In the Nick of Time Peter Kirsten's Life in Cricket Tapa dura - 1996

Viking, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing around the edges. The boards are slightly edge rubbed. The binding is excellent. No inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. (Updated 06/11/2023 JHK).. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

(Johannesburg: Viking, 1996) 0670869147. Signed inscription from Peter Kirsten to half-title. 8vo; original grey boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xii + 226, incl. index; plates. Some foxing to edges and endpapers; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper. Very good condition. "His enormous talent, for years the preserve of Western Province, Derbyshire and later Border, was suddenly and spectacularly unleashed at the World Cup in 1992. And there could be no more fitting epitaph to a distinguished career than the century scored at the second Test at Headingley in 1994. As an innings, it meant a great deal - to his team, his country, and to the man himself. Here was a 39-year-old legend fulfilling his destiny - not with bitterness at the wasted years, but with all the unbridled joy of the nine-year-old who had scored a century for Selborne against Dale 30 years earlier. This vibrant book is more than just a limited look at the brilliant career of… Leer más

Viking (Published by the Penguin Group), 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. The dust jacket as well as the boards are in a very good condition. The dust jacket though is slightly shelf rubbed. There is a previous owner's inscription within the front board. There are signatures by both Peter Kirsten and Telford Vice on the half title page. Internally clean and tightly bound. Complete with 226 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Viking, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. inscribed and signed by both Peter and Telford, to Pam (editor of the book). lightly shelf rubbed. some sporadic foxing. excellent binding. may require extra postage. a very neat and presentable copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.