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The Works of F S Ashley-Cooper

1. F S Ashley-Cooper: Highways and 5. G Neville Weston: Bibliography of the Cricket Byways Works of the late F S Ashley-Cooper Allen & Unwin, 1927. A very For the author, 1933. good copy in a well pre- Original boards, a very served, scarce dust wrapper. good copy with the offi- Loosely inserted is one of cial stamp and acces- Ashley-Cooper’s letterhead sion number from the cards with the message Karl Auty Cricket Li- “With kindest regards and brary, Ontario. This is all good wishes, 1-xii-1927” copy no.94 of an edition in the author’s distinctive of 100, signed and hand. One of Ashley- numbered by Weston. Cooper’s most enduring and It also bears a signed readable books, including inscription from its chapters on “cricket as a original owner, A W Hobby” and “Books and Shelton, the Notts CCC Writers”. £120 President and noted collector. Weston pays 2. F S Ashley-Cooper: Somerset a handsome tribute to Shelton’s assistance in com- G W May, 1924. Original piling this bibliography. Shelton also assisted in stiffened wrappers. A good the sale of Ashley-Cooper’s unrivalled collection to copy with the official stamp Sir Julien Cahn on his death. £395 and accession number from the Karl Auty Cricket Library, Ontario. Signed and dated 6. Richards’ - 1924 by Ashley-Cooper on the shire Cricket Guide for front cover. A well-illustrated 1923. Edited by Incog history produced on heavy- (F S Ashley-Cooper) weight, high quality paper. Richards, 1923. Original One of a small county series wrappers, a fine copy with produced by Ashley-Cooper staples rusting slightly (as with this publisher. always). Ashley-Cooper £150 edited this annual from 1920 until 1931. £110

3. F S Ashley-Cooper: Kent Cricket Records 1719-1929 Kent Herald, 1929. Original stiffened wrappers, very good. £95

4. F S Ashley-Cooper: The Rev. John Mitford on Cricket. With a Biographical Note Richards, 1921. Original wrappers, very good. £95

7. F S Ashley-Cooper: The Australian Cricket Guide 1926. A Book of Records Richards, 1926. Original wrappers, very good. These delightful little books were produced in a short annual series by C H Richards in Notting- ham. The following issues are also available: - The New Zealand Cricket Guide 1927 - The West Indies cricket Guide 1928 - The South African Cricket Guide 1929 - The Australian Cricket Guide 1930 £95 ea

1 8. F S Ashley-Cooper: Nottinghamshire Cricket 12. A Haygarth: MCC Cricket and Cricketers Scores and Biographies Saxton, 1923. A fine copy in very good, scarce Volume XV. Edited by dust wrapper. A very full county history - 410pp of and F S Ashley-Cooper concentrated text and well illustrated. Includes a Longmans, 1925. Original bibliography of Nottinghamshire cricket. £85 cloth. There is some dis- coloration to the end- 9. P F Warner and F S Ashley-Cooper: Oxford v papers but o/w this is a Cambridge at the very good copy, clean and Allen & Unwin, 1926. A fine copy in original dust tight. Ashley-Cooper took wrapper, well preserved with slight nick from top of all Haygarth’s notes after spine. £45 his death and turned them into this (then) final volume of S&B. It contains just biographies rather than match scores and also serves as an index to the previous 14 volumes. It runs to 437pp and is in- valuable. £225

13. W A Bettesworth: Chats on the Cricket Field. With explanatory notes by F S Ashley-Cooper Merritt & Hatcher, 1910. Original cloth, a very good copy. This fine volume runs to 468pp and is an- other that is riddled with Ashley-Cooper’s informa- tive footnotes. Based on Bettesworth’s contempo- 10. Rev James Pycroft: The Cricket-Field. Edited rary interviews with all the with an Introduction by F S Ashley-Cooper great names of the time, St James’ Press, 1922. Original cloth, a fine copy. this is a unique source One of Ashley-Cooper’s book for later historians. £85 finest works. Not only does he contribute a 14. Cricket. A Weekly Record of the Game. Vol- perceptive Introduction ume XXVII (1908). Ed. by F S Ashley-Cooper and analytical appendi- Complete volume bound in cloth, good. By 1908 ces (Bibliography of the sales were falling off and these later volumes are editions, account of much scarcer. Part of the reason was Ashley- Pycroft’s life, etc) but virtually every page has detailed footnotes pur- suing some fascinating byway of cricket his- tory. A lifetime of cricket historical re- search distilled into one volume. £55

Cooper’s editorship - he filled the journal with ma- 11. F S Ashley-Cooper: W G Grace Cricketer. terial that is fascinating for today’s historians and A record of his per- collectors but did not boost sales. So we have formances in first- much on American cricket, ancient cricket history, class matches biobliography - even Early , 1916. Cricket in Japan! Many Original wrappers, obituaries, some poetry - a with the official stamp real treasure trove. £185 and accession number from the Karl Auty 15. Lord Harris and F S Ash- Cricket Library, On- ley-Cooper: Kent Cricket tario. A loose copy Matches 1719-1880 with some fraying to Gibbs & Sons, 1929. Origi- edges of the wrappers nal cloth, good with faded but would rebind well. and marked covers (as of- £160 ten). £35

16. Lord Harris & F S Ashley-Cooper: Lords’s and 20. F S Ashley-Cooper: John the MCC. A cricket chronicle of 137 years, Wisden’s Cricket Match based on official documents and published with Histories III - the knowledge and sanction of the Marylebone v 1730-1921 Cricket Club to commemorate the centenary of Wisden, 1922. Original their present ground stiffened wrappers, a very & Counties good copy. Press Association, Volumes I and II also avail- 1914. Original quarter able £40 ea leather, top edge gilt. A good copy but with wear to the leather edges and some slight foxing to end papers 21. F S Ashley-Cooper: How to Play Clarke by N and one engraving. Felix. Edited, with an Introduction by F S Ash- Still a collectable copy ley-Cooper of an imposing volume, Richards, 1922. Original full of scarce illustra- wrappers which have tions and mainly rely- been rebacked and ing on Ashley-Cooper’s strengthened with card encyclopaedic knowl- by the former owner C I edge of the game. This is the First Edition, far S Wallace. End papers more attractive and desirable than the 1920 re- browned o/w contents print. £95 good. This copy bears the clear ink signature of 17. F S Ashley-Cooper: A Cricket Song by N Felix Charlie Wallace who was Richards, 1923. Original a noted cricket historian wrappers, very good. An- and collector. £95 other of Ashley-Cooper’s delightful little monographs produced by the Notting- ham printer C H Richards. 22. F S Ashley-Cooper: Derbyshire County Cricket This one reprints a poem by G W May, 1924. Original Felix from the original stiffened wrappers. A manuscript version in the good copy in original stiff- possession of A L Ford. To ened wrappers, spine this is added the author’s worn. A well-illustrated scrupulous commentary history produced on and footnotes. £95 heavyweight, high quality paper. One of a small county series produced by Ashley-Cooper with this publisher. £85

23. Ashley-Cooper, F.S.: Curiosities of First-class Cricket Searle, 1901. Rebound in grayish brown cloth, with original paper wraps preserved; some small nicks to covers, but generally a good copy. £115

18. F S Ashley-Cooper: Nottinghamshire Cricket Records Don’t forget to send us your e-mail Richards, 1928. Original wrappers, very good, address if you are not receiving our slight stain to corner of cover. Includes the erra- regular e-Alert listings. tum slip. £95

19. F S Ashley-Cooper: England v Australia. 100th Non-internet customers will con- Test Match Souvenir tinue to receive printed Catalogues Richards, 1921. Original wrappers, a fine copy. of course £95

3 Books - Early History

24. P F Thomas (H. P-T): Early Cricket. A descrip- 29. G B Buckley: Fresh Light on 18th tion of the first known match; and some com- Cricket. A collection of 1000 new cricket no- ments on Creag, Criquet, tices from 1697 to 1800 Cricce and Shakepeare’s clue Cotterell, 1935. Original C H Richards, 1923. Original cloth, a fine copy. Invalu- wrappers, very good. These able for anyone interested booklets revolutionised the way in the early history of the in which early cricket history game. Buckley was a doc- was viewed - luckily in time for tor from Weston-super- H S Altham’s major work pub- Mare who devoted much of lished in 1926. Thomas’ pseu- his life to uncovering de- donym was an abbreviation for tails of the game's develop- Hippo Pot-Thomas. £75 ment. His results were published in 2 volumes 25. P F Thomas (H. P-T): Cricket’s Cradle. The and these books are now pedigree, transformation and discovery of the very hard to acquire. £285 GAME Richards, 1923. Original wrappers, very good. 30. G B Buckley: Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian The first in the series. £75 Cricket. A collection of new cricket notices from 1709 to 1837 26. Altham, H S: A Cotterell, 1937. Original cloth, a fine copy. The Allen & Unwin, 1926. Original cloth, a good copy. second volume of Buckley’s researches £285 The first really authoritative history - which still stands up to- 31. ’s Cricketers’ Companion. A day. Altham complete set of “Green Lilly” 1865-1885 was helped by All 21 issues bound together in four volumes with- some impres- out wrappers. Bound in very attractive old mo- sive names - P rocco half leather binding with marbled boards, F Thomas, E R raised bands to spine and gilt decoration. A very Wilson, A J attractive set on the shelf. £1600 Gaston, J A H Catton and A D Taylor are all named as prime influences. and above these, the ubiq- uitous F S Ashley-Cooper seems to have made countless helpful corrections and additions. £45

27. R S Rait Kerr: The . Their History and Growth Longmans, 1950. DW, good. High quality history book delving deeply into the 18th century roots of the game. Early versions of the Laws are reproduced in facsimile or as illustrations, old silk handkerchiefs etc. A thoughtful foreword by Sir Nor- man Birkett adds to the authori- 32. The Cricket Companion 1913 tative feel of this publication The Umpire Publishing Company, . which earns its place on any cricket history shelf. Original wrappers, slight foxing but really a fine £20 example of an ephemeral item. The Umpire was “the 28. : The First Test oldest provincial Sunday Match newspaper”, priced just 1d Phoenix House, 1950. DW, a very and known for its sports good copy. Detailed account of the coverage. This small annual first Test Match between England has much emphasis on and Australia 1877. Arlott relied cricket in the north, particu- heavily on the researches of larly the leagues. It was Stanley Brogden who drew on eye- published from 1906-14. witness accounts. £16 £95

33. Great Bowlers and Fielders: Their Methods at a Glance by G W Beldam & C B Fry Macmillan, 1906. Superbly rebound in quarter morocco with raised bands, gilt decorations, leather labels, top edge gilt and gilt vignette from original boards laid into the front cover. This sumptuous volume runs to 547pp with a stagger- ing 464 action photographs by Beldam. Most of the book comprises a photographic study of the great players of the day with analytical text by C B Fry. This is interesting enough but the book is dedicated to - The Demon Bowler - who contributes in the first 37pp a thorough ac- count of the art of with many action illus- trations of himself. The book’s frontispiece is of a 36. Barrie, J.M.: The Allahakbarrie Cricket Club: superb full colour painting of Spofforth by H S “The Greedy Dwarf: A moral tale” by Peter Tuke, the famous Newlyn school artist. £250 Perkin, presented “for the first and only time on any stage” by the Allahakbarrie Cricket Club at 133, Gloucester Road, 7 January 1901, the cast including Barrie as Cowardly Custard, Ge- rald du Maurier as Allahakbarrie, and Sylvia du Maurier as the Principled Boy….. Chiswick Press, 1901. A four page programme for the production of this pantomime performed before the Llewelyn Davies family and other children, each of whom was given a printed programme. The f/c has a picture of the Author as a child an, apart from two slight stains to the back cover, the item is in very good condition. A very scarce Allahakbarrie C. C. production. Not in Padwick. £950

37. Ashley Mote: The Glory Days of Cricket. The Extraordinary Story of Broadhalfpenny Down 34. Aspin, J.: Ancient Customs, Sports and Robson, 1997. Limited Pastimes of the English Edition of only 50 copies, Harris, 1835, the second full bonded leather, tail- edition of a very scarce bands, marbled end- early title. Original boards papers, all edges gilt, slip with the front cover loose. case. Signed by the au- While the book contains thor, the illustrator and only three pages on Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie. cricket, there are 12 A detailed and fascinating charming engraved plates account - with a few sur- including one on “Athletic prises. £110 Exercises” and another on “Saxon Gleemen”! Padwick 7112. £65

35. Cricket Sketches Scott, Manchester, (1909). Original paper wraps, a 38. R Daft: Kings of Cricket. Reminiscences and good copy of a scarce pre- Anecdotes tour book for the visit of Arrowsmith, 1893. Origi- the Australian tourists. nal cloth, a good copy, the The cover has a portrait of only defect being a corner Bardsley and there is a snipped from end-paper. picture of the Australian An invaluable source book team and eleven further on the cricketers from portraits of leading Eng- Mynn and Pilch to Grace lish and Australian oppo- and Abel. Superbly illus- nents, as well as pen por- trated including many of traits of Bardsley, O’Con- the J C Anderson litho- nor, Hartigan and Mac- graphs and a number of artney. £140 the earliest photographic portraits of the players from the 1870s £35

5 Cricket in the Counties & Clubs

39. C M Marston: A Century of Cricket at Bramall 43. Northumberland CCC - Maxwell’s Cricket Guide Lane 1855-1955 for Season 1927 Sheffield United CC, 1955. Original stiffened wrappers. Very good copy with Original stiffened wrappers, staples rusted. Not in Padwick £45 good. An excellent history with much on the early develop- 44. Kent CCC - Blue Book for 1912 ments in the 19th century. Original decorativecloth/gilt, all edges gilt, a good Well illustrated with early copy. £65 prints and photographs not seen elsewhere. £25

40. History and Reminiscences of the East Cricket Club 1864-1947 For the Club, 1947. Original wrappers, hand sewn, 60pp. A very good copy of a rare book- let.. Well illustrated and full of good historical material. £75 45. W J Piper: History of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derby Daily Telegraph, 1897 (as printed on title 41. Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells Cricket page, actually 1899). Original boards, slightly Week, 1921. Programme containing: List of worn to extremities, nicely re-backed, ink stain to Entertainments, Interesting Cricket items, bottom of last fifty pages - overall a good copy. Band Programme, The Teams, Cricket Photos, This is the rarere second edition which brings the Views story up to 1898 and has an additional 52pp com- Published by The Advertiser, 1921. Original wrap- pared to the first edition. This copy is particularly pers, 40pp, very good. A very scarce item - interesting being the working copy of the late Padwick notes publication in 1911 and 1892 but Frank Peach, the County’s main archivist. It con- does not list the issue for this year and only gives tains numerous annotations expanding on and the most sketchy bibliographical information. correcting the records. A unique and invaluable £250 source for anyone interested in the history of the Club and its statistics. £245

42. Harry Lodge: Lascelles Hall Cricket Club 1825-1925. Centenary Huddersfield; for the Club, 1925. Original wrappers, 46. G Bolton: History of the staples rusted o/w very OUCC (Oxford University good. Excellent history of Cricket Club) this historic club Holywell Press, 1962. A fine including details of its great- copy in the scarce DW. De- est players—Hirst, Bates, finitive history, a substantial Greenwood, Lockwood, volume. £45 Thewlis etc. £50

47. Lancashire CCC 51. Sussex Archaeological Collections, relating to Diamond Jubilee Souvenir the history and antiquities of the County. Vol 1864-1924 XXVIII (1878) Manchester Guardian, 1924. Sussex Archaeological Society, 1878. Original Original stiffened wrappers, cloth, good. Contains “On the Archaeology of Sus- good. Delightful booklet, in sex Cricket” by C F Trower and 2 delightful original quarto format, with articles tinted lithographs by Hanhart titled “Cottage at on ‘Johnny Briggs’ and ‘Old Westhampnett where Lillywhite was born” and Trafford’ by , “Rev Wm. De St. Croix”. The latter appeared at writing as “Cricketer”. Lord’s for the Gentlemen and was associated with £55 Sussex cricket. Altogether a detailed and scholarly work on the earliest days of Sussex cricket history. £200

Not in Padwick 48. The Newcastle Royal Infirmary Cricket Compe- tition. Affiliated to Northumberland CCC and Durham CCC. Handbook Season 1938 Good copy in original wrappers which are slightly worn. A nice little booklet on club cricket in North- umberland and Durham. Includes details of Minor Counties championship. £55

52. H E Powell-Jones: Famous Cricket Clubs Deane & Sons, 1929. Original stiffened wrappers, very good. A charming pe- riod piece, very well illus- trated with original photo- graphs. Chapters on all the famous clubs—MCC, IZ. Free Foresters, Butterflies, Incogs, Band of Brothers, 49. Glamorgan CCC. Yearbook Harlequins, Quidnuncs, 1938 and records 1921-1937 Yellowhammers etc For the Club, 1938. Original £25 wrappers, very good. Includes appreciations of Emrys Davies by J C Clay and by Maurice 53. Lancashire CCC: 100 Years Turnbull. Also another article on of Cricket 1864-1964 Glamorgan cricket by J C Clay. For the Club, 1964. Large £55 format, DW, very good. A very attractive production with much early history 50. & : Champion Times. and a good selection of pho- Yorkshire CCC 1959-1968 tographs - including one of Dalesman, 1994. DW the scorebook page for (slightly faded to spine), MacLaren’s 424. £20 very good. The story of Yorkshire’s seven Champi- onships in ten years. Sepa- 54. T C Riddell: Greenock Cricket Club Records rate chapters by all the 1887-1937 great names of those years. McKelvie, 1937. A fine This special copy has been copy in the rare DW with signed by Ronnie Burnett, photograph of Ellis Robinson, Dickie Bird, £45 Bob Platt, Brian Bolus, Bryan Stott, Freddie True- 55. T C Riddell: Greenock man, , Phil Cricket Club Records Sharpe, Mick Cowan, Don Supplement Wilson, Doug Padgett, John , Ray Illing- No publisher, 1954. Origi- worth - all contributors except Robinson. A great nal cloth, a fine copy. item. £120 Bringing the story up to date. £20

7 Biography

56. Neville Cardus: Autobiography 60. & : Collins, 1947. A fine copy in fine DW. Inscrip- Cricket and All That tion from Cardus written in the year of publica- Pelham, 1978. DW, very good. The famous Mid- tion - “To Sylvia with love from Neville”. Some dlesex Twins cover a whole range of cricket topics relevant newspaper clippings are loosely inserted including their own early days and that famous including contemporary reviews of the book and summer of 1947. £65 a long article by Cardus, dated 1940, describing his first flight to Australia. £75

57. Ian Peebles: Woolley - The Pride of Kent Hutchinson, 1969. DW, a very good copy. 61. The Bradman Albums. Selections from Sir Signed by the author - the former England leg Donald Bradman’s Official Collection spinner - on the title page. £35 QAP, 1987. 2 volumes cloth/gilt in decorative slip case. In fine condition. Massive collection of original material beautifully reproduced from the Don’s own lifetime collection. Magnificent £45

58. Ken Farnes: Tours and Tests Lutterworth Press, 1940. Original cloth, very good. With a newspaper obituary notice of Far- nes pasted on to the front end-papers. Produced during the darkest days of the war, this book is now quite scarce. Farnes himself, one of Eng- 62. The Chronicle of WG by J R Webber land’s finest fast bowlers, was killed on active Nottingham, 1998. RAF flying duty the year after publication. £75 Massive quarto vol- ume, over 1000 pages. Original stiff- ened wrappers, very good. Limited 59. Roland Wild: The Biog- “Subscribers” Edi- raphy of Colonel His tion of 440 num- Highness Shri Sir Ran- bered copies, each jitsinhji signed by the author Rich & Cowan, 1934. and by 2 members of Original cloth in the rare the Grace family. A DW, slightly frayed at comprehensive sur- the extremities. A very vey of Grace’s career desirable copy of a sub- including details of stantial book £75 every £60