Simon Raven — Shadows on the Grass
London, Blond & Briggs , 1982. First edition. Cloth. Simon Raven's humorous and evocative cricketing memoir, the first edition complete with dust wrapper. First edition of this cricketing autobiography by Simon Raven, telling of the progress of matches played at Charterhouse, Cambridge, or Bangalore, and recalling the exploits of friends and cricketing colleagues. From the author's childhood experiences until 1957, when he ceased an uneasy affair with the Army and took up writing full-time.  Featuring numerous memorable anecdotes in an extremely funny narrative.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper excellent with only minor shelf ear, unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
