John Wisden (1826-1884)

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Los 161 | John Wisden (1826-1884)
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WISDEN, John (1826-1884). The Cricketer's Almanack for the Year 1864. London: John Wisden, 1864.

The very first issue of Wisden in its original wrappers. John Wisden, founder of the paperbound almanack, was the son of a Brighton builder and bowling phenomenon known as the 'Little Wonder'. The printer was W.H. Crockford of Greenwich who, with W.H. Knight, was also the compiler of the early volumes. His name appears in the front cover imprint, though not on the title-page of the first edition. The main body of the new publication provided the scores of Gentlemen v Players matches from 1806, and contests between the two England Elevens from 1857. Among ‘Extraordinary Matches’ is mention of the 2nd Royal Surrey Militia's first innings score of 0 all out against Shillinglee, 13 August 1855. Under the same heading is put the historic victory of H.H. Stephenson's team over a Victoria Eighteen at Melbourne, January 1-3 1862. The almanack cost a shilling, no more than one of the monthly parts of Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend, serialised in 1864-1865.

Octavo (162 x 102mm), [4], 112pp. (Very small stain on upper cover running through title into B4, some light creasing at corners, more particularly affecting the title and the following 'To the Reader' leaf.) Original printed buff wrappers (rebacked, very small chip to lower corner of upper cover, the other corners to both upper and lower corners with very faint losses, upper cover with a very faint irregular vertical crease, some staining and soiling to both covers, the lower more heavily affected). Provenance: illegible ?number erased in lower margin of upper cover.
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