A Portrait of Lords: 200 Years of Cricket History - Rilegato

Chadwick, Adam

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1857598296 ISBN 13: 9781857598292

Casa editrice: Scala Books, 2013

Riassunto

This new book celebrates the 200th anniversary in 2014 of Lord's Ground moving to its famous home. Told through 200 objects from cricket's finest collection.

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Recensione:

'Look at the contents: glorious, with much that is new; something of a masterpiece. The colour work is exquisitely reproduced, ranging from Winchilsea and Tendulkar and P.H. Calderon's 'Captain of the Eleven' ... through to Sobers, McGrath and Inzamam-ul-Haq towards the end. In between are reproductions of works of art, memorabilia and photographs embracing numerous aspects from two centuries of the truly 'beautiful game' ... Woven into a stylishly-delivered narrative by MCC's curator are many morsels of lesser-known history... Enhanced by the informed text, the images come thick and fast: people, architecture, memorabilia, events through the ages, even a classic photograph of the members' superb urinals. Verdict: 9. --David Frith, in The Cricket Statistician

'Adam Chadwick has taken time out to give us a chance to see the fruits of his labours and to look at the many artefacts, portraits and all things cricket and non-cricket 'in situ' at Lord's, courtesy of some of the highest-quality photographs and reproductions possible... Adam Chadwick and Scala have produced something very worthwhile here.' --The Journal of the Cricket Society

'I have yet to walk into Lord's without the hairs on the back of my neck standing up, a lump forming in my throat, and my eyes misting over. None of the books that I have read about Lord's in the past have even begun to replicate that, and of course they never could, but in fairness to 'A Portrait of Lord's', it certainly quickens the pulse... There is a well-written and concise narrative, the glue that holds together some superb imagery of the ground and more particularly its art, antiquities and memorabilia. The reproduction is of a very high quality indeed. ... There really is no substitute for owning a copy of this sumptuous production. --Martin Chandler, Cricket Web

L'autore:

Adam Chadwick is Curator of Collections at Marylebone Cricket Club.

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• Editore: Scala Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1857598296
• ISBN 13: 9781857598292
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288