It’s official: the Summer holidays are over and we are back! To celebrate, we’ve brought out our new catalogue . It captures some famous sporting moments, such as Botham in 1981, Laker in 1956, England football in 1966,the West Indies cricket team in 2003 and a signed (by James Hunt himself, Graham Hill, Tony Brise, Denny […]
It’s surprising to learn that John Astley Cooper first proposed what has become the Commonwealth Games in 1891: 5 years before the Modern Olympics. The plan was to hold a sports competition every four years “as a means of increasing goodwill and understanding of the British Empire”. Committees were set up throughout the Empire to […]
All the first 15 Wisdens are scarce with the first edition of 1864 and the 1875 edition considered the rarest. Most original copies have been rebound, the majority without their original salmon pink wrappers.
Various facsimile editions have been produced in the last half century making a full set obtainable for collectors with smaller pockets.