2000, ISBN: 9780747271086

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1920. Hardcover. VERY GOOD MINUS in Good Dustjacket. Mild rubbing to lower extremities. Spine caps gently folded under. Top corners lightly bumped. A few tiny… More...

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1920. Hardcover. VERY GOOD MINUS in Good Dustjacket. Mild rubbing to lower extremities. Spine caps gently folded under. Top corners lightly bumped. A few tiny spots to lower fore-edge. Black lettering to tan cloth-covered spine. White lettering on front of color illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. Matching dustjacket good. Spine is creased on both sides with dime-size hole near head. Mylar protected. Color fold-out Target Chart. 134 color and black and white illustrations including color frontispiece. 197 pp with index. No writing in text. The only book on the Uniform authorized by the Boy Scouts of America. The author gives full account as to what the Official Uniform consists of and how to wear it, but also what it stands for., E. P. Dutton, 1920, 2.75, LONDON: PRION, 1995 1st.Very large heavy volume,216pp.profuselly illustrated Colour & b/w.Author C Chant - studied at Oxford - extensive writer on Military matters [The battle of Kursk etc].Contents include- - up to Napoleonic wars , From percussion cap to nitrocelluse , modern small arms are born, 1914 - 1939, 1939- 1995, Sub-machine guns , pistols & other weapons.[matchlocks, wheelocks, flintlocks, "bullpup", individual use .. ] Laminated book with matching design to D/j, latter not price-clipped, £20 [1995]., tight bindings , no inscsp. PLS see our image, PRION, 1995, 5, UK,8vo HB+dw.dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with blue+silver gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-383pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,Tony Hibbert foreword,18 chapters, Pre & Post-Match I-IV includes The Two Jimmies and career statistics,16pp contemporary, autobiographical colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp128/9 and pp256/7 respectively and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and dedication. LEON OSMAN has been at Everton FC since he was ten years old and in that time has witnessed major changes at the club and within football.A fixture in the Blues' team for the past decade,Osman's humour and thoughtful nature shines through in his revealing and entertaining autobiography.The skilful midfielder has been at the heart of Everton's resurgence in that time and was the player most often chosen by David Moyes during the Scot's managerial career.Osman provides a unique insight into Moyes - the man and his methods - as well as many of the big personalities he has played alongside,such as Duncan Ferguson, Wayne Rooney, Tim Cahill, Thomas Gravesen, Mikel Arteta and Phil Neville. Leon reflects on his own journey,from his upbringing as a Liverpool supporter to Everton Academy starlet whose rich potential was threatened by a serious knee injury.He had to watch on frustrated while many of his youth team-mates were given Premier League opportunities and,after a couple of loan spells,was almost 23 before he broke through into the Everton first team.Despite the late start,he developed into one of the club's most creative players,shining in his first full season as the Blues finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.He is now approaching 400 appearances for Everton. Osman's ability and consistency was rewarded with a first England cap at the age of 31 in November 2012.He remains a key figure during a new era at Everton under Roberto Martinez and reveals his thoughts on the Spaniard's revolution at Goodison Park.Filled with entertaining tales and anecdotes from his life at Everton,Osman's story is fascinating and inspiring. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, UK.LIVERPOOL,TRINITY MIRROR SPORT MEDIA,2014., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated dw/dj,with small b/w contemporary subject photograph and gilt embossed letters to upper wrap and a small colour,subject portrait photograph with tributes to rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Clean,plain black paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and colour facsimile football programme covers illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-440pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list, 25 chapters,24pp contemporary b/w photographs and 8pp contemporary colour photographs interspersed between text, epilogue by Les Scott,career record and an index. Stanley Matthews is a legend,the first superstar of world football.In this, his long-awaited autobiography completed just before his death in February 2000,he vividly brings to life some of football's greatest ever matches,offering absorbing personal accounts of the game's legendary players.He relives his memorable performance in the FA Cup final of 1953,arguably the greatest of them all,as he inspired Blackpool's comeback.But he was also there when the England team had to give the Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 and at the Burnden Park disaster in 1946 - events that have transcended football and become part of British history.Here are the untold stories behind many of football's greatest games and characters. The unguarded asides,the camaraderie,the drama and colour are all revealed in this remarkable memoir.Players of the past and present come under his expert scrutiny,and as he highlights the changes that have taken place over the decades,both on the pitch and off it,he sheds a unique and engrossing light on the sport he loves.'The Way It Was' is the compelling and hugely entertaining portrait of a man who was loved and respected throughout the world.It is a unique look at football from one of its greatest players,and is also essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how football,and society,have changed over the last 70 years. [Stanley Matthews was born in Stoke-on-Trent,February 1915.At 15 he joined the groundstaff of Stoke City FC.He made his League debut for them in 1932 in the era of Dixie Dean,and played his last game at 50 in the age of George Best.He played for Stoke until 1947,when he moved to Blackpool.He reached three FA Cup finals in the next six seasons,eventually winning the competition in 1953. He returned to Stoke City in 1961 and finished his career in 1965.He won 54 caps for England between 1934 and 1957,as well as playing in 29 wartime internationals.The oldest player ever to appear in the top division of English football, Stanley Matthews made 697 League appearances,spanning a record 33 years,and played his last game in Brazil at the age of 70.In all he completed more than 1800 matches, never once being cautioned or sent off.He was the first ever Footballer of the Year(1948),and the first European Footballer of the Year (1956). He was the first footballer ever to be awarded the CBE and then the first to be knighted (1965),and remains the only one to receive the award while still playing.] He died peacefully on Feb 23,2000. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HEADLINE,2000., 5<

2000, ISBN: 9780747271086

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, subject/ author biographical colour photographic ill… More...

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, subject/ author biographical colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with white,orange and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w sports action photographic illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xpp+2-270pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters and career record,32pp of contemporary auto+ biographical b/w+colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp50/1,pp114/5,pp146/7 and pp210/11 respectively and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table with illustrations list+picture credits to its reverse,acknowledgements,note to Les Scott (assisted in writing the book) and 4pp blanks at the rear. For ten years Banks was not only England's Number One,but was acknowledged to be the best keeper in the world - perhaps the best there has ever been.It wasn't always like this.Banks left school to become a coalman's mate,lugging heavy sacks around his native Sheffield.And his early amateur football didn't suggest his day job was going to change soon - he was released from his second club after conceding fifteen goals in two games.But only a few years later,Banks was England's first-choice goalkeeper,winning the World Cup in 1966 and making the 'Save of the Centuy' against Pele in 1970.It was all cut brutally short.Returning home from the Stoke City ground in 1972,his car crashed into a van and he lost his right eye.Banks struggled to come back,but the standards he'd set himself seemed cruelly out of reach.It shouldn't have been possible,but Banks did fight back,confounding medical opinion to play in the American league alongside other legends such as Pele,George Best and Franz Beckenbauer. 'banksy' is about more than just football: it's the story of a man who represents all that was admirable about the game in an era before cynicism and money tainted it - when football was a reflection of values and standards that we may never see again.It's the story of a genuine English hero - a stirring,vivid insider's account of the England team's finest years by the player who proved indispensable: Banks of England. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,2002., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated dw/dj,with small b/w contemporary subject photograph and gilt embossed letters to upper wrap and a small colour,subject portrait photograph with tributes to rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Clean,plain black paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and colour facsimile football programme covers illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-440pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list, 25 chapters,24pp contemporary b/w photographs and 8pp contemporary colour photographs interspersed between text, epilogue by Les Scott,career record and an index. Stanley Matthews is a legend,the first superstar of world football.In this, his long-awaited autobiography completed just before his death in February 2000,he vividly brings to life some of football's greatest ever matches,offering absorbing personal accounts of the game's legendary players.He relives his memorable performance in the FA Cup final of 1953,arguably the greatest of them all,as he inspired Blackpool's comeback.But he was also there when the England team had to give the Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 and at the Burnden Park disaster in 1946 - events that have transcended football and become part of British history.Here are the untold stories behind many of football's greatest games and characters. The unguarded asides,the camaraderie,the drama and colour are all revealed in this remarkable memoir.Players of the past and present come under his expert scrutiny,and as he highlights the changes that have taken place over the decades,both on the pitch and off it,he sheds a unique and engrossing light on the sport he loves.'The Way It Was' is the compelling and hugely entertaining portrait of a man who was loved and respected throughout the world.It is a unique look at football from one of its greatest players,and is also essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how football,and society,have changed over the last 70 years. [Stanley Matthews was born in Stoke-on-Trent,February 1915.At 15 he joined the groundstaff of Stoke City FC.He made his League debut for them in 1932 in the era of Dixie Dean,and played his last game at 50 in the age of George Best.He played for Stoke until 1947,when he moved to Blackpool.He reached three FA Cup finals in the next six seasons,eventually winning the competition in 1953. He returned to Stoke City in 1961 and finished his career in 1965.He won 54 caps for England between 1934 and 1957,as well as playing in 29 wartime internationals.The oldest player ever to appear in the top division of English football, Stanley Matthews made 697 League appearances,spanning a record 33 years,and played his last game in Brazil at the age of 70.In all he completed more than 1800 matches, never once being cautioned or sent off.He was the first ever Footballer of the Year(1948),and the first European Footballer of the Year (1956). He was the first footballer ever to be awarded the CBE and then the first to be knighted (1965),and remains the only one to receive the award while still playing.] He died peacefully on Feb 23,2000. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HEADLINE,2000., 5<

2000, ISBN: 9780747271086

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated dw/dj,with small b/w contemporary subject photograph and gilt embos… More...

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated dw/dj,with small b/w contemporary subject photograph and gilt embossed letters to upper wrap and a small colour,subject portrait photograph with tributes to rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Clean,plain black paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and colour facsimile football programme covers illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-440pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list, 25 chapters,24pp contemporary b/w photographs and 8pp contemporary colour photographs interspersed between text, epilogue by Les Scott,career record and an index. Stanley Matthews is a legend,the first superstar of world football.In this, his long-awaited autobiography completed just before his death in February 2000,he vividly brings to life some of football's greatest ever matches,offering absorbing personal accounts of the game's legendary players.He relives his memorable performance in the FA Cup final of 1953,arguably the greatest of them all,as he inspired Blackpool's comeback.But he was also there when the England team had to give the Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 and at the Burnden Park disaster in 1946 - events that have transcended football and become part of British history.Here are the untold stories behind many of football's greatest games and characters. The unguarded asides,the camaraderie,the drama and colour are all revealed in this remarkable memoir.Players of the past and present come under his expert scrutiny,and as he highlights the changes that have taken place over the decades,both on the pitch and off it,he sheds a unique and engrossing light on the sport he loves.'The Way It Was' is the compelling and hugely entertaining portrait of a man who was loved and respected throughout the world.It is a unique look at football from one of its greatest players,and is also essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how football,and society,have changed over the last 70 years. [Stanley Matthews was born in Stoke-on-Trent,February 1915.At 15 he joined the groundstaff of Stoke City FC.He made his League debut for them in 1932 in the era of Dixie Dean,and played his last game at 50 in the age of George Best.He played for Stoke until 1947,when he moved to Blackpool.He reached three FA Cup finals in the next six seasons,eventually winning the competition in 1953. He returned to Stoke City in 1961 and finished his career in 1965.He won 54 caps for England between 1934 and 1957,as well as playing in 29 wartime internationals.The oldest player ever to appear in the top division of English football, Stanley Matthews made 697 League appearances,spanning a record 33 years,and played his last game in Brazil at the age of 70.In all he completed more than 1800 matches, never once being cautioned or sent off.He was the first ever Footballer of the Year(1948),and the first European Footballer of the Year (1956). He was the first footballer ever to be awarded the CBE and then the first to be knighted (1965),and remains the only one to receive the award while still playing.] He died peacefully on Feb 23,2000. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HEADLINE,2000., 5<