Crossing the Boundary by Kevin Pietersen

Crossing the Boundary (Kevin Pietersen Memoir in Dust Jacket)

The Early Years in My Cricketing Life, from Natal Boyhood to England's Ashes-Winning Side

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Crossing the Boundary: The Early Years in My Cricketing Life
• Author: Kevin Pietersen
• Publisher: Ebury Press, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• ISBN-13: 9780091912055
• ISBN-10: 0091912055
• Edition Details: First published by Ebury Press in Great Britain, 2006. Publisher's complimentary copy.
• Binding: Publisher's hardcover in dark boards with red endpapers and an illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo (8vo) hardcover. No plates or maps seen.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: Dark publisher's boards with a straight, clean spine. The illustrated dust jacket is fitted with a clear protective cover.
• Interior: The text block appears tight and clean, with pages toned to a cream-tan colour, including the page edges. The red endpapers are clean apart from a small mark on the front pastedown area. The sampled page is clean and unmarked.
• Provenance: A Random House (Pty) Ltd 'Complimentary Copy' label is stuck inside, with a handwritten 'R255-00' recommended South African retail price and 'Oct '06' South African publishing date.
• The Dust Jacket: Present and illustrated, with light surface scratching and scuffing to the back panel and some to the front. No large tears. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover with tape-fixed flaps.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Crossing the Boundary: The Early Years in My Cricketing Life, published by Ebury Press in 2006, is the autobiography of Kevin Pietersen, with a foreword by Shane Warne. It appeared as the story of the young star who played a key role in England's first Ashes win in 18 years.

The memoir follows Pietersen from his South African upbringing, through the opposition he met from his national cricket board, to his move to England and his years at Hampshire, and on to winning a place in the England team. The jacket carries praise from cricket commentators for his batting, confidence and influence on the England side.

The book is a lively account of a South African-born player who made his name for England, and will interest collectors of cricket literature and of South African sporting biography. This copy carries a South African publisher's complimentary label, a nice point of local trade interest.

Author Profile: Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen was born on 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, to an Afrikaner father and an English mother. He played for England from 2004 to 2014 and became one of the most prominent batsmen of his era.

His later books include KP: The Autobiography (2014), ghost written by the sports journalist David Walsh, and Kevin Pietersen on Cricket.

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