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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. Willows softback reprint (1996) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 143/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902 and 1906. 39th & 43rd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, the 1902 with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Some wear with loss to the extremities of the original wrappers and covered in transparent preservation film otherwise in good+ condition. The 1906 lacking front wrapper but with rear wrapper present. Good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 269/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. Willows softback reprint (1998) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 236/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. Willows hardback reprint (1998) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 22/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 492/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in dark brown/maroon boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Signature stamped to front wrapper, one inside page and stamped twice to rear wrapper. Good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Wear, loss and staining to the bottom corner of the front wrapper, minor staining to the lower corners of the first two advertising pages otherwise in good+ condition. Sold with a similar rebound 1911 edition in black boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Minor wear and staining to wrappers, tears to pages 165/166 and... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 298/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 293/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Bound in black boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Handwritten name of ownership to top border of the front wrapper, minor wear and nick to edge of front wrappers otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914 and 1915. 51st & 52nd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, the 1915 with original wrappers, the 1914 lacking front wrapper, with gilt titles to spine otherwise in good condition. The 1914 edition with some wear and age toning to the rear wrapper, the 1915 edition with minor wear to wrappers otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 862/1000. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. Willows hardback reprint (1997) rebound in light brown boards, similar to Willows softback bindings, with gilt titles to front board and spine. No limited edition number available due to rebinding. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 206/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 26/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1921. 57th & 58th editions. Bound in dark and light brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. The 1920 with minor wear to the extremities of the rear wrapper, some soiling to the inside of the front wrapper and first advertising page otherwise in good condition and the 1921 edition lacking front wrapper, wearing to rear wrapper, some tears to page edges. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine, red speckled page edge. Generally good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Bound in green boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Soiling and staining to front wrapper, ink name of ownership to the top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924, 1925 and 1926. 61st, 62nd & 63rd editions. All three volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. The 1924 with darkened and worn wrapper, wear to extremities, the 1925 with mark to the front wrapper and the 1926 edition with a slightly age toned front wrapper, the rear wrapper in similar condition but with tear and loss to side edge otherwise all three in good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927 and 1928. 64th & 65th editions. Both volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. The wrappers of the 1927 edition with some wear and age toning, the 1928 edition has some staining to the vertical edge of the front wrapper which affects the first few advertising pages at the start of the book otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929 and 1930. 66th & 67th editions. The volumes bound in green and brown boards, with original wrappers to the 1929 edition, gilt titles to spine. The 1929 edition has small handwritten name of ownership to the top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition, the 1930 edition has corner loss to page 321/322, the book is a little tired in places with staining to the first and last... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Ink signature handwritten to top border of the first advertising page, slight wrinkling and wear to rear board, pen mark otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932, 1933 and 1934. 69th, 70th & 71st editions. All three volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine with the exception of the 1932 edition which is lacking its front wrapper. Some soiling and wear to the rear wrapper of the 1932 edition, The 1933 edition with vertical crease and repair to top corner to front wrapper, soiling, wear and small corner loss to the following couple... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935, 1936 and 1938. 72nd, 73rd & 75th editions. All three volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. All three editions with faults, wear and soiling to their wrappers or covers, internally in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937 and 1939. 74th & 76th editions. Both volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers/covers, gilt titles to spine. Both in good+ condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940. Willows hardback reprint (2003) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 272/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 355/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 410/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 452/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 249/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 275/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1949, 1952, 1953 and 1954. All five books bound in dark brown boards, with original covers, gilt titles to spine,The 1946 edition in good condition but has a Birthday greeting laid down to the inside front board on a label, the 1953 and 1954 editions in good/very good condition, the 1949 with wear, loss to edges and staining to covers and the 1952 edition with faults to covers and to last... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947, 1948 and 1950. Original hardback editions. The 1947 and 1948 editions with signs of wear to boards, browning to pages and dulling to gilt titles on the front boards and the spine, the 1947 with breaking front internal hinges and worn rear hinges, the 1948 (ex-libris) with ink marks to front board and top of spine paper, wear to internal hinges and the 1950 with slight dulling to the gilt titles... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951 and 1955. Original hardback editions. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956, 1957 and 1958. Original hardback editions. Slight dulling to the gilt titles of the 1957 edition, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959 and 1960. Original hardback editions. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964. The latter three are original hardback editions with odd faults otherwise in good condition. The 1961 is a softback edition bound in brown boards with gilt titles to spine, loss to edge of the front cover otherwise in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965 to 1970. Original hardback editions all with replacement dustwrappers. Good condition. Qty 6... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971 to 2023. Original hardback editions. The editions from 1971 to 1993 all with replacement dustwrappers. The editions from 1994 to 2023 all with original dustwrappers. Sold with duplicate issues for 2002, 2003 (2), 2004 and 2005 and with two Wisden related publications. ‘Light fading to the dustwrapper spines of the three 2003 editions otherwise in good condition. Plus a full run of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack- Australia 1998-2005/6, 1st to 8th Editions,... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864 to 1866. The first three facsimile ‘Billings & Sons Ltd’ reprints published in 1960. Limited edition. Bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, lacking wrappers. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1867 to 1869. Three facsimile ‘Billings & Sons Ltd’ reprints published in 1960. Limited edition. Bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, lacking wrappers. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1870. 7th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Signature of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’ to front end paper and from his collection. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the ‘To the Reader’ page at the front of the book and odd page within the book, foxing mainly to the... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1871. 8th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the back of the title page and facing page, further lesser annotation to odd pages, foxing to a greater or lesser extent throughout the book and to... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1872. 9th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the back of the title page and facing page, further lesser annotation to odd pages, foxing to the first few pages and to page block edge, minor... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1873. 10th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the back of the title page, further lesser annotation to odd pages, light foxing to the title page and to the last page rough edge to the... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1874. 11th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’, light foxing to the first three pages and to the last three pages to the rear and page block otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1875. 12th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the title and the ‘contents’ pages and to a lesser extent some further pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. Probably the rarest Wisden edition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1876. 13th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the title and the ‘contents’ pages and to a lesser extent some further pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1877. 14th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the title and the ‘contents’ pages and to a lesser extent some further pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1878. 15th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the rear pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the county club from the 2nd Earl Sondes and became Kent’s headquarters.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879. 16th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking four advertising pages at the rear otherwise complete. Light foxing to the title page and to some further pages within the book, odd very minor ink annotation in the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880 to 1884. 17th-21st editions. Five editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all five volumes otherwise complete. Broken front internal hinge, light foxing to some pages and to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885 to 1888. 22nd-25th editions. Four editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all four volumes otherwise complete. Slight breaking to front internal hinge, minor light foxing to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889 to 1891. 26th-28th editions. Three editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all three volumes otherwise complete. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894 and 1895. 31st-32nd editions. Both editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages to the 1894 edition, lacking the front advertising pages only of the 1895 otherwise complete. Some wear and tear to the head of the spine paper otherwise in good/very good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898 to 1900. 35th-37th editions. All three editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages to all three editions otherwise complete. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of... View full lot details

Lord Harris, George Robert Canning, Kent & England 1870-1911. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891 to 1931. 28th-68th editions, lacking the 1895 and 1898 editions. Thirty nine editions of the Almanack, formerly owned and from the library of Lord Harris. All editions are bound in green full leather, lacking wrappers, with gilt to all page edges, marbled end papers. The first five editions are signed in ink by Harris to the front end paper and twelve editions... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Staining to the lower corner of the rear wrapper and affecting the last few pages at the rear of the book, light wear to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and small minor staining to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940. 77th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details