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AN AREA OF CONQUEST - POPULAR DEMOCRACY AND WEST INDIES CRICKET SUPREMACY

AN AREA OF CONQUEST - POPULAR DEMOCRACY AND WEST INDIES CRICKET SUPREMACY

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A selection of papers first delivered at the Centre of Cricket Research at Barbados in 1994 to mark the 40th anniversary of Garfield Sobers's Test debut, combining to trace the development of West Indies cricket from plantations to world dominance.

8vo. 154pp. Paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the author to title-page with a dedication.

Date
1994
Publisher
Kingston: Ian Randle
Author
Hilary BECKLES (ed.)

£38.00 (Code: 79846)

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