BEYOND THE FAR PAVILIONS.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj -absence of published price - these believed to be export edns,issued before trade release/issue in country of its origin.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork paintng by Ukf Greder,illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised,custard yellow lettering within a red circle to front panel,and blacklettered autor names; spine/backstrip with capitalised red-lettered title and black-lettered author's names as front,and publisher's capitalised black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with black-lettered contributor names. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; 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, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,vii-xpp1-158pp [paginated] includes authors' Preface,Acknowledgements16 sections/contributions and an Envoi; plus [unpaginated] half-title with full-page b/w line illustrated Fougasse cartton,title page,and a Contents list/table with blank reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation [for a book of its 40+ year-old age. It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults. The authors have assembled a yet more remarkable collection of strange and delightful taes of cricket played at exotic and unlikely venues,from Finland to the Falklands, from Tipperary to Korea. They have discovered games played under some unusual conditions - one with whalebones for stumps,another with the ball on a string - and subject to every conceivable interruption and hazard,natural and man-made,from lions to fighter planes,from hurricanes to Fiji grog.Amongst the contribuors are:Henry Blofeld in Corfu, Richard Gordon in Brazil, David Gower in asadena, David Rayvern Allen in Tibet, E.w. Swanton in Uganda, A. A. Thomson in Philadelphia and Alec Waugh in Iraq. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight 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. **