The Game of Cricket by Norman Birkett / Diana Rait Kerr - 1955

B T Batsford Ltd, 1955 B T Batsford Ltd, London, 1955, hb no d/w, 1st ed, green cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine and a gilt cricketing motif to the front cover, corners and head and foot of spine are a little bumped and rubbed, the spine and edges of the covers are faded, the pages are lightly tanned with age but remain clean and bright, a good secure binding [Box 14]

London: Batsford. 144 pages, illustrated, index, fading to green cloth covers and spine. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1955.

London: Batsford. 144 pages, illustrated, index, some light foxing, fading to green cloth covers and spine. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1955.

B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit rubbed and sunned.One inscription.Some light foxing.Well bound.[R.M]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

BATSFORD 1955 UK 1ST EDITION, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with tear to top left of dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

B.T. Batsford, 1955. Book. Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A few small tears, foxing and a couple of small chips to jacket. 144pp. Light foxing to a few pages. Colour illustrations. Slight bumping. Previous owners inscription to front end paper..

London : Batsford , 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 144 pages illustrations (some color) 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography. Subjects: Cricket History. Cricket. Cricket -- Great Britain -- History. Sports history. Genre: History. Illustrated.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG-.[This dw/dj issued as a replacement for the original full-colour dw/dj,supplies of which are now exhausted (then 1955).] No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (25/-) to dw/dj.A nondescript, glassine,pale green+white typographically designed dw/dj. Basically a pale green background with white lower-case lettering of 'batsfordbooks' continously repeated in horizontal lines from left to right;and from top to bottom of dw/dj. Negligible shelf-wear to lower edges with some minimal chipping with reciprocal loss to foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip.Top edges have borne the majority of the creasing, with several tiny closed tears and snicks - with no significant loss - if any at all incurred.Upper panel of dw/dj has a small tear with crease/fold - but no loss - towards the front,right edge,with bright, clean front inner flap with publisher's blurb.Spine/backstrip of dw/dj slightly darkened - as usual/normal.Rear panel of dw/dj slightly grubbed and a clean,blank,rear inner… Read More

London: Batsford, 1955. A first edition, first printing published by B.T.Batsford in 1955. 144 pages, 16 plates, signed by Austrailian cricket team of 1956: Ian Johnson, Keith Miller, Alan Davidson, Ron Archer, Ray Lindwall, Richie Benaud, William Watson, Jim Burke, Gilbert Langley, Neil Harvey, Ian Craig and the manager.' Notes: dedication from Ian Johnson: To a true cricket lover - we always enjoy meeting them-'. A very good book in very good unclipped jacket rubbed with chips and minor loss at base of spine. Closed tear to front spine crease, full height of spine supported with Japanese tissue paper. Exceptionally rare signed by the Australian team.