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

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1880 to 1884. 17th-21st editions. Five editions bound as one in brown and marbled half leather boards, lacking original paper wrappers, with title and date in gilt to spine, red speckled page edges. Pages checked, lacking front and all rear advertising pages at the rear of all five volumes otherwise complete. Broken front internal hinge, light foxing to some pages and to page block edge otherwise in good/very good condition. ‘Kent County Cricket Club’ handstamp to first end paper. From the library of Earl of Sondes, the original owner of the ground at Canterbury. The ground was purchased by the county club from the 2nd Earl Sondes and became Kent’s headquarters