Blofeld, Henry

Cakes and Bails: Henry Blofeld's Cricket Year

VGC. Simon & Schuster, 1998. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(two creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges(slightly yellow), inscription written on the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book. 280pp including index. Price clipped. First edition. Review: Cakes and Bails finds Henry Blofeld, or Blowers as he is known to dedicated listeners of Radio 4's Test Match Special, on top form. Beginning with an account of a drunken champagne weekend in the company of Mike Atherton and Graham Gooch, the book proceeds to weave a delightful (and at times slightly unsteady) path through the 1998 cricketing year, from England's agonising winter defeat in the Caribbean, to the dramatic triumph over the South Africans in the summer. n nLike his Test Match commentaries, Blofeld's prose has a logic all of its own, as he moves from indignant outrage at the incompetence of England's cricketing establishment, to wonderfully dry descriptions of players and colleagues, crowned by the continual reappearance throughout the book of GLY--Geoffrey Boycott, the Greatest Living Yorkshireman. There are some lovely portraits of the players who set the season alight with Their performances, including the effervescent Jonty Rhodes, the heroic Angus Fraser (nicknamed The Schoolmaster by Blowers), and Mark Ramprakash, chosen for his brilliant maiden test century in Barbados. n nCakes and Bails is however, at its best in describing the sheer drama and tension which comes from a close test match, and Blofeld has seen quite a few over the last year. His description of Atherton's monumental battle with Allan Donald throughout the summer series is particularly memorable, evidence if any were needed that there is more to life in the Test Match Special commentary box than just cakes and champagne! Amazon cricket fans will also be amused by Blofeld's befuddled description of the creation of a website solely dedicated to his thoughts on the great game; whoever said that cricket was falling behind the times?. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780684851518

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Henry Blofeld

Cakes and Bails - Henry Blofeld's Cricket Year

Simon & Schuster, London, 1998. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780684851518 Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. Contains black and white illustrations. Light shelf-wear on upper and lower edges of dust-jacket. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0684851512. ISBN/EAN: 9780684851518. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 18120114083. ISBN: 0684851512

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HENRY BLOFELD

Caught Short of the Boundary and Other Tall Stories

London: Star, 1986. First Thus.. Soft cover. 1st Star edition, 142 pages, illustrated by Charles Griffin, some light creasing, page edges tanned.. Good .

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BLOFELD, Henry

Caught short of the boundary and other tall stories

London, Stanley Paul, 1984. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in laminated boards 1st.ed.. Front end paper a little foxed. Photo:. ISBN: 0091585708

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HENRY BLOFELD

Cricket's Great Entertainers

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. Reprint.. Hardcover. 2nd printing, xiv + 335 pages, illustrated, page edges tanned.. Very Good .

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Blofeld, Henry

Cricket's Great Entertainers

Hodder & Stoughton, 2003, 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/F. xiv+335pp, 16pp b/w & colour plates, SIGNED by the author to the title, pages tanned due to the quality of the paper stock used to produce the book, otherwise a fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0340827289
¶ Cricket commentator Blofeld selects 43 cricketers & 5 fellow commentators who have made for great cricket.

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Blofeld, Henry

It's Just Not Cricket

Near fine/VGC. Simon & Schuster, 1999. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(very small tear on the edge of the Dj cover, some scratches, small nicks and creases on the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos, map. Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small nick and crease on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book but with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 346pp including index. Price clipped. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9780684851525

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BLOFELD, HENRY

It's Just Not Cricket!: Henry Blofeld's Cricket Year

London: Simon & Schuster UK, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing, 346 pages, illustrated, index.. Very Good .

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Book number: 160942

HENRY BLOFELD

My a-Z of Cricket

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2019, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781529378498) Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Illustrated. Book, A personal celebration of our glorious game, all lovely and as new1 , As New/As New.

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BLOFELD, HENRY

The Packer Affair

London, Collins. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002166542). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is also near Fine. The 'Packer Affair' burst upon the world on 9th May, 1977 and has been headline news ever since with no cricket story has lasted as long nor had such repercussions. The Bodyline row of the 1930's seems small be comparison, the d'Oliveira crisis of the 1960's short lived. Henry Blofeld, one of the finest cricket writers and commentators, was given exclusive interviews with both Packer and deposed England captain, Tony Greig, covered the story all summer for the Guardian and was the only correspondent to see both the Packer Tests in Australia, where he was commentator for the BBC, the Australian Test series, MCC play first Pakistan and then New Zealand, and finally the young Australian side take on the 'Packer' filled West Indies. 13 photographs. NOT BOOK CLUB C3B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Blofeld, Henry

The Packer Affair

London, Collins, 1978. Henry Blofeld was given exclusive interviews with both Packer and deposed England captain Tony Graig about the Packet Affair in 1977. ISBN: 0002166542, 256 pp, 1e druk, Cond.: zeergoed. Henry Blofeld was given exclusive interviews with both Packer and deposed England captain Tony Graig about the Packet Affair in 1977.

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HENRY BLOFELD.

The Packer Affair. (INSCRIBED)

Collins, London, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Fine /Fine.

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Blofeld, Henry

Ten To Win... And The Last Man In

Hodder & Stoughton, 2021, 1st edition. Boards, dj, F/F. xvi+303pp, 16pp colour & b/w plates, index, SIGNED bookplate pasted to the title, a fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 9781529359954
¶ Henry Blofeld picks his 30 best test match cliffhangers from 1882 to 2019.

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BLOFELD HENRY

One Test After Another Life in International Cricket

London: Stanley Paul, 1985. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091622905. 172pp, illustrated, bound in black cloth with Fine dustwrapper; Octavo. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Henry Blofeld; Illustrated by John Ireland

Cricket And All That - An Irreverent History

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2001. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780340819739 Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. Contains black and white illustrations. Light shelf-wear on lower edge of dust-jacket. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0340819731. ISBN/EAN: 9780340819739. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 18120114085. ISBN: 0340819731

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