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1949-1980 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for the Years 1949 to 1980
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
Eight volumes. The official Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, an annual publication known as the "Bible of Cricket." The text is a reference book with details of awards, records, laws and administrations in the sport for the past year, with details of English cricket and overseas cricket. Edited by Hubert Preston, an English journalist and writer who was editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for eight years. He contributed to fifty-one editions of the Almanack, and was the oldest editor of the publication, and his son, Norman Preston, an English cricket journalist who began his career with the old Pardon's Cricket Reporting Agency. This set contains: Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1949. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: Australians at Balmoral, the England team at Lord's, and Five Cricketers of the Year, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1950. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: A Notable First Ball, England Team at the Oval, and A Remarkable Catch, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1951. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: England Team at Manchester, West Indies in England, and Australia in South Africa, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1952. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: The Ideal Fielder, The Nottingham Score-Board, and The Universities, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1976. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: Five Cricketers of the Year, Dates in Cricket History, and Women's Cricket, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1978. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: The Queen at Trent Bridge, England's Brilliant Field, and Test Cricketers, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1979. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Minor Counties Championship, and Overseas Cricket, amongst others. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for 1980. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. With articles such as: First-Class Averages, The Prudential Cup, and the John Player League, amongst others.
Condition
Volumes for the year 1949, 1950 and 1976 are bound in the original yellow cloth. Externally, sound with rubbing and light creasing to the extremities. Fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Some curling to the extremities of 1949 and 1950. While volumes for 1951, 1952, 1978, 1979, and 1980 are bound in the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Minor fading to the spines of 1951 and 1952. Volumes for 1978, 1979, and 1980 are bound with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Wrappers are very smart with minor wear and the odd small mark. Front hinge starting but firm to 1949 and 1952. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the first and last few pages of 1949, 1950, Minor age toning to the extremities.
Very Good
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