Cricket Prints & Paintings
Lot 898:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1898 and 1899. 35th & 36th editions. Both editions bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. The original paper wrappers have been laid down to the brown boards on the front and back. Both books complete with advertising pages and in good condition. Qty 2
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £140
Lot 899:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1900. 37th edition. Original paper wrappers bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. Minor faults to rear wrapper otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £80
Lot 900:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1901. 38th edition. Original paper wrappers bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £60
Lot 901:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1902 and 1903. 39th & 40th editions. Both editions bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. The original paper wrappers have been laid down to the brown boards on the front and back. Both books complete with advertising pages and in good condition. Qty 2
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £120
Lot 902:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1904 and 1905. 41st & 42nd editions. Both editions bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. The original paper wrappers have been laid down to the brown boards on the front and back. Both books complete with advertising pages and in good condition. Qty 2
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £70
Lot 903:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1906, 1907 and 1908. 43rd, 44th & 45th editions. All three editions bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. The original paper wrappers have been laid down to the brown boards on the front and back. All three books complete with advertising pages and in good condition
Estimate: £90/120
Hammer price: £130
Lot 904:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1909. 46th edition. Original hardback. Minor bumping to lower corners of boards, minor dulling to spine gilts, some breaking to front internal hinges otherwise in very good condition. A rare early hardback edition
Estimate: £500/700
Hammer price: £1000
Lot 905:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1910. 47th edition. Original paper wrappers. Broken page block, one page section detached, others becoming loose, the majority of the spine paper intact with only a small amount to head of spine lost, minor age toning to wrappers with odd nick to wrapper extremities otherwise in generally good/very good condition
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £55
Lot 906:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1911. 48th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor breaking to page block, the majority of the spine paper intact with only small loss, minor wear and age toning to wrappers otherwise in generally good/very good condition
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £60
Lot 907:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1912. 49th edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor breaking to page block, the majority of the spine paper intact with only small loss, minor wear and age toning to front wrapper, wear and splitting to edge of rear wrapper otherwise in generally good+ condition
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £55
Lot 908:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1913. 50th (Jubilee) edition. Original paper wrappers. Some age toning and minor splitting to spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer price: £115
Lot 909:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1914. 51st edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor breaking to page block, the majority of the spine paper intact with only small loss, wear and minor splitting to edge of rear wrapper otherwise in generally good+ condition
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £80
Lot 910:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1915. 52nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Front wrapper detached, old tape mark to edge of front wrapper border, some breaking to spine block, loss to spine paper, some wear and age toning to wrappers otherwise in generally good condition
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer price: £50
Lot 911:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1916. 53rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Some age toning to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £300/400
Hammer price: £530
Lot 912:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1917. 54th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear and small loss to spine paper, further odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £150/200
Hammer price: £140
Lot 913:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1918. 55th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some wear with loss to spine paper, minor age toning and fading to wrapper extremities otherwise in generally good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer price: £120
Lot 914:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1919. 56th edition. Original paper wrappers. Some darkening to spine paper and wrapper extremities, minor wear with small loss to spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £130/160
Hammer price: £140
Lot 915:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1920. 57th edition. Original paper wrappers bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. Some nicks to front wrapper edges, some soiling, the book a little untidily bound otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer price: £65
Lot 916:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1921 and 1922. 58th & 59th editions. Original paper wrappers. Both editions with broken page blocks, page sections becoming loose or are loose, some loss to spine paper, one page detached in the 1921 edition otherwise in good condition. Qty 2
Estimate: £50/80
Hammer price: £78
Lot 917:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1923. 60th edition. Original paper wrappers bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. Some slight light fading to wrappers otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £60/80
Hammer price: £55
Lot 918:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1924. 61st edition. Original paper wrappers. Rear wrapper detached, some breaking to page block, some loss and age toning to spine paper, odd minor faults to wrappers otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer price: £45
Lot 919:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1925. 62nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor breaking to page block, contents becoming slightly loose, minor loss to spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition
Estimate: £60/80
Hammer price: £95
Lot 920:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1926. 63rd edition. Original paper wrappers bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £60/80
Hammer price: £75
Lot 921:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1927. 64th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor breaking to page block, contents becoming slightly loose, some loss to spine paper otherwise in generally good/very good condition
Estimate: £60/80
Hammer price: £55
Lot 922:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1928 and 1929. 65th & 66th editions. The 1928 edition bound in brown boards, lacking original wrappers and front advertising pages, titles in gilt to spine, good condition. The 1929 edition bound in brown boards with handwritten date of book on label to spine. The original paper wrappers have been laid down to the brown boards on the front and back, page 31/32 incorrectly bound and appears at the start of the book, odd faults otherwise in good condition. Qty 2
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer price: £42
Lot 923:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1930. 67th edition. Original paper wrappers bound in brown boards with titles in gilt to spine and front board. The original wrappers a little worn, stained and soiled. Some irregular trimming by the book binder. Good condition
Estimate: £40/50
Hammer price: £34
Lot 924:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1931. 68th edition. Original paper wrappers. Wear, soiling, staining and a small amount of damage to wrappers, broken spine block, contents becoming loose, some loss to spine paper otherwise in generally good condition
Estimate: £40/60
Hammer price: £34
Lot 925:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1932. 69th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor bowing to spine, minor wear and chipping to base of spine paper otherwise in good/ very good condition
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £60
Lot 926:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1933. 70th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor age toning and light soiling to wrappers and spine paper, handwritten ink signature of ownership to top border of front wrapper otherwise in good/ very good condition
Estimate: £70/90
Hammer price: £90
Lot 927:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1934. 71st edition. Original paper wrappers. Very minor bowing to spine paper, minor loss to spine paper edges, further odd minor faults otherwise in good/ very good condition
Estimate: £70/90
Hammer price: £120
Lot 928:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1935. 72nd edition. Original paper wrappers. Some age toning and loss to spine paper, some light soiling, wear and creasing to wrappers otherwise in good+ condition
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £51
Lot 929:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1936. 73rd edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor soiling to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer price: £110
Lot 930:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1937. 74th edition. Original paper wrappers. Minor soiling to spine paper otherwise in very good condition
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer price: £75
Lot 931:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1938. 75th edition. Original limp cloth covers.Some bowing to spine, minor soiling to spine paper otherwise in good+ condition
Estimate: £70/90
Hammer price: £60
Lot 932:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1939 and 1940. 76th & 77th editions. Original limp cloth covers. Some minor bowing to spines of both books. The 1939 edition with some soiling, creasing and general wear to covers, some wear to front internal hinge otherwise in good condition. The 1940 edition with some breaking to spine block, some wear, soiling and age toning to covers and spine otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 2
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £110
Lot 933:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1941. 78th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 3200 paper copies printed in this war year. Minor wear to front internal hinge, minor soiling to wrappers, minor bump to corner of book otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer price: £240
Lot 934:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1942. 79th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 4100 paper copies printed in this war year. Minor age toning to covers and spine paper, odd very minor staining otherwise in good+ condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £95
Lot 935:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1943. 80th edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Some minor age toning to covers otherwise in good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £80/120
Hammer price: £80
Lot 936:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1944. 81st Edition. Original limp cloth covers, Only 5600 paper copies printed in this war year. Some minor age toning and slight wear to covers otherwise in generally good/very good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £70/100
Hammer price: £80
Lot 937:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1945. 82nd edition. Original limp cloth covers. Only 6500 paper copies printed in this war year. Some soiling and age toning to covers and spine, nick to base of spine paper otherwise in good condition. Rare war-time edition
Estimate: £60/90
Hammer price: £75
Lot 938:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1946. 83rd edition. Original hardback. Only 5000 hardback copies were printed in this war year. Some dulling to front board gilts, faded gilts to spine, some age toning to boards and minor soiling to page block edge otherwise in good condition. Rare wartime edition
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer price: £100
Lot 939:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. Original limp cloth covers. The first three editions with some bowing to spine. The 1947 and 1948 editions with some wear and age toning to covers, normal browning to war time paper pages, the 1949 and 1950 editions with some staining and foxing to spines, affecting the borders of the covers, the 1949 edition with minor breaking to spine block otherwise in generally good condition. Qty 4
Estimate: £50/70
Hammer price: £45
Lot 940:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1951. Original hardback. Some minor staining to boards, minor dulling to gilts on front board and spine paper otherwise in good+ condition
Estimate: £25/35
Hammer price: £22
Lot 941:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1952. Original hardback. Odd very minor faults to boards, some spitting to top of rear internal hinge otherwise in good/very good condition
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer price: £28
Lot 942:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953. Original hardback. Very good condition
Estimate: £30/50
Hammer price: £40
Lot 943:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1954. Original hardback. Some slight dulling to gilts otherwise in good/very good condition
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer price: £28
Lot 944:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1955. Original hardback. Odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer price: £30
Lot 945:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1956. Original hardback. Odd minor faults, slight dulling to gilts on spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer price: £28
Lot 946:
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1957. Original hardback. Odd minor faults, some wrinkling to spine paper otherwise in good/very good condition
Estimate: £30/40
Hammer price: £32