Cricket's second golden age / Gerald Howat
by Howat, Gerald
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0340423455
- ISBN 13
- 9780340423455
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. 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; 300 pages; Physical description: 300p, [16]p of plates : ports. ; 23cm. Summary: The 1920s and 1930s were a second golden age of batting and also marked the emergence into Test cricket of the West Indies, New Zealand and India. This book looks at this era in cricket, when the greatest contests were still those between England and Australia for the ""Ashes"", and Yorkshire were the dominant county team. Previous books by the author include biographies of Leslie Constantine, Walter Hammond, PLum Warner and Sir Leonard Hutton. Subjects: Cricket - England - History - 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 211880
- Title
- Cricket's second golden age / Gerald Howat
- Author
- Howat, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340423455
- ISBN 13
- 9780340423455
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
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