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BOYCOTT, GEOFF: : Put to the Test - England in Australia 1978-79. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.ATHUR BARKER LIMITED,1979.

ISBN 021316714X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten black ink signature+date without dedication: 'Geoff Boycott Aug 15th 1979.' to title page just below his own printed name,and price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated upper panel and author's b/w portrait photographic illustrated rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some light,minor and inevitable scoring/ indentations to both panels of dw/dj. Described hard,but fairly and honestly.Top+fore- edges clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher/s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and b/w team photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,6-200pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters,profuse b/w contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,record of the tour (cricket scorecards); plus [unpaginated] half-title and aforementioned author SIGNED+dated title page, and contents list/table.Also included and loosely inserted,a piece of cricket ephemera: a Lord's ticket wallet with a £40 seat ticket stub and ticket receipt for same, for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Final at the M.C.C Lord's Cricket Ground on Saturday 3rd September,2005. 'Put to the Test' is Geoff Boycott's first book.It provides a fascinating inside account of the tour of Australia in 1978-79 and the clash between two relatively inexperienced sides which resulted in England's triumphant retention of the Ashes. 'Put to the Test' reveals all the qualities which have made Boycott England's No.1 batsman. No other player in the history of the game has written a book which discloses so vividly what it is really like to be out in the middle,hour by hour,session by session,day by day. It is far more than a mere tour book,however. With cricket in turmoil as a result of the Kerry Packer affair and Boycott himself surrounded by controversy of all sorts,he takes a shrewd and perceptive look at the wider issues involving cricket and himself.He discusses the extraordinary prelude to the tour and his feelings about the loss of the vice-captaincy of England and the captaincy of Yorkshire; he gives his own account of his running battle with the Yorkshire committee thousands of miles away and his eventual decision to remain with the Club. It is an honest,exciting and frank book which makes compelling reading,not only for the fans of England's most famous and enigmatic cricketer but for all who care about the game of cricket. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'Geoff Boycott Aug 15th 1979.'

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