Cover shiny, light shelf wear.  Pages browned, but doesn't affect readability.  Otherwise tight and clean. This harkens back to the pre-Interet, pre-computer days when chessplayers were starved for the latest trends and games of their GM heroes.  Chess Informant had proved the concept of multiple journals of GM games quarterly;  this Chess Player (of England) entry into the arena.  Whereas CI was selective of what games were published, CP not only dumped ALL games of major tournaments...they also ANALYZED almost every single one !   You will probably find all these games in your mega-DB...but how many are anaylzed there ?   Here you get HUMAN notes, not some silicon freaky mind dump.  (It is very interesting, however, that the GMs of this age give the same lines as my DeepFritz engine).  Another advantage is that the opening theory is 50 years old---so you don't have all the mind-numbing GM detail you get these days.  (The old lines are often abandoned for new trends).  You can always compare with your favorite modern guide to understand the differences.  Anywho this Volume 9 covers June-December 1975 tournaments.   Crosstables, complete analyzed games by tournament, FIDE rating list.  Languageless figurine algebriac using Informant symbols.  Indexed by opening, variation, and players.  738 games.  190 pages