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E W Swanton's 1939 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack



Reference
EWS
Date:
1939
Level of description
item
Extent
1 volume
Scope and Content
Bound volume held together by gas-cape.

From the MCC Museum caption, 2013:
'E.W. 'Jim' Swanton, the celebrated cricket journalist and broadcaster, had this copy of Wisden with him when working for three and a half years on the Burma-Siam railway as a prisoner-of-war of Japan. Due to constantly circulating amongst Swanton's fellow prisoners, it has a claim to being the most widely read single copy of the almanack; each prisoner was restricted to six-hours' use. Rebound several times with gas-cape, held together with rice paste, a Japanese stamp indicates that the book was considered 'non-subversive'.
Associations
Ernest William Swanton
Subject
World War, 1939-1945, Wisden Cricketer's Almanack
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 volume
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