Catalogue for the auction of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks
and Cricket Books

‘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.