The Trouser People : The Quest for the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire's Game de Marshall, Andrew

Viking, 01/31/2002. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

London: Viking/Penguin, 2002. Hb, xii + 308pp, b/w photos. Appears to be signed by author on title page. Good with tanned pages in a Good dj. Combination of history and modern travelogue as the author retraces the footsteps of the Victorian adventurer and photographer, George Scott, who helped establish British colonial rule in Burma, documented the tribes living in the remote areas of the country, and introduced football to Burma where it remains one of the most popular sports. The author encounters suspicion and obstruction in modern-day Myanmar along with tribal drug lords, while documenting the lives of a bygone era.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

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Viking. Good. Hardcover. 2002. 1st Edition. Foxing, d/j rubbed & small tear. Protected by non adhesive cover. B&W plates .

London : Viking, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Letter from Penguin to the author loosely inserted. Physical description; xii, 307 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p.293-295. - Includes index. Subjects; Scott, James George (1851-1935) Travel Burma. Scott, James George Sir (1851-1935). Soccer Burma History. Burma Description and travel. Burma History (1824-1948). Burma Description and travel. Genre; Illustrated.