{"product_id":"south-africa-years-of-isolation-return-to-international-cricket-procter-1994","title":"South Africa by Mike Procter \u0026 Patrick Murphy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouth Africa (Hardcover in Dust Jacket, Cricket's Years of Isolation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMike Procter's Account of South African Cricket from the 1970 Ban to the Return of 1992\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 South Africa: The Years of Isolation and the Return to International Cricket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mike Procter \u0026amp; Patrick Murphy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bok Books International, Durban\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1994\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781874937869\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1874937869\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published 1994.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's red cloth boards with dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo (8vo) hardback with colour photographic plates and an index.\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 Red cloth boards, clean and square, with a few tiny white specks to the front board. The spine is straight. Corners and edges are sharp. The fore-edge and top edge of the text block are slightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and bright and the binding is tight. A small crease or dent is present near the fore-edge of page 61. The endpapers are clean, with a slight vertical crease at the hinge of the front free endpaper. The colour plates are clean, with no foxing or markings seen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, glossy and bright, with a small light mark or scuff to the upper back panel. The spine and edges are clean. 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\u003eSouth Africa: The Years of Isolation and the Return to International Cricket is a cricket memoir and history by Mike Procter, written with Patrick Murphy. It was published in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows South African cricket from the last official Test series against Australia in 1970 through the long years of sporting isolation, to the country's readmission and its appearance at the 1992 World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcter was one of the great all-rounders of his generation, and his international career was curtailed by South Africa's exclusion from world cricket. The book is therefore an account of the isolation years from someone who lived through them, and a useful companion for collectors of South African sporting history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Mike Procter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMike Procter (1946-2024) was a South African cricketer whose involvement in international cricket was limited by South Africa's banishment from the world game. 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