Last Price Update Dec 2025 : 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 and have updated it year on year, Happy Collecting, Chris Ridler, Wisden Collector.
Mission Statement "Our aim is to put our heart and soul into helping you complete your Wisden Collecting goals, providing free expert advice along the way"...1000+ Wisden Pictures can be seen below of our own Set & Sales
Our Sister Site www.wisdenauction.com has provided us with their sale values from Sept 2008 to End 2024. The image file is very large so have included one without images too. (You may be warned that they aren't secure documents but they are secure, just large & lots of data) No Images & With Images
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) - Just click on the text (e.g. XXXX Recent Values) under the pictures
The above prices are the amount the buyer paid at auction, not hammer price, please note for you to have won this book you would have had to outbid the winner.
1879's eBay Prices
Year
Book
Type
Count
Average
Min
Max
Year Sold
1879
Rebind
& Covers
1
512
512
512
2025
1879
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No Covers
1
166
166
166
2025
1879
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No Covers
2
324
198
450
2021
1879
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No Covers
1
425
425
425
2020
1879
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No Covers
2
190
180
200
2019
1879
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No Covers
1
299
299
299
2016
1879
Original
Paperback
1
1241
1241
1241
2013
1879
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No Covers
1
221
221
221
2013
1879
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No Covers
2
350
300
399
2012
1879
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& Covers
1
641
641
641
2010
1879
Original
Paperback
1
1600
1600
1600
2008
1879
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No Covers
1
510
510
510
2008
1879
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& Covers
2
900
624
1175
2007
1879
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No Covers
1
535
535
535
2007
1879
Rebind
& Covers
1
624
624
624
2006
Wisdens.Org Valuation for 1879
1879's Condition Comments
6 comments
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.
More common than the first 15 but still scarce.
If you have any comments to add regarding the 1879 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 1879 : There seems to be a bit of a change to the 1879 Wisden from the previous editions, the first thing that is obvious is the back of the front cover has an advertisement and not a summary of the contents of previous Wisdens, the adverts here are for Dredge‚¬„¢s Heal-All that is the most efficacious remedy for Rheumatism and Sawyer‚¬„¢s Corn and Bunion Patent Mechanical Plasters. The title page is opposite. On the next page is the usual thank you , some omitted MCC results and a year error that is corrected. It ends with an Important note that to sum it up looks like Gentlemen in the matches vs Players are not allowed to make a profit dated Nov 2nd 1878. Other than this new rule I wander what the background is?
I am gutted though, I have had hours of enjoyment reading the calendar pages of the first 15 Wisdens but in the 1879 they have been replaced by a single page of a calendar, like we have today on our office desks. A grid of 12 months. How dull. You will be missed calendar entries, how else will I know how much a cow is sold for in 1879? Or how many people massacred at a said battle. :
Please contact us for the full write up.
My 1879 Wisden, as pictured, is an Original Paperback Wisden with an Original Spine, Minor spine paper flaking. Purchased Circa 2010 for £1020
Early paperback tend to have spine touch ups, something to look out for on purchasing them.
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1879 Wisden - Original Paperback - Front
1879 Wisden - Original Paperback - Rear
1879 Wisden - Original Paperback - Spine
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.
More common than the first 15 but still scarce.
If you have any comments to add regarding the 1879 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 1879 : There seems to be a bit of a change to the 1879 Wisden from the previous editions, the first thing that is obvious is the back of the front cover has an advertisement and not a summary of the contents of previous Wisdens, the adverts here are for Dredge‚¬„¢s Heal-All that is the most efficacious remedy for Rheumatism and Sawyer‚¬„¢s Corn and Bunion Patent Mechanical Plasters. The title page is opposite. On the next page is the usual thank you , some omitted MCC results and a year error that is corrected. It ends with an Important note that to sum it up looks like Gentlemen in the matches vs Players are not allowed to make a profit dated Nov 2nd 1878. Other than this new rule I wander what the background is? I am gutted though, I have had hours of enjoyment reading the calendar pages of the first 15 Wisdens but in the 1879 they have been replaced by a single page of a calendar, like we have today on our office desks. A grid of 12 months. How dull. You will be missed calendar entries, how else will I know how much a cow is sold for in 1879? Or how many people massacred at a said battle. : Please contact us for the full write up.
My 1879 Wisden, as pictured, is an Original Paperback Wisden with an Original Spine, Minor spine paper flaking. Purchased Circa 2010 for £1020
Early paperback tend to have spine touch ups, something to look out for on purchasing them.