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W G Grace Ate My Pedalo: A Curious Cricket Compendium
by Tyers, Alan Beach
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1472911628
- ISBN 13
- 9781472911629
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2010* Publisher: Bloomsbury ~ Wisden.* Binding and cover condition: Black line drawn illustration of a cartoon of W.G.Grace against a yellow background. Soft card covers with black titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Spine very slightly sunned. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous b/w line drawn illustrations throughout.* Pages: 150 pp. text.* Product Description:- A spoof 1896 periodical from The Wisden Cricketer archives that looks at cricketing events of 2010 through the Victorian lens. Funny irreverent and lavishly illustrated, W.G. Grace Ate My Pedalo draws inspiration from the exuberant sporting papers of the Victorian era to lampoon England cricketers new and old. This is a FINE copy of the 1st./2nd. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3538
- Title
- W G Grace Ate My Pedalo: A Curious Cricket Compendium
- Author
- Tyers, Alan Beach
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 2nd.Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1472911628
- ISBN 13
- 9781472911629
- Publisher
- John Wisden/Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London UK 160
- Date Published
- 2014-05-15
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