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ST. IVO AND THE ASHES: A CORRECT, TRUE AND PARTICULAR HISTORY OF THE HON. IVO BLIGH'S CRUSADE IN AUSTRALIA ...

ST. IVO AND THE ASHES:  A CORRECT, TRUE AND PARTICULAR HISTORY OF THE HON. IVO BLIGH

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Limited edition facsimile cricket book. When the Australian cricketers defeated England at the Oval in 1882, the legend of the Ashes was born. This book, originally published in Melbourne, is the only stand-alone account of the subsequent cricket tour of Australia by Ivo Bligh's English team in the winter of 1882-83. The foreword is by John Arlott.

8vo. 68pp. excluding pages of illustations. Dust-wrapper, very good. Unnumbered review copy from a Limited Edition of 75 copies.

Date
1978
Publisher
Ewell: J.W. McKenzie
Author
R. D. BEESTON

£75.00 (Code: 100360)

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