Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

‘The Cricketers Portrait Gallery. 34 Portraits of Noted Players’. Printed by Tempest, Leeds 1896. 16pp. Landscape booklet in original pictorial paper wrappers featuring W.G. Grace and W.L. Murdoch to the front, comprising reproductions of engravings and photographs of notable cricketers of the period, with Surrey players, Abel and Wood, featured on the title page, Read and Key on the final page. Others include Ranjitsinhji, Lilley, MacGregor, Australians Trott, Giffen, Graham, Gregory, also Lord Hawke, Jackson, Hunter, Denton, Maclaren, Hirst (Yorkshire) etc. Tipped in to modern cream cloth, gilt title to spine, original wrappers retained. Padwick 7197 lists an edition for 1903 but had not seen this earlier edition, which is listed in Padwick II 3407. Vertical fold, some foxing and soiling, otherwise in generally good condition.