In the Nick of Time by Telford Vice

In the Nick of Time (Cricket Biography in Original Dust Jacket)

A South African Batsman's Life in Cricket, from Boyhood Teams to County Cricket with Derbyshire

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: In the Nick of Time: Peter Kirsten's Life in Cricket
• Author: Telford Vice
• Publisher: Viking, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN-13: 9780670869145
• ISBN-10: 0670869147
• Edition Details: First published 1996.
• Binding: Publisher's grey cloth hardcover with printed colour photographic dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo-sized hardcover, 226 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The plain grey cloth boards are clean, with square corners and a straight spine. One tiny white speck is visible on the front board. The jacket covers the spine, so the boards present tidily under it.
• Interior: The text block is clean and bright, with no foxing or markings. The binding is tight and the photographic plates are clean.
• Provenance: Small Exclusive Books retail price sticker on the back of the dust jacket near the barcode. No inscriptions, bookplates or stamps.
• The Dust Jacket: Present, with a colour photographic design showing a batsman in green South African kit. The jacket is bright and clean, with a small bookshop price sticker on the back. There is slight toning or light spotting at the top of the spine and at the foot edge. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

In the Nick of Time: Peter Kirsten's Life in Cricket, published by Viking in 1996, is a biography of the South African batsman Peter Kirsten, written by the journalist Telford Vice.

The book follows Kirsten's career from his boyhood and school teams through provincial cricket with Border and on to his years of county cricket with Derbyshire. It is illustrated with black and white photographic plates, including team photographs from his early playing days.

Kirsten finished his career with 626 Test runs and 1,293 One Day International runs. This biography records the life behind those figures and is a worthwhile addition for collectors of South African sporting literature and cricket biography.

Author Profile: Telford Vice

Telford Vice is a South African journalist who has been writing professionally since 1991. He has worked as South Africa correspondent for Cricbuzz, and his bylines include The Guardian and ESPN Cricinfo.

In the Nick of Time, his biography of Peter Kirsten, appeared in 1996. He is also the author of Masterly Batting (2013).

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