Tim Brooke-Taylor's Cricket Box by Tim Brooke-Taylor

Tim Brooke-Taylor's Cricket Box (First Edition in Original Dust Jacket)

The Goodies Comedian's Tongue-in-Cheek Spoof of the Summer Game, Complete with Cartoons and Diagrams

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Tim Brooke-Taylor's Cricket Box
• Author: Tim Brooke-Taylor
• Publisher: Stanley Paul, London
• Publication Date: 1986
• ISBN-13: 9780091638900
• ISBN-10: 0091638909
• Edition Details: First Edition.
• Binding: Publisher's green cloth boards with a dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large illustrated hardcover, quarto-sized, with black-and-white diagrams, photographs and cartoon illustrations throughout.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The green cloth boards are clean and square, with sharp corners and a straight spine. No marks or fading are evident. The fore-edge and top edge are clean.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, including the title page, contents, text pages and endpapers. The binding is tight and the book opens flat. No foxing, markings or writing are present.
• The Dust Jacket: Present and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover, which shows a slight crease at the front flap area. The bright green jacket with its yellow title panel and cigarette-card style cartoon illustrations is clean and appears unclipped. The spine is clean with no visible fading.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Tim Brooke-Taylor's Cricket Box, published in London in 1986, is the comedian's satirical take on the English summer game and a companion to his earlier golf book. Written in the deadpan manner of a solemn instructional guide, it spoofs cricket writing with tongue-in-cheek advice on tactics, umpires, pitches, pre-season practices and supporters.

The book mixes parody, cartoons, photographs and diagrams, with tactics, pitch inspection and the laws all treated with mock seriousness. It will appeal to anyone who enjoys the humour of The Goodies and the long English tradition of cricket comedy.

A first edition in its original illustrated jacket, this is an appealing collectible copy for admirers of Brooke-Taylor and for collectors of cricket and comedy books.

Author Profile: Tim Brooke-Taylor

Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020) was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He became President of the Cambridge Footlights in 1963, working alongside contemporaries including Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle.

He is best known for the television comedy series The Goodies and At Last the 1948 Show, for the children's cartoon Bananaman, and as a long-running panellist on the radio panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He was appointed OBE in 2011. His other books include Tim Brooke-Taylor's Golf Bag, The Goodies File and The Little Book of Mornington Crescent.

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