{"product_id":"barbed-wire-boks-don-cameron-1981","title":"Barbed Wire Boks by Don Cameron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbed Wire Boks (1981 First Edition, 1982 Reprint, in Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New Zealand Journalist's Account of the 1981 Springbok Tour, from the First Protester to the Final Test\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 Barbed Wire Boks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don Cameron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rugby Press, Auckland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0908630050\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in 1981; this copy is the 1982 reprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's black cloth boards with a colour photographic dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo-sized hardcover, approximately 235 x 160 mm, 239 pages.\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 (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The black cloth boards are plain and clean, with a slightly rubbed spine edge and a few small specks. The corners are fairly sharp and the spine is straight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and cream-coloured, with no markings, and the binding is tight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e A CNA retail price sticker (R15.95 crossed out, marked down to R2.99) on the lower back panel of the dust jacket. No inscriptions or bookplates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The colour photographic jacket is bright, with a small crease near the lower spine and slight creasing or wear at the lower right edge of the back panel. A CNA price sticker sits on the lower back panel. The jacket is 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\u003eBarbed Wire Boks, published by Rugby Press in Auckland in 1981, is Don Cameron's account of the Springbok tour of New Zealand that year. It follows the tour from the first protester at Gisborne to the final try at Eden Park, taking in the street battles, the policing and the three test venues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tour divided New Zealand more deeply than any sporting event before it, and this book is far more than a rugby record. Chapters such as 'A Game Imprisoned', 'A Tour Is Saved' and 'The Ugly News' give a sense of the drama, and the book stands as an early journalist's narrative of a pivotal moment in the history of the anti-apartheid movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has remained a point of reference: it is cited in academic work on the social geography of the tour, quoted by the New Zealand Rugby Museum, and listed in the NZ History reading list on the tour. It will appeal to collectors of Springbok rugby history and to readers of apartheid-era sporting and political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Don Cameron\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald John Cameron (1933-2016) was a New Zealand journalist and sportswriter, regarded as one of the leading New Zealand sportswriters of the twentieth century. He worked as a sports reporter on the New Zealand Herald from 1950 to 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other books include Caribbean Crusade (1972), All Blacks: Retreat From Glory (1980) and Rugby Triumphant: The All Blacks in Australia and Wales (1981).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbed Wire Boks Don Cameron · 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand · Springbok tour book first edition · anti-apartheid rugby tour history · Don Cameron rugby author · Springbok rugby history hardcover · Rugby Press Auckland 1981\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rugby Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58780159017263,"sku":"TCB-000300","price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/barbed-wire-boks28368_cover_1.jpg?v=1793791478","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/barbed-wire-boks-don-cameron-1981","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}