{"product_id":"complete-book-of-the-rugby-world-cup-1999-ian-robertson","title":"The Complete Book of the Rugby World Cup 1999 by Ian Robertson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Complete Book of the Rugby World Cup 1999 (First Edition in Illustrated Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Photographic Match-by-Match Record of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, Edited by BBC Commentator Ian Robertson\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 The Complete Book of the Rugby World Cup 1999\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ian Robertson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ian Robertson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton in association with Scottish Life, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1999\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780340751268\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0340751266\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in Great Britain in 1999 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton in association with Scottish Life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark navy cloth hardcover with a glossy photographic dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large illustrated quarto-size hardcover with many colour 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 The plain dark navy cloth boards are clean, with a few tiny pale specks and one small light spot near the lower fore-edge of the front board. The spine and corners are square and straight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages examined are clean and bright, with no foxing, markings or staining. The binding is tight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The glossy photographic jacket is clean and bright with no tears seen, and the spine is clean. It 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\u003eThe Complete Book of the Rugby World Cup 1999 is a post-tournament review of the 1999 Rugby World Cup, published in London by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton in association with Scottish Life. It gives a match-by-match record of the tournament, with reports arranged by pool and round and illustrated throughout with Colorsport photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reports come from a team of rugby writers, former internationals and broadcasters. Named contributors include Rob Andrew, Eddie Butler, Andy Irvine and Mick Cleary, with Ian Robertson as editor. The tournament was won by Australia, and the book records the road to that result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a handsome, well-illustrated souvenir of what was then the biggest rugby event staged to date, and a useful reference for collectors of rugby literature and sporting history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Ian Robertson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIan Robertson, born in London in 1945, is a Scottish broadcaster, writer and former international, best known as a BBC Radio rugby union commentator. He played fly-half for Cambridge University among other clubs, joined the BBC in 1972 and became its official rugby union correspondent in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has written over 30 books, including biographies of Bill Beaumont, Andy Irvine and Richard Burton. He also edited other Rugby World Cup tournament books, among them the 1995 volume, Sweet Chariot (2003) and Heroes and Heartbreak (2007). 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