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The Life of Aleksander Blok Volume II The Release of Harmony 1908 - 1921
by Pyman, Avril
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192117637
- ISBN 13
- 9780192117632
- Seller
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About This Item
Oxford, 1980. A heavy book of 421pp. Complete dustjacket with a small scrape mark to the base of the spine. Tiny, light spots of foxing to the top edge, otherwise a clean Near Fine copy. The second and final volume of the critical biography of the Russian poet. Includes the errata for volume I. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
On a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord's to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of WG Grace, the greatest cricketer the game has ever seen. Grace was cheered onto the field by a packed crowd as he captained the Gentlemen, the privileged old guard of the Establishment. Their opponents in this annual match were the Players, cricketers for whom the sport was a precarious livelihood rather than a summer pastime. This three-day encounter represented the climax of cricket's Golden Age, and the unstoppable arrival of the professional game that would dominate the twentieth century. In WG's Birthday Party, David Kynaston tells the story of one of the most thrilling matches in cricketing history, as well as the colourful and sometimes tragically moving lives of the members of both teams. Using the Gentlemen vs Players contest as a lens through which to examine the hierarchy and tensions endemic in cricket at the beginning of the modern era, he presents a lively, moving, richly detailed and massively entertaining portrait of late-Victorian society. It is social history at its most compelling, from 'the most entertaining historian alive' - Spectator.
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- Bookseller
- Hessay Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9441
- Title
- The Life of Aleksander Blok Volume II The Release of Harmony 1908 - 1921
- Author
- Pyman, Avril
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0192117637
- ISBN 13
- 9780192117632
- Publisher
- Oxford
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Biography, Russian Poetry, Poety, Poet, Russian Literature
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