Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
4th, 5th & 6th July 2025
Category: Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks - Paper, Cloth Covered And Rebound Editions
Lot 704:
Estimate: £80/120
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 705:
Estimate: £140/180
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor wear and age toning to wrappers and spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 706:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900, 1901, 1905, 1906 and 1907. 37th, 38th, 42nd, 48th and 49th editions. Bound in various colour boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1905 to 1907 editions with original paper wrappers, the 1901 edition with original front wrapper and the 1900 lacking wrappers and front advertising pages. The 1901 with poor front wrapper, small tear to last advertising page, the 1906 edition with poor front wrapper, soiling to both wrappers and... View full lot details
Lot 707:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901, 1902 and 1903. 38th to 40th editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1901 edition with replacement spine and lacking rear wrapper, some loss to the edge of and soiling to the front wrapper, the 1902 edition with replacement spine paper and with loss and damage to the edge of the front wrapper and the 1903 edition with replacement facsimile wrappers and spine paper. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 708:
Estimate: £50/70
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1928. 41st, 57th, 59th, 63rd, 64th and 65th editions. Original paper wrappers. All books with faults, the 1904 with replacement spine, wear, soiling, slight loss and minor repair to wrappers, the 1920 with loss to spine paper, page block breaking, the 1922 with tape to spine and front internal hinge breaking, the 1926 with detached torn front wrapper and loss to spine paper, and the 1927... View full lot details
Lot 709:
Estimate: £70/100
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912. 45th to 49th editions. Bound in light and dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1911 edition with original paper wrappers and in good condition, the 1909 and 1910 editions with original front wrapper only and the other two editions lacking wrappers. The 1908 with minor faults to the first and last advertising pages, the 1909 with poor front wrapper, odd faults and... View full lot details
Lot 710:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913, 1914, 1915, 1921 and 1922. 50th to 52nd, 58th and 59th editions. Bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1913 and 1914 editions with original paper wrappers, the 1921 and 1922 editions with original front wrapper only and the 1915 edition lacking wrappers. The 1913 edition with fading, wear and soiling to wrappers, the 1914 with soiled and worn wrappers, half of the rear wrapper missing and... View full lot details
Lot 711:
Estimate: £140/180
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 712:
Estimate: £60/90
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1929. 60th to 63rd and 66th editions. Bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The 1923 and 1925 editions with original paper wrappers, the 1924 and 1929 editions with original front wrapper only and the 1926 edition lacking wrappers. The 1923, 1924 and 1925 editions with fading, wear and soiling to wrappers, the 1929 with poor front wrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 713:
Estimate: £30/50
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 714:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938 and 1939. 66th, 70th, 71st, 74th, 75th and 76th editions. Original paper wrappers. All books with faults, the 1929 with detached worn and damaged wrappers, heavy loss to spine paper, the 1933 with heavy wear to wrappers and spine with some loss to the edge of the front wrapper, the 1934 with wear to wrappers and spine, the 1937 with bowing to spine and soiling to wrappers... View full lot details
Lot 715:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931, 1932, 1935 and 1936. 68th, 69th, 72nd and 73rd editions. Bound in dark brown boards with gilt titles to spines. The latter three editions with original paper wrappers, the 1931 edition lacking wrappers. The 1932, 1935 and 1936 editions with fading, wear and soiling to wrappers, the 1935 with loss to wrapper edges otherwise in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details
Lot 716:
Estimate: £40/60
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 717:
Estimate: £50/80
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940, 1946 to 1952. Original cloth covered covers. All books with faults, the 1940 with bowing to spine, the 1946 with some discolouration to covers, the 1947 and 1948 editions with soiling to covers, the 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952 with some bowing to spines to a greater or lesser degree otherwise in good condition. Qty 8... View full lot details
Lot 718:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945 and 1946. Original cloth covers. Soiling and some foxing to the front covers and spines of both editions, some foxing to the page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 719:
Estimate: £40/60
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. Willows softback reprint (2000) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 11/500. Un-opened condition with white band attached as issued. Very good condition... View full lot details