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Auction of Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks and Cricket Books - Live Two Day Auction (#15) 14/09/2024 11:00 AM BST Closed

Starts Ending 14/09/2024 11:00 AM BST

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Lot #619‘Bat, Ball, Wicket and All. An account of the origin and development of the implements, dress and appurtenances of the National game’. G.D. Martineau. Sporting Handbooks, London 1950. 128pp. Original yellow cloth with dustwrapper. Slipped in is a single page typed letter from Martineau to John Arlott, dated 19th August 1950, thanking him for his kind words. Nicely signed in ink by Martineau. Padwick 333. Minor scuffing to rear of dustwrapper, otherwise in very good condition.

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£110 (16 bids)
Estimate: £30 - £50

 

  • ‘Bat, Ball, Wicket and All. An account of the origin and development of the implements, dress and appurtenances of the National game’. G.D. Martineau. Sporting Handbooks, London 1950. 128pp. Original yellow cloth with dustwrapper. Slipped in is a single p
  • ‘Bat, Ball, Wicket and All. An account of the origin and development of the implements, dress and appurtenances of the National game’. G.D. Martineau. Sporting Handbooks, London 1950. 128pp. Original yellow cloth with dustwrapper. Slipped in is a single p - 2
  • ‘Bat, Ball, Wicket and All. An account of the origin and development of the implements, dress and appurtenances of the National game’. G.D. Martineau. Sporting Handbooks, London 1950. 128pp. Original yellow cloth with dustwrapper. Slipped in is a single p - 3