{"product_id":"a-cricket-odyssey-england-on-tour-scyld-berry-1988","title":"A Cricket Odyssey by Scyld Berry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Cricket Odyssey (First Edition in Pictorial Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Cricket Journalist's Account of England's Controversial 1987-88 Tour, with a Foreword by Tim Rice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Cricket Odyssey: England on Tour 1987-88\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scyld Berry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pavilion Books Limited in association with Michael Joseph Limited, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1988\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781851453108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1851453105\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, first published 1988. With a foreword by Tim Rice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's green cloth boards in a pictorial dust jacket. No lettering to the boards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo (8vo), 214 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plain green cloth boards, clean and square, with no visible marks or wear. The spine is sound. The fore-edge and top edge show light toning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and legible with light, even toning. The binding is tight and the text block is free of markings, with no foxing seen. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The pictorial green jacket carries a cricket photograph to the front and a photo collage to the back. There is small chipping or nicking at the head of the spine and slight edge rubbing at the back. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Cricket Odyssey: England on Tour 1987-88 is Scyld Berry's account of an England cricket tour that took in the 1987 World Cup in India and Pakistan, the Bicentenary Test in Australia in 1988, and a New Zealand leg. It was published in London by Pavilion Books in association with Michael Joseph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tour was a controversial one, and Berry, a leading cricket journalist, reports it at close quarters. The book is illustrated with photographs and opens with a foreword by Tim Rice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a clean, collectible copy of a first edition in its original pictorial dust jacket, of interest to collectors of cricket literature and followers of England's overseas touring history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Scyld Berry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScyld Berry, born in 1954, is an English journalist and cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. He began as a cricket journalist in 1976 and has written for the Observer, Sunday Correspondent, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph. He reported on more than 400 England Test matches and edited Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other books include Cricket Wallah (1982), Train to Julia Creek (1985), The Observer on Cricket (1987), Cricket: The Game of Life (2015) and Disappearing World (2023). 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