AB by AB de Villiers

AB (Collectible 2016 Cricket Autobiography in Jacket)

The Candid Life Story of South Africa's Modern Cricketing Phenomenon, Written While Still Playing

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: AB: The Autobiography
• Author: AB de Villiers
• Editor: Sean Fraser
• Publisher: Macmillan, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 2016
• ISBN-13: 9781770104488
• Edition Details: First published in 2016. Edited by Sean Fraser.
• Binding: Publisher's dark grey cloth hardcover with a photographic dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large octavo hardcover. Includes statistics and an index.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The dark grey cloth boards are clean, with a small bump or fray to the bottom edge of the lower board. The spine is straight with no lean. Corners are sharp. The top and fore-edges are lightly toned.
• Interior: The text pages are clean and bright, with no markings. The binding is tight and the pages open flat.
• The Dust Jacket: Present, protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The glossy jacket carries an author portrait on the front and a cricket action photograph on the back. There is some light toning or staining along the bottom of the back panel, and a few small scuffs to the front panel.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published by Macmillan in Johannesburg in 2016, AB: The Autobiography is the personal account of AB de Villiers, one of the most celebrated South African cricketers of his generation. It covers his career, his years in the national side and the pressures of captaincy and of playing all formats of the game.

The book was written while de Villiers was still playing international cricket, which gives it an immediacy that retrospective memoirs often lack. It also addresses the exaggerations and myths that have grown up around his all-round abilities, and it tells the story of a modern sporting phenomenon in his own voice. The back cover carries a praise quote from Virat Kohli.

For collectors of South African sporting literature, this is a well-preserved copy in its original photographic jacket, offered with the protection of a plastic cover.

Author Profile: AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers was born on 17 February 1984 in Warmbad. He is a former professional cricketer, widely recognised as one of the greatest players of his era, and played domestic cricket for Northerns from 2003/04 to 2016/17.

He is credited with more than 8,000 runs in Test cricket, more than 8,000 runs in one-day internationals and more than 24,000 runs in his professional career. An Afrikaans edition of this book was published as AB: Die Outobiografie.

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