{"product_id":"time-to-declare-basil-d-oliveira-1980","title":"Time to Declare by Basil D'Oliveira \u0026 Patrick Murphy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime to Declare (Cricketer's Autobiography in Original Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cape-Born England Test Cricketer's Own Account of Life, Exile and the Cause of the D'Oliveira Affair\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 Time to Declare: an autobiography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Basil D'Oliveira \u0026amp; Patrick Murphy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Macmillan South Africa (Publishers), Johannesburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0869540971\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in South Africa, 1980. With a foreword by John Arlott.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's green cloth hardcover, with the Macmillan device to the foot of the spine. Issued in a photographic dust jacket, protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo hardcover, roughly 220 x 140 mm. With photographic illustrations and a foreword.\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 green cloth boards are clean and bright, with slight bumping or softening to the top fore-corner of the back board. The spine is green. The fore-edge and bottom edge are cream and lightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages seen are clean, with no foxing, markings or tears. The binding appears tight. The page edges are slightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The jacket shows a crease near the top of the front panel, light surface scuffing and shelf wear to the laminate, and a small spot near the title on the front. The back panel has light scratches and scuffs to the laminate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime to Declare is the autobiography of Basil D'Oliveira, written with Patrick Murphy and first published in 1980, after the end of his Test career. It follows him from a Cape Coloured upbringing in Signal Hill, Cape Town, to a career playing Test cricket for England and county cricket for Worcestershire. The volume carries a foreword by John Arlott.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eD'Oliveira's story is inseparable from the 1968 controversy that bears his name. His possible selection for England's 1968-69 tour of South Africa brought the apartheid government's racial policies into the heart of international sport. His own account of that experience is cited as a primary source on the affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors of Africana, South African sporting history and apartheid-era memoir, this is a first-hand testimony from the man at the centre of one of cricket's defining political episodes. This copy is the Macmillan Johannesburg issue, complete with its photographic dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Basil D'Oliveira\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasil Lewis D'Oliveira (1931-2011) was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background. He played for Worcestershire from 1964 to 1980, and his potential selection for England's 1968-69 tour of South Africa caused the D'Oliveira affair. 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