{"product_id":"bothams-century-my-100-great-cricketing-characters-botham-hayter-2001","title":"Botham's Century by Ian Botham \u0026 Peter Hayter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBotham's Century (First Edition with Gift Inscriptions, in Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIan Botham's Own Who's Who of the Cricketing Characters He Met, Written with Peter Hayter\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 Botham's Century: My 100 Great Cricketing Characters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ian Botham \u0026amp; Peter Hayter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e CollinsWillow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780002189569\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0002189569\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, published by CollinsWillow, London, 2001.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt-lettered spine, stained top edge, in a photographic dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large octavo hardcover, illustrated with colour photographic plates and line drawings by Ken Taylor.\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 blue cloth boards are clean and the spine is straight. There is a small bump or crush to the top fore-edge corner of one board. The top edge is stained yellow or gold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The binding is tight and the text pages are clean, with even light toning and no foxing or markings seen. The colour photographic plates are present. Two handwritten gift inscriptions appear on the front endpaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two handwritten gift inscriptions on the endpaper: \"Happy 40th, with love always... Ashleigh!\" and \"Happy 40th Mike, Hope its a b-day to remember and its great to be with you! This is for Cherie to read a good night story in bed! (ha ha) Keep smiling! Love Jo-Anne xx\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present: a photographic portrait of Ian Botham on blue with gold title lettering. The spine and back panel look good. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover, which shows some surface scuffing and marks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2001, Botham's Century: My 100 Great Cricketing Characters is Ian Botham's own gallery of the people who shaped his career, written with the cricket journalist Peter Hayter. It offers one hundred portraits of players, umpires, coaches and others he met along the way, among them Viv Richards, Brian Close and Shane Warne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach portrait mixes anecdote with Botham's frank opinions, and the back cover quotes his remarks on figures such as Dickie Bird and Darren Gough. The book appeared immediately after the 2001 Ashes series. Frank Keating, reviewing it for Cricinfo, found the format far more rewarding than Botham's earlier 1994 memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collectible copy for the cricket enthusiast, with the charm of two warm personal gift inscriptions and a jacket that has been kept protected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Ian Botham \u0026amp; Peter Hayter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLord Ian Botham OBE is widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest all-rounders. Over a 15-year England career he scored 5,200 Test runs and took 383 Test wickets, a world record at the time, with 14 Test centuries. He was knighted in 2007 for services to charity and sport and appointed a life peer in 2020. His other books include Seasons, My Sporting Heroes and Botham's Book of the Ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Hayter is the cricket correspondent of the Mail on Sunday. He co-wrote Botham's 1994 autobiography and is also the author of Jack Russell Unleashed (1998) and The Ashes: highlights since 1948 (1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan Botham first edition · Botham's Century book · Ian Botham cricket characters · cricket memoir 2001 · Peter Hayter Ian Botham · Ashes era cricket book · CollinsWillow cricket hardback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CollinsWillow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58801742512431,"sku":"TCB-000424","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/botham-s-century94185_cover_1.jpg?v=1794141700","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/bothams-century-my-100-great-cricketing-characters-botham-hayter-2001","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}