The Best XI by Geoffrey Boycott
The Best XI (First Edition in Original Dust Jacket)
Cricket's Most Outspoken Character Picks the Best Test Teams of All Time
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Best XI: Cricket's Most Outspoken Character Picks the Best Test Teams of All Time
- Author: Geoffrey Boycott
- Publisher: Michael Joseph (an imprint of Penguin Books)
- Publication Date: 2008
- ISBN-13: 9780718154363
- Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding: Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with a printed colour photographic dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 394 pages.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The plain blue cloth boards are clean and free of visible damage, and the spine is straight. The book is housed in its printed dust jacket, which is protected by a clear cover.
- Interior: The pages are clean and cream, with mild toning at the edges. The text is unmarked, the binding appears tight, and there is no foxing.
- The Dust Jacket: Present. The colour photographic jacket shows light scuffing and surface scratches, mainly on the back panel, with slight wear along the edges. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published by Michael Joseph in 2008, The Best XI sees Geoffrey Boycott, one of England's best-known opening batsmen, choose his greatest Test teams of all time. He works through them country by country, taking in every Test-playing nation.
Boycott bases his selections on his own reworked reading of the statistics, and the resulting England XI includes some surprises. Individual chapters on the players are full of his characteristically forthright opinions and anecdotes.
A lively, opinionated companion for anyone who enjoys arguing the merits of cricket's great players, and a collectible first edition in its original dust jacket.
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