Hardback. 192pp. Covers the 1948-49 season. Interesting articles and well illustrated including an article by John Arlott illustrated with three two-tone illustrations by John Minton. Another article on the history of football in China is colour illustrated by Ronald Searle. There is also an article on football cartoon which is well illustrated with examples. Other articles cover non-league and amateur football as well as World Cup football. There is also an article by Bernard Joy, the last amateur to play football for England who went on to have a long career as a football journalist. Quarter bound with brown cloth to the spine and Bernard Venables illustrated paper to the front board. Matching illustrated dust jacket. Clean, lightly rubbed. Softened to spine ends. tips of corners with exposed board. Dust jacket illustration is bright to the front. Dust jacket is chipped to spine ends and has a few other small chips and tears. There is a light stain to the back of the dust jacket. Lightly foxed to endpapers. Text is clean and bright. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Light gift inscription to endpaper. Good+, sound copy in like dust jacket