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DENIS COMPTON: CRICKETING GENIUS

DENIS COMPTON: CRICKETING GENIUS
DENIS COMPTON: CRICKETING GENIUS

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Cricket biography. "When Denis came out to bat even hardened old pros in the dressing room  would come out onto the balcony to see what might transpire", writes West, in this affectionate biography of his cricketing hero. Published to mark the launch of the Denis Compton Trust in 1989.

Large 8vo. viii + 184pp. 12 plates. Dust-wrapper, very good. Presented in a green cloth slipcase. No.138 of a Limited Edition of 500 copies signed by his son, Richard, and his grandson, Nicholas.

Date
1989
Publisher
Denis Compton Trust
Author
Peter WEST

£20.00 (Code: 89061)

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