{"product_id":"seasons-past-cricketer-diaries-martin-jenkins-1986","title":"Seasons Past by John Arlott \u0026 Alan Gibson \u0026 Tony Lewis \u0026 Mike Brearley \u0026 Peter Roebuck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeasons Past (First Published 1986 Cricket Diaries in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNineteen English Cricket Seasons, 1967 to 1985, Recorded in the Diaries of Five Celebrated Cricket Writers and Players\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 Seasons Past: The Cricketer Diaries of John Arlott, Alan Gibson, Tony Lewis, Mike Brearley, Peter Roebuck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Arlott \u0026amp; Alan Gibson \u0026amp; Tony Lewis \u0026amp; Mike Brearley \u0026amp; Peter Roebuck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christopher Martin-Jenkins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stanley Paul, London Melbourne Sydney Auckland Johannesburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1986\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780091638504\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 009163850X\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published 1986. Edited by Christopher Martin-Jenkins.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark cloth-covered boards in a pictorial dust jacket; endpapers printed with a pattern of cricketer silhouettes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large square format, 224 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and colour plates.\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 (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The dark grey\/black cloth boards are clean, with sharp corners and a straight spine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean, bright and unmarked, with no foxing seen. The endpapers, printed with cricketer silhouettes, are clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The glossy black pictorial jacket with colour photograph is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The back panel shows surface scuffing and light wear, with a small nick at the top left corner. The front and flaps appear intact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeasons Past gathers the weekly cricket diaries written for The Cricketer magazine by five well-known figures of the game: John Arlott, Alan Gibson, Tony Lewis, Mike Brearley and Peter Roebuck. Each covers his own seasons, and together they span English cricket from 1967 to 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe diary form gives an immediate, personal view of the game as it was lived week by week, in the county grounds and Test arenas of the period. The five voices range from broadcasters and journalists to players and captains, so the book offers several vantage points on nearly two decades of the English game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume was edited by Christopher Martin-Jenkins and is generously illustrated with black and white photographs and colour plates. It makes a handsome, readable companion for collectors of cricket literature and for anyone with an interest in the cricket writing of that era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Christopher Martin-Jenkins (Editor)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher Martin-Jenkins (1945-2013) was born in Peterborough. After Cambridge he became deputy editor of The Cricketer magazine in 1967, and he joined the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team in 1973. He was also a BBC television commentator from 1981 to 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wrote or edited some 25 books, among them The Wisden Book of County Cricket and Bedside Cricket. 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