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MARTIN-JENKINS, CHRISTOPHER: : THE JUBILEE TESTS: ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA 1977 and the Packer Revolution

LONDON.MACDONALD AND JANE'S PUBLISHERS LTD.,1977.

ISBN 0354042300.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - these are generally believed to be export edns,released before the trade issue or its distribution in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour photographic cricket match front panel of dw/dj, with capitalised yellow lettering to title and capitalised,white-lettered author name; black spine/backstrip with capitalised yellow-lettered part-title and capitalised,white-lettered author name and publisher's capitalised,white lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with montage'd b/w sports photographs.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting and a single small splash spot,fore-edges slightly brighter but with less sporadic foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain taupe cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-207pp [paginated] includes Pts One+Two comprising 2 and 9 chapters respectively,39 b/w photographs by Patrick Eagar interspersed throughout the text and the book,statistical information survays covering the matches/Tests etc,; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher's advert for author other titles to its reverse,title page with a dedication to its reverse,Cntents list/table,and a Foreword by HRH Duke of Edinburgh, with a blank reverse.                                    Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptableexceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 45+ year-old age.It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults.              Cricket historians may well see the year 1977 to have been the most important in the history of the game. It was drama-packed almost from the time the first ball was bowled in the Centenary Test spectacular at Melbourne in March. Not only did that match celebrate 100 years of Test cricket between England and Australia (and incidentally set up the summer's struggle for the Ashes), but it also brought together the chief participants in the 'Packer revolution'.    Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!         N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                   

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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