Observer's Book of Cricket by Smith, Peter

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976 (1973)* Publisher: Warne.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, white to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. AS NEW.* Jacket condition: Colour glossy photo-illustrated dust wrapper. Price clipped and with some ageing. Lower end of spine and edges damp stained. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very little used if at all, small adhesive label mark to fep, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: One 8pp. block of colour illustrations of county badges & one 8pp. block b/w photos, of renowned batsmen. Line drawn field placing plan to front and rear end-papers.* Pages: 144 pp. text. xl pp. results and scores appendices at rear.* Description: Item No 49 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles. From the pioneers of Hambledon through two centuries of growth, The Observer?s book of Cricket traces the history of England?s most traditional sport. All manner of queries and curiosities concerning cricket are answered in this informative, memory-jogging pocket edition. County, test and women?s cricket are all covered. This is the revised 1976 edition with material and results to 1975 included.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS to volume. Reduced by faults on dust jacket to VG*