40 40. Coo-ee! The English Cricketers Broadsheet poster supplement to the “Coo-ee” engraved process, screen and letterpress, title, date “Christmas 1897” and text throughout, 66 x 54.2cm. Text includes “The Coo-ee Supplement. See our cricket confidences from the English cricketers. J.R. Mason, T. Richardson, T. Hayward, A.C. MacLaren, G.H. Hirst, J.T. Hearne, John Briggs, N.F . Druce, E. Wainwright, W. Storer, K.S. Ranjitsinhji, and J.H. Board. ” Border advertisements include “John Hunter, City Boot and Mercery Palace” and “Resch’s brilliant Waverley Ales. ” The English cricket team toured Australia in the 1897-1898 season to play a five-match Test series against the Australian national cricket team. The English team was captained by Andrew Stoddart and the Australian team by Harry Trott. Australia won the Test series 4 to 1. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $750–1,000 41. JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMANACK for 1897: rebound from title page to p.416 and incorporating the photographic plate “FIVE CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR” (which included Trumble and Gregory of Australia); half red calf over cloth-covered boards, blank end-papers, gilt titles to spine. Provenance: The family, by descent from the estate of Essex cricketer and England selector, Percy Perrin [1876-1945]. Percy Perrin played for Essex as a right-handed, middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 1896. He was a Tottenham publican and a property developer who organised his considerable business activities around his cricket, turning out for Essex regularly from 1896 to 1926, and not retiring until 1928. His total of 496 County Championship matches for Essex is a record for an amateur player in English cricket. Perrin’s biggest innings was a huge unbeaten 343, made out of an Essex total of 597 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield in 1904, which is the highest innings ever played by a batsman in a losing team. He was picked as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the almanack for 1905.���������������������������������� $150–250 42. ‘Melbourne Cricket Club, Annual Report, For the Season 1898-99.’ [Melbourne; Mason, Firth & M’Cutcheon, 1899] 106pp, with original orange covers (faded front and spine). Includes a full report on all activities, match reports, averages, a complete list of members, etc. The 1900-01 edition, sold in our April 2015 auction for $793 (including buyers premium).���������������������������������������� $300–500 43. JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMANACK for 1898: rebound from title page to p.428 and incorporating the photographic plate “FIVE CRICKETERS OFTHEYEAR”; half red calf over cloth-covered boards, blank end-papers, gilt titles to spine. Provenance: The family, by descent from the estate of Essex cricketer and England selector, Percy Perrin [1876-1945]. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $150–250 44. JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMANACK for 1899: rebound from title page to p.438 and incorporating the photographic plate “FIVE CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR” (which included Albert Trott of Australia and England); half red calf over cloth-covered boards, blank end-papers, gilt titles to spine. Provenance: The family, by descent from the estate of Essex cricketer and England selector, Percy Perrin [1876-1945]. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $150–250 14