Bradman

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. xvi + 228 pp., frontis. + 16 pp. Black-and-white plates. 12 pages of statistical tables, the story ends at the end of the 1947 India series. It is fitting that the appearance of this book should coincide with what must be Don Bradman's last season in cricket. No man has captured the imagination and affection of the cricketing public or benefited the game more than Bradman has, and his biography will be welcomed by cricket lovers and sportsmen all over the world. Mr Moyes was one of those responsible for Bradman's entry into State cricket and has been associated with him ever since, both officially and as a friend. He gives us a portrait of Bradman, the cricketer and the man, which is alive and intimate, tracing his career from his childhood in Bowral, his first games for the State and then for Australia, through the grim days of the bodyline tests to the record making years that followed." The page edges of the book are slightly darkened. mark from tape on first and last page. Previous owner paid $75.00 for this! Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; cricket; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 0270006. .