Peter May's Book of Cricket
by Peter May
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/G+
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell, 1956. All aspects of the game from technique to grounds and touring, by the England captain for the 1956 Ashes series. Green covers with gilt lettering to spine, b/w illustrations and frontis of May, 118pp. Slight browing of endpapers and neat gift inscription on ffep, otherwise book is in VG condition. Price-clipped DJ has several small, closed tears and general wear to edges. But overall a reasonable copy. Ref:081829. First Edition. Cloth. VG/G+. 19cmx25.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001829
- Title
- Peter May's Book of Cricket
- Author
- Peter May
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...