Lot 134

WISDEN, John. Cricketers' Almanack for 1930 [-1939]. London: John Wisden, 1930-1939. 10 volumes, 8º (160 x 102mm). One plate in each volume up to 1937, 1938 and 1939 with multiple illustrations. (Cricket bat book mark present in 1936-39 but damaged or torn with loss.) 1930-37 in original printed wrappers, 1938-39 in original limp cloth with Eric Ravilious woodcut (1930 spine worn, front cover detached, block loosening; 1931-37 spines chipped; 1938-39 spines sunfaded, covers slightly soiled).

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WISDEN, John. Cricketers' Almanack for 1930 [-1939]. London: John Wisden, 1930-1939. 10 volumes, 8º (160 x 102mm). One plate in each volume up to 1937, 1938 and 1939 with multiple illustrations. (Cricket bat book mark present in 1936-39 but damaged or torn with loss.) 1930-37 in original printed wrappers, 1938-39 in original limp cloth with Eric Ravilious woodcut (1930 spine worn, front cover detached, block loosening; 1931-37 spines chipped; 1938-39 spines sunfaded, covers slightly soiled).

Sixty-seventh to seventy-sixth edition. Though the 1930 volume is worn, this is a well-preserved group from 1931 onwards. The first appearance of Eric Ravilious's cricketing woodcut was on the front cover to the 1938 edition.