Introduction This year sees the twentieth anniversary since In 2008 we published Tony Laughton‟s award- Amongst other special items we were privileged to Boundary Books was formed in Cheshire by Tony winning book on the life and works of Albert Craig catalogue, was a virtually complete set of Laughton, Alan Harrison and myself. In 1989 we - Captain of the Crowd. I would like to think this Lillywhite‟s Guide, including the rare 1853 issue; were all avid collectors and had been offered an has set the bar even higher in terms of production J M Barrie‟s Allahakbarrie Book of Broadway opportunity to produce the first Limited Edition standards and research scholarship. Most recently, Cricket (1899); Sir Jeremiah Colman‟s The Noble volume in the MCC Cricket Library Series - we produced the gargantuan 1100pp volume, Game of Cricket; Nicholas Wanostrocht‟s Felix on Sketches at Lord’s - my book on the 19th century The David Frith Archive, a fantastic record of one the Bat and countless other rarities. In Catalogue cricket lithographs of J C Anderson, co-written with man‟s life-long obsession with the game and its 29 we offered a very special copy of Trowsdale‟s a good friend, the late Professor Derek West. endless possibilities for collecting and archiving. In Autograph Birthday Book, signed by over 400 an unintended piece of symmetry this was our cricketers from the Golden Age. In 1998 we Enthused by this project, we decided to make twentieth new title in twenty years. supplied a unique archive of letters relating to the Boundary Books a vehicle for further publishing Bodyline tour and Harold Larwood which formed ventures and soon dipped a toe in the world of More titles are in the pipeline and these will follow an important contribution to the history of that dealing in rare and collectable books and the path that we have stuck to throughout these troubled period in the game. autographs. As collectors, we were dissatisfied twenty years. We have shunned the fashion for with the available outlets for selling our duplicates producing facsimiles of old books as that is In 2007 Tony Laughton and Alan Harrison both and generally felt there was room for a small catered for elsewhere. Our niche remains original bowed out of Boundary Books to concentrate on specialist dealer who was in sympathy with the works of cricket history, produced to a high their own collections and other projects. They very needs of collectors and could operate on low standard, in a form that is of interest to both col- generously helped me to continue the business overheads and modest margins. In particular, at lectors and students of the game. alone and both remain good friends and support- that time autograph material was not being ers of our endeavours. At the same time I To complement publishing, we have offered properly dealt with and we saw this as a need re-located from Cheshire to Oxfordshire and the selections of rare and second-hand cricket books, that should be satisfied. Since then, of course, new stock came with me, eventually to our new autographs and memorabilia in 38 numbered cricket dealers and auction houses have blossomed showrooms in Stanford in the Vale. catalogues and numerous un-numbered stock lists, as our hobby has gained in popularity. newsletters and e-alerts. We have tried to unearth I am now able to devote more time to Boundary Through the nineties we published a number of the unusual and ephemeral rather than produce Books and have welcomed the opportunity to meet interesting books by authors who became good long lists of more easily obtainable books. far more of the customers who had previously only friends and supporters of Boundary Books and been voices on the end of a telephone line or Catalogue One was a slim little photocopied seemed highly satisfied with our products. These names on a mailing list. While the internet and affair but it did contain an 1876 Wisden in included some big names in the world of cricket - e-mails have made so many aspects of collecting original wrappers for £470! Soon after, we sold John Arlott, Bill Frindall, David Gower, Ian Botham, cricket books easier, many of us regret the A D Taylor‟s own run of the first fifteen issues of Graham Gooch, E W Swanton - as well as highly gradual passing of the old collector/dealer Wisden - complete with original wrappers - for acclaimed researchers and writers like Gerald relationship. In my own case this was nurtured by £23,400, a sum that would hardly buy the 1864 Brodribb, Sir Michael Marshall, Tony Laughton, countless trips to Ted Brown‟s emporium in volume now. Different times indeed. David Rayvern Allen, Jack Hearne and David Cornwall where buying books was more about Frith. In 2001 we renewed our collaboration with Other highlights in those early Catalogues were talking, discussing and drinking tea than the more MCC to publish the monumental Great Cricketers. regular items from famous collections of the past - frenetic ways of today. The Age of Grace and Trumper by George Beldam. these included George Hirst, Gubby Allen (his set Finally, let me thank you for your highly valued This was followed by another finely illustrated of personal diaries), Siegfried Sassoon, E K Brown, custom, which for many goes back to the start of book in the MCC series - Felix and the Eleven of E G Wynyard, Charlie Barnett, Hal Cohen, H S Boundary Books, and I hope that you all enjoy this England by Gerald Brodribb. For both of these, Altham, John Arlott, Jim Coldham and G F Earle. special twentieth anniversary catalogue. we were indebted to the initiative and encourage- We also acquired the complete libraries of ment of Jim Swanton who ensured that two such E W Swanton and Gerald Brodribb and continue Michael Down worthy projects could see the light of day. to sell items from these important sources. Childrey, October 2009 CATALOGUE 38: CONTENTS SECTION 1: SECTION 11: THE WORKS OF F S ASHLEY-COOPER BOUNDARY BOOKS PUBLICATIONS ITEMS 1-40; PAGES 1-5 ITEMS 282-286; PAGES 43-44 SECTION 2: SECTION 12: TOUR BOOKS AND BROCHURES AUTOGRAPHED CRICKETERS‟ LETTERS ITEMS 41-90, PAGES 6-11 ITEMS 287-319, PAGES 45-48 SECTION 3: SECTION 13: BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY AUTOGRAPHS ITEMS 91-124, PAGES 12-15 ITEMS 320-385, PAGES 49-50 SECTION 4: SECTION 14: COUNTY AND CLUB CRICKET PHOTOGRAPHS ITEMS 125-165; PAGES 16-20 ITEMS 386-400, PAGES 51-56 SECTION 5: SECTION 15: EARLY HISTORY, ANNUALS, PERIODICALS POSTCARDS ITEMS 166-202, PAGES 21-25 ITEMS 401-412, PAGE 57 SECTION 6: SECTION 16: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND COLLECTORS CRAIG - THE SURREY POET ITEMS 203-215, PAGES 26-27 ITEMS 413-428, PAGES 58-59 SECTION 7: SECTION 17: LITERATURE, ESSAYS, PICTORIAL RECORDS PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ITEMS 216-238, PAGES 28-31 ITEMS 429-439, PAGES 60-62 SECTION 8: SECTION 18: OVERSEAS CRICKET CERAMICS, BRONZES, OBJECTS ITEMS 239-269, PAGES 32-34 ITEMS 440-449, PAGES 63-65 SECTION 9: SECTION 19: A SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING BOOKS ROCKLEY WILSON AND HIS FAMILY ITEMS 270-281, PAGES 35-39 ITEMS 450– 463, PAGES 66-69 SECTION 10: SECTION 20: WISDEN CRICKETER‟S ALMANACK SCORECARDS PAGES 40-42 ITEMS 464-472, PAGE 70 The Works of F S Ashley-Cooper 1. ASHLEY-COOPER, F S 4. WARNER, P F & ASHLEY-COOPER, F S 7. BETTESWORTH, W A Cricket Highways and Byways Oxford v Cambridge at the Wicket Chats on the Cricket Field. With ex- Allen & Unwin, 1927. A very good copy in Allen & Unwin, 1926. A fine copy in planatory notes by F S Ashley-Cooper a well preserved, scarce dust wrapper. One original, well preserved dust jacket. Merritt & Hatcher, 1910. Original cloth, a of Ashley-Cooper‟s most enduring and read- (illustrated below) £40 fine copy. A substantial volume, 468pp, full able books, including chapters on “Cricket as of interest. Includes chapters on the leading a Hobby” and “Books and Writers”. 5. ASHLEY-COOPER, F S Golden Age cricketers plus cricket authors (illustrated below left) £80 Middlesex County Cricket Club and collectors - CW Alcock, Rev James Vol II 1900-1920 Pycroft, HVL Stanton, AL Ford, SH Pardon 2. ASHLEY-COOPER, F S London, 1921. Original cloth, a very good and Fred Gale. The book is riddled with Gentlemen v Players copy with slightly faded spine. £65 Ashley-Cooper‟s informative notes. £75 Arrowsmith, 1900. Original decorative cloth, a very good copy. This book surveys the 6. HAYGARTH, A famous series of matches from their begin- MCC Cricket Scores and Biographies ning in 1806. (illustrated below) £50 Volume XV. Ed. F S Ashley-Cooper Longmans, 1925. Original cloth. There is 3. ASHLEY-COOPER, F S some discoloration to the end-papers but Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers o/w this is a very good copy, clean and Saxton, 1923. Original cloth, very good. tight. Ashley-Cooper took all Haygarth‟s Presentation copy from A W Shelton to G K notes after his death and turned them into Alcock, referring to his father who was this (then) final volume of S&B. It contains probably the Mansfield - based collector just biographies rather than match scores E R B Alcock. A very full county history - and also serves as an index to the previous 410pp of concentrated text and well 14 volumes. It runs to 437pp and is illustrated. Includes a bibliography of invaluable. (illustrated right) £225 Nottinghamshire cricket. £40 8. ASHLEY-COOPER, F S Eton v Harrow at the Wicket. With some biographical notes, poems and genealogical tables St James‟ Press, 1922.