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The Packer Affair: A Full Account of the Controversy That Tore Cricket in Two
by Blofeld, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002166542
- ISBN 13
- 9780002166546
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 256 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This book describes a historical time within international cricket, a time when cricket was split into two. This book is an excellant account of the Packer intervention from Henry Blofeld who's report clearly shows the tension within cricket in 1977-1978. Blofeld has a written a thoughtful,critical and above anything else interesting book, which, transports the cricket lover round the world as Blofeld reports on tests matches from Austrialia, New Zealand, England, India, Pakistan and the West Indies. As this book is written at the time of the controversies it poses many qustions and with the benefit of the knowledge we have now we can see how cricket was changed forever. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Cricket; Britain/UK; ISBN: 0002166542. ISBN/EAN: 9780002166546. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6660. . 9780002166546
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6660
- Title
- The Packer Affair: A Full Account of the Controversy That Tore Cricket in Two
- Author
- Blofeld, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002166542
- ISBN 13
- 9780002166546
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB137 henry blofeld, kerry packer, channel nine, australia, world series cricket, television, Sports & Pastimes; Cricket; Britain/UK; ISBN: 0002166542 EAN: 9780002166546 Blofeld, Henry The Packer Affair: A Full Account of the Controversy That Tore
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