Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024

Lot 782:
Estimate: £220/280
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions published by John Wisden & Co Ltd, London 1991. Limited edition 995/1000. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original yellow presentation box. Some wear and soiling to the box otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 783:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879. Willows softback reprint (1991) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 919/1000. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 784:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 785:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. Willows softback reprint (1985) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 426/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 786:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. Willows softback reprint (1988) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 396/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 787:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 206/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 788:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 205/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 789:
Estimate: £20/30
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
Lot 790:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 230/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 791:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 166/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 792:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 109/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 793:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 165/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 794:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 223/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 795:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 149/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 796:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Lacking two rear advertising pages, corner piece missing to first advertising page at the rear, nick to one page edge of one advertising page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 797:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 56/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 798:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 26/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 799:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 76/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 800:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2011) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 18/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 801:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2011) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 18/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 802:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2011) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 18/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 803:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2011) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 18/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 804:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. Willows softback reprint (1996) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 128/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 805:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 217/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 806:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 807:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. Willows softback reprint (1998) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 221/500. Soiling to top of page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 808:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. Willows softback reprint (1998) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 224/500. Soiling to top of page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 809:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. Willows softback reprint (1999) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 209/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 810:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. Willows softback reprint (1999) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 298/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 811:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. Willows softback reprint (2000) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 231/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 812:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. Willows softback reprint (2000) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 120/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 813:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. Willows softback reprint (2001) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 136/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 814:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. Willows softback reprint (2001) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 190/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 815:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. Willows softback reprint (2001) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 253/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 816:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. Willows softback reprint (2002) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 108/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 817:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. Willows softback reprint (2002) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 197/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 818:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. Willows softback reprint (2002) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 164/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 819:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 169/1000. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 820:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 237/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 821:
Estimate: £30/40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 67/500. Bump to corner of the first pages in the book causing creasing to the corner of the cover otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 822:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 279/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 823:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. Willows softback reprint (2003) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 151/500. Minor soiling to the top edge of the page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 824:
Estimate: £0/0
No lot £0/0... View full lot details
Lot 825:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some minor wear and loss to spine paper, minor wear to wrappers otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 826:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original paper wrappers. Wear and some loss to spine paper, some breaking to spine block and front internal hinge, minor wear and darkening to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Sold with a rebound 1924 edition, lacking front wrapper, rear wrapper present. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 827:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. Willows softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 55/500. Minor soiling to the top edge of the page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 828:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. Willows softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 80/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 829:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. Willows softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 20/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 830:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. Willows softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 66/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 831:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. Willows softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 356/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 832:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. Willows softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 124/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 833:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931 and 1932. 68th & 69th editions. Original paper wrappers. Both editions with some breaking to page block, page sections becoming loose, some wear and loss to spine papers of both editions edition, soiling and darkening to the wrappers of the 1932 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 834:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and slight discolouration to the spine paper, minor wear to wrappers, name of ownership handwritten to the top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good overall condition... View full lot details
Lot 835:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934 and 1935. 71st & 72nd editions. Original paper wrappers. Both editions with some wear and staining to wrappers and spine, some darkening to the wrappers of the 1934 edition, some loss to spine paper, the 1935 edition with some water damage to rear pages and rear wrapper with loss to page edges at the rear of the book otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 836:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor bowing to spine, name of ownership handwritten to the top border of the front wrapper, odd minor faults otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 837:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937 and 1938. 74th & 75th editions. Original paper wrapper and cloth covered editions. Some breaking to the 1937 page block, some soiling to wrappers and spine paper, the 1938 edition with some bowing to spine, soiling and wear to covers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 838:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939 and 1941. 76th & 78th editions. Bound in brown boards, original cloth covers, with titles in gilt to front board and spine. Both Gloucester City Reference Library editions with ‘Library Reference Department’ label pasted down to inside front board, small barcode to front end paper and minor small library stamps to odd random pages. Both editions with odd faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 839:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940. Willows reprint (2003) in softback covers. Limited edition 103/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 840:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Only 4100 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in light brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Very good condition. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 841:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Minor discolouration to covers, minor ink marks to lower front covers, odd minor faults otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 842:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 221/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 843:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Only 5600 copies printed in this war year. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with titles in gilt to spine. Nick to the page edge of an advertising page at the front otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition. Sold with a softback edition for 1946, discolouration and wear to covers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 844:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1948,1949, 1951 to 1953, 1955-1962, 1964 to 1968. Original hardback editions with dustwrappers where required, with the exception of the 1953, 1961, 1962 and 1966 editions which are softback. Some faults including wear to boards, fading to gilt titles, the 1952 edition with broken front and rear internal hinges and in only fair condition, some bowing to the spines of the 1961, 1962 and 1966 editions, softback editions, some damage to... View full lot details
Lot 845:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971, 1974 and 1976. Original hardback editions with dustwrappers. Minor age toning to the dustwrapper spines of the latter two editions otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 846:
Estimate: £500/700
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear and bumping to board extremities, some bumping to corners, odd minor marks to boards, some wear and fading to gilt titles on the spine paper, slight bump to first yellow end paper at the front otherwise in good/very good condition with bright gilt titles to the front board. Handwritten name of ownership to the top border of the yellow end paper, first two advertising... View full lot details
Lot 847:
Estimate: £500/700
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original hardback. Some general wear to boards and spine paper, some dulling to gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper and breaking to front internal hinges otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 848:
Estimate: £800/1200
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Original hardback. Very good to excellent condition throughout with gilt titles to front board and spine bright. A rare pre-war hardback edition... View full lot details
Lot 849:
Estimate: £2000/3000
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original hardback. Very good to excellent condition throughout. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine bright... View full lot details
Lot 850:
Estimate: £220/260
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Original hardback. Some light wear to board extremities and spine paper, minor bump to bottom corner of front board otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 851:
Estimate: £150/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Wear and slight damage with splitting to the head of the spine paper, odd marks and wear to the boards at front and rear, some soiling to top edge of page block otherwise in good/very good condition with bright gilt titles... View full lot details
Lot 852:
Estimate: £200/300
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear and light creasing to spine paper, minor marks to boards, some soiling to page block edge otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 853:
Estimate: £200/300
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear to boards, corners of boards and spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition with bright gilt titles... View full lot details
Lot 854:
Estimate: £250/350
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
Lot 855:
Estimate: £200/300
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, name of ownership handwritten to the yellow title page at the front otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 856:
Estimate: £220/260
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to boards and extremities, slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 857:
Estimate: £180/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original hardback. Some general wear to boards and spine, minor marks to rear board otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 858:
Estimate: £150/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Original hardback. Appears to have had broken internal hinges at front and rear which have been repaired otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 859:
Estimate: £250/350
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 front board and spine paper, very minor marks to boards, minor stain to the page edges from page 205 to 221 to a lesser or greater extent otherwise in good+ condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 860:
Estimate: £120/160
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulled gilt titles on spine paper, minor marks to front board and spine, some wear to internal hinges otherwise in good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 861:
Estimate: £150/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulling to gilt titles on spine paper, crease to front board, smaller lesser crease to rear board otherwise in good+ condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 862:
Estimate: £40/60
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 spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 863:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947. Original hardback. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, some breaking to the front internal hinge otherwise in good+ condition with gilt titles to the front board exceptional... View full lot details
Lot 864:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1948. Original hardback. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, some browning to internal pages otherwise in good+ condition with gilt titles to the front board exceptional... View full lot details
Lot 865:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1949, 1951, 1952 and 1953. Original hardback editions. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine papers of all editions, the gilt titles to the front boards generally good, some bowing to the 1949 edition with wear to front internal hinge, minor marks to the boards of the 1951 edition, minor creasing and marks to the front board corner of the 1953 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 866:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951 to 1955. Original hardback editions. All editions with some faults and all editions with some wear to boards and dulling or dulled gilt titles to spine and boards. The 1951 edition with broken front and rear internal hinges otherwise in good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 867:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954 and 1960. Original hardback editions. Both in very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 868:
Estimate: £60/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960. Original hardback editions. All of the editions with dulled gilt titles to spine and to a lesser extent the front boards with the exception of the 1959 edition which is in good/very good condition. The 1956 edition with broken spine block, the 1957 edition with mark to front board, broken front internal hinges, the 1958 with wear to front internal hinge, and the 1960 edition with... View full lot details
Lot 869:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961. Original hardback editions. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine papers of the first two editions, the gilt titles to the front boards very good, the 1958 edition ex-libris with marks to front board, the 1959 edition ex-libris with mark to front board, the 1960 edition with wrinkling to spine paper and the 1961 edition with slight breaking to the front internal hinge otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 870:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. Original hardback editions. The 1962 edition ex-libris with odd bump to front board extremities and fault to trimming of the top edge of the pages, the 1963 edition with some wear and bumping to spine paper and the 1965 edition ex-libris with minor faults to boards and spine paper otherwise in good+ condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 871:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. Original hardback editions, the first two with dustwrappers, the last two lacking dustwrappers. some wear and minor faults to the dustwrappers, the 1969 edition ex-libris with minor faults otherwise in good+ condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 872:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1970 to 2021. Original hardback editions with dustwrappers where applicable, lacking the 2018 to 2020 editions, the exception of the 1999, which is a softback edition, the 1973 hardback is lacking its dustwrapper. There are duplicate editions of the 2015 and 2107 and an additional softback edition for 1998. Odd faults to dustwrappers, the 1975 and 1976 editions are ex-libris otherwise in good/very good condition throughout. The 1982 edition signed to photoplate... View full lot details
Lot 873:
Estimate: £0/0
No lot £0/0... View full lot details
Lot 874:
Estimate: £800/1200
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
Lot 875:
Estimate: £80/120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. 19th edition. Bound in blue/green boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Lacking front and rear advertising pages otherwise in good/very good condition. Former Lancashire C.C.C. library edition with bookplate to inside front board of A.W. Ledbrooke, who wrote the club’s history, signed to bookplate by Ledbrooke. Lancashire library stamp to odd page... View full lot details
Lot 876:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Old tape repairs to title page and two advertising pages to rear, soiling to ‘contents’ page, lacking first and last advertising pages, nick to the top of one rear advertising page,light foxing otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 877:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. 22nd edition. Bound in blue/green boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Lacking front and rear advertising pages otherwise in good/very good condition. Former Lancashire C.C.C. library edition with bookplate to inside front board of A.W. Ledbrooke, who wrote the club’s history, signed to bookplate by Ledbrooke. Lancashire library stamp to odd page... View full lot details
Lot 878:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Minor wear to wrappers, oval ownership stamp to front wrapper otherwise in good/very good... View full lot details
Lot 879:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Minor wear, darkening and soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good... View full lot details
Lot 880:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 881:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. 33rd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Minor soiling to wrappers otherwise in very good... View full lot details
Lot 882:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. 35th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 883:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very minor marks to front wrapper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 884:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. 41st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Handwritten signature of ownership to top border of the title page otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 885:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 886:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. 44th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Very minor age toning to wrapper edges otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 887:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908 and 1909. 45th & 46th editions. Both bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1908 with poor, damaged wrappers with tape repairs, the 1909 with soiled and darkened wrappers otherwise in good condition. Sold with disbound remnants of a 1907 edition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 888:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 889:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Minor fault to corner of front wrapper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 890:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 891:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 892:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Minor loss to the head of the spine on the brown boards otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 893:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 894:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 895:
Estimate: £100/150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Some soiling to both wrappers, slight damage to edge of the front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 896:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 897:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Light soiling to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 898:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very minor soiling to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 899:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. 65th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very minor faults to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 900:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Wear to the head of the spine of the dark brown boards otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 901:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 902:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 903:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge. Very good condition. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 904:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946 to 1949. All four editions bound in dark brown boards, with original cloth covers, title and date in gilt to spine, beautifully marbled page block edge of the 1946 and 1947 editions. Some faults to the covers of the 1947 and the rear cover of the 1948 edition otherwise in very good condition. Sold with a softback 1946 edition in fair/good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 905:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Original wrappers. Breaking to spine block, page sections becoming loose, soiling and minor wear to wrappers and wrapper extremities, wear and loss to spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 905a:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950 to 2000. The editions from 1950 to 1985 bound in dark brown boards, with original cloth covers, title and date in gilt to spine. The remainder all original hardbacks with dustwrapper, the 1987 edition lacking wrapper, the 1991 a softback. Odd faults, staining to the covers of the 1951 edition and repaired front cover of the 1955 edition otherwise in good/very good condition. Sold with two editions of Wisden... View full lot details
Lot 906:
Estimate: £100/150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Original wrappers. Some wear and loss to spine paper, minor wear to front internal hinge, some spotting to page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 907:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. 35th edition. Original wrappers. Rear wrapper cleanly detached, some wear and loss to wrapper extremities and spine otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 908:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Original wrappers. Breaking to the spine block, wear and loss to the spine paper and wrapper edges, very minor loss to front wrapper bottom corner, some splitting to the front wrapper hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 909:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904 and 1905. 41st & 42nd editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1904 edition lacking rear wrapper, some breaking to page block, front wrapper and spine a little age toned, small loss to the spine paper otherwise in good condition. The 1905 edition with some breaking to the spine block, age toning to wrappers and spine, small loss to the top edge of the front wrapper, minor wear and small loss to the... View full lot details
Lot 910:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original wrappers. Breaking to the spine block, wear and loss to the spine paper and wrapper edges, some staining to the front wrapper edge and to the spine paper, odd further faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 911:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original wrappers. Breaking to the spine block, the book almost split into two halves, wear with some wear and loss to spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 912:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922 and 1923. 59th & 60th editions. Original paper wrappers. Both editions with some breaking to page block, some wear and loss to spine paper, slight bowing and slight discolouration to wrappers of both books otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 913:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922 and 1923. 59th & 60th editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1922 edition with bound in brown board with original front wrapper and replica rear wrapper, the 1923 edition with replacement spine, wear to wrappers, old tape mark to inside front wrapper edge near to the spine otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 914:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924 and 1925. 61st & 62nd editions. Original paper wrappers. Both editions with some breaking to page block, some wear and loss to spine paper, slight bowing and slight discolouration to wrappers of both books otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 915:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some minor soiling and spotting to wrappers, slight bowing to spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 916:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Some minor soiling and wear to wrappers, some wear to spine with minor loss, nick to edge of rear wrapper otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 917:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936 and 1937. 73rd & 74th editions. Original paper wrappers. Some bowing to the spines of both editions, more so to the 1937 edition. Some wear and soiling to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 918:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some bowing to spine, very light soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 919:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear and soiling to wrappers, vertical strip of old tape to edge of the wrappers where it meets the spine at front and rear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 920:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some wear and darkening to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 921:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in quarter leather binding, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some wear and darkening to the wrappers, some minor surface loss to the wrappers, handwritten name of ownership to the top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 922:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Good/very good condition. Sold with a similar 1910 edition bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some wear and soiling to wrappers, damage with small loss to the edge of the rear wrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 923:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910 and 1911. 47th & 48th editions. Both bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1910 with handwritten signature to front wrapper, some slight darkening to wrappers otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 924:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. The front wrapper cleanly detached, very minor loss to the surface of the front wrapper title text on one letter otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 925:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some foxing to front wrapper, odd spot to the rear wrapper, wear and slight damage to page 415/416 otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 926:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913 and 1914. 50th & 51st editions. Both editions bound in quarter leather binding, the 1914 edition with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. The 1913 edition lacking wrappers, the last advertising page is bound in to the start of the book, wear and tears to the first advertising page otherwise in good condition. The 1914 edition with some wear and age toning to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 927:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913 and 1914. 50th & 51st editions. The 1913 edition bound in black leather boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Ex Huddersfield Library. Trimming a little tight in odd places, minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good condition. The 1914 edition bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine, red speckled page edges. Wear and staining to wrappers otherwise in good/very... View full lot details
Lot 928:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th edition. Bound in half leather boards, original paper wrappers, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 929:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd 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. Some slight bumping to corners, minor staining to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles to front board and spine bright... View full lot details
Lot 930:
Estimate: £100/150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Bound in brown boards, original paper wrappers, titles in gilt to spine. This edition formerly owned by writer Gerald Brodribb with his name in gilt to the bottom right hand corner of the front board and signed to first advertising page. Some wear and soiling to wrappers, loss to front wrapper edge otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 931:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine, red speckled pages edges. Good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 932:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1921. 57th & 58th editions. Both bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1920 with soiled and worn wrappers, the 1921 edition with soiled and worn wrappers with some tears to front wrapper edges otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 933:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1921. 57th & 58th editions. Both editions bound in quarter leather binding, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Both editions with handwritten name and address of ownership to top border of the front wrapper. Wear and small loss to the wrappers of the 1920 edition otherwise in good condition. The 1921 edition with some loss to the printed wrappers due to past applied tape, Wrappers worn but otherwise... View full lot details
Lot 934:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922 and 1923. 59th & 60th editions. Both editions bound in quarter leather binding, with original paper wrappers, the 1922 edition lacking rear wrapper, gilt titles to spine. Both editions with handwritten name and address of ownership to top border of the front wrapper, both editions with old tape marks to wrappers, one losing some printed surface of the wrapper. The 1922 edition is a little tired and worn, the 1923 edition... View full lot details
Lot 935:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 936:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923 and 1924. 60th & 61st editions. The 1923 edition bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Good+ condition. The 1924 edition bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Slight fading to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 937:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923, 1924 and 1925. 60th, 61st & 62nd editions. All three bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1923 edition with soiled and worn front wrapper, lacking the rear, the 1924 edition with soiled wrapper and 1925 edition with soiled, worn and damaged wrappers covered in protective film, only fair condition overall the first two books in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 938:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925 and 1928. 62nd & 65th editions. The 1925 edition bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine and in good condition. The 1928 edition bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Very light soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 939:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926, 1927 and 1928. 63rd, 64th & 65th editions. All three bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1926 and 1928 editions wrappers are worn and have lost some printed text, the 1928 with parcel tape to page edge, the 1927 edition with soiled wrappers with odd faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 940:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine, red speckled page edges. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 941:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929, 1930 and 1931. 66th, 67th & 68th editions. All three bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1929 edition with wear and some loss to printed text to wrappers, the other two editions with soiled wrappers otherwise both in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 942:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932, 1933 and 1934. 69th, 70th & 71st editions. All three bound in varied brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1932 edition with wear and some loss to wrappers, a tired copy, the 1933 with only remnants of the front wrapper, soiled and worn rear wrapper and the 1934 edition with small tape repair to top edge of the rear wrapper otherwise in good... View full lot details
Lot 943:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, titles in gilt to spine. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 944:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 945:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938, 1939 and 1940. 75th, 76th & 77th editions. The 1938 and 1940 editions bound in brown boards, with original cloth covers, title and date in gilt to spine, the 1939 edition in original cloth covers. the 1938 edition in good condition, the 1939 with bowing to spine and some wear to covers and the 1940 with poor worn covers otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 946:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946 to 1949. All four editions bound in uniform brown boards with titles in gilt to spines, The 1946 edition with original limp cloth covers, the other three editions lacking covers. Very good condition throughout... View full lot details
Lot 947:
Estimate: £150/180
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Wear to boards and spine paper, surface bump indentation to front board, bumping to corners, creasing to spine paper, splitting to the top of the front board where it meets the spine, breaking to front internal hinge causing tears to the yellow front end paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 948:
Estimate: £150/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original hardback. Wrinkling, creasing and wear to spine paper, some surface marks and general wear to boards otherwise in generally good/very good condition with bright gilt titles... View full lot details
Lot 949:
Estimate: £180/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Some general wear to boards and spine, dulling to gilt titles on front board and spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 950:
Estimate: £180/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Some very minor wear to boards, almost total loss of gilt titles to spine, some slight dulling to the titles on the front board, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 951:
Estimate: £200/300
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original hardback. Some very minor wear and small amount of wrinkling to boards and spine, slight bumping to corners otherwise in good/very good condition, internally very good... View full lot details
Lot 952:
Estimate: £120/160
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Signs of old damp staining to the boards and spine, boards worn and gilt titles dulled, Library label to inside front board, Internally very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 953:
Estimate: £100/150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original hardback. Wear to boards and spine paper, dulling to gilt titles, breaking to front internal hinge, wear to head and base of spine paper, some soiling to page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 954:
Estimate: £180/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Original hardback. Dulled gilt titles to spine paper, some breaking to the front internal hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 955:
Estimate: £100/150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Original hardback. Wear and odd mark to boards and spine paper, dulling to gilt titles, breaking to front and rear internal hinges, minor wear to head and base of spine paper, internally good condition... View full lot details
Lot 956:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. Original hardback editions. The 1946 with worn and stained boards, internally good, the 1947 with worn boards, dulling to gilt titles, wear to internal hinges, browning to pages, the 1948 edition with nick to top of spine paper and to external fold of the board cover, browning to pages, dulling to gilt titles, the 1949 with dulling to gilt titles, wear to boards, breaking to rear... View full lot details
Lot 957:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Fading to covers and spine, dulling to gilt titles on front board and spine paper, wear to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 958:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. Original hardback editions. All of the editions with dulled gilt titles to spine and to a lesser extent the front boards. The 1951 with broken front internal hinges, the 1952 with broken front and rear internal hinges, the 1953 with broken front internal hinges, the 1954 in good/very good condition and the 1955 with torn last advertising page and some wear to front internal hinges otherwise... View full lot details
Lot 959:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957. Original hardback editions. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine papers of all editions, the gilt titles to the front boards generally good, some bowing to the 1954 edition, some wrinkling to the spine of the 1956 and the 1957 edition otherwise in good+ condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 960:
Estimate: £30/40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955 and 1956. Original hardback editions. Some slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine of the 1955 edition, the 1956 edition with some slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine, some browning to the first advertising pages otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 961:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955. Original hardback. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 962:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1958. Original hardback. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 963:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959. Original hardback. Very minor marks to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 964:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960, 1981 to 2022. Original hardback editions with dustwrappers where applicable. The 1960 edition with light wear to the front internal hinge otherwise in good/very good condition. Sold with the run from 1981 to 2022, plus duplicate hardback editions for 2005 and 2010 and softback editions for 1994, 1995 and 1996. Some age toning to dustwrapper spines, minor wear otherwise in overall good+ condition. Sold with ‘The Little Wonder. The Remarkable History... View full lot details
Lot 965:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960. Original hardback. Slight wear to the front internal hinge otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 966:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1961 and 1966. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. The 1961 edition with minor marks to boards otherwise in good/very good condition and the 1966 edition with minor mark to the top of the page block otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 967:
Estimate: £60/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. Original hardback editions with the exception of the 1965 edition which is a softback. All of the editions with dulled gilt titles to spine and to a lesser extent the front boards with the exception of the 1964 edition which is in good condition. The 1961 and 1962 editions with marks to front board, the 1963 edition with wear to the internal hinges, the 1964 with... View full lot details
Lot 968:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 (2), 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 (2), 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 2001, 2003, 2005 (2), 2006 (2), 2007 (2), 2008, 2011, Original hardback editions with dustwrapper where required. Faults to odd editions otherwise in generally good+ condition. Qty 35. In two boxes... View full lot details
Lot 969:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper, with the exception of the 1968 edition which is a softback. Some faults to dustwrappers, all of the hardback editions in good condition, the 1968 edition with soiling and bowing to spine otherwise in good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 970:
Estimate: £30/50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 971:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972 to 1974 and 1976 to 2023. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Generally good/very good condition throughout. Sold with ‘The Little Wonder. The Remarkable History of Wisden’. Robert Winder, London 2013, ‘An Index to Wisden 1864-1984’. Compiled by Derek Barnard, London 1985 and a selection of replacement replica dustwrappers for 1946 to 1964, produced by ‘Sportspages’. Fifty three books in total... View full lot details
Lot 972:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972 to 1999 and 2006 . Original hardback editions with dustwrapper with the exception of the 1974 and 1975 editions which are softback editions. Some bowing to the spines of the two softbacks, some wear to some of the earlier hardback editions otherwise in good condition. Qty 29... View full lot details
Lot 973:
Estimate: £0/0
No lot £0/0... View full lot details
Lot 974:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original front paper wrapper, lacking rear wrapper. Total loss to spine paper, wear to vertical edge of front wrapper, handwritten name of ownership to top of front wrapper and first advertising page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 975:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Original cloth covers. Slight bowing to spine, minor wear to covers, slight breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 976:
Estimate: £150/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 3200 paper copies printed in this war year. Very good/excellent condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 977:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 4100 paper copies printed in this war year. Minor foxing to spine paper, slight bump to top right hand corners, slight discolouration to covers and spine otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 978:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Some discolouration to covers and spine, minor staining to page block edge, minor bump to top corner otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 979:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Minor wear to covers, fold to the rear cover corner, worn front internal hinge otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 980:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Name of ownership embossed to first advertising page, minor light fading to spine paper otherwise in very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 981:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 6500 paper copies printed in this war year. Name of ownership embossed to first advertising page, minor light fading to spine paper otherwise in very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 982:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1957. Original limp cloth covers. Minor wear to cover extremities of the 1946 edition, minor soiling and wear to the covers and slight bowing of the 1947 edition, light bowing to the 1957 edition, odd minor faults otherwise in good + condition. Qty 8... View full lot details
Lot 983:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Good/ very good condition. The book presented in its original ‘Sporting Handbooks Ltd’ postal box to a Mr Turner of Gt. Missenden... View full lot details
Lot 984:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951, 1953, 1962, 1963, 1966 (2), 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971 (2), 1974, 1978, 1979,1980, 1981 (2), 1983, 1984 (2), 1985, 1986 (3), 1987, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2005. Original limp cloth covers. Slight bowing to a lesser of greater extent to the 1951, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1978 and 1979 editions, faults to odd editions otherwise in generally good+ condition. Qty 32. In two boxes... View full lot details
Lot 985:
Estimate: £150/250
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions, with pink wrappers, printed by ‘Billing & Sons Ltd’ and published in 1960. Limited edition. Odd minor faults otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 986:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. Willows softback reprint (1983) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. In un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 987:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 352/500. In un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 988:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. Willows softback reprint (1991) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 384/500. In un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition with original receipt from Willlows dated 1991... View full lot details
Lot 989:
Estimate: £25/35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. Willows softback reprint (1992) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 358/500. In un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 990:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 1000/1000. In un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 991:
Estimate: £3000/4000
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1995 to 2021. 132nd to 158th edition. Excellent complete run of the de luxe full leather bound limited edition hardback. Gilt lettering and gilt to all page block edges, in slip cases. Each book is numbered limited edition number 94, the 1995 of only 100 copies and the following years of 150 copies produced, each signed by the editor of Wisden in that year. Qty 27. Excellent/mint condition... View full lot details
Lot 992:
Estimate: £200/300
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions published by John Wisden & Co Ltd, London 1991. Limited edition 497/1000. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. Sold with the original receipt from Wisden dated 1993. In original yellow presentation box and in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 993:
Estimate: £20/30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack- Australia 1998 - 2005/6. 1st to 8th Editions. Original hardbacks with dust wrappers. Qty 8. Slight fading to the spine of the dustwrapper of the 1998 edition otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 994:
Estimate: £30/40
Wisden Anthology 1978-2006. Leather bound limited edition no. 206/300, gilt to all page edges in slipcase. Signed to title page by the editor, Stephen Moss, and former editors of Wisden, Matthew Engel, Tim De Lisle and Graeme Wright. Sold with Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack special limited large format editions 2006 to 2011 and 2013, two in slip case plus a full set of five Wisden Anthologies 1864 to 2006. Odd faults, good condition. Qty 13... View full lot details
Lot 995:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896-1951. An incomplete selection of original front and rear wrappers and linen covers for books for the period stated. The wrappers being 1896 (front & rear), 1897 (two front wrappers), 1898 (front), 1907 (two front and one rear), 1909 (front and rear), 1914 (front), 1921 (front and rear), 1922 (two front and one rear), 1923 (front and rear), 1924 (front), 1925 (front), 1926 (front), 1927 (front and rear), 1929 (front and rear),... View full lot details

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