Keith Stackpole; Not Just the Openers
by Stackpole, Michael A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0909316015
- ISBN 13
- 9780909316013
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Stockwell Press, Abbotsford, Victoria, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by Ian Chappell and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Green coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with yellow, white and red coloured titles to the front panel and yellow coloured titles to the backstrip. The autobiography of Keith Stackpole a stalwart of the Australian cricket team from the 1960s to the early 1970s. He was an opening bat, but, unlike most opening bats he was aggressive, unpredictable and a pleasure to watch. He may have gone out cheaply, or, gone on to make a quickfire double century. It is also the story of his life and views career as a Australian Test Selector. Softening of the backstrip and rubbing to the lower book edges. Bumping to the top book corners and there are dust marks to the top edge and to the top textblock edge. Light aged toning of the textblock edges and of the internal pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Rubbing and creasing, along with some tears to the dustwrapper edges. Heavy creasing to the fold over creases and spine gutter. Foxing to the verso of the dustwrapper, and a previous owner has made some notations in black marking pen in the same area. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (14), 15-191, (1) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Cricket; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0909316015. ISBN/EAN: 9780909316013. Inventory No: 0112864. . 9780909316013
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112864
- Title
- Keith Stackpole; Not Just the Openers
- Author
- Stackpole, Michael A
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0909316015
- ISBN 13
- 9780909316013
- Publisher
- Stockwell Press
- Place of Publication
- Abbotsford, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Keith Stackpole, autobiography, Australian cricket, 1960s-1970s, test selector, cricket Sports & Pastimes; Cricket; Biography & Autobiography. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0909316015 EAN: 9780909316013 Stackpole, Michael A. Keith Stackpole
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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