Eric P Barbour (4 results)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-) ; Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG- (archival tape repairs to spine & covers, most of spine missing, moderate soiling, tanning & creasing to covers & edges, some tanning to page edges, tears to upper corners of pages 83 & 85). Body of book is in much better condition than the covers.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Second and Revised Edition. Covers and spine thumbed around edges and corners. Simple staple binding neat and tidy, yet in need of TLC. The odd mark here and there. Previous owner's inscription on head of title page. General discolouration due to age, throughout, otherwise this book is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. …

As a cricket journalist, Eric Barbour saw from close quarters all the Tests in the series and the dramatic impact of England's shock attack. Kippax represented Australia from 1928-32 and played in the first 'Bodyline' Test. An English edition was published later the same year. Paperback. First Edition. Small 8vo. 85pp. Old gift inscription inside front cover. Lightly rubbed but generally in very good condition. Some Press cuttings from the 1934 Ashes series are slipped in.…