Wisden Cricketers' Almanack activity among cricket followers, and early editions command high prices. The first edition, only 112 pages long, sold for one shilling. Rare copies of the early editions can sell for thousands of pounds. Although devoting most of its pages to a survey of the contents of Wisden from 1864 to 2010, the last 44 pages of "The Wisden Collector's Guide" contains a significant amount of information of interest and practical use to the collector. The two main UK-based on-line resources for "Wisden" collectors are the Wisdens.org (www.wisden.guru) and "Wisden" Collectors Club websites (see External Links). Facilities offered by the former
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack are free of charge and open to all visitors (although its forum requires registration) while the latter charges a nominal annual membership fee for access to its main site. A "Wisden" archive is maintained by ESPNCricinfo (see External Links), offering access to some features, articles and international scores from the first edition onwards. The article "A History of "Wisden"" prepared for the 1963 centenary edition is likely to be of most interest to collectors who do not have access to the original volume. A combination of rarity (perceived or known), condition, completeness and originality determines the price a collector is