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

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

Lot 502
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer: £48
‘Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game’. Volumes XIX nos. 530-559 (25th January to 20th December 1900) and XX nos. 560-589 (31st January to 19th December 1901). Both volumes similarly bound in earlier dark green/ black cloth, titles and ownership initials ‘R.J.P.’ in gilt to spine, complete with title and contents pages bound in to fronts. Illustrated. Vol. XIX lacking poster supplement for 12th April. pp. 1/2 partially detached, pp. 15/16 cleanly detached, postcard of P.A. Perrin laid down to p.96. Vol. XX complete with title and contents pages bound in to front, lacking poster supplement for 11th April. Postcard of A.E. Trott laid down to p.144, and W. Lockwood to p. 296. Some breaking to internal hinges, early pages partially detached, splitting to spine. Both volumes with other odd cuttings laid down to pages. Some age toning and foxing to pages, overall in fair/ good condition. Qty 2.

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