Cricket calling
1995, First Edition. London : Faber. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; Physical description. : 224 p. ; 20 cm. Summary: A mixture of cricketing anecdote and autobiography which stretches from a meeting with Warwick Armstrong, captain of the great 1921 Australian touring team, to the present. It features Jessop and Bradman, Botham and Lara, and topics as diverse as sledging and P. G. Wodehouse's favourite county tie. Subject: Cricket - England - Anecdotes. Cricket - England - Biography. Cricket matches - England - History - 20th century - Anecdotes. Cricket players - England - History - 20th century - Anecdotes. Item #211872
Price: €14.95