Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
21st, 22nd & 23rd March 2025
Category: Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks
Various collections
Lot 560:
Estimate: £220/280
Hammer: £220
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions published by John Wisden & Co Ltd, London 1991. Limited edition 565/1000. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original yellow presentation box. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 561:
Estimate: £2500/3500
Hammer: £2800
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1872. 9th edition. Original paper wrappers. Odd very minor wear to wrappers, minor nick to the edge of the rear wrapper, very minor wear to the spine with slight split to base where it meets the rear wrapper otherwise in very good condition. Pages checked, complete. Rare... View full lot details
Lot 562:
Estimate: £400/600
Hammer: £750
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. 18th edition. Original paper wrappers. The book is in outstanding condition, not often seen for this early edition... View full lot details
Lot 563:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £140
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. 19th edition. Bound in brown boards, with gilt titles to front board and spine very similar to an original hardback edition, lacking original paper wrappers. Lacking three advertising pages at the rear otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 564:
Estimate: £300/400
Hammer: £650
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor wear to the head of the spine paper, very good wrappers and in very good condition throughout the book... View full lot details
Lot 565:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £420
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. 21st edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor discolouration to the wrapper edge nearest the spine, minor chips and nicks to the wrapper extremities with very small loss to the lower corners otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 566:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £200
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. 22nd edition. Original paper wrappers. The spine of the book is cocked to the right, minor wear to wrappers, minor chip to wrapper extremities, some wear to the spine with small loss to the base otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 567:
Estimate: £350/450
Hammer: £550
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. 23rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor darkening to spine paper, very slight cracking to edge of the spine paper otherwise in very good+ condition. This edition is not often seen in such lovely condition... View full lot details
Lot 568:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £500
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Original paper wrappers. Small amount of loss to the head of the spine paper, some breaking to spine block, some darkening to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 569:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £480
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. 26th edition. Original paper wrappers. The price of the book has been marked through in ink and the price of 5/- written next to it, some minor wear to wrappers, some fading to the printed titles, some wear to the head of the spine paper otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 570:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £460
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. 27th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor bowing to spine otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 571:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £320
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very slight bowing to spine, very slight discolouration to wrappers otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 572:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £260
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Original paper wrappers. Very slight discolouration to wrappers and spine, minor wear and slight cracking to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 573:
Estimate: £4000/6000
Hammer: £3800
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Original hardback. Odd very minor bumps and blemishes to the boards and spine paper, titles bright and in very good condition. A rare early hardback edition in lovely condition... View full lot details
Lot 574:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £220
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to spine with very slight loss to the spine paper, some very minor breaking to page block otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 575:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £220
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to the spine paper with slight loss, very small loss to the left hand bottom corner of the front wrapper, slight discolouration to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 576:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £190
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. 39th edition. Original paper wrappers. Small loss to the top left hand corner of the rear wrapper, fragment lost preserved inside the book, very minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 577:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £280
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. 40th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some darkening and discolouration to wrappers and spine, small loss to spine paper, some breaking to page block, odd chipping to wrapper extremities, splitting to the edge of the front wrapper where it meets the spine otherwise in generally good/ very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 578:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. 41st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some darkening and age toning to the wrappers and spine, some wear with small loss to spine paper, odd minor faults otherwise in good/ very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 579:
Estimate: £400/600
Hammer: £600
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. 42nd edition. Original hardback. Some wear to board and spine extremities, odd minor mark to boards, some fading to the gilt titles on the spine and to a lesser extent the front board, broken rear internal hinges, wear to the front internal hinges otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 580:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor loss to the spine paper, minor chip to edge of the front wrapper, broken book block otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 581:
Estimate: £700/1000
Hammer: £650
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. 44th edition. Original hardback. Some minor bumping to front board extremities, minor wear to board corners otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 582:
Estimate: £700/1000
Hammer: £600
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear and bumping to corners, odd minor marks to front board otherwise in very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 583:
Estimate: £700/1000
Hammer: £750
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Original hardback. Some very minor wear to corners otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 584:
Estimate: £600/900
Hammer: £500
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original hardback. Some very minor wear to boards, some breaking to the front internal hinge otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 585:
Estimate: £700/1000
Hammer: £600
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Original hardback. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 586:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original paper wrappers. Spine slightly cocked to the right, minor wear and very small loss to the base of the spine, very minor foxing to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 587:
Estimate: £600/900
Hammer: £500
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original hardback. Good/ery good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 588:
Estimate: £600/900
Hammer: £600
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Original hardback. Attractive bookplate to inside front board. Good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 589:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £380
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers and spine paper, slight bowing to spine, minor bumping to corners and wrapper edge otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 590:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original paper wrappers. Vertical crease to front wrapper, minor wear to spine paper with small loss to head and base otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 591:
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer: £180
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original paper wrappers. Slight foxing to vertical edge of front wrapper, minor wear to lower corner of front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details
Lot 592:
Estimate: £350/450
Hammer: £460
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. 57th edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to gilt titles to spine paper, some darkening to spine paper, minor wear to front board extremities, slight soiling to yellow end papers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 593:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £400
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original hardback. Very minor wear to front board otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 594:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £240
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original hardback. Some soiling to boards, darkening to spine paper, internally in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 595:
Estimate: £220/260
Hammer: £180
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original hardback. Ink stain to spine paper, minor wear to top corner of rear board, name of ownership written to top border of the inside of the front board otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 596:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and age toning to wrappers and spine, name of ownership written to top of the front wrapper, very minor loss to the base of the spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 597:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor breaking to page block otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 598:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £130
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original hardback. Worn boards and spine, wear to board extremities, dulling of gilt titles to front board, internally in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 599:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £140
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Ink spot to front board and top of page block, wear to boards and spine and extremities, worn internal hinges, creasing to spine paper, some bumping to corners otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 600:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. 65th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor chipping and loss to head and base of spine paper, very slight soiling to wrappers and spine otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 601:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £200
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. 66th edition. Original hardback. Some breaking to the front internal hinge, minor wear to spine paper otherwise in good/ very good condition with bright gilt titles... View full lot details
Lot 602:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £140
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor stain to the head of the spine paper, slight soiling to the wrappers and spine otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 603:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £130
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor staining to the page block, slight soiling to the wrappers and spine, minor wear to the base of the spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 604:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £200
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 605:
Estimate: £180/250
Hammer: £150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original hardback. Minor marks to front board, some wear to front internal hinge, very slight and small split to rear internal hinge otherwise in generally good/very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 606:
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to gilt titles on front board and the spine paper, internally in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 607:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor loss to the head of the spine paper, odd very minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 608:
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £110
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to gilt titles on front board and the spine paper, internally in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 609:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 610:
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £140
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on spine paper, ink name of opwnership to top border of the yellow front end paper, internally in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 611:
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original hardback. General wear and minor marks to boards, slight dulling to gilt titles otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 612:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original cloth covers. Very minor weather otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 613:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939 and 1940. 76th & 77th editions. Original cloth covers. The 1939 edition with some discolouration to covers and minor wear and the 1940 edition with bowing to spine and slight breaking to page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 614:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £240
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original hardback. Only 800 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulling to gilt titles on the front board, dulled titles to spine paper, very slight wear to front internal hinge otherwise in+ good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 615:
Estimate: £300/400
Hammer: £360
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original hardback. Only 900 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in very good condition with gilt titles to front board bright. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 616:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £190
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original hardback. Only 1400 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulled gilt titles to the spine paper otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 617:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £170
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulled gilt titles to the spine paper, some dulling to the gilt titles on the front board otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 618:
Estimate: £200/300
Hammer: £170
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulled gilt titles to the spine paper, some dulling to the gilt titles on the front board otherwise in good/very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 619:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £42
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Only 5000 hardback copies were printed in this post war year. Dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, some dulling to the titles on the front board, general wear to boards otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 620:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947 and 1948. Original hardback editions. The 1947 edition with browning to internal pages, broken internal hinges to front and rear, old tape repairs to both, wear to boards and dulled gilt titles to spine. The 1948 edition in very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 621:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1949 and 1950. Original hardback editions. The 1949 edition with dulled gilt titles to spine otherwise both books in good/very good condition. Sold with a 1949 softback edition which has slight bowing to spine otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 622:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951 and 1952. Original hardback editions. The 1951 edition with some foxing to page block edge otherwise in very good condition, the 1952 edition with broken front and rear internal hinges, some dulling to spine and front board gilt titles otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 623:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953. Original hardback. Some minor foxing to page block edge otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 624:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954. Original hardback. Some minor foxing to page block edge, odd very minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 625:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955. Original hardback. Some very minor foxing to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 626:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1957. Original hardback. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 627:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1958. Original hardback. Some very minor foxing to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 628:
Estimate: £40/50
Hammer: £42
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959. Original hardback. Excellent condition, not often seen in this fine condition... View full lot details
Lot 629:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960 and 1961. Original hardback editions. The 1960 edition in good/very good condition, the 1961 with dulled gilt titles to front board and spine, minor wear to internal hinges otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 630:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £22
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956, 1961, 1969, 1972 and 1973. Original cloth covered editions. Some odd faults and minor bowing to the spine of the 1956 edition, some bowing to the spines of the 1972 and 1973 edition, the other two editions in good/very good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 631:
Estimate: £40/50
Hammer: £42
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1962. Original hardback. Excellent condition, not often seen in this fine condition... View full lot details
Lot 632:
Estimate: £40/50
Hammer: £48
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1963. Original hardback. Excellent condition, not often seen in this fine condition... View full lot details
Lot 633:
Estimate: £40/50
Hammer: £130
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1963. Original hardback. Excellent condition, not often seen in this fine condition. The book has its original wrap-around blue advertising band with title ‘100th Edition’ to centre, as issued in 1963... View full lot details
Lot 634:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964 to 1968. Original hardback editions. Lacking dustwrappers from the 1965 edition onwards, the 1967 edition in good/very good condition, the other four with dulled or dulling to gilt titles, some faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 635:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1969 and 1970. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Some age toning and minor wear to the spine of the dustwrapper of the 1969 edition, the 1970 edition in very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 636:
Estimate: £40/50
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1970. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 637:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £28
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1975. Original hardback with dustwrapper, with the exception of the 1971 edition. The 1971 edition with dulling to gilt titles, some wear with nicks to head of the spine paper, the dustwrapper of the 1972 edition a little worn and scruffy and the 1974 and 1975 editions in good/very good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 638:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile editions, with pink wrappers, second facsimile edition printed by Lowe & Brydone Ltd, London 1974. Limited edition. Good condition. In original yellow box with title to side. The box a little aged toned otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 639:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879. Willows softback reprint (1991) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 391/1000. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 640:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 202/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 641:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 235/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 642:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 31/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 643:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 97/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 644:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 140/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 645:
Estimate: £20/30
Hammer: £15
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 646:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 37/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 647:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 132/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 648:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 31/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 649:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 102/250.Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 650:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 66/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 651:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 91/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 652:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 2/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 653:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 89/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 654:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 53/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 655:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 91/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 656:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. Willows hardback ‘second’ reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 100/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 657:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897. Willows hardback ‘second’ reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 100/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 658:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898 and 1900. 35th & 37th editions. Both books bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spine, the 1898 with gilt page block edge. The 1898 edition lacking wrappers and the trimming is a little tight by the binder, the 1900 with poor original wrappers with major loss to extremities, the wrappers covered in transparent preservation film, both good internally. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 659:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. Willows hardback ‘second’ reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 100/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 660:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. Willows softback reprint (1996) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 143/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 661:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £42
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902 and 1906. 39th & 43rd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, the 1902 with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Some wear with loss to the extremities of the original wrappers and covered in transparent preservation film otherwise in good+ condition. The 1906 lacking front wrapper but with rear wrapper present. Good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 662:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 269/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 663:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. Willows softback reprint (1998) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 236/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 664:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. Willows hardback reprint (1998) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 22/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 665:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 492/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 666:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in dark brown/maroon boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Signature stamped to front wrapper, one inside page and stamped twice to rear wrapper. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 667:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Wear, loss and staining to the bottom corner of the front wrapper, minor staining to the lower corners of the first two advertising pages otherwise in good+ condition. Sold with a similar rebound 1911 edition in black boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Minor wear and staining to wrappers, tears to pages 165/166 and... View full lot details
Lot 668:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 298/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 669:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 293/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 670:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Bound in black boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Handwritten name of ownership to top border of the front wrapper, minor wear and nick to edge of front wrappers otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 671:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £48
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914 and 1915. 51st & 52nd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, the 1915 with original wrappers, the 1914 lacking front wrapper, with gilt titles to spine otherwise in good condition. The 1914 edition with some wear and age toning to the rear wrapper, the 1915 edition with minor wear to wrappers otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 672:
Estimate: £35/45
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 862/1000. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 673:
Estimate: £18/25
Hammer: £15
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. Willows hardback reprint (1997) rebound in light brown boards, similar to Willows softback bindings, with gilt titles to front board and spine. No limited edition number available due to rebinding. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 674:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 206/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 675:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. Willows softback reprint (1997) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 26/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 676:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1921. 57th & 58th editions. Bound in dark and light brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. The 1920 with minor wear to the extremities of the rear wrapper, some soiling to the inside of the front wrapper and first advertising page otherwise in good condition and the 1921 edition lacking front wrapper, wearing to rear wrapper, some tears to page edges. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 677:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine, red speckled page edge. Generally good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 678:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Bound in green boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Soiling and staining to front wrapper, ink name of ownership to the top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 679:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924, 1925 and 1926. 61st, 62nd & 63rd editions. All three volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. The 1924 with darkened and worn wrapper, wear to extremities, the 1925 with mark to the front wrapper and the 1926 edition with a slightly age toned front wrapper, the rear wrapper in similar condition but with tear and loss to side edge otherwise all three in good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 680:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927 and 1928. 64th & 65th editions. Both volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. The wrappers of the 1927 edition with some wear and age toning, the 1928 edition has some staining to the vertical edge of the front wrapper which affects the first few advertising pages at the start of the book otherwise both in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 681:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929 and 1930. 66th & 67th editions. The volumes bound in green and brown boards, with original wrappers to the 1929 edition, gilt titles to spine. The 1929 edition has small handwritten name of ownership to the top border of the front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition, the 1930 edition has corner loss to page 321/322, the book is a little tired in places with staining to the first and last... View full lot details
Lot 682:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Ink signature handwritten to top border of the first advertising page, slight wrinkling and wear to rear board, pen mark otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 683:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £55
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932, 1933 and 1934. 69th, 70th & 71st editions. All three volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine with the exception of the 1932 edition which is lacking its front wrapper. Some soiling and wear to the rear wrapper of the 1932 edition, The 1933 edition with vertical crease and repair to top corner to front wrapper, soiling, wear and small corner loss to the following couple... View full lot details
Lot 684:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £55
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935, 1936 and 1938. 72nd, 73rd & 75th editions. All three volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine. All three editions with faults, wear and soiling to their wrappers or covers, internally in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 685:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937 and 1939. 74th & 76th editions. Both volumes bound in brown boards, with original wrappers/covers, gilt titles to spine. Both in good+ condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 686:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940. Willows hardback reprint (2003) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 272/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 687:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 355/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 688:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 410/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 689:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £32
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 452/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 690:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 249/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 691:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 275/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 692:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1949, 1952, 1953 and 1954. All five books bound in dark brown boards, with original covers, gilt titles to spine,The 1946 edition in good condition but has a Birthday greeting laid down to the inside front board on a label, the 1953 and 1954 editions in good/very good condition, the 1949 with wear, loss to edges and staining to covers and the 1952 edition with faults to covers and to last... View full lot details
Lot 693:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947, 1948 and 1950. Original hardback editions. The 1947 and 1948 editions with signs of wear to boards, browning to pages and dulling to gilt titles on the front boards and the spine, the 1947 with breaking front internal hinges and worn rear hinges, the 1948 (ex-libris) with ink marks to front board and top of spine paper, wear to internal hinges and the 1950 with slight dulling to the gilt titles... View full lot details
Lot 694:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951 and 1955. Original hardback editions. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 695:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £45
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956, 1957 and 1958. Original hardback editions. Slight dulling to the gilt titles of the 1957 edition, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 696:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959 and 1960. Original hardback editions. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 697:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964. The latter three are original hardback editions with odd faults otherwise in good condition. The 1961 is a softback edition bound in brown boards with gilt titles to spine, loss to edge of the front cover otherwise in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 698:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965 to 1970. Original hardback editions all with replacement dustwrappers. Good condition. Qty 6... View full lot details
Lot 699:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971 to 2023. Original hardback editions. The editions from 1971 to 1993 all with replacement dustwrappers. The editions from 1994 to 2023 all with original dustwrappers. Sold with duplicate issues for 2002, 2003 (2), 2004 and 2005 and with two Wisden related publications. ‘Light fading to the dustwrapper spines of the three 2003 editions otherwise in good condition. Plus a full run of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack- Australia 1998-2005/6, 1st to 8th Editions,... View full lot details
Lot 700:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864 to 1866. The first three facsimile ‘Billings & Sons Ltd’ reprints published in 1960. Limited edition. Bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, lacking wrappers. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 701:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1867 to 1869. Three facsimile ‘Billings & Sons Ltd’ reprints published in 1960. Limited edition. Bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, lacking wrappers. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 702:
Estimate: £800/1200
Hammer: £700
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1870. 7th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Signature of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’ to front end paper and from his collection. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the ‘To the Reader’ page at the front of the book and odd page within the book, foxing mainly to the... View full lot details
Lot 703:
Estimate: £700/1000
Hammer: £750
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1871. 8th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the back of the title page and facing page, further lesser annotation to odd pages, foxing to a greater or lesser extent throughout the book and to... View full lot details
Lot 704:
Estimate: £800/1200
Hammer: £700
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1872. 9th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the back of the title page and facing page, further lesser annotation to odd pages, foxing to the first few pages and to page block edge, minor... View full lot details
Lot 705:
Estimate: £800/1200
Hammer: £750
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1873. 10th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’. Handwritten annotation by Oakeley of lists of cricket teams and scores to the back of the title page, further lesser annotation to odd pages, light foxing to the title page and to the last page rough edge to the... View full lot details
Lot 706:
Estimate: £1200/1800
Hammer: £2600
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1874. 11th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Pages checked, complete. From the collection of ‘Charles W.A. Oakeley’, light foxing to the first three pages and to the last three pages to the rear and page block otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was... View full lot details
Lot 707:
Estimate: £12000/18000
Hammer: £27000
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1875. 12th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the title and the ‘contents’ pages and to a lesser extent some further pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. Probably the rarest Wisden edition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The... View full lot details
Lot 708:
Estimate: £800/1200
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1876. 13th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the title and the ‘contents’ pages and to a lesser extent some further pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the... View full lot details
Lot 709:
Estimate: £800/1200
Hammer: £1300
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1877. 14th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the title and the ‘contents’ pages and to a lesser extent some further pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the... View full lot details
Lot 710:
Estimate: £800/1200
Hammer: £750
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1878. 15th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, complete. Light foxing to the rear pages within the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the county club from the 2nd Earl Sondes and became Kent’s headquarters.... View full lot details
Lot 711:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879. 16th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking four advertising pages at the rear otherwise complete. Light foxing to the title page and to some further pages within the book, odd very minor ink annotation in the book otherwise in good/very good condition. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of... View full lot details
Lot 712:
Estimate: £400/600
Hammer: £380
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880 to 1884. 17th-21st editions. Five editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all five volumes otherwise complete. Broken front internal hinge, light foxing to some pages and to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County... View full lot details
Lot 713:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £220
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885 to 1888. 22nd-25th editions. Four editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all four volumes otherwise complete. Slight breaking to front internal hinge, minor light foxing to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket... View full lot details
Lot 714:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £150
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889 to 1891. 26th-28th editions. Three editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all three volumes otherwise complete. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original... View full lot details
Lot 715:
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer: £65
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894 and 1895. 31st-32nd editions. Both editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages to the 1894 edition, lacking the front advertising pages only of the 1895 otherwise complete. Some wear and tear to the head of the spine paper otherwise in good/very good... View full lot details
Lot 716:
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898 to 1900. 35th-37th editions. All three editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages to all three editions otherwise complete. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of... View full lot details
Lot 717:
Estimate: £2000/3000
Hammer: £2000
Lord Harris, George Robert Canning, Kent & England 1870-1911. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891 to 1931. 28th-68th editions, lacking the 1895 and 1898 editions. Thirty nine editions of the Almanack, formerly owned and from the library of Lord Harris. All editions are bound in green full leather, lacking wrappers, with gilt to all page edges, marbled end papers. The first five editions are signed in ink by Harris to the front end paper and twelve editions... View full lot details
Lot 718:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Staining to the lower corner of the rear wrapper and affecting the last few pages at the rear of the book, light wear to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 719:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and small minor staining to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 720:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £62
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 721:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £65
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 722:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 723:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear and slight soiling to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 724:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 725:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. 76th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 726:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £32
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940. 77th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Minor wear to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper.... View full lot details
Lot 727:
Estimate: £250/350
Hammer: £230
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original hardback. Only 800 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulled gilt titles to the spine, slight dulling to the titles on the front board, light crease to the top half of the front board otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first advertising page. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 728:
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer: £55
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Only 4100 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first advertising page. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 729:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper and first advertising page. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 730:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £120
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first advertising page. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details
Lot 731:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Bound in light brown boards, with original cloth covers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to inside front board. Rare war time edition... View full lot details
Lot 732:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £38
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Dulled gilt titles on the spine paper, odd very minor faults otherwise in good+ condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first advertising page... View full lot details
Lot 733:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £15
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947 to 1949. Original hardback editions with the exception of the 1948 edition with is bound with covers preserved. The 1947 hardback with dulling to gilt titles, broken rear internal hinges and wear to the front hinges, the 1948 edition with some soiling and wear to covers and the 1949 hardback edition with dulled gilt titles to spine, broken internal hinges to rear and wear to the front hinges. ‘Kent County Cricket... View full lot details
Lot 734:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950 to 1952. Original hardback editions. The 1950 edition in very good condition with bright gilt titles, the 1951 with dulling to gilt titles and breaking to front and rear internal hinges and the 1952 edition with dulling to gilt titles, odd mark to front board and very slight breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to each book. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 735:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953 and 1954. Original hardback editions. Both editions with minor marks to boards, Both editions in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to each book. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 736:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955 and 1956. Original hardback editions. Some wrinkling to the spine of the 1956 edition otherwise both editions in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to each book. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 738:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1957 and 1958. Original hardback editions. Some wrinkling to the spine of the 1957 edition otherwise both editions in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to each book. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 739:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967 and 1969. Bound in brown boards, the first three editions with original covers, gilt titles to spines, the latter two lacking original covers. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to each book. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 740:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960 and 1963. Original hardback editions. Some faults and wrinkling to the spine of the 1963 edition otherwise in good+ condition, the 1960 in very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to each book. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 741:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £15
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964. Original hardback edition. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to title page... View full lot details
Lot 742:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965 and 1966. Original hardback edition, the 1966 with original dustwrapper and the 1965 with facsimile dustwrapper. Good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to title page. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 743:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1968 and 1970. Original hardback editions with original dustwrappers. Odd very minor faults to the dustwrapper of the 1970 edition otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to title page of each edition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 744:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £35
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to title page... View full lot details
Lot 745:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972 to 1978. Original hardback editions with original dustwrappers, with the exception of the 1972 edition which has a facsimilie. Very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to title page of each edition. Qty 7... View full lot details
Lot 746:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £135
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. 27th edition. Original paper wrappers. Replacement spine paper. Minor wear and marks to wrappers, minor staining and foxing internally otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 747:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £65
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Original wrappers. Some darkening, wear and loss to spine paper and wrapper extremities next to the spine, slight breaking to page block otherwise in good+ condition.... View full lot details
Lot 748:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900, 1901, 1907 and 1908. 37th, 38th, 44th & 45th editions. Original wrappers. All with faults, all with broken page blocks, wear, loss and fading to wrappers, each with loss to spine paper, appear complete. Qty 4. Bought as seen not subject to return... View full lot details
Lot 749:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. 40th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Wear, soiling and a vertical crease to front wrapper, some wear and soiling to rear, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 750:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £42
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909, 1910, 1914 and 1915. 46th, 47th, 51st & 52nd editions. Original wrappers. All with faults, all with broken page blocks, wear, loss and fading to wrappers, loss to spine paper on both, appear complete. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 751:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £22
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911 and 1913. 48th & 50th editions. Original wrappers. Both with faults, broken page blocks, wear and fading to wrappers, loss to spine paper on both, appear complete. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 752:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923. 57th to 60th editions. Original wrappers. All with faults, all with broken page blocks, wear, loss and fading to wrappers, loss to spine paper on both, appear complete. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 753:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1924. 57th, 58th, 59th & 61st editions. Original wrappers. All with faults, all with broken page blocks, wear, loss and fading to wrappers, loss to spine paper on both, appear complete. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 754:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some breaking to page block, some wear and soiling to wrappers and spine, small loss to spine paper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 755:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original paper wrappers. Slight breaking to page block, some wear, soiling and slight staining to wrappers and spine, small loss to spine paper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 756:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £28
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925, 1926 and 1930. 62nd, 63rd and 67th editions. Original wrappers. All with faults, all with broken page blocks, wear, loss and fading to wrappers, loss to spine paper on both, appear complete. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 757:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £48
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Slight soiling and odd mark to wrappers and spine, very small loss to spine paper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details
Lot 758:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928 and 1933. 65th & 70th editions. Original paper wrappers. Both editions with some slight breaking to spine block, The 1928 edition with some wear and soiling to wrappers and spine, some wear and loss to the spine paper and wear to wrapper edge at the base of the spine, the 1933 with some loss of printed text to the front wrapper, wear to wrappers and spine and extremities otherwise in... View full lot details
Lot 759:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and soiling to wrappers and spine paper, internally good... View full lot details
Lot 760:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £48
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor wear and slight spotting to wrappers, paper tape to backs of the wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 761:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £45
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and soiling to wrappers and spine paper, minor loss and tear to front wrapper, soiling to page block... View full lot details
Lot 762:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks 1923 and 1932. 60th & 69th editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1923 edition with breaking to spine block, loss to spine paper otherwise in good condition, the 1932 edition with slight breaking to spine block and some loss to spine paper, chip to the top left hand corner of the front wrapper otherwise in good+ condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 763:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938 and 1940. 75th & 77th editions. Original cloth covers. Both editions with some bowing to spines, some age toning and wear to covers and spine, handwritten inscription to the first advertising page of the 1938 edition otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 764:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £40
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Name of ownership hand written in pencil to top of front cover and to top of the first advertising page, minor breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in goo/very good condition. Rare war-time edition. Sold with a softback edition for 1946. Good condition throughout barring the first advertising page which is riddled with bookworn. Qty... View full lot details
Lot 765:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £50
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950 to 1952, 1954 to 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969-1971, 1973, 1974 and 1975. Original cloth cover. Some general faults otherwise in good overall condition. Qty 19... View full lot details
Lot 766:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. Willows softback second reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 225/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 767:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. Willows softback second reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 127/250. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 768:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £42
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 414/500. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 769:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 500/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 770:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £10
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack- Australia 1998 - 2005/6. 1st to 8th Editions. Original hardbacks with dust wrappers. The full run of editions published. Sold with a first edition Wisden India 2013 with dustwrapper. Very slight fading to the spine of the dustwrapper of the 1998 Australia edition otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 771:
Estimate: £600/900
Hammer: £1200
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916 to 1919. 53rd-56th editions. Handsomely uniformly bound in green and black leather with gold edging, with original paper wrappers, with raised bands and title and date in gilt to spine. Marbled end papers and gilt to all page edges. Binding by W&E Bramhall. All of the books are in exceptional condition with wonderfully almost pristine wrappers Rare war-time bound editions in superb order. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 771a:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: unsold
Wisden publications. Box comprising seventeen titles including ‘Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack Australia’, first five issues in hardback with dustwrappers for seasons 1998, 1999, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03. Anthologies, including ‘Wisden on Bradman’ 1998, ‘Wisden on the Ashes’ 2009, ‘Wisden on India’ 2011, and ‘Wisden on Grace’ 2015. Other titles include ‘Peter The Lord’s Cat’ 2006, ‘Elk Stopped Play’ 2014, ‘Notes by the Editors’ 2020 etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details
Lot 772:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks 1921, 1922 (2), 1928 and 1930. Four editions bound in boards, the latter two in half leather, all lacking original wrappers. The 1921 in original wrappers, heavy wear and loss to spine, old tape mark to edge of the wrapper/spine, some wear to wrappers, internally good. one of the 1922 rebound copies in good order, the other only fair condition. The two half leather bound books lacking all advertising pages and title... View full lot details
Lot 773:
Estimate: £500/700
Hammer: £550
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original hardback. Presentation copy from father to son, dated 1912, inscribed to inside front board, signed by son to the back of the yellow end paper, Some light general wear to board extremities otherwise in very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 774:
Estimate: £500/700
Hammer: £460
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Original hardback. Minor bumping to board corners, light crease to rear board, some general wear to boards otherwise in very good condition with gilt titles bright... View full lot details
Lot 775:
Estimate: £2000/3000
Hammer: £1900
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original hardback. Small printed address label of ownership to top inside corner of front board, slight breaking to page block at pages 256/257 otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine bright... View full lot details
Lot 776:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £120
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 777:
Estimate: £120/160
Hammer: £100
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 778:
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £100
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 779:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £150
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 780:
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £160
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 781:
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Wear wear to boards and extremities, some dulling to the gilt titles on the front board, the gilt titles on the spine paper appear to have been retouched, fading and discolouration to parts of the spine paper and rear board due to damp sometime in its past, old damp staining to the last few pages of the book otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 782:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £75
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 783:
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £120
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 784:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947 to 1949 and 1954. Original hardback editions. The 1947 and 1948 editions with browning to pages, the 1947 with dulling to gilt titles, the 1948 edition with a crease to the spine paper, the 1949 edition with some slight breaking to internal hinges and dulling to gilt titles on the spine and the 1954 edition with dulling to gilt titles, odd minor faults otherwise all four in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 785:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950, 1953 and 1955. Original hardback editions. The 1950 edition with some wear and bumping to lower corners of boards, marks to rear, the 1953 edition with some dulling to gilt titles on the spine and the 1955 edition with odd very minor faults otherwise all three in good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 786:
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1972.Original hardback editions. All books lacking dustwrappers with the exception of the 1965. The 1953 edition in only fair condition, the remaining six books in good condition. Qty 7... View full lot details
Lot 787:
Estimate: £20/30
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956. Original hardback. Small amount of staining to the top of the page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 788:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1957. Original hardback. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 789:
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1958. Original hardback. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 790:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959. Original hardback. Exceptional condition... View full lot details
Lot 791:
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer: £28
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 792:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £28
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details
Lot 793:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £28
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1961. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details
Lot 794:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £25
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1966 and 1967. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Odd very minor faults to the dustwrappers otherwise in good/very condition... View full lot details
Lot 795:
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer: £45
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1968 and 1969. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Odd very minor faults to the dustwrappers otherwise in good/very condition... View full lot details
Lot 796:
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer: £48
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1970 and 1973. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Odd faults to the dustwrappers otherwise in good/very condition... View full lot details
Lot 797:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £55
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/ excellent condition... View full lot details
Lot 798:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: unsold
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1979 to 1995. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Odd faults to dustwrapper edges otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 17... View full lot details
Lot 799:
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £20
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972 to 1974 and 1976 to 2000. 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’. Thirty two books in total... View full lot details
Lot 800:
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer: £30
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1976 to 2022. Original hardback editions with dustwrappers where applicable with the exception of the 1981, 1988, 1997 and 2001 editions which are cloth covered editions. Also includes a additional softback edition of 2002 as well as a hardback. Good condition. Qty 48... View full lot details