A rare collection of English billiards and snooker books from the early 1800’s including some very rare signatures from professional and amateur playe

A rare collection of English billiards and snooker books from the early 1800’s including some very rare signatures from professional and amateur players and billiards novelists from the early 1900’s and throughout the century. The collection boasts some of Joe Davis’s personal books including a publisher’s uncorrected proof submitted to Joe Davis for approval. Many of the books in this collection are 1st editions dating back to 1807 including very rare signatures from Charles Dawson World Billiards Champion 1899, Walter Lindrum World Billiards Champion 1933, Tom Aiken Scottish Billiards Champion 1902, Sydney Fry, English Amateur Billiards and Snooker Champion 1893-1925, Joe Davis 1927 World Billiards Champion, Horace Lindrum World Snooker Champion 1952, Clark McConachy World Billiards Champion 1951, Albert Brown 1950 News of the World Snooker Champion 1950, John Pulman World Snooker Champion 1957, Fred Davis World Snooker Champion 1948, John Barrie 1951 News of the World Snooker Tournament Qualifying Event Winner, Kingsley Kennerley English Billiards and Snooker Champion 1937, Sidney Smith United Kingdom Billiards Champion 1948, Walter Donaldson World Snooker Champion 1947, Sydney Lee English Amateur Billiards Champion 1931, Jack Rea Northern Ireland Snooker Amateur Champion 1947, Willie Smith World Billiards Champion 1920, Alec E Brown Daily Mail Gold Cup Snooker Champion 1938), Tom Newman 1921 World Billiards Champion, Arthur F. Peall (2nd Division Professional Runner Up 1922), Bob Marshall World Amateur Billiards Champion 1951, Jim Long World Amateur Billiards Runner Up 1960, Leslie Driffield 1952 World Amateur Billiard Champion 1952, Herbert Beetham World Amateur Billiards Champion 1960, Wilson Jones World Amateur Billiards Champion 1958, W.J.Dennison Irish Amateur Champion, Jack Rea Northern Ireland Amateur Snooker Champion 1947 and 1971 World Amateur Billiards Runner Up 1971, Wilfred Asciak Matla Snooker Amateur Champion 1950, Harry Stokes Scottish Snooker Professional Champion 1949, Manuel Francisco South African Amateur Billiards Champion 1959), Robby Foldvari World Billiards Champion 1986, Alex Higgins World Snooker Champion 1972, Steve Davis, World Snooker Champion 1981, Jimmy White World Champion Runner Up six times, Ray Reardon World Snooker Champion 1970, Cliff Thorburn 1980 World Snooker Champion, Kirk Stevens Canada Professional Snooker Champion 1979, Terry Griffiths World Snooker Champion 1979, John Spencer World Snooker Champion 1969, Eddie Charlton World Match Play Champion 1976, Jim Wych Canada Amateur Snooker Champion 1979, David Taylor World and English Amateur Snooker Champion 1968, Les Dodd English Professional Snooker Runner Up 1987, Cliff Wilson World Amateur Snooker Champion 1978, David Martin Professional Ticket Event Winner 1980, Graham Miles Pot Black Champion 1974), Billiard’s novelist, W.G. Clifford and Levi Rios. It is very rare to obtain such a collection including signatures from famous English billiards and snooker players from yesterday’s era at both amateur and professional level in a single collection, (qty). See images for a full list of the books in this lot.