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One Hundred Years of Cricket in Gowerton 1880 -1980 (Gowerton Cricket Club 1880-1980)
by Rees, J. Hywel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Swansea: Gowerton Cricket Club. Printed By Howard Jones Assoc. ,. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. No date shown but from internal evidence (1980 - printed for the Centenary). Pale blue boards with bright gilt titling to spine, lower edges of boards slightly faded as the dustjacket is marginally too short for the book. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The d/j is NOT price clipped. Very clean copy. All hinges sound. NO INSCRIPTIONS or marks internally. (12) + 147pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs, sketches, diagrams etc. Internally excellent, CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT. "A history of one of the great village cricket clubs who, at the time this book was written, were fielding a lst XI and a 2nd XI plus four junior teams - every week! . They travelled to Lords as finalists in the Haig Cup in 1973 - which they Won two years later in 1975. This book is both a history of the club, its place within the wider community, and the benevolence of Sir John Roper Wright who pioneered the process of steelmaking known as "The Siemen's Process" at the nearby Elba Works with his partner Isaac Butler." . See Images. ; 4to 10" - 13" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107589
- Title
- One Hundred Years of Cricket in Gowerton 1880 -1980 (Gowerton Cricket Club 1880-1980)
- Author
- Rees, J. Hywel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gowerton Cricket Club. Printed By Howard Jones Assoc. ,
- Place of Publication
- Swansea
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- One Hundred Years Of Cricket In Gowerton 1880 -1980. Wales, Welsh Interest, Sport, Sporting History, Sportsmen, Wicket, Bowl, Bat, Cricketer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wales/Welsh; British Topography; Sport & Games/Chess;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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