About Wisdens.org
Last Price Update March 2024 : 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.
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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 Feb 2024. The image file is very large so have included one without images too. (They are secure documents) 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
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1864 Wisden - 1st Edition - Paperback - Front -
1864 Wisden - 1st Edition - Paperback - Rear -
1864 Wisden - 1st Edition - Paperback - Spine -
1864 Rebound (No Covers), John Arlott's Book (Sold by WA for £13,800 in 2011) -
1864 Wisden Facsimile , 1st/2nd Reprint - Front -
1864 Wisden Facsimile , 3rd Reprint - Front -
1864 Wisden Facsimile , 3rd Reprint - Inside -
1864 Facsimile Box Set (1st/2nd Reprints) -
Wisden Facsimile Box Set (3rd Reprint, 1990) - Closed -
Wisden Facsimile Box Set (3rd Reprint, 1990) - Open
Lillywhite Guides/Companions/Annuals Info: Click Here
The First Edition of Wisden
One of the hardest first fifteen to find, especially in Original form and with Original Covers and spine.
My 1864 is a very nice conditioned paperback, shown here, it is a 9/10 copy and 100% original, some small marks to the page edges but hard to find one nicer. It cost £22,000 and was funded by the sale of my previous paperback that had touch ups for £17,500 both in 2014.
I am currently reading my set and pop notes into the www.wisdenauction.com newsletter, here is a snippet of the write up from 1864 : The 1864 does seem to be a summary of 1850 to 1863/4 (which is quite a coincidence that the Lillywhite Companion started in 1849) and there are not a lot of words within it so apart from the preamble about the history of the 1864 there isn't too much to tell from what I have read to date (ill expand on the preamble of my 1864s life in a future weekend newsletter) but the fascinating facts you learn from Wisden are amazing. At the bottom of the calendar pages are the following (interesting!) facts: -The first Arabian Horse introduced into Britain, 1121 -Royal Mint completed 1811..... : Please contact us for the full write up.
If you have any comments to add regarding the 1864 Wisden, please contact us on wisdens@cridler.com and we will add them