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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 1879. Willows softback reprint (1991) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 332/1000. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. Willows softback reprint (1987) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 137/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. Willows softback reprint (1985) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 285/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. Willows softback reprint (1988) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 348/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. Willows softback reprint (1988) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 255/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. Willows softback reprint (1984) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 180/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. Willows softback reprint (1985) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 180/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. Willows softback reprint (1989) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 326/500. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. Willows softback reprint (1989) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 243/500.Good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 303/500.Good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. Willows softback reprint (1990) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 364/500. Good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. Willows softback reprint (1991) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 159/500.Good/ very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and darkening to wrappers, handwritten name of ownership to first advertising page, minor foxing otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some staining to wrappers, minor soiling otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some age toning to wrappers, minor soiling otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some minor wear and age toning to wrappers, minor soiling otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. 33rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Some bowing to spine, handwritten name of ownership and date ‘1920’ to first advertising page otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897 and 1898. 34th & 35th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1897 edition with some page sections becoming loose, wear and age toning to wrappers, the 1898 edition with wear, age toning and minor staining to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and age toning to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some age toning to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902 and 1903. 39th & 40th editions. The 1902 edition bound in green boards and the 1903 bound in dark brown boards, both lacking original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spines of both books Both editions lacking some advertising pages at front and rear, odd faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904 and 1905. 41st & 42nd editions. Both editions bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spines of both books. The wrappers to both editions only fair, the front wrapper of the 1904 edition worn and age toned, lacking bottom right hand corner piece, the 1905 edition lacking the corners of both front and rear wrapper, again wrappers, worn and age toned otherwise in good... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. 44th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some age toning and wear to wrappers, small corner loss to lower left hand front wrapper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and age toning to wrappers, very small corner loss to front wrapper, library stamp to front wrapper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some age toning to wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Odd very minor faults to front wrapper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912 and 1915. 49th & 52nd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, the 1912 with original wrappers, the 1915 with only front wrapper, title and date in gilt to spine. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to spine paper, some minor breaking to page block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to spine paper, odd minor faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor loss to the head of the spine paper, very odd minor faults otherwise in very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Bound in dark brown boards,with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Very good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Bound in dark brown boards,with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Very good+ condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Bound in dark brown boards,with original paper wrappers, with gilt titles to spine. Wear and age toning to both wrappers, some loss of surface print detail to rear wrapper otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920 and 1921. 57th & 58th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some staining, wear and age toning to the wrappers of the 1920 edition, some wear and darkening to the wrappers of the 1921 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922 and 1925. 59th & 62nd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear with slight loss to wrapper edges of the 1922 edition, the wrappers of the 1925 edition stained, worn and age toned with some slight loss to edges otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926, 1927 and 1928. 63rd, 64th & 65th editions. All three edition bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Soiling, wear and age toning to the wrappers of the 1926 and 1928 editions with some wear and loss to wrapper corners and edges, the 1927 edition with some wear and staining to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929 and 1930. 66th & 67th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and loss to wrapper corners and edges of each edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933, 1953, 1954 and 1955. Original hardback editions. The 1933 edition with dulling to gilt titles and a little wear to extremities otherwise in good/very good condition, excellent internally. The other three editions with dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good+ condition. Sold with softback editions for 1948 to 1952, 1958, 1988 and 1995. Bowing to a greater or smaller degree to the spines of the 1948, 1949,... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931 and 1932. 68th & 69th editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear and age toning to wrappers, ink signature of ownership to the front wrapper of the 1932 edition otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933 and 1934. 70th & 71st editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. Some wear, soiling and age toning to wrappers otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935 and 1936. 72nd & 73rd editions. Both bound in dark brown boards, with original wrappers, title and date in gilt to spine. The 1935 edition in good condition, the 1936 with staining to wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original paper covers. Slight bowing and wear to spine otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938, 1939 and 1940. 75th, 76th & 77th editions. Original cloth covers. Bowing to the spines of all three and wear to wrappers otherwise in fair condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 3200 paper copies printed in this war year. Worn and soiled covers and spine paper, breaking to front and rear internal hinges, soiling to page block otherwise in generally good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 4100 paper copies printed in this war year. Some wear and discolouration to covers and spine paper, soiling to page block edge otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Slight discolouration to covers otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 6500 paper copies printed in this war year. Slightly cocked spine to the right, some very slight discolouration to covers otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. The 1946 and 1948 are original hardback editions, the other three edition are original limp cloth covered editions. All with some faults, from faded gilt titles, broken internal hinges, bowing to spines, soiling and wear to covers and boards, the 1949 edition with detached covers otherwise in about fair/good condition. Qty 5... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1867. 4th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some loss of spine paper, slight breaking to page block, some wear and age toning to wrappers otherwise good/very good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1870. 7th edition. Original paper wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers otherwise in very good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1871. 8th edition. Original paper wrappers. Old tape to spine and vertical edge of wrappers near to the spine, some wear to wrappers, small loss to the lower border of the front wrapper and bottom corner of the rear wrapper, handwritten signature of ownership to the top of the front wrapper otherwise in good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1872. 9th edition. Original paper wrappers. Tape to spine and left hand corner of wrappers, breaking to page block, light soiling to wrappers otherwise in good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1873. 10th edition. Bound in quarter leather brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine, red speckled page edges. Very good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1876. 13th edition. Original paper wrappers. Light soiling and wear to wrappers, very minor loss to spine paper, slight split where the spine paper meets the rear wrapper otherwise in very good condition for its age and scarcity. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1877. 14th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some soiling and minor wear to wrappers and spine paper, slight loss to spine paper at the head and the base, soiling to page block edges otherwise in good/very good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1878. 15th edition. Original paper wrappers. Wear, fading and slight loss to wrappers and spine paper, tape to spine and vertical edge of the wrappers, handwritten signature of ownership to the top corner of the front wrapper, front wrapper becoming detached otherwise in good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879. 16th edition. Bound in quarter leather brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine, red speckled page edges. Poor, faded and worn wrappers, internally in good/very good condition. Pages checked, complete... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. 17th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some age toning to wrappers, slight loss to front wrapper extremities otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. 18th edition. Original paper wrappers. Small chip/loss to top left hand corner of the front wrapper otherwise in very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. 19th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. 20th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. Some slight age toning to wrappers otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. 21st edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear to spine with small amount of loss to spine paper, some wear and slight soiling to wrappers, some slight breaking to book block otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. 22nd edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. 23rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor wear to spine paper otherwise in very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Bound in light brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some staining to the front wrapper and to a lesser extent the rear wrapper, odd further minor faults otherwise in good+ condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. 26th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear and age toning to wrappers, odd further minor faults otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. 27th edition. Bound in maroon boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. 28th edition. Bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear with small loss to wrapper extremities name handwritten to top right hand corner area of front wrapper otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. 29th edition. Bound in green boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear to boards, slight age toning to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. 30th edition. Bound in brown boards, with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to front board and spine. Minor wear and staining to rear wrapper otherwise in good+ condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. 31st edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback edition bindings, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Some wear to board extremities, stain to rear board, dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. 32nd edition. Original paper wrappers, bound in brown boards, similar to original Wisden hardback edition bindings, with gilt titles to front board and spine. Dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, the top borders of the front and rear wrapper trimmed, ink signature of ownership to top of front wrapper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. 33rd edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board extremities, very minor mark to front and rear board, odd foxing spot internally, slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good to very good condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board. The very rare first issue of the original hardback with titles bright to front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897. 34th edition. Original hardback. Very good to excellent condition throughout with bright gilt titles. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. 35th edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, minor foxing spots to the page block, otherwise in very good to excellent condition with bright gilt titles to front board and spine paper. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. 36th edition. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition. A very rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board extremities, some dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, signature and date to top left hand corner of the yellow title page otherwise in good/very good condition. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original hardback. Generally very good to excellent condition with gilt titles bright. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. 39th edition. Original hardback. Wear with small loss to the head of the spine paper, further odd minor faults otherwise in good+ condition. A rare early hardback edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. 40th edition. Original hardback. Broken internal hinges at front and rear, repaired with old tape, darkening to spine paper, dulling to gilt titles on the spine, minor crease to the top of the front board otherwise in good condition. Ink library stamp for the Sydney H. Pardon Memorial Library to inside front board and yellow title page... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. 41st edition. Original hardback. Bump to the bottom corner of the front board, minor wear to board extremities, minor ink marks to rear board otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. 42nd edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear to board and spine extremities, slight dulling to the gilt titles otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. 43rd edition. Original hardback. Minor stain marks to spine paper, light soiling to page block edge otherwise in generally very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. 44th edition. Original hardback. Light wear to boards and board extremities, minor bumping to corners, some soiling to page block edge, ‘Boys Library’ label to inside front board otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. 45th edition. Original hardback. Some bumping to board corners, light wear to board extremities, ink signature to top border of the inside front board otherwise in good/very good condition with bright gilt titles... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Original hardback. Some bumping to front board edge, light wear to boards and spine paper, dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, small ink signature to the top corner of the yellow title page otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original hardback. Minor wear to board extremities, dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, ink signature and date to the yellow title page otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Original hardback. Odd minor faults otherwise in generally very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to board extremities and spine paper, ink handwritten name to the top border of the front board and the top border of the yellow title page, some surface bumping to the boards on front and rear otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee edition). Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition throughout with gilt titles bright... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original hardback. Some staining and creasing to rear board, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Original hardback. Some bumping to corners, dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, some darkening to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise a lovely example of this rare wartime hardback edition and probably the rarest of the 20th century editions. Presentation inscription to top of the yellow title page ‘Denstone College Library from A.W. Shelton, February 1916’. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition throughout with the exception of an old ink stain to the rear board. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine very bright. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original hardback. Excellent condition throughout. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine very bright. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original hardback. Very good to excellent condition throughout. A rare wartime hardback edition with gilt titles to front board and spine very bright. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Ink library stamp for the Liverpool Cricket Club to inside front board... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. 57th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards, board extremities and corners, vertical creasing to the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. 58th edition. Original hardback. Some soiling and handwritten inscription to page block ‘confined to library’, some bumping to corners otherwise in very good condition. Presentation inscription to top of the yellow title page ‘Denstone College Library from A.W. Shelton, March 1921’... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. 59th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to board extremities, wear and vertical crease to spine paper, split to approximately one inch of the top of the internal hinge, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, light stain and marks to front board, some wear to front internal hinge, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, minor marks to boards, some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original hardback. some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, vertical crease and some wear to spine paper, slight breaking to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards, dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, wear to the spine paper otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. 65th edition. Original hardback. Some wear to boards and board extremities, vertical crease to spine paper, minor ink marks to rear board, some wear to internal hinges otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. 66th edition. Original hardback. Some very minor folds to spine paper otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original hardback. Slight dulling to gilt titles on the spine paper, slight bumping to corners, some wear to head of the spine paper, ink signature of ownership to top of the yellow title page otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original hardback. Some minor wear and odd minor mark to boards, some light wear and minor vertical crease to spine paper, some breaking to internal hinges otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original hardback. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, small bump to the top corner of the front board, slight 2” split to the top of the front internal hinge otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, some wear and minor stain to the boards and spine paper otherwise in good+ condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, small ink library stamp for the ‘Blackfriars School, Stamford’ to inside front board otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and the spine paper, some blemished to the boards and spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper and to a lesser extent the front board, some wear to the spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original hardback. Dulling to the gilt titles on the spine paper, minor wear to boards otherwise in generally good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939 and 1940. 76th & 77th editions. Original hardback editions. Dulling to the gilt titles on the front board and spine paper of both editions. The 1939 edition with some breaking to the front internal hinges, slightly cocked spine to the left, wear to boards and spine paper. The 1940 edition with wear to the front internal hinges otherwise both in good condition... 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 the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original hardback. Only 900 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original hardback. Only 1400 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine, odd very minor faults otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original hardback. Only 1500 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine, very minor marks to rear boards but sadly there signs of damp staining to internal pages with some picture pages stuck together otherwise in very good condition. A rare wartime edition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Some dulling to the gilt titles on the spine otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947. Original hardback. Slight dulling to gilt titles on the front board, usual browning to war time paper otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1948. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1949. Original hardback. Very minor wear to board extremities otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1950. Original hardback. Browning to first and last advertising pages otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1951. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1952. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1953. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1954. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1955. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1956. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1957. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1958. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1959. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

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

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1962. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1963. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1964. Original hardback. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1965. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1966. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1967. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1968. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1969. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1970. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1971. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1972. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1973. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1974. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1975. Original hardback with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1976-1979. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. Very good/excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1870. 7th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges, marbled end papers. Pages checked, complete. Pages trimmed by the binder. Very minor foxing to odd page otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1878. 15th edition. Bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine. Pages checked, complete. Very minor foxing to odd page otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Willows ‘150th Anniversary Reprint’. Fifteen facsimile editions published 2012. Limited edition 81/150. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original Willows brown presentation box with slip case as issued. Excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1879-1886. Boxed set of Wisdenauction.com reprint editions. Eight facsimile editions published in 2021. Limited edition 92/150. Brown hard board covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine. In original brown presentation box and slip case as issued. Excellent condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 191/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2005) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 133/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 129/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2007) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 169/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892. Willows softback reprint (1992) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 302/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1893. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 122/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 102/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1895. Willows ‘second’ softback reprint (2008) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896. Willows hardback ‘second’ reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 52/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897. Willows hardback ‘second’ reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 68/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898. Willows hardback ‘second’ reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 58/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1899. Willows hardback reprint (1995) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 449/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900. Willows hardback reprint (1996) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 424/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1901. Willows hardback reprint (1996) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 471/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 433/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1903. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 358/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904. Willows hardback reprint (1998) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 394/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1905. Willows hardback reprint (1998) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 470/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 488/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1907. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 463/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 415/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 341/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 380/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 423/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912. Willows hardback reprint (2001) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 378/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1913. Willows hardback reprint (2002) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 359/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914. Willows hardback reprint (2002) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 330/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1915. Willows hardback reprint (2002) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 394/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition LXXXII of CC. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 489/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 449/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. Willows hardback reprint (1997) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 351/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920. Willows hardback reprint (2003) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 372/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921. Willows hardback reprint (2005) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Un-numbered limited edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1922. Willows hardback reprint (2006) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 65/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923. Willows hardback reprint (2006) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 207/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1924. Willows hardback reprint (2006) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 65/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1925. Willows hardback reprint (2007) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 413/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926. Willows hardback reprint (2007) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 10/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927. Willows hardback reprint (2007) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 353/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1928. Willows hardback reprint (2008) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 208/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929. Willows hardback reprint (2008) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 343/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1930. Willows hardback reprint (2008) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 322/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1931. Willows hardback reprint (2009) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 354/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932. Willows hardback reprint (2009) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 396/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933. Willows hardback reprint (2010) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 269/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934. Willows hardback reprint (2010) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 305/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935. Willows hardback reprint (2010) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 399/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936. Willows hardback reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 244/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1937. Willows hardback reprint (2011) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 114/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938. Willows hardback reprint (2012) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 58/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1939. Willows hardback reprint (2012) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 233/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1940. Willows hardback reprint (2003) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 233/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 367/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. Willows hardback reprint (1999) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 634/750. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 551/750. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 318/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. Willows hardback reprint (2000) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 430/500. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946. Willows hardback reprint (2012) in dark brown boards with gilt lettering. Limited edition 193/250. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938 to 1994. 75th to 131st editions. A splendid complete run of the Almanack for the period stated, each book has been beautifully bound, very similar to a Wisden de luxe full leather bound limited edition hardback, bound without original wrappers. Gilt titles and lettering to boards and spine and gilt to all page edges. Marbled end papers. All in brown box slip cases as are the limited edition editions. The books... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1995 to 2025. 132nd to 162nd edition. Excellent complete run of the de luxe full leather bound limited edition hardback. Gilt lettering and gilt to all page block edges, in slip cases. Each book is numbered limited edition number 15, the 1995 of only 100 copies and the following years of 150 copies produced, each signed by the editor of Wisden in that year. Qty 32. Excellent/mint condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1960 to 1963. Original hardbacks. The 1960, 1962 and 1963 editions with facsimile dustwrappers. Good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

‘Wisden Trade Catalogue. List of Prices for 1862. Cricketing & other British Sports. Warehouse, 2 New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London’. Headed to ‘Regiments and Cricket Clubs’. Small 8vo.16pp. The front wrapper has an illustration of Wisden’s Shop with a paragraph regarding what the shop has to offer. The list of prices is followed by bats, stumps, gloves etc as well as cricket photographic prints, the Lillywhite and Wisden patent catapulta and other sporting goods... View full lot details