FROM GRACE TO BOTHAM. Tapa dura - 1980

Hardback. Very Good.

Bristol: The Redcliffe Press, 1980. Hb, 123pp, b/w photos. Good with clean contents but light page tanning, in a Good dj. Profiles and potted biographies of mostly historical players associated with Somerset and Gloucestershire cricket.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Redcliffe Press Ltd, 1980. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a price clipped and age-toned pictorial dust wrapper, the text is clean and is unmarked, b&w illustrations, 123pp.

Bristol: The Redcliffe Press, 1980. Hardcover, signed and dedicated by author on title page ("To Edward - with regards, David Foot"). Unclipped jacket is slightly marked and tanned, with one or two instances of minor wear. Previous owner's name penned on FEP; his stamp on FEP and rear pastedown; his label on rear pastedown. Newspaper clipping pasted to BEP; another laid-in. Content is clear throughout. TS. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good. Used.

Bristol (14 Dowry Sq., Bristol 8) : Redchiffe Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. 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; 123 pages; Physical description. : 123 p, [8]p of plates : ports. ; 22 cm. Subject: Cricket players - England - West Country - Biography. South-west England - County cricket - 1870-1979 - Biographies.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Neat,inked, owner's name to ffe and price-clip to dw/dj.B/w photographic panels [W.G. Grace + Botham to upper panel,author portrait photograph to rear panel.]; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creassing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally clean, contents bright,tight and pristine.Unblemished,plain green paper-covered boards,with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - apart from mentioned owner name to ffe.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-123pp includes title page,contents list, author foreword,100 profiles and 8pp b/w photographs. The history of Somerset and Gloucestershire cricket is rich in character, eccentricity and,of course,sheer sporting talent (whatever the Test selectors have thought).This is a personal choice 'century' of portraits from the two counties: spanning the generations,the enduring whims and the varying skills.There is no obsessive dwelling on… Leer más