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ICONS OF WORLD SPORT: DON BRADMAN - THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF THE BRADMAN CENTENARY COMMEMORATIONS

OVERVIEW:
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND CAREER OF SIR DONALD BRADMAN, WIDELY REGARDED AS THE GREATEST BATSMAN IN CRICKET HISTORY. THE BOOK FORMS PART OF THE ICONS OF WORLD SPORT SERIES AND WAS PRODUCED BY THE BRADMAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF BRADMAN'S BIRTH. THE VOLUME CONTAINS PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA, AND ITEMS FROM THE BRADMAN MUSEUM AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, ALONGSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CRICKET LUMINARIES AND HISTORIANS.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- TITLE: ICONS OF WORLD SPORT: DON BRADMAN - CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND CAREER OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET LEGEND
- PUBLISHER: ROVING EYE PUBLISHING GROUP
- FORMAT: HARDCOVER WITH COLOUR DUST JACKET
- BINDING: CLOTH-BOUND WITH GILT LETTERING TO SPINE
- PAGES: EXTENSIVELY ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOUR AND BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT
- DUST JACKET: FULL COLOUR WITH PORTRAIT OF BRADMAN IN BATTING STANCE AND PERIOD CRICKET MEMORABILIA IMAGERY
- ISBN: 978-0-9844495-3-2
- RETAIL PRICE: AUD $79.99 (AS MARKED ON JACKET)

CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS:
THE BOOK INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CRICKET HISTORIANS AND NOTABLE FIGURES INCLUDING SIR RICHARD HADLEE, RICKY PONTING, SIR RON BRIERLEY, BOB HAWKE, AND JOHN HOWARD. THE PUBLICATION DOCUMENTS BRADMAN'S REMARKABLE TEST CRICKET CAREER, HIS RECORDS, AND HIS LASTING INFLUENCE ON THE GAME. INCLUDES DETAILED TEST AVERAGES, HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE BRADMAN MUSEUM COLLECTION.

CONDITION: THE DUST JACKET SHOWS MINOR SURFACE WEAR AND LIGHT CREASING CONSISTENT WITH DISPLAY AND HANDLING. THE SPINE EXHIBITS GENTLE FADING. PAGES ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH NO FOXING OR STAINING. THE BINDING IS SECURE AND ALL PAGES ARE INTACT. A WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THIS COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE BRADMAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION AND REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT CRICKET HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.

Item Size: Height: 45cm, Width: 45cm, Depth: 6cm, Weight: 4Kg

Condition: Good

656543+6


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