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WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1891 [-1899]. London: John Wisden and Co., 1891-1899. 9 volumes, 8° (154 x 96mm). Photographic plate mounted in each volume. (Ink specks on plate of W.G. Grace in 1896.) Uniform early 20th-century brown cloth, spines titled in gilt, red speckled edges.

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WISDEN, John. Cricketers’ Almanack for 1891 [-1899]. London: John Wisden and Co., 1891-1899. 9 volumes, 8° (154 x 96mm). Photographic plate mounted in each volume. (Ink specks on plate of W.G. Grace in 1896.) Uniform early 20th-century brown cloth, spines titled in gilt, red speckled edges.

Twenty-eighth to thirty-sixth edition. The earliest of the 35 editions brought out by Sydney Pardon, brother of Charles. The 1896 edition exceeded 500 pages for the first time.