Testing Years by Gordon Ross (8 results)

Condition: Good. 1958. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Foreword by Rt Hon Lord Birkett. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hb, 224pp, b/w photos. Good in a Fair+ dj which has several closed tears. Endpapers and inside covers have light browning, contents clean. Covers the period from England's matches with India in 1946 to the end of the Test series with the West Indies in 1957, and the contributions of players such as Alec Bedser, Denis Compton, Leonard Hutton and Godfrey Evans.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Very small scar, small chip to rear cover, wear to foot of spine of d\w, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Black cloth Hardcover, in a protected Dust Jacket which has light shelf wear and a scuff. Not ex. library. 224 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, results tables. Contents clean, tight and bright. Also includes a fine unused "Golden Age Greats" postcard of Samuel Moses James Woods, who played for Australia and England. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG++/F/VG+. y 1st Edn. 1st Imp. HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1958.* Pub: * Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards with white title to spine, gilt logo of a cricketer to face. No bumps, rubs or other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing the cricket grounds at Wellington, New Zealand, Bridgetown, Barbados and Sydney, Australia. Not Price clipped showing a shelf price of 15s. net. Minor shelf wear to top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. Now in clear un-attached protective cover. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. A few marks to top edge. VG++* Illustrations: 16pp. b/w photos within text.* Pages: 216 pp. text. viii pp. match results at rear.* Description: The story of England's rise to the top in post-war cricket. In these pages is a glowing record of human endeavour and adventure on the cricket field. The narrative moves from the matches with India in 1946 to the end of the Test series with West Indies in 1957, and includes all the Tests of the period.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with some minor faults reducing it to VG+. Now in clear un-attached protective cover.* 1958-01-01. n.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by The Author 224 pp illustrated. Black cloth lacking a dust jacket. VG. Signed by The Author with a dedication. ISigned by The Author.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 224 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].

An account of every cricket series involving England from the 1946 home Tests against India to the end of the Test series with the West Indies in 1957, during which time England established herself as the strongest Test-playing nation. 8vo. 224pp. 16 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper. Good condition.