Wisden (John) Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, an unbroken run from 1930 to 2014:
1930s: 1930, 1932 and 1933 rebound in hard brown cloth preserving original yellow wrappers (1932 with some loss to front wrap); 1931 lacking front wrapper but preserving rear wrap; 1934 to 1937 in original paper wrappers, spines weak, rear wrap of 1936 detached and 1937 rebacked, bat bookmark present in 1934 and 1935; 1938 and 39 in original limp cloth, fragment of bat bookmark in 1938, the whole preserved 1939
1940s: 1940 hard cloth binding very rubbed, with weak hinges and faded spine gilt; 1941 rebound in hard cloth preserving original limp cloth covers, internally very clean; 1942 original hard cloth, a good, clean and tight copy; 43-45 in rather soiled and stained original limp cloth
1946 to 2014: all original hard cloth, with original dust jackets from 1965 onwards. Shelf ware and signs of handling, spine gilts a little faded, crinkling to spines of 1957 and 1963, 1965 the rather soiled d.j. (the first issued by Wisden) with tatty extremities and sellotape reinforcing folds, some sunfading to d.j. spines of more recent editions
Lot includes three large format volumes for 2006-2008 (2008 without slipcase, as issued).
85 editions in total, generally fair to good condition for a reading library of Wisdens. Includes the scarce World War II editions. Inspection highly recommended (88).