Village Cricket by Howatt - 1980

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

UK: David & Charles. Very Good/Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0715377272 Dust jacket complete. Green cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Numerous photographs and illustrations. 160 pages clean and tight. The village cricket match retains a timeless pastoral charm. The `blacksmith and braces' image has gone, and standards may equal those of cricket at higher levels; but the nearby church stands solid, the pub claims antiquity and the passing generations turn up to watch. This handsome book vividly evokes the story - and the continuity - of village cricket round the country: its origins, its customs, its eccentricities and its seriousness. Gerald Howat talks to officials and spectators, describes remarkable matches and individual performances of the past, unearths interesting club records - scores, club expenses, disciplines imposed on players - and looks to the future. Over 2,000 villages in Britain play cricket, and it began… Read More

Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 160 pages, illustrated, bibliography, index, foreword by John Arlott, signed by Gerald Howat on the title page. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1980.

David & Charles, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Top corners bumped..

David & Charles Publishers, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Newton Abbot, Devon, UK: David & Charles, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 160pp, black and white illustrations. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (boards are strong, clean and square, very slightly rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound. In its original, unclipped dust jacket (very slightly bumped on lower edge). A delightful book looking at the phases of change in village cricket alongside the changes in village life. With a foreword by John Arlott and many pictures and a racy, informative text packed with anecdotes and examples.

DAvid and Charles, 1980 Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Newton Abbot (etc.) : David and Charles, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 160 p. : ill., facsims, ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibl.: p. 156-158. - Index. Subjects; Cricket — England — History. Villages — England — History. Cricket — History — England. Villages — History — England. History. Great Britain. Cricket. Cricket — England — Villages, to 1979. England — Villages — Cricket — to 1979. Cricket - Great Britain. Genre; Illustrated.