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MARTIN-JENKINS**, CHRISTOPHER: : CMJ - A Cricketing Life

LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK,Ltd.,2012.

ISBN 9780857200822.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject/author's autobiographical colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white+gilt letterig, rear panel with colour scenic cricket-ground photograph with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-439pp [paginated] includes 2pp contents list/table,34 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+ colour auto+biographical photographs in 1 block, between pp216/17,an index and acknowledgements as the last page; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages and dedication. It's hard to remember a time when Christopher Martin-Jenkins wasn't at the centre of an English summer.The doyen of commentators has an unparalleled reputation for skilful analysis and trenchant opinions.The well-judged comments,that restrained humour,those turns of phrase and pithy analysis that always seem to hit the mark. The tall gent with the long name has become a national treasure, universally known and recognised as simply 'CMJ'. But what lies behind the voice,accompaniment to so many a tense Test or nail-biting one-dayer? In his eagerly anticipated memoirs.CMJ lets his guard down and opens up,in the most surprising and revealing way,about just what made him the man he is.Drawing on vast reservoirs of experience and skill,he takes the delighted reader on a tour of the last half century of international cricket. Cutting his teeth as a cub reporter at the 'Cricketer' under the redoubtable E.W. Swanton, this talented all-rounder finally graduated to a microphone on the revered national institution that is 'Test Match Special'.Along the way we meet the charming Johnners,quaff bottles of John Arlott's legendary claret,and see at first hand the run-ins with fiery Fred Trueman and battles with Beefy Botham.Still working and travelling the cricket world,CMJ has first-hand reports of England's Ashes triumph Down Under and the best of all World Cups in 2011. As refined and as elegant in his writing as he is in his commentary,he is nevertheless not shy of taking on the threats to his beloved summer game,whether they be the cancer of the match fixing or the short-term obsessions with celebrity and football. Delightfully self-deprecating,genuinely revealing and packed with a previously all-too-seldom glimpsed humour,'CMJ' is the cricket book of 2012. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item 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,1st edn.
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