Lot: 153
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)
Lot: 154
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.
Lot: 155
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)
Lot: 156
Pierce Egan Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1822, tall octavo, First Edition, third issue (with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered); contemp. half-calf worn, backstrip repaired and chipped in places; bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown o/w VG internally; complete with half-title & adverts, 36 hand-coloured plates and 21 wood engravings plus an extra coloured plate with adverts; 3 leaves of folding sheet-music; browned offset from each plate on to the facing page. Occasional minor spotting affects some page margins.
Lot: 157
Geoffrey Gambado Annals of Horsemanship, containing accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, J. Murray, 1811, original boards with good title label, backstrip worn away, hingeing weak; uncut; fine internally with 17 engraved plates by W.H. Bunbury; frontisp., title, xvi, 95pp