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‘The Lord’s Taverners Fifty Greatest’. Heinemann-Quixote, 1983. Dustwrapper. The book profusely signed throughout. Signed to the colour book plates by forty one of the fifty cricketers featured. Signatures include Fred Trueman, Sunil Gavaskar, Godfrey Evans, Mike Procter, Viv Richards, Ray Lindwall, Lance Gibbs, Keith Miller, Everton Weekes, Clyde Walcott, Richard Hadlee, Derek Underwood, Andy Roberts, Len Hutton, Ian Botham, Graeme Pollock, Wes Hall, Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell, Denis Lillee, Peter May, Alan Knott, Kapil Dev, Arthur Morris, Denis Compton, Brian Statham, Neil Harvey, Garry Sobers, Alec Bedser, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Geoff Boycott, Rod Marsh, Barry Richards, Alan Davidson, Clive Lloyd, Joel Garner, Glen Turner, Bishen Bedi, Ted Dexter, Graham McKenzie and Zaheer Abbas. Also signed by three of the selectors, Trevor Bailey, Richie Benaud and Colin Cowdrey and profusely signed to three of the front end papers and one at the rear by seventy one cricketers, sportsman, pop stars, entertainers, politicians, clergy etc, possibly supporters of the Lord’s Taverners and guests at the various functions held by the charity. Signatures include cricketers, Gower, Compton, Bailey, Illingworth, Engineer, Place, Valentine, Peter Pollock, Ali Bacher, Border, Lindwall, Lawry, Simpson, Ramadhin etc, sportsmen include Gary Lineker, Geoff Hurst, Ray Wilson, Jimmy Hill, Pat Jennings, Seb Coe, Alan Ball, Cliff Morgan etc, pop stars and entertainers include Bill Wyman, Tim Rice, Terry Wogan, Barry Cryer, Ian Wooldridge, Michael Parkinson, Leslie Thomas, Brian Rix, Richard Stilgoe, Roy Hudd, Jeffrey Archer etc, politicians and other dignitaries include Denis Thatcher, David Mellor, John. Major, Edward Heath, William Hague, Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury), Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lord Robert Runcie etc. Original dustwrapper. Good condition