James : A Life de Dhondy, Farrukh

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0297646133 CLR James will be remembered wherever cricket is played, yet his career is enigmatic. Farrukh Dhondy's new biography sets out to decode the enigma and unravel the long journey James made from Trinidad to Brixton. CLR James was a marxist philosopher, intent on paper at least on world revolution. But later in life, he rejected the incendiary rhetoric of his youth. He was an unabashed elitist, but at the same time fought discrimination of any sort. Farrukh draws on his friendship with CLR James, which began when James was already an old man and continued until his death at the age of 89. He assesses the contribution James made to modern political thinking and to the growth of Black consciousness. He celebrates his love of cricket and shows how the concepts of fair play and gamesmanship could and did become the abiding principles of a .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. xv 190pp hardback, brown boards gilt in wrapper, very good in a very good wrapper . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2001.

London UK: Weidenfeld Nicholson, 2001 190 pages. This is the first full-length biography of the black writer, political philosopher and cricket correspondent. The dust jacket has a little wear, with small scuffs and creases on the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 190 pages. Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) will be remembered for as long as cricket is played anywhere in the world. He was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist theorist and essayist. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts. Farrukh Dhondy's biography traces James's long career and many reinventions, and assesses the contribution he made to Marxism, to the development of Black consciousness in Britain, and celebrates his love of cricket. Throughout the book, Dhondy draws on his friendship with James. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 190 pages; 22cm. Subjects: James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert) 1901-1989. Biography. James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert) 1901-1989. Revolutionaries Trinidad; Biography. Intellectuals Trinidad; Biography. Communism Philosophical aspects. Socialism Philosophical aspects. Authors, Black 20th century; Biography.