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The Strangers Who Came Home: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England.
by Lazenby, John
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1408844664
- ISBN 13
- 9781408844663
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) & few colour photos centre spread, pages faintly toned, covers little creased, minor edgewear. 292 pp. The first Australian cricket team to tour England in 1878, and who regarded themselves as British and still called Britain home. This book is a very readable social history, and brings that summer to life. The 11 men who played 72 matches in all, blazed an unforgettable trail through Australia, New Zealand, Britain, America and Canada. They created the template for Australian cricket and launched the game into the modern era.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29176
- Title
- The Strangers Who Came Home: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England.
- Author
- Lazenby, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1408844664
- ISBN 13
- 9781408844663
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- sport, cricket, cricketers, australian history, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- SPORT;
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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