‘The Cricketers of Vanity Fair’. Excellent complete collection of sixty nine original colour lithographs of cricketers, the first forty seven as listed by John Arlott and the second twenty two as listed by J.W. Goldman, both in 1953 and published in Russell March’s book, ‘The Cricketers of Vanity Fair’. The images, from the first list are Grace, Spofforth, Lord Harris, Bonnor, A.Lyttelton, Read, Philipson, Hornby, Stoddart, Woods, Lord Hawke, Fry, Baldwin, 6th Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount Curzon, Mitchel, Clarke, McLean, Ranjitsinhji, Wynyard, E. Lyttelton, Jessop, N.G. Lyttelton, Jephson, Abel, Jackson, Burge, Paliaret, Hirst, Warner, Lord Darnley, Viscount Cobham, Bosanquet, Lord Dalmeny, Marsham, Lubbock, Hayward, Spooner, Tyldesley, Gillingham, Wells, Hutchings, Lucas, Blythe, Hobbs, Dillon and Bailey. Image from the second list are Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Bessborough, Bray, Butler, Chelmsford, Earl of Dudley, Lord Hamilton, Horsman, Hughes, Earl of Leicester, Long, Lord Lyttleton, Spencer -Lyttleton, Marshall, Patiala, Ponsonby-Fane, Earl Loreburn, Ryle, Lord Russell, Thornton and Mason. An additional lithograph of Leslie Ward ‘Spy’ is sold with this lot. The lithographs are not mounted but are framed and glazed in gilt frames, with the exception of eight lithographs which are mounted. Some faults noted, minor staining to border of the images of Woods, Mitchell, Baldwin, Lucas, Bonnor, Hornby, Stoddart, Marsham and Ponsonby-Fane, wrinkling and light fading to Hobbs, age toning to Fry, small tear/damage to Spencer-Lyttleton, irregular trimming of borders to the Dartmouth lithograph, a few odd minor faults including wrinkling to the odd image otherwise in good condition. The lithograph of the rarer E.W. Dillon has very minor staining to lower border edge plus very minor wrinkling. Qty 70
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