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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition. A very rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board extremities, some dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, signature and date to top left hand corner of the yellow title page otherwise in good/very good condition. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original hardback. Generally very good to excellent condition with gilt titles bright. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. 39th edition. Original hardback. Wear with small loss to the head of the spine paper, further odd minor faults otherwise in good+ condition. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. 40th edition. Original hardback. Broken internal hinges at front and rear, repaired with old tape, darkening to spine paper, dulling to gilt titles on the spine, minor crease to the top of the front board otherwise in good condition. Ink library stamp for the Sydney H. Pardon Memorial Library to inside front board and yellow title page... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. 41st edition. Original hardback. Bump to the bottom corner of the front board, minor wear to board extremities, minor ink marks to rear board otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. 42nd edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear to board and spine extremities, slight dulling to the gilt titles otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Original hardback. Minor stain marks to spine paper, light soiling to page block edge otherwise in generally very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. 44th edition. Original hardback. Light wear to boards and board extremities, minor bumping to corners, some soiling to page block edge, ‘Boys Library’ label to inside front board otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Original hardback. Some bumping to board corners, light wear to board extremities, ink signature to top border of the inside front board otherwise in good/very good condition with bright gilt titles... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Original hardback. Some bumping to front board edge, light wear to boards and spine paper, dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, small ink signature to the top corner of the yellow title page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board extremities, dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, ink signature and date to the yellow title page otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Original hardback. Odd minor faults otherwise in generally very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to board extremities and spine paper, ink handwritten name to the top border of the front board and the top border of the yellow title page, some surface bumping to the boards on front and rear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee edition). Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition throughout with gilt titles bright... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original hardback. Some staining and creasing to rear board, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Original hardback. Some bumping to corners, dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, some darkening to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise a lovely example of this rare wartime hardback edition and probably the rarest of the 20th century editions. Presentation inscription to top of the yellow title page ‘Denstone College Library from A.W. Shelton, February 1916’. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition throughout with the exception of an old ink stain to the rear board. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine very bright. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition throughout. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine very bright. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original hardback. Very good to excellent condition throughout. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine very bright. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. 57th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards, board extremities and corners, vertical creasing to the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original hardback. Some soiling and handwritten inscription to page block ‘confined to library’, some bumping to corners otherwise in very good condition. Presentation inscription to top of the yellow title page ‘Denstone College Library from A.W. Shelton, March 1921’... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to board extremities, wear and vertical crease to spine paper, split to approximately one inch of the top of the internal hinge, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, light stain and marks to front board, some wear to front internal hinge, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, minor marks to boards, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, minor marks to boards, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, vertical crease and some wear to spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original hardback. some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, vertical crease and some wear to spine paper, slight breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards, dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, wear to the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. 65th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, vertical crease to spine paper, minor ink marks to rear board, some wear to internal hinges otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. 66th edition. Original hardback. Some very minor folds to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original hardback. Slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, slight bumping to corners, some wear to head of the spine paper, ink signature of ownership to top of the yellow title page otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear and odd minor mark to boards, some light wear and minor vertical crease to spine paper, some breaking to internal hinges otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original hardback. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, small bump to the top corner of the front board, slight 2” split to the top of the front internal hinge otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, some wear and minor stain to the boards and spine paper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, small ink library stamp for the ‘Blackfriars School, Stamford’ to inside front board otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, some blemished to the boards and spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper and to a lesser extent the front board, some wear to the spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, minor wear to boards otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939 and 1940. 76th & 77th editions. Original hardback editions. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and spine paper of both editions. The 1939 edition with some breaking to the front internal hinges, slightly cocked spine to the left, wear to boards and spine paper. The 1940 edition with wear to the front internal hinges otherwise both in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original hardback. Only 800 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original hardback. Only 900 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original hardback. Only 1400 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine, odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine, very minor marks to rear boards but sadly there signs of damp staining to internal pages with some picture pages stuck together otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947. Original hardback. Slight dulling to gilt titles on the front board, usual browning to war time paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1948. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1949. Original hardback. Very minor wear to board extremities otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950. Original hardback. Browning to first and last advertising pages otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1952. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1957. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1958. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1961. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1962. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1963. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1966. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1967. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1968. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1969. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1973. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1974. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1975. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1976-1979. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent 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, marbled end papers. Pages checked, complete. Pages trimmed by the binder. Very minor foxing to odd page otherwise in good/very good condition.... 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 1878. 15th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Pages checked, complete. Very minor foxing to odd page otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Willows ‘150th Anniversary Reprint’. Fifteen facsimile editions published 2012. Limited edition 81/150. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original Willows brown presentation box with slip case as issued. Excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879-1886. Boxed set of Wisdenauction.com reprint editions. Eight facsimile editions published in 2021. Limited edition 92/150. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original brown presentation box and slip case as issued. Excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 191/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 133/250. Very good condition... View full lot details