WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1880 [- 1886 ]. London: John Wisden and Co., 1880-1886. 7 volumes, 8° (154 x 98mm). (Light spotting to several titles; light browning to final verso of 1881; a little light spotting of text in 1883; all volumes bound without the advertisement leaves.) Uniform early 20th-century brown cloth, spines titled in gilt, red speckled edges (1883 slightly bowed).
WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1880 [- 1886 ]. London: John Wisden and Co., 1880-1886. 7 volumes, 8° (154 x 98mm). (Light spotting to several titles; light browning to final verso of 1881; a little light spotting of text in 1883; all volumes bound without the advertisement leaves.) Uniform early 20th-century brown cloth, spines titled in gilt, red speckled edges (1883 slightly bowed). Seventeenth to twenty-third edition, comprising all seven editions by Knight’s successor, George West. The 1880s were an unsettled era for the almanac. The spring of 1880 was so cold that some of the earliest matches were played on ice, and many others abandoned. Australia’s memorable first victory on English soil, a win by 7 runs at the Oval in 1882, was given 23 pages in James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual but little coverage in Wisden . On 8 April 1884 John Wisden himself died. He had no descendants, and the company was bought by the general manager, Henry Luff. While the 1886 almanac was the first to be over 300 pages, West’s ill health meant that it almost failed to appear. He resigned as editor, but remained cricket correspondent of the Times until his death in 1896.
WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1880 [- 1886 ]. London: John Wisden and Co., 1880-1886. 7 volumes, 8° (154 x 98mm). (Light spotting to several titles; light browning to final verso of 1881; a little light spotting of text in 1883; all volumes bound without the advertisement leaves.) Uniform early 20th-century brown cloth, spines titled in gilt, red speckled edges (1883 slightly bowed).
WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1880 [- 1886 ]. London: John Wisden and Co., 1880-1886. 7 volumes, 8° (154 x 98mm). (Light spotting to several titles; light browning to final verso of 1881; a little light spotting of text in 1883; all volumes bound without the advertisement leaves.) Uniform early 20th-century brown cloth, spines titled in gilt, red speckled edges (1883 slightly bowed). Seventeenth to twenty-third edition, comprising all seven editions by Knight’s successor, George West. The 1880s were an unsettled era for the almanac. The spring of 1880 was so cold that some of the earliest matches were played on ice, and many others abandoned. Australia’s memorable first victory on English soil, a win by 7 runs at the Oval in 1882, was given 23 pages in James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual but little coverage in Wisden . On 8 April 1884 John Wisden himself died. He had no descendants, and the company was bought by the general manager, Henry Luff. While the 1886 almanac was the first to be over 300 pages, West’s ill health meant that it almost failed to appear. He resigned as editor, but remained cricket correspondent of the Times until his death in 1896.
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