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Looking for Lord

Carr contributed an essay about Thomas Lord's origins in Thirsk, the town near where Carr was born, to a collection of essays on Lords Cricket Ground.




In: My Lord's. A Celebration of the World's Greatest Cricket Ground


Editor: Tim Heald

Publisher: Willow Books, London

Year: 1990

ISBN: 0-00-218363-3

Size: 240 x 160 mm

Pages: pp

Binding: pale brown cloth with logo of the MCC on the spine, the title, name of editor, and logo of publisher in gold

Paper: white

Editor: Tim Heald

Cover artist: Dave F Smith

Internal illustrations: Colin Wheeler

Printed by: Mackays of Chatham, Chatham, Kent

Content: Carr contributed Looking for Lord. Other essays by: E.W. Swanton, John Arlott, W.F. Deedes, Rachel Heyhoe Flint, Hilary Mantel, Simon Raven, Alan Ross, Vic Marks, Frank Keating, Stephen Fry and Harold Pinter, among others.


Notes: Carr noted that Thomas Lord was born on the same day that John Wesley visited Thirsk, on 23rd November 1755.

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Front panel and spine of dust jacket