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Beyond a Boundary
by James, C.L.R
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1963. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by C.L.R. James on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards with spine stamped in gilt and white. Near fine with slight splaying to boards, light soiling. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunning, soiling and wear, tape repairs made to the verso at the ends of the spine and flap folds.
One of the best books ever written on the sport of cricket and also an important work in the development of post-colonial studies. James was a former cricketer and also a Marxist/anti-Stalinist philosopher, decades ahead of his time with his bottom-up approach to popular culture and the political realm.
Synopsis
Beyond a Boundary (1963) is a memoir on cricket written by the Trinidadian Marxist intellectual C. L. R. James. It mixes social commentary, particularly on the place of cricket in the West Indies and England, with commentary on the game, arguing that what happened inside the "Boundary Line" in cricket affected life beyond it, as well as the converse. The book is the origin of the famous phrase, "What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945299
- Title
- Beyond a Boundary
- Author
- James, C.L.R
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- signed, cricket, post-colonial studies, Trotsky, Trotskyism, sports, race, class, gender, Marx, Marxism, culture, British empire
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Verso
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- Spine
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