The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 376 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages moderately tanned-. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Until he was thirty-one, Jack Iverson lived an unexceptional life. An estate agent's son, he went to boarding school, became a jackaroo, fought in World War II. Then in 1946, he took up cricket. Four years later he was the best spin bowler in the world. In his moment of triumph Iverson quit test cricket and eventually died at 58 in tragic circumstances, believing he was a forgotten man. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Cricket; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 1876485205. ISBN/EAN: 9781876485207. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3265. . 9781876485207

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3265
Title: Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson
Author: Haigh, Gideon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1876485205
ISBN 13: 9781876485207
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Melbourne
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: BZDB137 test cricket, spin bowling, jack iverson, ashes, biography, Biography & Autobiography; Cricket; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 1876485205 EAN: 9781876485207 Haigh, Gideon Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson

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