Cricket's second golden age / Gerald Howat
1989, First Edition. London : Hodder & Stoughton. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #240814
ISBN: 0340423455
Physical description; 300 p., (16) p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 291-292. - Includes index. Summary; The 1920s and 1930s were a second golden age of batting and also marked the emergence into Test cricket of the West Indies, New Zealand and India. This book looks at this era in cricket, when the greatest contests were still those between England and Australia for the "Ashes", and Yorkshire were the dominant county team. Previous books by the author include biographies of Leslie Constantine, Walter Hammond, PLum Warner and Sir Leonard Hutton. Subjects; Cricket. Cricket — England — History — 20th century. Cricket — History — 20th century. Cricket — (1919-1948). Sports & Recreation / Cricket. Genre; Illustrated.
Price: €12.95