We're exhibiting at the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair!

 

We're exhibiting at Chelsea Old Town Hall:
Friday 31st October: 2pm-7pm
& 
Saturday 1st November: 11am-5pm
 
You can download a complimentary ticket here: https://firsts.artsvp.com/84d91f?link=chelsea25grosvenor 
 
Catalogue 149, which will heavily feature cricket, will be released at lunchtime on 29th October.
 
For a sneak peak you can check out our highlights on the ABA website once they go live here: https://www.chelseabookfair.com/ 
 
[A youth with a cricket bat.]
Drawn & Engraved by T. Gaugain. 
Published Han.y 18, 1809, by E.d Orme, London.
Etching. Framed, sight size 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼").
Some spotting and staining, unexamined out of frame.
A half-length portrait of a boy wearing a white shirt and waistcoat, a cricket bat resting on his shoulder.
[Ref: 67068] £650.
 

 

 

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