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John Wisden (1826-1884)

Lot 172
30.07.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 35 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 381380
Lot 172 | John Wisden (1826-1884)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
WISDEN, John (1826-1884). Cricketers' Almanack for 1875. London: John Wisden, 1874.

Twelfth edition, of great rarity. A good, clean copy, complete in its original wrappers. For the first time the name of the printer, W.H. Crockford, Jun., Greenwich, appears on the title-page itself. A page devoted to ‘The Largest and Smallest Innings scored in 1874’ records an innings of 2 by Nether Stowey, both runs being leg byes. In addition to the usual matches for the season, the games played by 'The Three English Twelves who have visited Australia' are usefully summarised, the most recent visitors being W.G. Grace's team in 1873-74. A write up on 'The American Baseball Players in England, 1874' calls them 'a finely-framed, powerful set of men' who impress with their ‘splendid long-distance throwing and truly magnificent out-fielding.'

Octavo (150 x 98mm). 214, [2, blank] pp. (Faint spotting to title.) Original printed pale-pink wrappers (rebacked, tiny chip to corner of rear wrapper). Provenance: Charles H. Smith (of 34 Ship St.; contemporary ink ownership inscription on front wrapper).
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