1942 Wisden Hardback – UNIQUE

A Lovely condition 1942  Wisden Hardback. The 79th edition.

This edition comes from the Diana Rait Kerr collection.
Rowan Scrope Rait Kerr was the MCC Secretary from 1936 to 1952. His daughter Diana joined him at Lord’s after WW2 to help catalogue and arrange the MCC library. She eventually became Curator of the MCC museum. During her work at Lord’s she also wrote extensively for cricket publications and co-wrote books with Ian Peebles. She was also one of the first women to be offered MCC membership.
She inherited her fathers’ Wisden collection and also built her own and when the set was offered to me I bought all 240+ edition. There were two 1942 almanacks within it: a soft back edition and a hardback edition.

The boards on this original hardback are in lovely condition, they are strong and firm and devoid of any corner bumping. The gilt to the front is super. The spine gilt has dulled but it is readable. The spine board is super.
Internally this is a lovely edition, with super strong hinges and clean pages throughout.
The page block is very very good, bright and clean.

Contents Include:
W.R.Hammond in First Class cricket.
Notes by RC Robertson-Glasgow.
Deaths in the War 1941.
Roll of Honour.
British Empire XI.
London Counties.
County Champions Reviewed.
M.C.C in 1941.
London Counties.
Public Schools Cricket.
Test Captains.

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