The Arms Of Time; A Memoir

HART-DAVIS, Rupert.

Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1979

About this Item

1st Edition. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Inscribed to Dennis and Diana Silk - See provenance. Description: Purple portrait DJ over blue cloth. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Language: English. Book Condition> Very Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Lightly sunned exposed cloth edges. Tightly bound with minor marks to intact endpapers and strong hinges. Author inscription and signature to ffep dated 1979. Lightly toned page margins and text block edges. DJ Condition> Good+: Light wear, chipping and creasing to upper and lower edges. Rubbing to covers with short scratch to rear. 2cm tear to upper front corner. Unclipped. Pages xii, 157. Size: 8vo 24cm by 16cm. Provenance: Dennis Silk. Provenance Background: DENNIS SILK - CBE (8 October 1931 - 19 June 2019 ) English first-class cricketer and a school headmaster Close friend of poet Siegfried Sassoon, about whom he wrote extensively 1990s chaired the Test and County Cricket Board Born in Eureka, California Silk's mother died when he was five, and the family returned to Britain Educated at Christ's Hospital, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in history and captained Cambridge University in 1955 Played first-class cricket for Somerset but gave priority to his teaching career Toured East Africa with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1957 to 1958, and captained the MCC on tours to South America and US and Canada in 1959 and 1967 Retired from first-class cricket at the age of 29 Wrote two instructional books on playing cricket He was Chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board from 1994 to 1996, and also served as President of the MCC He was an Honorary Life Vice-President of the MCC from 2000 onwards Taught at Marlborough and Radley College, where he was Warden (headmaster) from 1968 to 1991 In this role he appeared prominently in the 1980 BBC documentary series, Public School Eric Anderson, who headed Shrewsbury (1975 1980) and Eton (1980 1994), regarded Silk as the best headmaster of his generation in England, for transforming Radley from what Anderson described as "a pretty ordinary place" to one of England's best public schools. Seller Inventory # 7920

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Arms Of Time; A Memoir

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good+

Signed: Inscribed and Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.