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Horse and Cart to Helicopter – Pre-order your copy now!
Following the announcement of the highly anticipated book, Horse and Cart to Helicopter, we’re excited to announce that pre-order is now open.
Edited by the award-winning cricket writer Stephen Chalke alongside Lansdown elders and historians David Dolman, David Taylor and John Dixon, the book unearths many fascinating, heroic and historic stories through the last 195 years. Of course, there is a focus on the last fifty years, where Donald Bradman left off and there are unheard stories and unseen images of Boycott, Richards, Botham and Horne all gracing Combe Park in recent years.
As some of the photographs that adorn the walls of our clubhouse testify, Lansdown Cricket Club has a rich and unique history of which we should all be very proud. Those pictures are only snapshots though and the upcoming book will tell the stories behind those great teams and great days at Combe Park.
The book will be published in the Autumn of this year, but you can guarantee your copy at a reduced price, by pre-ordering and paying following the instructions below.
There will be two editions of the book, one special limited Special Edition and the Regular Edition.
Regular Edition
128-page full colour hardback
Pre-order for only £25 (Regular price is £30)
Special Limited Edition
128pp Full colour hardback, bound with special cloth with the club crest in gold on the front. This edition will be presented in a special slip case, also with the crest in gold. It will be signed by senior club figures, Brian Rose, president of Somerset CCC and Matthew Horne, former Lansdown batman and New Zealand test cricketer and comes with 16pp supplement featuring scorecards and further details of some of the most important games in the club’s history.
Pre-order for only £100 (Regular price is £125)
To register your interest and obtain pre-payment details, please email Richard Boddy at:
richard.boddy56@outlook.com
Richard will guide you through the ordering and payment process and ensure that your copy is waiting for you at the book launch this Autumn. Orders cannot be confirmed until payment is made. Closing date for Pre-orders is Sunday 13th of September 2020.
For more information about the book and Stephen Chalke, click here (Link)