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CASH, PAT & FLATMAN, BARRY: : UNCOVERED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAT CASH. [Co-Author/subject SIGNED copy.]

UK.EXETER,DEVON.GREENWATER PUBLISHING,2002.

ISBN 1903267080.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,co-author/subject SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but co-author's/subject's neat,handwritten blue ink,warm dedication/inscrptn and signature: 'To Lucy See ya at Queens again love Pat Cash.' Bright,crisp, clean,protected,glossy laminated, subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with grey+b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - all due to protective covering.Top edges slightly aged/ toned with either some sporadic dust-soiling spots or foxing,fore-edges less aged/toned - brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine,no internal markings,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate endpapers - apart from a centrally placed small,oblong bar-coded adhesive label 'Exeter School' with a superimposed red ink 'Withdrawn' stamp to it, towards the foot of the front free endpaper. Some discernible,minimal residue from removal of the tipped,glued library docket/wallet to ffe.No other ex-library indications,no other ink stamps,no alpha-numeric notations to either the dw/dj or block of the book.Sympathetic replacement of ffe/front pasedown would suit to enhance overall appearance.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,subject SIGNED,1st edn,9-333pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters,16pp contemporary biographical b/w+colour (the majority) photographs in 1 block,between pp160/1; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED +dedicated title page,acknowledgements,contents list/table,and 2pp blanks at rear. In July 1987,a young Australian unexpectedly claimed the Wimbledon crown,and broke with tradition by climbing over the crowd to embrace his loved ones.Others have since followed that route - notably Goran Ivanisevic last year (then 2002,so the year before) - but it was Pat Cash who blazed that trail.He was just as emotional 12,000 miles away in his home city of Melbourne, when twice producing heroic performances to secure Australia the treasured Davis Cup. These triumphs are well known to sporting fans around the world,but for every battle on the tennis court,there have ben many more fought without a tennis racquet in his hand,which,until now,have remained secret. . . . some humourous, some brutal and several tinged with real sadness. Pat Cash bares his soul with remarkable honesty,detailing how some rivalries and confrontations over the net have spilled over into violence back in the confines of the locker room.It's Pat Cash's life "Uncovered". Pat Cash gives a fascinating insight into the pressures of modern,high-profile,multi-million-dollar sport,the rewards,pitfalls and social distractions,its characters - John McEnroe,Greg Rudeski,Boris Becker,Andre Agassi,Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg - and the tempestuous journey of one of its great champions.He details what life was like at the court of the embullient Vitas Gerulaitis,how his working relationship with Britain's Rudeski became a nightmare and turned sour and how life with McEnroe is just as confrontational as it ever was. As a committed rock and roller,Cash has graced the recording studio and stage as well as the Centre Court,enjoying the company of Stones Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood,as well as his beloved Iron Maiden.Now familiar to millions of television viewers through the BBC commentaries at Wimbledon,this is a story that goes far beyond just the Centre Court. Barry Flatman took up a career in sports journalism,his first Wimbledon in the Press box is best remembered for the scintillating men's final tiebreak between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.On the same afternoon,a 16 year-old from 12,000 miles away called Pat Cash also lost the Wimbledon boy's final. Like the rest of the tennis world,Flatman watched transfixed as Cash climbed a victorious ascent of the Centre Court's architecture six years later.That day Flatman's Press Badge signified him as working for the 'Daily Express' and he spent more than a decade as the newspaper's tennis correspondent.He has also written for the 'Sunday Express', 'Sunday Times','Daily Mail',United Newspapers,and the 'Exchange Telegraph'.He was the inaugural president of the International Tennis Writers Association and a former chairman of Britain's Lawn Tennis Writer's Association. 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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,subject SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Lucy See ya at Queens again love Pat Cash.'

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