{"product_id":"sundial-in-the-shade-andrew-murtagh-2015","title":"Sundial in the Shade by Andrew Murtagh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSundial in the Shade (Collectible Barry Richards Cricket Biography in a Rare Hardcover)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Batting Genius Whose Test Career Was Ended by Apartheid Isolation\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 Sundial in the Shade: The Story of Barry Richards: The Genius Lost to Test Cricket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Murtagh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pitch Publishing, Durrington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781785310102\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published 2015, hardcover issue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark cloth-covered hardcover boards in a printed dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo hardcover. No plates or maps noted.\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 navy\/black cloth boards show some visible creasing to the upper board, running diagonally from the spine side, with a small crease near the top of the hinge and another near the lower spine. There is a slight bump at the foot of the spine. The corners are reasonably sharp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and free of markings. The page edges are toned to the fore-edge and top. The binding is tight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present and bright, with a few light creases to the spine. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover, which shows some wrinkling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSundial in the Shade is a biography of Barry Richards, the South African batsman widely regarded as one of the most gifted of his generation. Richards made his Test debut in 1970, but apartheid-era isolation ended his international career after a single series, leaving a Test average of 79.14.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows his playing years with Hampshire, Natal and South Australia and his later life, and carries throughout a sense of unfulfilled potential. It is a telling record of how South Africa's political isolation cost world cricket one of its finest players.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author, a former Hampshire teammate of Richards, writes with first-hand knowledge of the man and the county game. For collectors of South African sporting history and cricket literature, this is a thoughtful account of talent denied its stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Andrew Murtagh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Murtagh, born in 1949, is an Irish former first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1973 to 1977. He then became a schoolteacher, teaching English at Malvern College, and later a cricket historian and biographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other books include A Remarkable Man: The Story of George Chesterton, which was shortlisted for the MCC Cricket Society Book of the Year, and Touched by Greatness, a biography of Tom Graveney, which was longlisted for the same award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarry Richards biography · Sundial in the Shade Andrew Murtagh · South African cricket history book · Barry Richards apartheid cricket · Hampshire cricket biography · cricket books hardcover with dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pitch Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58801157505327,"sku":"TCB-000469","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/sundial-in-the-shade75661_cover_1.jpg?v=1794130732","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/sundial-in-the-shade-andrew-murtagh-2015","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}