The Best Job in the World.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised, black-lettered title and author;' name; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,and publisher's white lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with a pair of b/w group photographs.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one tiny nick/closed tear to front's lower corner,but no other tears or splits present and both panels of dw/dj with minimal indents and scoring - the indents minimally affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered with exception of top,two corners' tips with miniscule curl,original plain black RAF blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-viipp+ 1-199pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,author's Preface,Pts 1-7 coprising3,5,4,44,4,and 1 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs within the text,an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation [for a book of its age. It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other major detracting faults. For more than twenty-five years Don Mosey has been intimately associated with cricket as a writer and broadcaster.He was BBC Cricket Correspondent until his retirement in 1984,and has een a member of the Radio 3 Test Match Special commentary team for over a decade. In #The Best Job in the World' Don Mosy writes about his experiences both in England and on tour withthe England team,to New Zealand,India,Pakistan,West Indies and Sri Lanka.He covered the first Tests ever played in Colombo, Napier and St. Johns.He has been involved with Ian Botham since he was an 18-year-old prospect and watched Botham's first Test century. Over the years Don Mosey has accumulated a fund of stories which have not been broadcast and it is these which he now includes in his book.There are stories too from his commentary box colleagues Brian Johnson and Fred Trueman.As the title of his book implies,Don Mosey has loved his work,and it is this sense of enjoyment that will remain with the reader. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **