram, Andy Flintoff, Jack Simmons, Robin Smith, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Henning Berg, Marcus Trescothick, Jack Russell, Nathan Astle, Anil Kumble, Andy Flower, Mpumelelo Olonga, Brian Lara, Curtley Ambrose, Chris Gayle, Viv Richards, David Gower, Graham Gooch, and many other well-known. Mostly annotated. Most signed pages ‘back to back’. Fine (165)

                                    

Assortment including "Mr Punch's Golf Stories" and "Mr Punch with Rod and Gun", both quarter-leather, gilt;

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Assortment including Mr Punch’s Golf Stories and Mr Punch with Rod and Gun, both quarter-leather, gilt; Flowers and Views of the Holy Land, olive-wood boards, VG; Hightown Rugby Union Club Photo Album 1950-51; Donald Tuck Transfers, Tower Press, 1950s, two examples, both complete; & other items.

Geoffrey Gimcrack [John Stanley Gregson] "Gimcrackiana, or Fugitive Pieces on Manchester Men and Manners

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £56
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Geoffrey Gimcrack [John Stanley Gregson] Gimcrackiana, or Fugitive Pieces on Manchester Men and Manners Ten Years Ago, Manchester, 1833, octavo, contemp. cloth, marked, title label badly worn; engraved frontispiece and seven engraved vignettes (including title page); offset impression on title page; good clean text. 196pp. [This book includes a rare reference to the playing of Golf on Kersall Moor, plus other sporting references]

                        

Herbert Tichy "Cho Oyu: By Favour of the Gods", Methuen, 1957, First English Edition, fine, in a VG near complete d/jkt

Lot: 180

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Herbert Tichy Cho Oyu: By Favour of the Gods, Methuen, 1957, First English Edition, fine, in a VG near complete d/jkt (slightly chipped at foot of spine), complete with 26 plates (4 coloured). 196pp

 

Lt.Col. P. Hawker "Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting"

Lot: 181

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £92
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Lt.Col. P. Hawker Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting, Longman, Rees, Orme, 1833, 7th Edn, fine later three-quarter morocco by Bayntum-Riviere of Bath with raised bands & gilt decoration to the compartments; t.e.g.; fine internally with all engraved plates and woodcuts. 

Paul Magriel "The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza", Batsford, 1951, 1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt,

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Paul Magriel The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza, Batsford, 1951, 1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt, chipped at corners; and James Fair Give Him to the Angels: The Story of Harry Greb, N.York, 1946, in a very worn d/jkt, with browning to endpapers, title page and text margins. (2) 

George Basterfield "Mountain Lure", Titus Wilson, 1947, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, VG,

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £46
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George Basterfield Mountain Lure, Titus Wilson, 1947, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, VG, and Songs of a Cragsman, George Basterfield, 1935, printed boards darkened, signed & inscribed by Basterfield.

Nimrod [Charles Apperley] "The Life of a Sportsman", Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Nimrod [Charles Apperley] The Life of a Sportsman, Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn, fine internally with 36 hand-coloured plates each with a titled tissue-guard.

J. Burt "The Bristol Chess Club; its History, Chief Players, and 23 Years' Record of Principal Events", James Fawn, 1883

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £62
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J. Burt The Bristol Chess Club; its History, Chief Players, and 23 Years’ Record of Principal Events, James Fawn, 1883, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt; fox marks to end-papers and some minor tone marks affecting a few other pages but generally fine internally, without inscriptions. 202pp 

G.A. MacDonnell "Chess Life-Pictures, containing Biographical Sketches, Caissana, and Character Sketches"

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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G.A. MacDonnell Chess Life-Pictures, containing Biographical Sketches, Caissana, and Character Sketches, Kelly & Co, 1883, original gilt cloth, spine darkened; original owner’s signature; tissue-guarded frontispiece; staples rusted and first two leaves of preface loose o/w fine internally; viii, 243pp. Scarce

Znosko-Borovsky "The Art of Chess Combination", 1951, Tartakower "A Breviary of Chess", 1956, both in d/jkts;

Lot: 187

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Znosko-Borovsky The Art of Chess Combination, 1951, Tartakower A Breviary of Chess, 1956, both in d/jkts; and other chess books from early 20th Century to 1970s including Franklin Young & Edwin Howell The Minor Tactics of Chess, 1910, VG but with some underling of text on two pages. Most are h/bks, some in d/jkts. Fair to VF (27)

Lipton, Matthews, Rice "Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art", Faber, 1963 in VG d/jkt;

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Lipton, Matthews, Rice Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art, Faber, 1963 in VG d/jkt; Paul Schmidt How Chessmasters Think, 1989, printed wraps; Chess Combination as a Fine Art, Crowood Press, 1989; and other Chess titles, many devoted to Chess Problems. Mainly good to VF (27)

Collection on Chess Openings including Jovicic "Modern Chess: French Defence", 1998;

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Collection on Chess Openings including Jovicic Modern Chess: French Defence, 1998; Hartston The Exchange Variation of the Gruenfeld; Bill Wall 500 King’s Gambit Miniatures, 1986; Minev & Donaldson Dutch Defense, 2003; Wade & Harding The Marshall Attack, 1974, in d/jkt. Fair to Fine. (28)

Chess Strategy including Wenman "I75 Chess Brilliancies", 1947 in d/jkt; Speelman "Endgame Preparation", 1989;

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £48
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Chess Strategy including Wenman I75 Chess Brilliancies, 1947 in d/jkt; Speelman Endgame Preparation, 1989; Rubin & Emms Chess for the Rank and File, Tournament Chess, 1992; and others with many modern softbacks; fair to fine, mostly VG/Fine. (38)

Edward North Buxton "Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa"

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £88
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Edward North Buxton Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa, Edward Stanford, 1902, 1st  Edn, original pictorial buckram, spine darkened and a little frayed at extremities; internal hingeing weak in places; uncut; clean interior with 80 fine photographic plates; fine map in rear pocket.

Edward North Buxton "Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West", 1892 and 1893,

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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Edward North Buxton Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West, 1892 and 1893, the First and Second Editions, and Short Stalks – Second Series, 1898, all in the original pictorial buckram, the spines badly darkened. The 1892 and 1898 editions have been recased, the former with new endpapers; the texts and plates all clean and complete, the Second Series with fine folding maps in front and rear pockets. (3)