BALL, ALAN

It's All About a Ball : An Autobiography (SIGNED By AUTHOR)

Alan Ball. 1978. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Possibly a 'pre-first edition' copy published by the author. Rear of title page states 'Printed and bound in Great Britain by UPS Blackburn Ltd, Northgate, Blackburn, Lancs for Alan Ball'. Signed 'Best wishes Alan Ball' on half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. Tiny crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to front, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight marking to page edges and no bumping to corners. 191pp. Autobiography by one of England's most dynamic footballers, Alan Ball was the midfielder powerhouse in England's World Cup winning team. Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 003702

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Football, Soccer, Sports, Biography

CARDUS, NEVILLE

Autobiography

London, Collins. 1947, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. Lower page edges untrimmed. 288pp. Autobiography of the renowned cricket commentator and music critic from the slums of Manchester who achieved fame and recognition in the Long Room at Lord's and the musical festivals of Saltzburg. Very Good.

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Book number: 025361

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Cricket, Music, Manchester, Manchester Guardian, Biography - Performing Arts

DALLAGLIO, LAWRENCE

Diary of a Season

London, Virgin Books. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852276746) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped, torn or creased. 230pp. 'In the most controversial season of domestic and international Rugby Union the modern game has ever experienced (1996/97), with players competing as professionals for the first time, the author has been in the thick of the action both on field, as an England international, British Lion and captain of Wasps, and behind the scenes championing players rights. This is the story of his sensational year.'. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 001327

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Rugby Football, Rugby Union, Wasps, Lions Tour, 1852276746

DOUST, DUDLEY

221 : Peter Scudamore's Record Season

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340508884) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Describes the amazing record set by champion jockey Peter Scudamore in the 1988/89 National Hunt season. After becoming the fastest man to 50 winners in a season, he was soon achieving the fastest 100, followed by passing the previous best ever of 149 and eventually finishing with the extraordinary tally of 221 winners. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 001352

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: National Hunt, Jockey Biography, 0340508884

EMERY, DAVID (EDITOR)

Bobby Moore - A Tribute : The Illustrated Biography of a Footballing Legend

Headline. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747278679) Paperback, 10 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A legend with that unique touch of class. When Bobby Moore died on 24th February 1993, aged only 51, everyone who loves football mourned the passing of an authentic hero, a man of incomparable style and grace both on and off the pitch. Bobby Moore will forever be remembered for leading England to victory (for the first and only time) in the 1966 World Cup. But he achieved much more than that; he was also, in David Platt's words "a great person in every sense; a footballer of intelligence and vision, a man of dignity and stature". Near Fine.

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Book number: 003676

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: World Cup, 1966, England Team, Football 0747278679

HILTON, CHRISTOPHER

Juan Pablo Montoya

Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1859609988) Hard Cover, 10.5 x 7.75 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 144pp. The story of the Formula One driver, from his early days - karting in his native Columbia, through single-seaters in Britain, dominating the Indy 500 in 2000 and shaking up Grand Prix racing when he joined Williams in 2001. Fine.

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Book number: 002703

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Motor Racing, Biography, Formula One, Grand Prix 1859609988

HUGHES, MARK WITH MEEK, DAVID

Hughesie ! : The Red Dragon

Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 1851586806) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with minor bumping to spine ends, none to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with minor crease to top of spine. 192pp. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 001445

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Football Biography, Manchester United, 1851586806

LEWIS, DENISE

Personal Best : The Autobiography of an Amazing Woman

London, Century. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712677372) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Previous owners's name on reverse of half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with minor creasing to edges and signs of handling. 258pp. The autobiography of an inspiring woman and Olympic champion, European champion and Commonwealth champion in athletics. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 003056

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Great Britain Women Athletics Athletes Biography, Olympics 0712677372

MEYNELL, LAURENCE

Great Men of Staffordshire (Men of the Counties series No.2)

London, The Bodley Head. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.5 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but otherwise in excellent condition, not marked or torn or creased. 158pp. Concise biographies of Samuel Johnson, Izaak Walton, Josiah Wedgewood, Arnold Bennett and Lord Jervis, Admiral. Very Good (+)/Near Fine.

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Book number: 022939

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Biography, Staffordshire, Biography - Literary Biography - Business Biography - Military

NICKLAUS, JACK WITH BOWDEN, KEN

Jack Nicklaus : My Most Memorable Shots in the Majors

London, Stanley Paul. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091665205) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.25 inches. Ill.: Jim McQueen. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, no bumping to corners and tiny knock to spine. Dust jacket not price clipped with light creasing to edges and half-inch nick to top edge near spine. 126pp. The shots Jack Nicklaus has selected for replay in this book are in conditions every golfer has faced at some time on a golf course and he then tells you what you must learn - as he did - from the good and the bad. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002074

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Golf Biography Nicklaus, Jack, Sport, Jim Mcqueen 0091665205 Jim Mcqueen

PHILIP, ROBERT

Agassi

London, Bloomsbury Books. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 074751447X) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 183pp. The fall and rise of the enfant terrible of tennis, Andre Agassi, who, in only his thirteenth ever match on a grass court, won the Wimbledon men's singles title. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 003435

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Tennis_biography, Sports, Wimbledon 074751447x

PRIAULX, ANDY

Andy Priaulx, Triple World Champion : The Autobiography

London, Harper Sport. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 000728117X) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 274pp. The story of the man from Guernsey who was dubbed 'Britain's Schumacher' and hailed as the greatest Touring Car driver of all time as he won the World Touring Car Championship three times. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004224

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Guernsey, World Touring Car, Motor Racing, Silverstone, British Racing 000728117x

WADE, VIRGINIA WITH MELLACE, MARY LOU

Courting Triumph

London, BCA. 1978. Hardback, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a small nick to top edge of front and sunning to spine. 192pp. Autobiography of the tennis star, culminating in the year Virginia won the Wimbledon Ladies Final. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 001316

Catalogue: Biography - Sport

Keywords: Tennis, Wimbledon