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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922 and 1923. 59th & 60th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, the 1922 lacking original rear wrapper, the 1923 edition with both wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and staining to the front wrapper of the 1922 edition, red ink staining to the front wrapper of the 1923 edition affecting the next two advertising pages otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924 and 1925. 61st & 62nd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Some red ink staining to the front wrapper of the 1924 edition affecting the next two advertising pages, wear and age toning to wrapper, the 1925 edition with some wear to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926 and 1927. 63rd & 64th editions. The first bound in quarter leather and the second in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. The 1926 edition is ex Aldenham School library with label to inside front board, the 1927 edition with soiled and wear to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928 and 1929. 65th & 66th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Both editions with some wear and soiling to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930 and 1931. 67th & 68th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor faults to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and small loss to spine paper, general wear to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original paper wrappers. Wear with some loss to spine paper, general wear to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and minor loss to spine paper, general wear to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935 and 1936. 72nd & 73rd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Heavy soiling to the front wrapper of the 1935 edition, general wear to the other wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937 and 1938. 74th & 75th editions. Original paper wrappers and original cloth covers. The 1938 edition with discolouration to the lower third of the front wrapper with some staining and slight loss to edge, loss to the head and base of the spine paper, the 1928 edition with faded, discoloured and foxed covers, both internally in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939 and 1940. 76th & 77th editions. Original cloth covers. The 1939 edition with heavy loss to the printed surface of the front cover, lesser loss to the spine and rear cover, the 1940 edition with breaking to spine block, some wear and staining to covers otherwise in fair/ good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 3200 paper copies printed in this war year. Name of ownership written in small lettering to top border of the front cover, slight soiling to front cover, some light staining to rear cover otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 4100 paper copies printed in this war year. Very good/excellent condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Slight discolouration to covers and spine, minor mark to front cover otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 6500 paper copies printed in this war year. Slightly cocked spine to the right, some minor wear to covers and soiling to the rear cover otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Generally good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947 to 1949. The 1947 and 1949 are in original limp cloth covers, the 1948 an original hardback edition. Slight bowing to the spines of the two softback edition, odd faults otherwise in good condition. The 1948 edition with faded or fading gilt titles, broken front internal hinges and breaking rear hinges, browning to internal pages and handwritten inscription to first advertising page otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950 to 1952. Original hardback editions. otherwise in good condition. The first two copies with fading to gilt titles on the spine, the 1950 edition with fading to the titles on the front board, the 1950 edition with broken front internal hinges and breaking to rear, breaking to the front internal hinges of the 1952 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953, 1954 and 1956. Original hardback editions. The 1953 and 1954 editions with some faults to the boards otherwise in good condition. The 1956 edition with fading to gilt titles, breaking to spine block and breaking to front internal hinges. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955, 1957 and 1958. Original limp cloth covers. Some soiling to covers, slight bowing to the spines of the 1957 and 1958 editions, name handwritten to the page block of the 1958 edition otherwise in generally good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959 to 1964. Original hardback editions. The 1959 edition with broken internal hinges at front and rear, the 1960 to 1963 editions with broken internal hinges to either front or rear, all with fading to either the front board or spine and sometimes both, wrinkling to the spine of the 1963 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 6... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1968 and 1969. Original hardback editions. Staining to the front of the 1968 dustwrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1970. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971 and 1972. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Some soiling and wear to the dustwrapper of the 1971 edition otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890, 1892, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899. 27th, 29th, 33rd, 34th, 35th & 36th editions. All books with faults. The first two and the last two books bound in boards, the first, third and fourth lacking wrappers and the second with poor wrappers. The 1896 edition with original wrappers with crude tape binding to spine. The 1890 edition lacking advertising pages and also photographic plate and the next four pages, the 1892... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910, 1911 and 1912. 47th to 49th editions. All three books bound in mid blue boards, lacking wrappers, with gilt titles to spine., red speckled page edges. Good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913, 1921 and 1932. 50th, 58th and 69th editions. Original paper wrappers. All three editions with faults and broken page blocks to a greater or lesser extent, the 1913 with wear to wrappers and loss to spine with tape to outside and inside edges of the wrappers, the 1921 edition with wear and loss to spine, some wear to wrappers, ink annotation to front wrapper and the 1932 edition with some wear... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914 and 1915. 51st and 52nd editions. Both books bound in mid blue boards, lacking wrappers, with gilt titles to spine, red speckled page edges. Good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1922. 57th and 59th editions. Both books bound in mid blue boards, with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Odd faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923 to 1925. 60th to 62nd editions. The 1923 and the 1925 bound in light brown boards, the 1924 in blue boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. The 1923 and 1925 with small page section loose, the 1925 with tape to break, the 1924 edition in good overall condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926 and 1928. 63rd & 65th editions. Both bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Splitting to the spine paper, some minor wear and age toning to the wrappers to the 1926 edition, some soiling and darkening to the wrappers of the 1928 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear to boards otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1937. 66th to & 68th and 74th editions. All four bound in boards, two in green and two in brown, the first two and last editions lacking wrappers, the 1931 with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spines. The 1929 and 1930 editions in good condition, the 1931 with breaking to spine block, page section working loose, minor tape to pages at this point, the 1937 edition lacking... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor soiling to rear wrapper, wear and small cut to page 137/138 otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934, 1935 and 1936. 71st to 73rd editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1934 edition with small loss to the edge of the rear wrapper, the 1935 edition with minor bowing to spine and slight soiling to wrappers and the 1936 edition with replacement facsimile spine and old tap[e marks to wrappers otherwise all three editions in good+ condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938 and 1939. 75th & 76th editions. Original hardback editions. The 1938 edition in only fair condition with broken front and rear internal hinges, faded gilt titles, splitting and tear to spine paper, the 1939 edition with some fading to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, some breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940, 1946, 1947 and 1948. 77th, 83rd to 85th editions. Original paper wrappers and cloth covered editions. The 1940 edition with some bowing to spine, wear to spine paper and some breaking to page block, the 1946 edition with some wear and discolouration to covers, odd minor faults, the 1947 edition with some bowing to spine, general wear to covers and the 1948 edition with breaking page block, some bowing to spine... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1949 to 1953. Original hardback editions. The 1949 edition with broken front and rear internal hinges, the 1950 with broken front internal hinges, the 1951 with wear to the front internal hinges, the 1952 edition with wear to the front and rear internal hinges and the 1953 edition with wear to the front internal hinge otherwise in good+ condition. Qty 5... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954 to 1958. Original hardback editions. The 1954 edition with loose page section (tape to pages) and wear to the front internal hinge, very minor wear to the front internal hinge of the 1956 edition otherwise all five in good+ condition. Qty 5... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959. Original hardback. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. Original hardback editions. Some wear to the front internal hinges of the first three editions, some minor marks to the boards of the 1962 and 1963 editions otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964 to 1969. Original hardback editions with the exception of the 1964 edition which is a softback edition. Some age toning to the spine of the 1964 edition, the five hardback editions with non removable cellophane protective plastic covering dustwrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 6... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1970 to 1978. Original hardback editions. All books with non removable cellophane protective plastic covering dustwrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 9... 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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor wear and age toning to wrappers and spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900, 1901, 1905, 1906 and 1907. 37th, 38th, 42nd, 48th and 49th editions. Bound in various colour boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1905 to 1907 editions with original paper wrappers, the 1901 edition with original front wrapper and the 1900 lacking wrappers and front advertising pages. The 1901 with poor front wrapper, small tear to last advertising page, the 1906 edition with poor front wrapper, soiling to both wrappers and... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901, 1902 and 1903. 38th to 40th editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1901 edition with replacement spine and lacking rear wrapper, some loss to the edge of and soiling to the front wrapper, the 1902 edition with replacement spine paper and with loss and damage to the edge of the front wrapper and the 1903 edition with replacement facsimile wrappers and spine paper. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1928. 41st, 57th, 59th, 63rd, 64th and 65th editions. Original paper wrappers. All books with faults, the 1904 with replacement spine, wear, soiling, slight loss and minor repair to wrappers, the 1920 with loss to spine paper, page block breaking, the 1922 with tape to spine and front internal hinge breaking, the 1926 with detached torn front wrapper and loss to spine paper, and the 1927... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912. 45th to 49th editions. Bound in light and dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1911 edition with original paper wrappers and in good condition, the 1909 and 1910 editions with original front wrapper only and the other two editions lacking wrappers. The 1908 with minor faults to the first and last advertising pages, the 1909 with poor front wrapper, odd faults and... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913, 1914, 1915, 1921 and 1922. 50th to 52nd, 58th and 59th editions. Bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1913 and 1914 editions with original paper wrappers, the 1921 and 1922 editions with original front wrapper only and the 1915 edition lacking wrappers. The 1913 edition with fading, wear and soiling to wrappers, the 1914 with soiled and worn wrappers, half of the rear wrapper missing and... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original paper wrappers. Vertical crease to front wrapper, minor wear to spine paper with small loss to head and base otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1929. 60th to 63rd and 66th editions. Bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1923 and 1925 editions with original paper wrappers, the 1924 and 1929 editions with original front wrapper only and the 1926 edition lacking wrappers. The 1923, 1924 and 1925 editions with fading, wear and soiling to wrappers, the 1929 with poor front wrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 5... 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 1929, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938 and 1939. 66th, 70th, 71st, 74th, 75th and 76th editions. Original paper wrappers. All books with faults, the 1929 with detached worn and damaged wrappers, heavy loss to spine paper, the 1933 with heavy wear to wrappers and spine with some loss to the edge of the front wrapper, the 1934 with wear to wrappers and spine, the 1937 with bowing to spine and soiling to wrappers... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931, 1932, 1935 and 1936. 68th, 69th, 72nd and 73rd editions. Bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The latter three editions with original paper wrappers, the 1931 edition lacking wrappers. The 1932, 1935 and 1936 editions with fading, wear and soiling to wrappers, the 1935 with loss to wrapper edges otherwise in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks 1923 and 1932. 60th & 69th editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1923 edition with breaking to spine block, loss to spine paper otherwise in good condition, the 1932 edition with slight breaking to spine block and some loss to spine paper, chip to the top left hand corner of the front wrapper otherwise in good+ condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940, 1946 to 1952. Original cloth covered covers. All books with faults, the 1940 with bowing to spine, the 1946 with some discolouration to covers, the 1947 and 1948 editions with soiling to covers, the 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952 with some bowing to spines to a greater or lesser degree otherwise in good condition. Qty 8... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945 and 1946. Original cloth covers. Soiling and some foxing to the front covers and spines of both editions, some foxing to the page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. Willows softback reprint (2000) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 11/500. Un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Original hardback. Ink stain to top corner of the front board, a touch to the top of the spine paper and the rear board, name of ownership and date to top border of the inside front board and yellow end paper, slight wrinkling to the spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original hardback. Good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original hardback. Odd very minor marks to front board, wear to the head and base of the spine paper, pencil name and date of ownership handwritten to the top border of the front yellow end paper otherwise in good/very good condition. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine bright... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original hardback. Very good condition throughout with gilt titles to front board and spine paper bright. A rare wartime hardback edition. Not often seen in such lovely condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1948 and 1949. The 1946 edition is an original hardback edition, the other two books are original limp cloth covered editions. The 1946 edition with some wear and fading to boards and spine, internally good, the 1948 edition with some bowing to spine and the 1949 with some soiling and spotting around the spine area otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960. Original hardback. Slight wear to the front internal hinge otherwise in good/very good condition... 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