Bodyline. The novel (signed copy) Poetry housed in the blue cardboard

housed in the blue cardboard box which is split at some joints

Black hardcover with silver lettering and cocktail design in the green jacket hat repeats the design

Text clean and fresh

slightly soiled with a few small edge tears

Bodyline. The novel (signed copy) Poetry housed in the blue cardboardLondon: Faber, 1983. Signed Presentation copy from the author. First Edition. Original hardback with the unclipped, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy. Fictionalised version of the infamous Bodyline cricket controversy which took place on England's 1932 33 Ashes tour of Australia and almost resulted in a diplomatic uncoupling between the two nations.