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THE ABC CRICKET BOOK - THE FIRST 60 YEARS (JOHN WOODCOCK'S COPY)

THE ABC CRICKET BOOK - THE FIRST 60 YEARS (JOHN WOODCOCK

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A collection of original writings, photos and advertisements culled from the first 52 editions of Australia's longest-running cricket publication, the ABC Cricket Book, compiled by the popular journalist and broadcaster who took over its editorship in 1988.

8vo. 238pp. Paperback. Very good condition. Nicely signed to half-title page by the author and by the cricket writer John Woodcock, from whose collection the item comes. There is also a full-page handwritten autograph letter from Maxwell to Woodcock slipped inside, congratulating him on his OBE and discussing cricket matters.

Date
1994
Publisher
Sydney: ABC Books
Author
Jim MAXWELL (Compiler)

£20.00 (Code: 103313)

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