Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1896-1951. An incomplete selection of original front and rear wrappers and linen covers for books for the period stated. The wrappers being 1896 (front & rear), 1897 (two front wrappers), 1898 (front), 1907 (two front and one rear), 1909 (front and rear), 1914 (front), 1921 (front and rear), 1922 (two front and one rear), 1923 (front and rear), 1924 (front), 1925 (front), 1926 (front), 1927 (front and rear), 1929 (front and rear), 1930 (front and rear), 1931 (front and rear), 1934 (front, rear and spine paper), 1935 (front and rear), 1936 (front and rear), 1937 (front and rear), original linen covers from 1938 onwards, 1938 (front and rear), 1939 ((front, rear and spine paper), 1946 (front, rear and spine paper), 1947 (front, rear and spine paper), 1950 (front, rear and spine paper) and 1951 (front, rear and spine paper). Varied condition, some wear and loss to some wrappers/covers, some soiling, some loss to wrapper edges otherwise in generally good overall condition, included with these wrappers and covers are various segments and odd pages taken from various Wisdens. Sold with seven original cricket bat bookmarks (some faults) and original hardback boards and spine for 1994, 1995, and 1996, a good collection of original dustwrappers fro 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992 (2), 1994 (2), 1995 (3), 1996, 1997 (2), 1998 1999, 2000 (2), 2001 (2), 2002 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2006 (2), 2007 (2), 2008 (2), 2009, 2010 (3) and 2012 (2) plus replica dustwrappers for 1965 to 1993 plus duplicates of 1967 and 1976. A valuable addition to a collector with these editions lacking wrappers