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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1864-1878. Fifteen facsimile edition. The first two for 1864 and 1865 are with pink wrappers by ‘Billings & Sons Ltd’ published in 1960, 1866 to 1876 and 1878 are published by John Wisden & Co Ltd. London 1991. Brown board covers with gilt lettering. Each limited edition 963/1000 with the exception of the 1875 which is 324/1000. The copy for 1877 bound without wrappers in green Worcestershire binding. 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 891/1000. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880. Willows softback ‘second’ reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 134/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1881. Willows softback ‘second’ reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 146/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1882. Willows softback ‘second’ reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 135/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1883. Willows softback ‘second’ reprint (2004) in light brown hardback covers with gilt lettering. Limited edition 135/250. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1884. Willows softback reprint (1984) bound in green boards with wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1885. Willows softback reprint (1983) bound in green boards with wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1886. Willows softback reprint (1985) bound in green boards with wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Limited edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1887. 24th edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Lacking advertising pages to front and rear otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1888. 25th edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1889. 26th edition. Bound in green boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1890. 27th edition. Bound in green boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Old tape and protective clear film to both front and rear wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1891. 28th edition. Bound in green boards, with original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Minor faults to wrappers otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1892 and 1893. 29th & 30th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. The 1893 edition lacking the advertising pages at the front of the book, trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1894 and 1895. 31st & 32nd editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896 and 1897. 33rd & 34th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. The 1897 edition signed in pencil to the top border of the first advertising page by Reg Perks, Worcestershire & England 1930-1955. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1898 and 1899. 35th & 36th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Both editions signed in pencil to the top border of the first advertising page by Reg Perks, Worcestershire & England 1930-1955. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1900 and 1901. 37th & 38th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1902 and 1903. 39th & 40th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1904 and 1905. 41st & 42nd editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1906 and 1907. 43rd & 44th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1908 and 1909. 45th & 46th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1910 and 1911. 47th & 48th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1912 and 1913. 49th & 50th editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1914 and 1915. 51st & 52nd editions. Both bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Trimming by the binder a little tight in places otherwise in good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Signed in pencil to the top border of the first advertising page by Reg Perks, Worcestershire & England 1930-1955. Rare war-time edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1920, 1921 and 1922. 57th to 59th editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923, 1924 and 1925. 60th to 62nd editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1926, 1927 and 1928. 63rd to 65th editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1929, 1930 and 1931. 66th to 68th editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1932, 1933 and 1934. 69th to 71st editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1935, 1936 and 1937. 72nd to 74th editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1938, 1939 and 1940. 75th to 77th editions. All three bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Only 3200 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Only 4100 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Only 5600 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1944. 81st edition. Only 5600 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Only 5600 paper copies were printed in this war year. Bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Rare war-time edition. Very good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1946 to 1963, 1965 to 1969 and 1977 to 1979. All bound in green boards, lacking original wrappers, gilt titles to spine and green speckled page edges. Qty 26. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1947 to 2015. Original hardback editions. An almost complete run but lacking the 1960, 1962, 1964, 1991, 1995 and 1996 editions. The majority of the books with replacement dustwrappers, with the exception of the 1963 edition which does not have a dustwrapper, from the 1994 edition onwards the dustwrappers are original. Breaking to the internal hinges of the 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951, two to the rear hinge and the other... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1978 to 1999. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper with the exception of the 1987 edition which is lacking. Some light fading to the spine of the odd dustwrapper spine, minor wear to odd dustwrapper otherwise in good condition. Qty 22... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933, 1939, 1940, 1946 and 1947. Original paper wrappers and cloth covered editions. The 1933 edition with some breaking to the book block, wear and small loss to spine paper, some wear and soiling to the wrappers, the 1939 edition with some soiling and age toning to the covers, slight breaking to the top of the internal hinge at the front, The 1940 edition with heavy bowing to the spine, worn... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1933, 1940, 1944, 1946, 1949 and 1950. Original paper wrappers and cloth covered editions. All editions with some soiling and age toning to wrappers and covers. The 1933 edition with wear and loss to wrappers, heavier to the front wrappers, the 1940 edition with bowing to the spine, breaking to internal hinges at front and rear, the 1944 edition with almost detached front cover, two small press cuttings laid down to... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks 1947, 1948 (2), 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959 and 1964. The first three books are softback editions, the remainder are original hardback editions. All books with faults, the three softback editions with soiled and worn covers, bowing to spine of the 1947 edition, breaking to the page block of one of the 1948 editions. The 1952 edition, only fair, broken front and rear internal hinges, worn and soiled boards, the editions for... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927 to 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1946 to 1949, 1952, 1980, 1982 and 1985. Two copies of the 1948 edition. Original paper wrappered and cloth covered editions, with the exception of the 1946 edition which is rebound lacking covers. The majority of books with faults, the 1927, 1928, 1931 and 1932 editions with breaking or broken book blocks, some loss to spine paper and odd marks to wrappers, the 1929 with broken... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1927 and 1933. Original paper wrappers. Some wear, soiling and age toning to both wrappers and spine otherwise in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1897, 1907 and 1921. All three editions bound in dark brown boards. The 1897 with poor front wrapper, lacking the rear, the 1907 lacking wrappers and with some damage to page corners at the rear of the book and the 1921 with original wrappers, worn and damaged wrappers with some loss otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1909 and 1920. Both editions bound in brown boards, lacking original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine and both in good condition. Sold with original hardback editions for 1949 and 1961. The 1949 edition with broken internal hinges, the 1961 edition with dulling to the gilt titles on the spine, wear to the front internal hinge otherwise in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1911, 1928 and 1929. All three editions bound in dark brown boards, the first two editions with original paper wrappers, gilt titles to spine. The 1911 edition with poor darkened wrappers with heavy loss to extremities, the 1928 edition in good condition and the 1929 edition lacking wrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1921, 1923 and 1924. All three editions bound in dark brown boards, with original paper wrapper, with gilt titles to spine. The 1921 edition with loss to some surface on the front wrapper, the 1923 edition with soiled wrappers and the 1924 edition with some wear to wrappers with loss to the wrapper extremities otherwise in good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1923, 1928, 1932 and 1933. All four editions bound in various boards, all lacking original paper wrappers with the exception of the 1928 edition which has a poor front wrapper, gilt titles to spine. Some wear to the maroon boards of the 1923 edition otherwise all four in good condition. Qty 4... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1936 and 1937. 73rd & 74th editions. The two books bound together in brown boards, with original wrappers, with gilt titles to spine, red speckled page edges. Worn and soiled front wrappers with handwritten annotation to both, soiled rear wrappers otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1996 to 2000. 133rd to 137th editions. De luxe full leather bound limited edition hardbacks. Gilt lettering and gilt to all page edges. In slip case. Limited edition number 115 of only 150 copies, signed by Matthew Engel, Editor of Wisden. Excellent/ mint condition... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2017. Original hardback edition with dustwrapper. Signed in ink by ‘four of the five ‘Cricketers of the Year’ to their photograph plate, Ben Duckett, Misbah-ul-Haq, Toby Roland-Jones and Chris Woakes. Also signed to text pages by twenty two 2016 England players including Moheen Ali, Anderson, Bairstow, Broad, Cook, Finn, Rashid, Root. Roy, Stokes, Woakes, Wood etc and other odd signatures in the text. Good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019. Original hardback edition with dustwrapper. Signed in ink by three of the five ‘Cricketers of the Year’ to their photograph plate, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler and Sam Curran. Also signed to text pages by twenty two 2018 England players including Anderson, Bairstow, Broad, Burns, Buttler, Cook, Curran, Jennings, Morgan, Rashid, Root. Roy, Stokes, Vince, Woakes, Wood etc and other odd signatures in the text. Good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2020. Original hardback edition with dustwrapper. Signed in ink by four of the five ‘Cricketers of the Year’ to their photograph plate, Pat Cummins, Simon Harmer, Marnus Labuschagne and Ellse Perry. Also signed to text pages by eight 2019 England players including Broad, Burns, Curran, Foakes, Leach, Malan, Root, Stokes etc and other odd signatures in the text. Good condition.... View full lot details

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2021, 2022 and 2023. Original hardback editions with dustwrapper. The 2021 signed in ink by four of the five ‘Cricketers of the Year’ to their photograph plate, Jason Holder, Dominic Sibley, Darren Stevens and Zak Crawley, the 2022 signed by two of the five ‘Cricketers of the Year’ to their photograph plate, Devon Conway and Ollie Robinson and the 2023 edition signed by three of the five ‘Cricketers of the Year’ to... View full lot details