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WISDEN, John. Cricketers' Almanack, London, John Wisden and Co., 1864-66, 8°, FIRST, SECOND and THIRD EDITIONS bound in one vol. (title and first 2ll. of the 1864 first edition with section of lower inner corner torn away, 1865 with very slight tear to outer margin of preliminaries), modern green cloth, spine lettered in gilt (original wrappers not bound in), each title page signed by John Arlott.
ALL THREE EDITIONS ARE CLEAN COPIES WITH GOOD MARGINS. Leslie Gutteridge, writing in the 1963 issue of Wisden puts the first edition in its historical and social perspective with a reminder that 1864 was also the year that Charles Dickens produced Our Mutual Friend, when photographs were taken for the first time by magnesium flashlight, Clifton Suspension Bridge was opened, and General Gordon recaptured Nanking. It was the year overarm bowling was legalised and when, aged 15, W.G. Grace scored 170 and 56 not out for the South Wales Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Sussex at Brighton.
ALL THREE EDITIONS ARE CLEAN COPIES WITH GOOD MARGINS. Leslie Gutteridge, writing in the 1963 issue of Wisden puts the first edition in its historical and social perspective with a reminder that 1864 was also the year that Charles Dickens produced Our Mutual Friend, when photographs were taken for the first time by magnesium flashlight, Clifton Suspension Bridge was opened, and General Gordon recaptured Nanking. It was the year overarm bowling was legalised and when, aged 15, W.G. Grace scored 170 and 56 not out for the South Wales Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Sussex at Brighton.