![The Cricketer, edited by Pelham Warner, Arthur Langford, E.W. Swanton [and others]. London: 30 April 1921-September 2003. 84 volumes, various sizes of 4° (tallest 293 x 204mm). Illustrations throughout, coloured from the 1970s. (Some browning in the early volumes, very occasional tears, see for example pp. 1-2 of first issue or pp. 15-16 of vol. XVI, 'Spring Annual'.) Various green cloth bindings, the early years in publisher's cloth with lettering in blind or gilt.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0053_000(the_cricketer_edited_by_pelham_warner_arthur_langford_ew_swanton_and_o120223).jpg?w=1)
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The Cricketer, edited by Pelham Warner, Arthur Langford, E.W. Swanton [and others]. London: 30 April 1921-September 2003. 84 volumes, various sizes of 4° (tallest 293 x 204mm). Illustrations throughout, coloured from the 1970s. (Some browning in the early volumes, very occasional tears, see for example pp. 1-2 of first issue or pp. 15-16 of vol. XVI, 'Spring Annual'.) Various green cloth bindings, the early years in publisher's cloth with lettering in blind or gilt.
A COMPLETE RUN OF THIS FAMOUS JOURNAL. Remaining weekly for many decades and eventually becoming monthly after World War II, it is a major repository of cricket history by many of its most gifted journalists. A prolific writer himself, Warner founded the magazine the year after he had led Middlesex to their second County Championship title at the age of 46. One of its chosen subjects was always to be captaincy. The main feature article in the first issue of 1921 was on 'The Australian Captain', Warwick Armstrong, 'very tall and very strong, almost an Alfred Mynn in frame, he is built for long hitting, and in general style is most attractive to look at ... He will be forty-one in May'. The final issue in 2003 extolled the retiring England captain Nasser Hussain in a not dissimilar way: 'Slender, darkly handsome, intense, green, hawk-like eyes .... He looked like a leader in the T.E. Lawrence mode.'
A COMPLETE RUN OF THIS FAMOUS JOURNAL. Remaining weekly for many decades and eventually becoming monthly after World War II, it is a major repository of cricket history by many of its most gifted journalists. A prolific writer himself, Warner founded the magazine the year after he had led Middlesex to their second County Championship title at the age of 46. One of its chosen subjects was always to be captaincy. The main feature article in the first issue of 1921 was on 'The Australian Captain', Warwick Armstrong, 'very tall and very strong, almost an Alfred Mynn in frame, he is built for long hitting, and in general style is most attractive to look at ... He will be forty-one in May'. The final issue in 2003 extolled the retiring England captain Nasser Hussain in a not dissimilar way: 'Slender, darkly handsome, intense, green, hawk-like eyes .... He looked like a leader in the T.E. Lawrence mode.'
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