The Wisden Collector's Guide
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2011
368 pages
978-1-4081-6527-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Wisden Collector's Guide is the definitive companion to one of the world's most important sporting publications.
It begins with an overview of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, introducing the original John Wisden and describing the history of the publication. The next section contains highlights and information from each of the 147 editions, including bibliographic details (page extent, price, reprints etc), excerpts from the best articles, cricketers of the year, obituaries, and noteworthy events and matches. There is also additional information of interest to collectors and historical context in the form of news 'headlines' from each year. The guide concludes with a section dedicated to the serious collector. Covering everything from reprints to rebinds and from pagination to publishers, it is a vital resource for collectors.
Affording a glimpse of the cricketing and historical landscape
of the last 147 years, this is an accessible and fascinating volume for cricketing fans generally and a must-have item for Wisden collectors.
It begins with an overview of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, introducing the original John Wisden and describing the history of the publication. The next section contains highlights and information from each of the 147 editions, including bibliographic details (page extent, price, reprints etc), excerpts from the best articles, cricketers of the year, obituaries, and noteworthy events and matches. There is also additional information of interest to collectors and historical context in the form of news 'headlines' from each year. The guide concludes with a section dedicated to the serious collector. Covering everything from reprints to rebinds and from pagination to publishers, it is a vital resource for collectors.
Affording a glimpse of the cricketing and historical landscape
of the last 147 years, this is an accessible and fascinating volume for cricketing fans generally and a must-have item for Wisden collectors.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
b/w photos throughout
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-6527-0 (9781408165270)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
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Persons
Jonathan Rice is a well-respected Wisden writer and the author of a variety of cricket books.
Andrew Renshaw is a journalist who has been watching cricket and collecting Wisden for fifty years.
Andrew Renshaw is a journalist who has been watching cricket and collecting Wisden for fifty years.
Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- AUTHORS' NOTE
- FOREWORD
- PART ONE: THE HISTORY OF THE ALMANACK
- PART TWO: THE ALMANACKS 1864-2010
- WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK AUSTRALIA
- PART THREE: A GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS
- COLLECTING WISDEN
- BUYING WISDEN
- BOOK DEALERS
- AUCTIONS
- REPRINTS
- DUST JACKETS
- PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES
- INSERTS IN WISDEN
- REBINDS
- RESTORING WISDEN
- SIGNED COPIES
- MY UNCLE'S WISDENS
- MIND THE LANGUAGE
- A HISTORY OF WISDEN
- PUBLISHERS
- OWNERS SINCE 1985
- COMPILERS AND EDITORS
- PRINTERS
- PRINT RUNS
- COVER PRICES
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- SECOND EDITIONS
- STYLE OF FRONT COVER OF LIMP EDITIONS
- STYLE OF LETTERING ON SPINE OF LIMP EDITIONS
- STYLE OF BRASSES ON FRONT COVER OF CLOTH BOARD EDITIONS
- STYLE OF BRASSES ON SPINE OF CLOTH BOARD EDITIONS
- COVER DESIGNS
- COLOUR OF LIMP COVERS
- COLOURING OF LIMP COVER AND DUST JACKET SPINE TEXT FROM 1965-78
- COLOURING OF DUST JACKET COVERS FROM 1965-78
- LEATHERBOUND LIMITED EDITIONS
- LARGE FORMAT EDITIONS
- FACSIMILE EDITIONS
- WISDEN ANTHOLOGIES
- WISDEN INDEXES
- WISDEN AUSTRALIA
- WISDEN INDIA
- WISDEN RUGBY FOOTBALL ALMANACKS
- CONDITION TIMELINE
- PRICES/AUCTION TIMELINE
- PAGINATION GUIDE
- PRICES
