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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear, age toning and staining and chipping to wrappers, slight loss to top right hand corner and larger loss to corner of bottom left hand corner, slight loss to top left hand corner of the rear wrapper, some wear with slight loss to spine paper, minor foxing to page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Bound in light brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Lacking advertising pages otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Second Edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Complete with advertising pages and in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Complete with advertising pages. Minor wear to edge of the front wrapper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895 and 1897. 32nd & 34th editions. Bound in light brown boards, both lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. The 1895 edition lacking advertising pages at front and rear otherwise in good/very good condition. The 1897 edition with original rear wrapper, the first section of pages in only fair condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896 and 1898. 33rd & 35th editions. Bound in light brown boards with title and date in gilt to spine. The 1896 edition with worn original wrappers, loss to original wrapper edges otherwise in good condition. The 1898 edition with original rear wrapper and in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Very minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900 and 1902. 37th & 39th editions. Bound in light brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. The 1900 edition with original rear wrapper which has loss to corners otherwise in good condition. The 1902 edition in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to the spine paper with slight loss, some darkening and discolouration to the spine paper area, breaking to book block with first section becoming loose, some foxing to page block edge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903 and 1904. 40th & 41st editions. Bound in light brown boards with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. The 1903 edition lacking wrappers and advertising pages otherwise in good condition. The 1904 edition with poor original wrappers, lacking parts of the printed detail due to removal of old tape otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. 42nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to the spine paper with some loss, some darkening and discolouration to the spine paper area, breaking to book block with first section becoming loose, some foxing to page block edge, wear and very small loss to wrapper edges and corners otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906 and 1907. 43rd & 44th editions. Bound in light brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Both editions with odd page a little tightly trimmed by the binder otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908 and 1909. 45th & 46th editions. Bound in light brown boards with title and date in gilt to spine. The 1908 with good front original wrapper, lacking rear wrapper, the 1909 with poor front original wrapper, lacking rear wrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some breaking to book block with first section becoming loose, some loss to spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911, 1912 and 1913. 48th, 49th & 50th editions. The first two editions with original paper wrappers. The 1911 edition with tape to spine and over wrapper edge near to spine, some breaking to spine block, odd faults and the 1912 in generally good condition. The 1913 edition bound in light brown boards, lacking wrappers, with titles to spine, good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914 and 1915. 51st & 52nd editions. Original paper wrappers. The 1914 edition worn and age toned with minor ink staining, wear and staining to spine paper with small loss, the 1915 edition has a small amount of printed text missing on the front wrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor break between the front wrapper and the spine at the base of the front wrapper, very odd minor faults otherwise in very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor marks to front wrapper, slight discolouration to spine paper otherwise in very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original paper wrappers. Discolouration and wear to spine paper, some loss to spine paper and lower corner of the front wrapper, some marks to front and rear wrapper edges, some ink staining to rear wrapper, bumping to top edge and corners of book, otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Bound in light brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with titles in gilt to spine. Some browning to page edges, Good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920, 1923 and 1925. 57th, 60th & 62nd editions. All three bound in light brown boards, the 1923 with poor/fair original wrappers, the other two lacking wrappers. The 1920 and 1925 editions in good condition, the 1923 with some minor wear to outer pages at front and rear, some soiling to page block edge otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor wear and slight loss to head of spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some discolouration to wrappers and spine, minor wear to wrappers and spine paper, minor staining otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original paper wrappers. Tiny fault to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. 66th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor faults to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928 and 1930. 65th & 67th editions. Bound in light brown boards with gilt titles to spine. The 1928 edition lacking wrappers, gilt to page block and in good condition. The 1930 with soiled original wrappers and in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor faults to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor faults to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933, 1936 and 1937. 70th, 73rd & 74th editions. Bound in light brown boards with gilt titles to spine. The 1933 edition with original front wrapper with some soiling, lacking rear wrapper, gilt to page block and in good condition. The 1936 and 1937 editions lacking wrappers. All three in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original paper wrappers. Odd minor fault otherwise in very good condition. Sold with a 1935 edition in original soiled and worn wrappers, internally good. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938, 1939 and 1940. 75th, 76th & 77th editions. The 1938 and 1939 editions are original cloth covered editions, the 1940 bound in light brown boards, lacking covers, with gilt titles to spine. The 1938 edition with signature in ink to front cover, slight bowing to both spines, breaking to the front internal hinge of the 1939 edition otherwise all three in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original hardback. Only 800 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to gilt titles on the front board and spine, minor wear and staining to boards, some breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942 and 1943. 79th & 80th editions. Original cloth covers. Both with some wear to covers especially the former, the 1942 edition with broken front internal hinges, some staining, scribble to rear cover, the 1943 edition in better condition with some discolouration to covers, odd faults otherwise in good condition. Sold with a hard back edition of ‘An Index to Wisden 1864-1943’. Compiled by Rex Pogson. London 1944. Qty 3. Rare wartime... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944 and 1945. 81st & 82nd editions. Original cloth covers. Both with some wear and soiling to covers especially the former, the 1944 edition with mark to front cover and some creasing, the 1945 edition in better condition with some soiling to covers, odd faults otherwise in good condition. Sold with a hard back edition of ‘An Index to Wisden 1864-1943’. Compiled by Rex Pogson. London 1944. Qty 3. Rare wartime editions... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947 to 1959. A mixture of original hardback and cloth covered editions. Original hardbacks for 1950, 1951, 1953 and 1955, the remainder of the books are cloth covered editions. Some faults, the 1948 and 1959 editions with bowing to spine, the 1950 and 1955 editions with dulled gilt titles to front board and spine, the 1952 edition with soiling to covers otherwise in good condition. Qty 13... View full lot details

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

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1962 to 1964. Original hardback editions. All with slight wear to gilt titles, odd faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965 to 1967. Original hardback editions lacking dustwrapper. Faults to the first two pages of the 1966 edition otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1968 to 2023. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Some books covered in removable transparent film to protect them, odd faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 56... View full lot details