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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Excellent wrappers and very good/excellent condition throughout... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with boards, gilt titles almost identical in typeface and positioning as an original hardback edition. Pages checked, complete. Minor wear to boards otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Pages checked, complete. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition (2nd issue). Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, with boards, gilt titles almost identical in typeface and positioning as an original hardback edition. Very minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition (2nd issue). Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, with boards, gilt titles almost identical in typeface and positioning as an original hardback edition. Very minor wear to boards and spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, with boards, gilt titles almost identical in typeface and positioning as an original hardback edition. Very minor wear to boards and spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. 35th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with gilt titles to board and spine. Pages checked, complete. Trimming by the binder a little tight and irregular in places, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with gilt titles to board and spine. Pages checked, complete. Trimming by the binder a little tight and irregular in places, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with gilt titles to board and spine. Pages checked, complete. Trimming by the binder a little tight and irregular in places, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original hardback. Very minor soiling to page block edge, very minor foxing to odd page otherwise in excellent condition with gilt titles bright to front board and spine paper. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. 39th edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. 40th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to the front internal hinges, minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. 42nd edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to bottom edge of front board, oblong adhesive mark to the inside front board, as though a bookplate has been removed in the past otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper. Internally excellent. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. 44th edition. Original hardback. Very slight dulling to the gilt titles on the front board, titles bright to spine paper. Very good condition throughout. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Original hardback. Very good/excellent overall condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Original hardback. Very good/excellent overall condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original hardback. Some wear and staining to both boards, darkening to spine paper, dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, wear to board extremities, internally good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Original hardback. Some wear and staining to front board and to a lesser extent the rear board, darkening to spine paper, slight dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, internally good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original hardback. Some wear and staining to the top of the front and rear boards, darkening to spine paper, slight dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, some breaking to the front internal hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Original hardback. Some wear and minor staining to boards, some wear to board extremities, bumping to corners otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original hardback. Some creasing to spine papers and to a lesser extent the front and rear boards, some wear to boards and board extremities otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Bound in brown boards, without original wrappers, with boards, gilt titles almost identical in typeface and positioning as an original hardback edition. Very minor wear board extremities and darkening to spine paper, slight breaking to internal hinges otherwise in Good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. 57th edition. Original hardback. Some slight dulling to gilt titles to spine paper, some slight soiling to yellow end papers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original hardback. Some wear and wrinkling to front board and spine paper, minor breaking to internal hinges, chip to top edge of the yellow front end paper, yellow front end paper becoming detached otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to board extremities, bumping to lower corner of the front board, breaking to front internal hinge, handwritten name and address to top of front yellow end paper, small loss to the laid down yellow end paper at rear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original hardback. Some wear and staining to board extremities, some bumping to corners, dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, minor loss to corner of one internal page, page block a little soiled otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and slight staining to rear board extremity, some bumping to corners, darkening and some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, also wear to the head and foot of the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear to the head and foot of the spine paper, minor bumping to corners otherwise in good/very good condition. Internally very good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults noted otherwise in good/very good condition. Internally very good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. 65th edition. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions published by John Wisden & Co Ltd, London 1991. Limited edition 969/1000. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original yellow presentation box. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 197/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 228/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. Willows softback reprint (1983) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 185/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Darkening and staining to wrappers with very minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Two bands of old tape horizontally across the front and rear wrappers, slight age toning to wrappers, old tape to inside front wrapper and to first advertising page, minor soiling to edge of title page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. 26th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Old tape mark to vertical edge of front wrapper where it meets the spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 248/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. Willows softback reprint (1991) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 359/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. Willows softback reprint (1992) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 448/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893 and 1897. 30th & 34th editions. The 1893 edition with original front paper wrapper only, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Soiling, darkening and wear to the front wrapper, nick and some loss to wrapper extremity, small corner repair with tape to top corner of the third last advertising page otherwise in good condition. The 1897 edition lacking original wrappers, bound in brown worn boards with gilt titles... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in green/blue boards, with gilt titles to spine. Front wrapper darkened with minor wear, handwritten name of ownership to top border, rear wrapper with some age toning otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very slight bow to spine, very minor wear to spine, minor mark to top of front wrapper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. 33rd edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Old tape marks to wrappers, some wear and age toning to wrappers, minor foxing to odd page otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. 35th edition. Original paper wrappers. Front wrapper cleanly detached at spine, minor age toning to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899 and 1900. 36th & 37th editions. The 1899 edition with original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Some soiling and wear to original wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. The 1900 lacking original wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Pages checked, complete with advertising pages, nick and some wear to the last advertising page, some wear to the first advertising page otherwise... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901 and 1902. 38th & 39th editions. Both editions with original wrappers, uniformly bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. The 1901 edition with poor worn and darkened wrappers with heavy loss to the extremities of both the front and rear wrappers, internally good. The 1902 edition with worn and darkened wrappers with some loss to wrapper extremities at front and rear, odd nick to outer advertising page at rear... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903 and 1904. 40th & 41st editions. The 1903 edition with original wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Some wear and corner loss to the front wrapper, loss to the rear wrapper extremities, internally good. The 1904 edition lacking original wrappers, bound in brown boards with gilt titles to spine, lacking original advertising pages at front and rear. Pages checked complete. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. 42nd edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Some soiling and age toning to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907 and 1908. 44th & 45th editions. The 1907 edition lacking original wrappers, bound in old worn quarter leather, with titles to spine. The book, a little tired, with minor staining and annotation to odd page. The 1908 edition with original wrappers, bound in brown boards with gilt titles to spine, ugly band of tape to vertical border of the front wrapper nearest the spine otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909, 1910 and 1911. 46th, 47th & 48th editions. The 1909 edition with original wrappers, bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. The wrappers covered in a plastic protective film, not removable, bookplate and ownership stamp to first advertising page otherwise in good/very good condition. The 1910 and 1911 editions with original wrappers, bound in old worn quarter leather boards. Both editions a little tired, soiling and age toning to... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original hardback. Some general wear to boards, minor bump to front board edge, minor wear to spine paper and board corners, internally good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Original paper wrappers. Handwritten name of ownership in ink to the top border of the front wrapper, some wear and breaking to spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some minor wear to front wrapper and spine paper edge otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor loss of front wrapper surface around the central title, minor wear and slight loss to the head and base of spine paper, slight discolouration to front wrapper and spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wrinkling to front wrapper, some wear and small loss to the head of the spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. 66th edition. Original hardback. Some wear and wrinkling to spine paper, some minor wear to front internal hinge otherwise in good/very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers, small loss and rounding to front wrapper corners, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original hardback. Some bowing to top of page block, some wear to board extremities, slight breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932 and 1935. 69th & 72nd editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1932 edition with some breaking to spine block at the front, some page blocks becoming loose, some age toning and darkening to wrappers, some wear to spine paper, rear wrapper detached, hand written annotation to odd page otherwise in good condition. The 1935 edition with worn, soiled and age toned wrappers, some wear and darkening to spine paper otherwise in good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to gilt titles on front board and to a greater extent to the spine paper, some wear to board extremities, slight breaking to rear internal hinges otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to gilt titles on front board and to a greater extent to the spine paper, very minor wear to board extremities otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939. 73rd, 74th, 75th & 76th editions. Original paper wrappers/covers. The 1936 edition with slight bowing to spine, some wear and darkening to spine paper, rear wrapper split and becoming detached, handwritten annotation to odd page otherwise in good condition. The 1937 edition with age toning and darkening to wrappers, wear and darkening to spine paper with some loss otherwise in good condition. The 1938 and 1939 editions... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulled gilt titles on spine paper, dulling to gilt titles on the front board, general wear to boards otherwise in good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Only 5000 hardback copies were printed in this post war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and spine paper, general wear to boards otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. The 1947 and 1949 editions are original hardbacks, the 1948 and 1950 with cloth covered wrappers. The 1947 edition with dulled gilt titles to front board and spine, ink mark to front board, some wear to boards, some breaking to internal hinges, the 1948 edition with some soiling to covers, slight bowing to spine, browning to page edges, the 1949 edition with fading to titles and some... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951 and 1957. Original hardback editions. The 1951 edition with broken rear internal hinges, dulled gilt titles to spine, first advertising page attached to inside front board, the 1957 edition with dulled gilt titles to front board and spine, breaking to front internal hinges otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1952. Original hardback. Soiling to page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953. Original hardback. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954 and 1955. Original hardback editions. Both editions have some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine and some soiling to page block. The 1954 edition with minor mark to front board, the 1955 edition with minor crease to front board, some breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956 and 1958. Original hardback editions. Both editions have some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine and front board and minor soiling to page block. The 1956 edition with some minor creasing to boards otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959. Original hardback. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960 and 1961. Original hardback editions. Both editions have some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine and front board otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1962. Original hardback. Slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1963. Original hardback. Slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine, minor wrinkling to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964. Original hardback. Very slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965 and 1966. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Some age toning to spine of dustwrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1967 and 1968. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Some age toning and minor wear to spine of dustwrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1969 and 1970. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Some age toning and minor nicks to spine of dustwrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Some age toning to spine of dustwrapper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972 to 1975. Original hardbacks with dustwrapper. Minor wear and age toning to odd dustwrapper spine otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1976 to 2018. Original hardbacks with dustwrapper. Minor wear and age toning to the odd earlier dustwrapper spine otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 43... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions, with pink wrappers, second facsimile edition printed by Lowe & Brydone Ltd, London 1974. Limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893 to 2016. 30th to 153rd editions. Excellent complete run of one hundred and twenty four editions of the Almanack. All of the editions bound in dark green boards, with gilt titles to spine, with original wrappers or covers with the exception of the 1914, 1921 to 1923, 1930, 1932, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971 to 1975, 1978 to 1982, 1984, 1996 to 2004, 2006, 2008 to... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions, with pink wrappers, printed by ‘Billing & Sons Ltd’ and published in 1960. Limited edition. In original presentation box. Minor soiling to top edge, age toning to box otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1867, 1870, 1872, 1873 and 1875. Five facsimile editions, with pink wrappers, second facsimile edition printed by Lowe & Brydone Ltd, London 1974. Limited edition. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. Willows softback reprint (1983) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. Willows second softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 169/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. Willows second softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 244/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. Willows hardback second reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 96/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897. Willows hardback reprint (1994) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 326/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. Willows hardback second reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 62/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. Willows hardback second reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 73/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. Willows softback reprint (2000) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Minor wear to top of spine otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows hardback second reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 26/100. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 735/1000. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. Willows softback reprint (2000) in softback covers. Un-numbered limited edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. Willows softback reprint (2000) in softback covers. Un-numbered limited edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. Willows softback reprint (2000) in softback covers. Un-numbered limited edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

The Wisden Collector’s Guide’. J. Rice & A. Renshaw. London 2011 and ‘The Wisdener Manual’. W. Furmedge. 2014 and ‘What Wisden means to me’ W. Furmedge. 2013. Sold with two original Wisden hardback editions for 2017 and 2020, both with dustwrappers and a hardback edition of ‘An Index to Wisden 1864-1984’. G... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. The book has been beautifully bound, very similar to a Wisden de luxe full leather bound limited edition hardback, with original wrappers. Gilt titles and lettering to boards and spine and gilt to all page edges. Marbled end papers. The book in excellent condition with very good original wrappers. In slip case.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good to excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor age toning and odd minor faults to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Original paper wrappers. Broken page block, front page sections and front wrapper detached, loss to front wrapper extremities, Vertical band of old tape mark to wrapper edge and spine, total loss of spine paper, some darkening to wrappers, nick to last advertising page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. 26th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor age toning and odd very minor faults to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. 27th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good to excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. 28th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor mark to rear wrapper, some soiling to page block, light minor foxing to odd page otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor fold to corner of rear wrapper, some minor age toning to wrappers, corner loss to page 191/192 otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor age toning to wrappers, handwritten name to top border of the front wrapper, light soiling to top of page block otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback editions, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Some minor age toning and small stain to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902 & 1903. 39th and 40th editions. The 1902 edition appears to have been previously bound, lacking rear wrapper, total loss of spine paper, some loss to front wrapper extremities, darkening to top edge of page block otherwise in good condition. The 1903 edition bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers and front and rear advertising pages otherwise in good condition. Qty 2. G... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904 & 1905. 41st and 42nd editions. The 1904 edition bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers otherwise in good condition. The 1905 edition appears to have been previously bound, lacking both wrappers, total loss of spine paper, lacking advertising pages at the front of the book, darkening to top edge of page block otherwise in good condition. Qty 2. G... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907 & 1921. 44th and 58th editions. The 1907 edition only about fair condition, broken spine block, the book split into two parts, wear and major loss to the poor front wrapper which is detached, about fair condition rear wrapper, complete and attached. The 1921 edition with some breaking to page block, wear and some loss to spine paper otherwise in good condition. Qty 2. G... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and age toning to wrappers and spine paper, more to the front wrapper which has scuff marks to the lower half of it which has caused some loss to the print, appears to have had pen/ink restoration to the DN’ and ‘RD’ of the printed title ‘Sydney H. Pardon’, some discolouration around the spine side of both wrappers otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear, minor spotting and age toning to wrappers and spine paper, some wear with slight corner loss to wrapper extremities otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original paper wrappers. Wear, spotting and age toning to wrappers and spine paper, both wrappers have scuff marks to them and attempts have been made to restore the wrappers in these areas, some loss to the print which appears to have had pen/ink restoration to certain letters of the printed titles, stain to page block, small loss to top right hand corner of front wrapper, signatures and date of... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original paper wrappers. Slight age toning and very minor wear to wrappers, some darkening to spine paper, handwritten name and date ‘April 1919’ to top border of front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. The book has been beautifully bound, very similar to a Wisden de luxe full leather bound limited edition hardback, with original wrappers. Gilt titles and lettering to boards and spine and gilt to all page edges. Marbled end papers. The book in excellent condition with very good original wrappers. In slip case.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spines. Some minor wear, age toning and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931 and 1932. 68th & 69th editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1931 with stained, darkened and age toned wrappers, handwritten ink name to top border of front wrapper, old tape to spine affecting the edges of the wrappers, some loss to spine paper, internally good. The 1932 edition, in original ‘Sporting Handbooks’ box, has poor heavily worn wrappers with some loss, has broken spine block, almost total loss of spine paper, page... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Rebound in boards with gilt titles to spine, lacking original front cloth cover, with rear cover, rear cover with tape marks around edges on the inside of the cover, some wear with slight corner loss to this cover otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Rebound in boards with gilt titles to spine, lacking original cloth covers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Only 6500 paper copies printed in this war year. Rebound in boards with gilt titles to spine, lacking original cloth covers otherwise in good/very good condition. Sold with a rebound 1948 edition with poor original covers, only fair/good condition throughout. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Odd minor faults otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951 to 1960. Original limp cloth covers. Minor bowing to the spines of the 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959 and 1960 editions, good general wear to the majority of the editions, slight colour discolouration to odd editions otherwise all in good condition. Qty 10... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971 to 2016. Original limp cloth covers. Minor bowing to the spines of odd editions to varying degree,some general wear and some fading and age toning to some spines otherwise all in good condition. Sold with a hardback edition of ‘An Index to Wisden 1864-1943’. Compiled by Rex Pogson. London 1944 and ‘Index to Wisden 1864-1984’. Compiled by D. Barnard. Qty 48... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. 35th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear to head and base of spine paper, some minor wear to internal hinges, minor foxing to odd page otherwise in very good to excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board extremities, some breaking to internal hinges, some loss of text to yellow front end paper and yellow title page otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles bright. A rare early hardback edition. The book was presented to Major Robert Montagu Poore. Hampshire & South Africa 1895-1906 by Harry Luff, owner of John Wisden & Co to commemorate Poore being named one of... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original hardback. Repaired damage to page 459/460, light soiling to top of page block edge otherwise in excellent condition with gilt titles bright to front board and spine paper. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. 39th edition. Original hardback. Minor scratch to top of front board, minor wear to board and spine extremities, some wear to spine paper, thin piece of tape to the base of the first advertising page otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and to a lesser extent the spine paper. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Original hardback. Minor bump to lower edge of front board, some wear to board corners, very minor bump to edge of rear board, handwritten name of ownership in ink to top border of yellow title page otherwise in good/very good overall condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board corners, bump to rear board, handwritten name of ownership and date in ink to top border of yellow end paper to the back of the front board otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to boards, handwritten name of ownership and date in ink to top border of yellow end paper to the back of the front board otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. 57th edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition throughout with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original hardback. Minor marks to boards otherwise in very good to excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear to boards otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original hardback. Bump to lower right corner of the front and rear boards otherwise in very good to excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper. A Wisden paper advertising flyer from the period loosely inserted in the book... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear to the left hand edge of the front board where it meets the spine otherwise in excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original hardback. Minor marks to front board, slight wear to board extremities, minor creasing to spine paper otherwise in very good/excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear to boards otherwise in very good/excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. 65th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear to boards, very slight splitting to rear internal hinge otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. 66th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original hardback. Some light creasing to spine paper otherwise in generally very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear otherwise in very good condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to gilt titles on front board and spine paper otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to gilt titles on front board and spine paper, some soiling to page block edge otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Original hardback. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original hardback. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Original hardback. Some light general wear to boards and spine paper, some minor wear to board and spine extremities, front and rear internal hinges broken, dulling to gilt titles on the spine otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1949 and 1960. Original hardback editions. The 1949 edition in poor/fair condition, broken internal hinges, very poor boards with paint marks, ink stains etc, some staining to rear end paper and last page. The 1960 edition has a faint circular cup stain to front board and two marks to rear board otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1969. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Minor age toning to the dustwrapper spine, minor soiling to top of page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details