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SHEPPARD, DAVID: : PARSON'S PITCH

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1964.

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UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,green background to front panel+spine of dw/dj with orange stumps illustration and red(?) cricket ball with capitalised,black outlined,white lettered title and other white-lettered author name to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with partially sunned/faded,capitalised, lettered title and author name,and publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with  subject/author b/w portrait photograph and his facsimile signature below it.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or splits present -both headfoot of spine/backstrip with miniscule chipping and reciprocal miniscule loss.Top edges look to have been coloured green(?) but now partially faded and dulled without foxing,fore-edges bright and clean with minimal,random foxing spots to bottom of same; contents bright, tight,and clean with very minimal blemish - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and clean plain white endpaper.Front pastedown has the book's publisher's headed notepaper with contempraneous date,type-written acknowledging letter with handwritten ink signature of Assistant Religious Editor [Myrtle G Powley].The female recipient has pointed out an (unspecified) mistake on pp237 of the book and the responder has thanked them and assures that it is to be corrected in any future edn. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn 12-253pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout thetext and the book,an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,separate Contents+ Illustrations lists/tables - photograph credits to reverse of the latter,and to the rear 2pp blanks.                                        Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable, and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 60-year-old age.It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly overall higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults.      Author's debut book.David Sheppard [b. 6th March,1929 – d. 5th March 2005) was a Church of England bishop who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth,before serving as Bishop of Liverpool from 1975 to 1997. Sheppard remains the only ordained minister to have played Test cricket.                                         An autobiography of David Sheppard from his life as a young clergyman in Islington to his last six years as Warden of the Mayflower Family Centre in Canning Town. 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,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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