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Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1988
ISBN 10: 1851452079ISBN 13: 9781851452071
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Pavilion Book Edition. Paperback. This elegant biography, first published in 1960, paints a fully rounded portrait of a serene and humble man who won and retained the affection of team-mates and opponents alike - in spire of a penchant for diabolical practical jokes. Mason records the great partnerships and the great feats in a warmly nostalgic book which brings to life those heady days in the 1920s when, in the words of a popular hingle, summer-time meant Oval-time, and Oval-time meant Hobbs. Illustrated. 212 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1988
ISBN 10: 1851452060ISBN 13: 9781851452064
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Pavilion Book Edition. Hardback. In this elegant biography, the author draws on his own fund of memories and those of Sir Jack Hobbs himself and others to flesh out a fully rounded portrait of a serene and humble man who retained the affection of team-mates and opponents alike - in spite of a penchant for diabolical practical jokes. The author's warm and nostaligic book brings to life those heady days in the 1920s when, in the words of a popular jingle, summer-time mean Oval-time, and Oval-time meant Hobbs. Illustrated. 212 pp.
Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1987
ISBN 10: 1851451439ISBN 13: 9781851451432
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Pavilion Book Edition. Hardback. Foreword by John Arlott.Few cricketers of any period are remembered with such affection as the Surrey captain Percy George Fender. A raffish figure with a mischievious air, Fender exuded enjoyment of the game and was one of its greatest personalities. Illustrated. 194 pp.
Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1990
ISBN 10: 1851454810ISBN 13: 9781851454815
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Pavilion Book Edition. Volume Two of the monumental Times cricket anthology, first published on the paper's 200th birthday in 1985, brings together the best cricket writing from its fourth half-century - now also with the pick of the last five years' coverage. In addition to the wealth of match reports and opinion pieces, there are profiles, reminiscences, tributes and obituaries, some harking back to the beginning of the century. 367 pp. Couple of slight creases to corner cover.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1987
ISBN 10: 1851451447ISBN 13: 9781851451449
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Slight shelf wear to top edge of spine of D/J. Slightloy sunned spine to D/J. Foreword by Sir Leonard Hutton. This first-rate anthology, compiled and introduced by the editor of The First Cuckoo, focuses on the lives and careers of fifty of the greatest cricketers of all time, from W. G. Grace to Barry Richards.The Masters, as gregory has dubbed them, are seen through the eyes of the finest cricket writers - and sometimes of their colleagues or adversaries. This splendid celebration contains essays on myriad aspects of the game, punctuated by unusual sidelights and apercus, from the statistical to the psychological, contributed by masters of cricker, masters of cricket writing, and not a few masters of both. Illustrated. 336 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1990
ISBN 10: 1851454810ISBN 13: 9781851454815
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Pavilion Book Edition. Volume Two of the monumental Times cricket anthology, first published on the paper's 200th birthday in 1985, brings together the best cricket writing from its fourth half-century - now also with the pick of the last five years' coverage. In addition to the wealth of match reports and opinion pieces, there are profiles, reminiscences, tributes and obituaries, some harking back to the beginning of the century. 367 pp. Couple of slight creases to corner cover.
Published by The Pavilion Library, London England, 1989
ISBN 10: 1851453857ISBN 13: 9781851453856
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Pavilion Book Edition. Volume One of the monumental Times cricket anthology, first published on the paper's 200th birthday, brings together the best cricket writing in 'The Thunder' from the eighteenth century to the 1930s. Interspersed are features, law reports - cricket rears it head in every part of the paper - and obituaries of the great players. 301 pp. Couple of slight creases to corner cover.