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THE BASIN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE BASIN RESERVE (JOHN WOODCOCK'S COPY)

THE BASIN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE BASIN RESERVE (JOHN WOODCOCK

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History of the famous Wellington ground, host to many of New Zealand's finest sporting occasions.

1st edition. 4to. 176pp. A very good copy. Inscription to fly-leaf - presentation copy from Sir Ron Brierley to the great cricket writer John Woodcock, from whose collection this comes. Brierley is a disgraced New Zealand businessman and cricket enthusiast who was later stripped of his knighthood.

Date
2003
Publisher
Canterbury University Press
Author
Don NEELY & Joseph RAMANOS

£35.00 (Code: 99313)

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