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I have been collecting Wisdens for a while now and in 2005 set up this Website to pass on my Wisden experiences, this site was the first ever created on the internet to explain about Wisdens to the masses and it is regularly updated with valuable statistics to help every Wisden collector when needed, to enhance their set. This site includes a popular discussion forum (wisdenclub.com) which has kept me entertained since '05. Over time we were offered Wisdens from members and also people asked if we had any spares to fill gaps in their sets. This led to our online Wisden Catalogue and this evolved into our sister site wisdenauction.com (see 2013 Wisden, pages 50/51), we improved the look and feel of this site in August 2013, Happy Collecting, Chris Ridler, Wisden Collector.
Mission Statement "Our aim is to put our heart and soul into helping you, in any way we can, complete your Wisden Collecting goals, providing free expert advice along the way"...1000+ Wisden Pictures loaded below. Our Set & Sales..... All 2018 Sales Prices uploaded...Last Update End 2018 (Auction Prices)
Our full set is pictured below. For each year, you can study the pictures and see all the statistics/prices/values for that year on the 3 tabs : For Sale (available Wisdens), Recent Values Tab (Auction Prices), Statistics Tab (our valuation tool)
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1878 Wisden Paperback - Facsimile Spine - Front -
1878 Wisden Paperback - Facsimile Spine - Rear -
1878 Wisden Paperback - Facsimile Spine - Spine
| Images | All Items | Price | Bids | Ends |
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 | £1,995.00 | - | 10 Days, 23 Hours + | |
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 | £1,450.00 | - | 11 Days, 0 Hours + | |
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One of the hard first fifteen to find, especially in Original form and with Original Covers.
The covers had a shine to them; this causes the lettering to fade badly and a lot of covers have almost no text remaining, so it is hard to find with near mint covers.
If you have any comments to add regarding the 1878 Wisden, please contact us on wisdens@cridler.com and we will add them
I am currently reading my set and pop notes into the www.wisdenauction.com newsletter, here is a snippet of the write up from 1878 : There is a page of the four English teams who have visited Australia , 1876-77 being the last , Wisden wishes their tour here a good one, it was extracted by the Sportsman of Nov 2 1877, so late on in the year, the tour expected to last a year end to end with the travel. The team is listed in the penultimate paragraph of the Wisden. A few large scores follow , 671 being the highest , then the umpires names and address after the sentence ‚¬Å“Their decision should in every case be strictly obeyed, or there will be no pleasure in the game‚¬ ‚¬€œ Selkirk‚¬„¢s ‚¬Å“Guide to the cricket ground‚¬ The three Gentlemen vs Players matches start Wisden off on page 17, 9 consecutive days of cricket, although Sunday was missed so 9 in 10 now-a-days and the weather described over the 3 matches sounds incredible, the sunshine at the Oval, Lightening at Lords and the Hail at Princes which made the ground look like it was ‚¬Å“topped by hoar-frost‚¬ whatever that is. WG out for 3 , Arthur Shrewsburys 78 , Mr I D Walker in one match went twice to the wickets , received one ball that bowled him, Cotterills all run 7 & Hornby‚¬„¢s 144 but all this is spoiling what is to come, Alfred Shaw was injured which didn‚¬„¢t help the players. Hence they lost 2-0 with one draw. : Please contact us for the full write up.
My 1878 Wisden, as pictured, is a paperback Wisden with a facsimile spine, the covers are not as faded as they normally are purchased as part of a set in 2010 for circa £1750.