The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.
This large run is in overall fine condition, although as noted in the main cataloguing, it varies from very good to near mint condition. Please note that the image of the group used to illustrate the lot online shows the books in facsimile dustjackets protecting the original dustjackets; these facsimile jackets adorn volumes 1965-1993; volumes 2003-2019 complete with the publisher's additional 'traditional' dustjackets. The condition of the individual volumes is a follows:
1950: joints lightly rubbed, gilding on front cover slightly discoloured.
1951: faint bump to top-edge of front cover, light spotting to fore-edge and into front and rear free endpapers, but otherwise clean internally
1952: a faint ripple to cloth at head of spine
1953: light spotting confined to text-block edges
1954: first 50pp. lightly dogeared at top corner, otherwise very good
1955: a fine copy
1956: cloth bubbling along length of backstrip, otherwise covers and text-block very good, with only faint creasing to upper tips of pp.14-44
1957: covers a fraction bowed, otherwise a near-fine copy
1958: headcap and lower corner of front cover fractionally creased, otherwise a very good copy
1959: a near fine copy with some neat pencil numeration against the main counties entries (perhaps county championship points?)
1960: spine with some very minor and insignificant bubbling of cloth, else near fine
1961: a near-fine copy
1962: tiny 6mm split at foot of spine, else a near-fine copy
1963: 'The 100th Edition' - a fine copy
1964: faint line rubbed across 'Wisden' on front cover, head- and tailcaps faintly bruised, otherwise a near-fine copy
1965: internal condition: fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faintly soiled, tiny splits at joints and corners, overall in very good condition
1966: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded, tiny insignficant marks on front and back covers else near-fine
1967: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded and faintly soiled else near-fine
1968: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else near-fine
1969: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else near-fine
1970: internal condition: old ownership inscription in blank margin of front free endpaper neatly erased using tippex, old newspaper clipping loosely inserted at end, otherwise fine and clean; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else near-fine
1971: internal condition: faint marginal mark on plate of Tom Graveney's farewell, otherwise clean and fine; cloth: the merest hint of cresaing at head- and tailcaps of spine, otherwise near fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded with a faint hint of dust-soiling at extreme top edge, else near-fine
1972: internal condition: fine; cloth: two tiny marks on front cover, else near-fine; original dustjacket: spine soiled, tiny spot affectting left-hand border of front cover, light staining on rear cover, tiny splits at joints and corners
1973: internal condition: fine; cloth: top corner of front cover with tip lightly bruised, else near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faintly soiled and faded, tiny splits at joints and corners
1974: internal condition: complete, with additional photocopies of title and second leaf pasted over rectoes to cover up withdrawn library stamps, front hinge weak but holding solidly; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faintly soiled and faded, covers faintly soiled, tiny splits at joints and corners
1975: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faded, covers faintly soiled, tiny spot on lower joint, else very good
1976: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine slightly faded, top edge of covers faintly creased
1977: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine save one tiny spot towards lower edge of front cover; original dustjacket: spine slightly faded, top edge of covers faintly creased, tiny splits at joints and corners
1978: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine lightly soiled and faded, covers lightly soiled, tiny splits at joints and corners
1979: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: price clipped, spine lightly soiled and faded, short splits at joints and corners
1980: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine slightly faded, otherwise near-fine
1981: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine slightly faded, the fading extending very slightly into the covers
1982: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faded, the fading extending very slightly into the covers, otherwise very good
1983: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faded, the fading extending very slightly into the top-inside edge
1984: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faded, the fading extending very slightly into the top-inside edge
1985: internal condition: near-fine; cloth: near-fine; original dustjacket: spine faded, the fading extending very slightly into the top-inside edge, a couple of light marks to folds of jacket
1986: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine faded, tiny nick to top edge of front cover, price crossed out in biro and and replaced with '£6'
1987: internal condition: front free endpaper with faint vertical crease extending through the first 20pp.; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine faded and with tiny nick at head, top edge of front cover, price crossed out in biro and and replaced with '£6'
1988: internal condition: fine, with flyer for 'Cricketcall' telephone scores service loosely inserted; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else fine
1989: internal condition: fine, with flyer for 'Cricketcall' telephone scores service loosely inserted; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else fine
1990: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else fine
1991: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: spine just a fraction faded else fine, two tiny ?rust marks on rear cover
1992: internal condition: fine; cloth: fine; original dustjacket: a hint of fade to spine, else fine
1993: a near-mint copy
1994: a near-mint copy
1995: just the faintest of crumpling to head of spine, else fine
1996: a near-mint copy
1997: just the faintest of crumpling to head of spine, spine slightly faded, else fine
1998-2002: spines slightly faded, else fine
2003: tiny spot on fore-edge, spine of 'traditional' additional dustjacket slightly faded, else near-fine
2004: spine of 'traditional' additional dustjacket slightly faded and this extending into inside top edge, else near-fine
2005: spine of 'traditional' additional dustjacket slightly faded and this extending into inside top edge, else near-fine
2006: spine of 'traditional' additional dustjacket slightly faded and this extending into inside top edge, else near-fine
2007-2008: near-mint copies
2009: spine of 'traditional' additional dustjacket slightly faded and this extending into inside top edge, else near-fine
2010-2019: mint copies
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