The Little Wonder: The Remarkable History of Wisden by Winder, Robert - 2013-06-06

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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John Wisden & Co., London, first edition, 2013. Cloth, 8vo,. xxiii, 439, [1] pp, colour plates, ills. From the blurb: "John Wisden, at his peak known as 'The Little Wonder', was a key member of the England cricket team who in 1859 sailed across the Atlantic on the world's first overseas cricket tour. In 1864, after his retirement, Wisden published the first edition of the book that would make his name immortal. He printed 'full and accurate scores' along with indispensable facts about the Derby, the St Leger, the university rowing matches 'and other Interesting Information', including potted histories of the Wars of the Roses. The 1864 edition is now valued at anything up to GBP25,000, and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published continuously ever since - not for nothing is it known as 'the cricketer's bible'. The Almanack has, despite some close shaves, never missed a year. In 1937 it was just 48 hours from liquidation, and in the Second… Read More

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London: Bloomsbury, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Published at the time of Wisden's 150th edition, this book tells the extraordinary story of Wisden's - and cricket's - journey from Victorian times to the modern world. 440 pages + xxiv prelims. 8 pages of colour & b/w photographs. Brown boards in jacket. Size: 24 Cm x 16 Cm. DJ unclipped (£25). No inscriptions, or other markings. Looks unread.

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