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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Shadows Across the Playing Field tells the story of the turbulent cricketing relations between India and Pakistan through the eyes of Shashi Tharoor and Shaharyar Khan, who bring to the task not only great love of the game but also deep knowledge of subcontinental politics and diplomacy. Shashi Tharoor, a former UN Under-Secretary-General and man of letters, is a passionate outsider, whose comprehensive, entertaining and hard-hitting analysis of seventy-five years of cricketing history displays a Nehruvian commitment to secular values, which rejects sectarianism in sport in either country. Shaharyar Khan, a former Pakistan Foreign Secretary, is very much the insider, who writes compellingly of his pivotal role as team manager and then Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board at a time when cricket was in the forefront of détente between the two countries. In their essays, the two authors trace the growing popularization of cricket from the days of the Bombay Pentangular to the Indian Premier League. They show how politics and cricket became intertwined and assess the impact it has had on the game. But above all the book is a celebration of the talent of the many great cricketers who have captivated audiences on both sides of the border. If politics and terrorism can at times stop play, cricket is also a force for peace and healthy competition.

Illustrated Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. Full Page Reproductions (illustrator). First Edition. 133 pp. A near new copy, light bump to top of spine. Signed "William Woolett" in pencil, on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 236 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Good full leather bound hardcover. Calf leather. Previous owner's marking on end paper, text is otherwise unmarked. Pages show foxing and edges lightly stained. Binding is tight, Hinges strong. Covers are edge worn and soiled. Very scarce. Pictures available upon request.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 236 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 371 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

First collected, and first hardcover edition, first printing. Signed by the authors. Publisher's original quarter black faux leather and cloth boards, with titles in silver to the spine, in the Michael Whelan illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in cream cloth, felt-lined solander box, with paper title label to the spine. Black silk bookmark. Frontispiece illustration by Michael Whelan. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' marks. Complete with fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($39.95 to the front flap). The solander box is structurally fine, with some bubbling to the cloth on the rear board and some rubbing at the edges of the paper label on the spine. Issued in an edition of 350 copies from which this example is numbered 11, and is signed by editor Karl Edward Wagner and the following authors: Dennis Etchinson, Richard Laymon, Harlan Ellison, Michael Kube-McDowell, Al Sarrantonio, Howard Goldsmith, Michael Swanwick, Shiela Hodgson, Jane Yolen, Charles L. Grant, Lawrence C. Connolly, John Alfred Taylor, Ramsey Campbell, Jon Wynne-Tyson, Jack Dann, David Campton, Les Freeman, David Langford, Thomas F. Monteleone, M. John Harrison, David Drake, G. W. Perriwils (Georgette Perry and William J. Wilson), Frances Garfield, and Juleen Brantingham. Volume four in the 'Horrorstory' series that collects all fifty-one short stories from DAW Books' Year's 'Best Horror Stories X, XI, and XII', spanning the years 1982-1984. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.