Catalogue for the auction of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks
and Cricket Books

Held on Saturday & Sunday
14th & 15th September 2024

Lot 363
Estimate: £300/500
Hammer: £850
Kent County Cricket Club Annual 1882-1883. Hardback ‘blue book’. Original decorative boards. Gilt titles and to all page edges with gilt Kent emblem to centre. Printed by Cross & Jackman, ‘The Canterbury Press’ 1883. Broken front and rear internal hinges, slight age toning, wear and darkening to the board extremities, minor fading and wear to spine otherwise in very good condition. The book reverts back to the original size of the annual and continues in this size. Ink ownership signature of Robert Stratton Holmes, dated Liverpool 1884, to front end paper. Rare sixth issue of the ‘blue book’

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