Hubert Preston [editor] — Wisden Cricketer&Apos;S Almanack for 1950

London, Sporting Handbooks Ltd. 1950. Cloth. A smart volume of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1950, with special features. Illustrated with twelve plates to the front of the text, with numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. The official Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, an annual publication known as the "Bible of Cricket." The text is a reference book with details of awards, records, laws and administrations in the sport for the past year, with details of English cricket and overseas cricket. This volume was issued for the year 1950 and contains articles such as: A Notable First Ball, England Team at the Oval, A Remarkable Catch, Coaching the Schoolboy, and The Minor Counties, amongst others. Edited by Hubert Preston, an English journalist and writer who was editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for eight years. He contributed to fifty-one editions of the Almanack, and was the oldest editor of the publication. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Yhe odd small mark to the cloth and light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .