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BODDEY, MARTIN - Edited by: : THE TWELFTH MAN: A book of original contributions brought together by The Lord's Taverners in honour of their patron H.R.H. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh on his fiftieth birthday.**

LONDON.CASSELL & CO,1971.

ISBN 0304937525.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG++.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj,laid in is publisher's 4 sided b/w,HRH Prince Philip b/w portrait photograph illustrated advertising/ order pamphlet,regarding the forthcoming publication of the book,10 JUne,1971 - HRH's birthday - in FINE condition.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present - minisculely rubbed corners and top edges,head+foot of lightly sunned/ faded spine/backstrip similar,but with miniscule loss.Top edge coloured,fore-edgebright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's unblemished,original,navy blue cloth boards with bright,blocked gilt crown to upper wrap and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,headband,and immaculate unmarked plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-285pp [paginated],304pp total including [unpaginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table,HRH Prince of Wales foreword,editor's introduction,58 contributions/contributors,18 b/w drawings/cartoons by various illustrators, some credited,4 colour plates (by Edward Seago, Ronald Searle,GILES and David Shepherd respectively). The Twelfth Man,in cricketing parlance,is the player who acts as a fielding substitute when a member of his side is ill or injured;more important,perhaps,it is the Twelfth Man who brings out the trays of drinks to sustain players wilting in the hot sun of an Australian, West Indian,South African,New Zealand,or even an English summer's afternoon.The Twelfth Man of the Lord's Taverners,that remarkable Commonwealth-wide organisation of "good fellows" from the worlds of sport and the arts,dedicated to the task of raising money for charity,has made for himself a very special place in the Commonwealth - and indeed the World - side.The sustenance he has given wilting players over the years has varied considerably in its content; sometimes it has soothed,sometimes it has inspired,sometimes it has been in the shape of a hearty kick on the backside,but never has it been placed with less than painstaking accuracy. On 10 June 1971,the Twelfth Man,HRH the Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh,reaches his half century,his fiftieth birthday.There will be much made in celebration, but it is doubtful if any present will give him greater pleasure than this book, a gift given to him as a mark of loyalty and devotion by his fellow Lord's Taverners. Their happy idea was to ask the writers,artists, sportsmen and show business personalties listed on the back of the dw/dj to give an original piece of work of their own choice as a birthday present to Prince Philip.These have been combined by a founder-member of the Lord's Taverners,Martin Boddey,in a book printed and specially bound for presentation to HRH.Further to celebrate the occasion,an edition of the book for the general public has been printed from the same type,and the royalties from its sale will be put to a fund to be administered by Prince Philip. The Twelfth Man is that book,an incomparable anthology and permanent bedside book of essays, stories,paintings and drawings by an incomparable list of contributors,who could only have been brought together in such a good cause. No happier way of presenting one's own good wishes to HRH on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday could be made than by purchasing a copy of this book and thereby contributing to a cause which is dear to his own heart and interests. The Lord's Taverners,since their foundation in 1950 by a small group of actors and their friends in the world of art and entertainment, have raised a fund of £200,000 (then 1971).The fund is administered by The National Playing Fields Association for the provision of cricket pitches and playing facilities of all kinds for boys' clubs,village teams and such-like who might otherwise be denied the means of playing the noble game.Their beneficiaries now number well over 1,500 clubs and youth organisations throughout the country,(again,then 1971) and special grants have been made to help representative schoolboy teams to tour in the Commonwealth.See below,for complete list of contributors: Annigoni (Mini-car designer), John Arlott, Douglas Bader, Roger Bannister, Raymond Baxter, Nicholas Bentley, Patrick Beresford, John Betjeman, Basil Boothroyd, Jack Broome, Patrick Campbell, Neville Cardus, Dennis Castle, John Chamier, Daphne du Maurier, Gerald Durrell, Hugh Falkus, James Fisher, Clement Freud, Paul Gallico, GILES, GILROY, Robert Gittings, James Gleeson, Seton Gordon, C.Gordon Glover, Nathaniel Gubbins and HARGREAVES (cartoonist). Further contibutors are: Mary Hayley Bell, E.F. Haylock, Graham Hill, JAK, JON (both cartoonists), Robin Knox-Johnston, Jim Laker, David Langdon (cartoonist), Garry Marsh, Nicholas Monsarrat, Denis Morris, G.O. Nickalls, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Mary Renault, Peter Scott, Edward Seago, Ronald Searle, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, David Shepherd, John Snagge, Mary Stewart, E.W. Swanton, Henry Williamson, Colin Willock, John Winton and finally HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. Please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1Kg unpackaged - and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. 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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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