WISDEN, John (1826-1884)

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WISDEN, John (1826-1884)

The Cricketers' Almanack for the Year 1869. London: Wisden and Maynard, 1869.

The elusive sixth edition, bound in original wrappers with its original spine preserved. Particularly rare in this state. The apostrophe in the title is moved, 'cricketers' becoming plural for the first time. Yet the almanack is still very much a collection of score cards, unenlarged by match reporting. In addition to the usual games of the season, the All England Eleven's triumphs against various American and Canadian sides in their tour of September to October, 1868, are faithfully recorded. The results of the awkwardly named 'Aboriginal Australians' Matches,' played all round England in 1868, are also summarized at the end. W.H. Knight contributes the almanack's first feature article, a historical piece on batsmen who have scored double centuries (pp.98-101).



Octavo (153 x 102mm). [4], 120pp. (Very minor ink stain on E6v, faint creasing to corner tips of quires A-B, small stain to H4 through to end, but not extending to rear wrapper.) Original printed buff wrappers (rebacked preserving original spine, covers somewhat soiled and stained, front cover a little worn at upper and lower corners with some minor repairs, the lower margin trimmed at a slight diagonal so the fore-edge is 1mm shorter than the spine). Provenance: ?Som... Fisher (faint ink ownership inscription at head and erased inscription at foot of front cover) – pencilled scores on verso of title and on a couple of results at end (one trimmed at bottom margin) – a couple of corrections to players' initials in ink – 'Season 1868' in blue crayon at head of verso of final leaf.





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