BOTHAM Head On - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,subject/author portrait colour photographic front panel of dw/dj with embossed gilt-lettered title and capitalised white-lettered sub-title white and gilt+white lettered newspaper review, spine/backstrip with repeated thumbnail colour portrait photograph to foot of spine/backstrip and with gilt+white lettered title,rear panel with subject/author in sports changing-room b/w photograph and prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - both head+foot of spine/backstrip with gentle pushing and reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but almost blemish-free apart from two tiny specks on top edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,7-384pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters and Postscript,16pp contemporary biographical b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp128/29 and pp256/57 respectively, acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages - a dedication to reverse of title page,and a contents list/table with a blank verso.
Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particulalrly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age. It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is a more than acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness.
Ian Botham,voted the cricketer of the 20th century by the fans,was a genuine all-rounder who,when on form, was simply unstoppable.In his miraculous early career,he broke all the records such as: the fastest ever all-rounder to achieve the magical test doubles of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, 2,000 runs and 200 wickets, and 3,000 runs and 300 wickets.He scored a century and took five wickets in an innings in the same test match on five different occasions - a feat nobody else has managed more than twice.He even briefly held the world record for the greatest number of test wickets. For his part in the '81 Ashes alone he has achieved immortality.On the 4th day of the Headingly test, with England in deep trouble and 500-1 against with the bookies,Botham single-handedly brought them back from the dead with his 149 not-out.An innings which Wisden rate as the 4th finest of all time.
He is cricket's only equivalent of George Best: a headstrong genius with a wild streak who always stole the headlines both on and off the pitch.Always controversial and confrontational,his life has been a sensational rollercoaster ride.From cannabis smoking to accusations of affairs,ball-tampering and air-rage,he became a figure of obsession for the tabloids,making his story unmissable. Now an unimpeachable icon of his sport,the time is right for Botham to set the record straight in his own words: the truth about himself and the classic era of cricket he lived through - Brearley,Boycott,Willis, Gatting,Gower,Imran Khan,Richards,Hadlee and Border.This is the definitive, utterly candid,unmissable story of the English game's most inspirational legend.
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