MCC Masterclass by Tony Lewis

MCC Masterclass (First Published 1994 in Illustrated Dust Jacket)

The MCC's Illustrated Cricket Coaching Manual, Compiled by Former England Captain Tony Lewis

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: MCC Masterclass: The New MCC Coaching Book
• Author: Tony Lewis
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• ISBN-13: 9780297814313
• ISBN-10: 0297814311
• Edition Details: First published in Great Britain, 1994.
• Binding: Publisher's green cloth boards with a printed dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large, tall illustrated format with black-and-white photographs and diagrams.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The green cloth boards are clean, with no visible marks. The spine ends are sound, with a slight bump at the lower spine end. The corners appear sharp.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing, markings or writing in the pages seen. The binding appears tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Present, and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The jacket shows light surface scuffing and scratches to the front panel, small chips or nicks at the top edge of the front panel and spine, a small chip at the spine near the author's name, and minor wear at the spine foot and corners. A barcode sticker with the ISBN is on the back.

Synopsis & Historical Value

MCC Masterclass: The New MCC Coaching Book was published in London by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1994. It is an illustrated coaching manual written by Tony Lewis, the former England captain, and it covers the core skills of the game: batting, bowling and fielding, along with wicketkeeping and captaincy.

The book draws on the contributions and advice of leading international players, among them Boycott, Bedi, Hadlee, Richards and Rhodes. Black-and-white photographs and diagrams accompany the instruction throughout, and the large, tall format gives the illustrations room.

This is a clean, well-kept copy in its original dust jacket, suited to cricket collectors, coaches and readers of the game's literature.

Author Profile: Tony Lewis

Tony Lewis (Anthony Robert Lewis CBE) was born in Swansea in 1938. He captained Glamorgan from 1967 to 1972 and led England on the 1972-73 tour of India, Ceylon and Pakistan. He became cricket and rugby correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph in 1975 and later became a familiar BBC television cricket presenter.

He served as President of the MCC from 1998 to 2000 and chaired the MCC World Cricket Committee from 2006 to 2011. He was awarded the CBE in 2004 for services to cricket, broadcasting and Wales. His other books include Double Century: The Story of MCC and Cricket (1987).

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