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A second volume of Swanton's autobiography,  following on from Sort of a Cricket Person in 1972.

Large 8vo. 288pp. 8 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed and inscribed by Swanton to Sir Cyril Hawker, President of the MCC, dated 1977. Hawker's ownership signature to the fly-leaf.

Date
1977
Publisher
Collins
Author
Ernest William SWANTON

£18.00 (Code: 83227)

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