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Glorious Innings; Treasures from the Melbourne Cricket Club Collection
by Bouwman, Richard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091690102
- ISBN 13
- 9780091690106
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hutchinson Australia, Hawthorn, Victoria, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 720 g.; XII, 132 pages, last page blank, foreword by Ian Johnston, introduction by Donald Cordner, President, Melbourne Cricket Club, acknowledgements, author's note, bibliography and index. Bottle green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white and the occasional colour photograph, illustrations and cartoons -- of items held in the Melbourne Cricket Club collection. Green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the backstrip corners and book corners. Light white marks to the book panels and rubbing to the book edges. Light age toning of the text block edges. There is a printing fault to the front paste-down -- there is a 'crease' that runs from the top left-hand corner down to the middle of the lower book edge. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, being the reproduction of the W. Handcock painting of 'T.W. Wills', done in 1870, against a green background with gold titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and there is rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Fading to the backstrip. Some of the treasures that are held at the Melbourne Cricket Club. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sport -- Cricket; Australia; ISBN: 0091690102. ISBN/EAN: 9780091690106. Inventory No: 0109022. . 9780091690106
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0109022
- Title
- Glorious Innings; Treasures from the Melbourne Cricket Club Collection
- Author
- Bouwman, Richard
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091690102
- ISBN 13
- 9780091690106
- Publisher
- Hutchinson Australia
- Place of Publication
- Hawthorn, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Melbourne Cricket Club -- History, Cricket Societies -- Victoria History; Sport -- Cricket; Australia; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0091690102 EAN: 9780091690106 Bouwman, Richard Glorious Innings; Treasures from the Melbourne Cricket Club Collecti
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport -- Cricket;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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