101 Five author-signed cricket books, Maurice Tate’s My Cricketing Reminiscences, A E R Gilligan’s Collins’s Men, John Arlott’s Maurice Tate, A E R Gilligan’s Sussex Cricket and Dudley Carew’s England Over; sold together with two tour brochures, 1934 Australians and 1947 South Africans (7) £120 - 160
98 W G Grace’s book “cricket” this particular volume originally owned by Siegfried Sassoon the English poet, writer and soldier who received it as a Christmas present aged 12 in 1898,
with an inscription in the hand of the young Sassoon to the front end paper, modern monogrammed library label relating to this book being sold at auction in 1991 is pasted to the inside of the front cover, green cloth, gilt, published by J W Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1891, good condition
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967) was decorated for his bravery on the Western Front and became one of the leading poets of the First World War. He is also best remembered for his fictionalised autobiography the ‘Sherston Trilogy.’
Sassoon expressed his opinions on the political situation before the onset of the First World War thus - “France was a lady, Russia was a bear, and performing in county cricket was much more important than either of them”. Sassoon had dreamt of playing for Kent County Cricket Club, inspired no doubt by the fact that the county Captain Frank Marchant was a neighbour. Siegfried often turned out for Bluehouses at the Nevill Ground, where he sometimes played alongside Arthur Conan Doyle. He also played cricket for his house at Marlborough College, once taking 7 wickets for 18 runs. Although a talented enthusiast, Sassoon was not good enough to play First Class Cricket, but he played cricket for Matfield, and later for the Downside Abbey team, continuing into his seventies.
This volume was originally sold at the auction of Siegfried Sassoon’s library at Sotheby’s on 18th July 1991. It was sold as part of lot 34, a multiple offering of 72 volumes relating to cricket, golf and fishing and was the first mentioned item in the catalogue description. £200 - 400
99 A signed copy of Cricket by W.G. Grace,
double-signed on the acknowledgement page by W.G. Grace and his close friend and in all probability the ghost writer W Methven Brownlee, first edition 1891; sold with a letter confirming that the original presentation of this book was by Grace to Jack Wilkinson a county team- mate and Gloucestershire, who later gave it to his niece Evelyn Woodland nee Ball (2)
£200 - 300
102 A collection of cricket books, The Book of Cricket edited by C B Fry, The History of Kent County Cricket edited by Lord Harris, Cricket Of To-Day Illustrated by Percy Cross Standing, ‘W G’ by W G Grace, The History of Cricket by Eric Parker, Cricket by W G Grace, The Complete Cricketer by Albert E Knight, Bat and Ball edited by Thomas Moult, How We Recovered The Ashes by P F Warner, Winchester College Cricket by E B Noel & The Fight For The Ashes in 1926 by P F Warner £200 - 300
103 Hill (Alan) Bill Edrich A Biography,
limited edition this volume numbered 37/150, signed by the author and by Dennis Compton who wrote the foreword, Andre Deutsch Ltd and J W McKenzie, 1994 £50 - 70
CURLING
100 A signed copy of W.G. Grace’s ‘WG’,
Cricketing Reminiscences & Personal Recollections, signed on the front end paper, dated May 1st 1906 and inscribed H WILLIS, WITH ALL GOOD WISHES, FROM W.G. GRACE £200 - 300
104 A fine & early silver medal awarded for curling at Innerleithen in 1835,
in Scottish silver by Leonard Urquhart, Edinburgh, inscribed CURLING MEDAL, GAINED BY, MR Dd. WILSON, ARTIFICIAL RINK, St. RONAN’S BORDER GAMES, INNERLEITHEN, 1835, diameter approx. 6cm., 2 1/2in. £250 - 350
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