Jonty by Edward Griffiths

Jonty (First Edition Cricket Biography in Dust Jacket)

A Biography of South African Cricketer Jonty Rhodes, Told Through His Faith and the Spirit of His Play

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Jonty: fruits of the spirit
• Author: Edward Griffiths
• Publisher: CAB, Auckland Park
• Publication Date: 1998
• ISBN-13: 9780620223447
• ISBN-10: 0620223448
• Edition Details: First Edition.
• Binding: Publisher's teal cloth hardcover with a printed, glossy illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo hardcover, 179 pages. Illustrated with photographs.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The plain teal cloth boards are clean, with slight bumping to the bottom fore-corner. The glossy illustrated dust jacket shows a torn or worn patch at the top edge of the front panel, some edge wear, and a small price-label remnant on the back panel.
• Interior: The text block is tight, with clean, white pages and no foxing evident on the pages examined. There is a small smudge to the bottom edge of the dedication page. No markings seen.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The glossy illustrated jacket has a torn patch at the top of the front panel, edge wear and a small label remnant on the back panel. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in 1998 by CAB, Jonty: Fruits of the Spirit is a biography of the South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, who played for the national side between 1992 and 2003. It follows his career and his celebrated fielding, and gives particular attention to his faith and the spirit in which he played the game.

The author, Edward Griffiths, came to the book as a sportswriter who went on to serve as Chief Executive of the South African Rugby Football Union and helped organise the 1995 Rugby World Cup. This is a collectible copy of a first edition, complete with its dust jacket, for collectors of South African sporting literature and cricket biography.

Author Profile: Edward Griffiths

Edward Griffiths is a South African sportswriter and administrator. He served as Chief Executive of SARFU from March 1995 to February 1996 and helped organise the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

His other books include Kepler: the biography, Bidding for Glory (2000), The Captains (Jonathan Ball, 2001) and Glory Days: Forty Years of One-Day Cricket 1963-2003 (2003).

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