{"product_id":"coffee-table-book-of-volleyball-hardcover","title":"Coffee Table Book of: Volleyball (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoffee Table Book of: Volleyball is a large-format coffee table book of volleyball, printed edge to edge in colour, one picture to a page and the widest carried across two: the ball and the kit, the net, the indoor court and the quiet gym, play in plain kit, beach courts from dawn to blue hour and nets on grass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt opens with the ball and the kit: a white ball on a honey-coloured gym floor, a ball of blue and white panels, a worn ball on a dark shelf, an open canvas bag of balls, a ball cart, a hand pump, knee pads, court shoes and a folded jersey and shorts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the net: its knotted square mesh, a padded post, the white band along its top, a net folded away and a referee's stand beside a post.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen play, the players anonymous in plain kit: a server behind the end line seen from a high gallery, a low receiving stance, a forearm pass, a setting drill in an old gym, the approach to an empty net, a jump silhouetted beside a net at dusk and two teammates passing a ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the quiet gym: a ball resting beneath the net in late afternoon light, benches beside an empty court, window light on a polished floor, a court far off under warm lamps after dusk, a net seen through an open doorway and a ball on a bench below a rainy window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the beach: a cream and orange ball on dry sand, blue boundary tape pinned to the sand, a whole empty court before the surf, a net at dawn, a net beneath a broad clouded sky and the long shadows of a net in low late sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the game packed up and carried to grass: a rolled tape and a folded net on a wooden deck, portable posts on short grass, a net in early morning mist, a ball in dewy grass, a grass court under autumn trees and a net on a meadow at sunset.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward the end: a net seen along its length, a ball in a pool of light on a deep blue floor, the last player walking out of the hall with a ball under her arm, a court seen from high in an old brick gym, a ball on wet sand after rain and a ball in long strips of evening light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort notes run through the book, on the ball and the net, the court and the shore, and the way a rally is played: the serve that sends the first ball of a rally toward the other side, the forearms that form a surface for directing a pass, the jump at the net that briefly lifts a player above the floor, and beach volleyball, commonly played by teams of two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted in full colour on heavy 150gsm coated paper at 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 inches), as a hardcover with the art printed on the case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar Pine Editions","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":68151309566256,"sku":"9671456005133","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9671456005133.jpg?v=1792655549","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/coffee-table-book-of-volleyball-hardcover","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}