{"product_id":"forty-five-summers-brian-johnston-1991","title":"Forty-Five Summers by Brian Johnston","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForty-Five Summers (First Edition in Illustrated Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrian Johnston's Year-by-Year Memories of 264 Test Matches Seen from the Commentary Box\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 Forty-Five Summers: Personal Memories of 264 Test Matches Seen from the Commentary Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brian Johnston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pelham Books, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1991\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780720719871\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0720719879\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, published by Pelham Books, London, 1991.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's blue cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large, tall hardcover, 192 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, with text laid out in boxed pages under year headings.\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 blue cloth boards are clean, with no visible marks. The spine and corners look sharp. The fore-edge is slightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and bright cream, with no foxing or markings seen. The binding is tight and the title page is clean. There is some slight toning to a few pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The illustrated jacket, with a photograph of Brian Johnston against a cricket ground and sky, is bright and clean with no tears seen. The back panel is yellow with a black-and-white photograph and a barcode label. 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\u003eForty-Five Summers is Brian Johnston's personal look back at the 264 Test matches he covered from the commentary box. It is arranged year by year as a diary-style memoir, and he gathers his most memorable moments, anecdotes about players and recollections of life in broadcasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of those matches were commentated alongside Bill Frindall. The book is richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and the boxed pages with year headings make it easy to dip into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohnston's warmth and humour made him one of the best-loved voices of English cricket. This volume is a pleasing record of the game seen through the eyes of the man who described it for the BBC for decades, and it will appeal to cricket enthusiasts and collectors of sporting memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Brian Johnston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrian Alexander Johnston (1912-1994), CBE, MC, was a British cricket commentator, author and television presenter, affectionately known as \"Johnners\". After the war he joined the BBC's Outside Broadcasts Department, and in 1963 he became the BBC's first Cricket Correspondent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a regular member of the Test Match Special radio team until his death. 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