A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket

A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket (1989 First Edition Centenary Tribute in Wrappers)

A Tribute in Words and Pictures to a Hundred Years of South African Test and International Cricket

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket: 1889-1989: A Tribute In Words And Pictures
• Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 1989
• ISBN-13: 9780947464011
• ISBN-10: 0947464018
• Edition Details: First published in 1989. First edition, softcover.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated green picture-card wrappers, perfect bound.
• Physical Format: Large format softcover, heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and record tables. Thin volume.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Wraps: Green picture-card wrappers. A small patch of tape or sticker residue sits over the bat on the front cover. The green spine carries cream lettering and a JB logo at the foot; it is intact, with a faint crease near the bottom. The back cover is clean, with slight green rubbing at the lower left corner. The fore-edge and top edge are slightly toned.
• Interior: The pages have toned to cream but are clean in the pages examined, and the binding is tight. No writing or foxing is visible. A small mark appears on the title page near the top of the word SOUTH.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in Johannesburg in 1989 by Jonathan Ball Publishers, A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket, subtitled 1889-1989: A Tribute In Words And Pictures, marks a hundred years of the country's Test cricket. It was issued in the centenary year, and the sub-title describes it as a tribute in words and pictures.

The volume is built around articles on tours, grounds and players, accompanied by many black and white photographs and tables of records. It closes with a poem. The back cover carries a Yellow Pages advertisement, a period detail of the publication.

As a record of how South African cricket looked at the close of the 1980s, it is a useful companion for anyone following the game's history in the country, and it is cited in the bibliography of Wikipedia's history of South African cricket for the period.

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