James, Gary and the late Keith Mellor
From Maine Men To Banana Citizens: Pictorial Milestones of Manchester City
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 136pp. The story of St Marks' West Gorton, Ardwick AFC and Manchester City FC 1880-1989. With a wealth of captioned black & white photographs and many features from the press re-printed. Scarce.
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Gary James
Football With A Smile: Authorised Biog of Joe Mercer, OBE (Manchester City, Everton, Arsenal, England, Coventry City, Aston Villa, & Sheffield United) (Signed By Author)
Inscribed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 304pp. Biography of the footballing legend Joe Mercer who in his career played with or managed Manchester City, Everton, Arsenal, England, Coventry City, Aston Villa, & Sheffield United
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Mike Filey
Like no other in the world: The story of Torontos Skydome
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small bumps to upper and lower edges of front board and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with two inch tear to lower front corner. 160pp. Lavishly illustrated on quality paper, this tells the story of the background to and the building of Toronto's sports arena, now the home of baseball and football with a wealth of engineering drawings and photographs.
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Charles Biggs; Alice King
Sunderland's 100th Year in the Football League: A Photographic History (Signed By Club Chairman)
Inscription from Bill Murray, Sunderland Club Chairman on title page. No other 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 with very light creasing to edges and general traces of storage. 132pp. A celebration of Sunderland Football Club's 100th year in the Football League, when they were still at Roker Park, in a series of captioned photographs.
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Hartley, Trevor (editor)
Manchester City v Sheffield United : October 14th 2006 : Official Match Programme
No marks or inscription and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 82pp. Match day programme for Manchester City's game with Sheffield United on 14th October 2006.
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Eric Midwinter
Red Shirts and Roses: The Tale of the Two Old Traffords
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 236pp. A parallel biography of the homes of Manchester United and Lancashire County Cricket Club, both situated at Old Trafford in Manchester. Well illustrated.
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David W. Potter
Jimmy Delaney: The Stuff of Legend
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely 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 very minor traces of storage. 189pp. Biography of Scottish football legend Jimmy Delaney who played for Celtic, Manchester United as well as his national team of Scotland.
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James, Gary
The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 178pp. A tribute to the first eighteen players inaugurated into Manchester City Football Club's Hall of Fame. Very well illustrated with detailed profiles and playing career of each player.
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Peter Oakes
City: The Untold Story of a Club That Went Bananas (Limited Edition)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing and indenting. 224pp. The story of the slow rise of Manchester City, still in the Second Division in 1989 but they finished the season with promotion to the First Division. A very well illustrated account told through the eyes and words of the central characters in the play.
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Andrew Waldon
Manchester City in Europe: 'we Will Terrify Europe'
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Manchester City Football Club's adventures in European football from their unpromising start in 1968 to date. Illustrated.
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David Saffer; Andrew Waldon
Manchester City Classic Matches
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Seventy of Manchester City's finest matches. Well illustrated.
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Steven Gerrard
My Story
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nick to lower front edge. 479pp. Autobiography of Liverpool and England football legend Steven Gerard. Illustrated.
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Ashley Shaw
Cups for Cock-ups: The Extraordinary Story of Manchester City F.C.
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 192pp. The story of Manchester City Football Team's dropping from a lowly position in the Premiership in 1994 to a much lower position in the Nationwide Second Division in 1998, when the club was managed by Francis Lee.
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Bernard Bale
Bremner!: The Legend of Billy Bremner
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, tiny creases to upper corners of two adjacent pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 214pp. Biography of the football legend, the Scotland and Leeds United player and captain Billy Bremner.
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Sir Alex Ferguson; Sir Michael Moritz
Leading
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper and lower edges and minor traces of storage. 406pp. Sir Alex Ferguson reveals the secrets behind his record-breaking career of an astonishing 49 trophies as manager of Manchester United.
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Johan Cruyff
My Turn: The Autobiography
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright orange cloth boards, very tiny mark to top of front edge, small mark across page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper edge. 302pp. Autobiography of legendary footballer Johan Cruyff who played for Holland, Ajax and Barcelona.
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Ivan Ponting
George Best
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 250pp. The extraordinary story of a footballing genius - of Manchester United - who was voted the best player in Europe at the age of twenty-two.. With forewords by Sir Bobby Charton and by Denis Law.
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Keith Fisher
Arsenal Greats
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor indenting to covers and no bumping to corners. 178pp. A hall of fame of the men who have meant so much to Arsenal Football Club from the days of legendary Herbert Chapman in the 1930s onwards.
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Ken Rogers and the Paisley Family
The Real Bob Paisley
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 223pp. Biography of legendary Liverpool FC player and manager Bob Paisley, as his family tell us about the man. Also includes a record of his phenomenal career as told through the headlines and features from the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo.
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Martin Peters
The Ghost Of '66: The Autobiography (Signed By Author)
Flat signed by Martin Peters to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Easily removable sticker on front ' Signed by Author at Waterstones'. 312pp. Lovely signed copy of the autobiography of the England and West Ham footballer who scored the second goal in England's 1966 World Cup victory.
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Pavasovic, Mike
Charlie Barber's Boys : A History of Hyde FC 1885-1917
No marks or inscriptions. Crease to lower edge of rear covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly indented boards and no bumping to corners. 108pp. A full record of the development of Hyde Football Club from the first meeting at the White Lion pub in Hyde in 1885 through its rebuilding in 1890 based on the Gardeners pub in Lumn Road, its merger with Hyde St Georges and right up to the demise of the club during the First World War. With lists of players and fixtures and league tables. Illustrated. Extremely scarce.
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Pavasovic, Mike
Earning Their Stripes : A History of Hyde United : 1946-1982 (and update to 2011)
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight curling to book and no bumping to corners. 163pp. A full record of Hyde United Football Club from the end of the Second World War up to 1982 plus an appendix taking us up to 2011. With lists of players and fixtures and league tables. Illustrated. Extremely scarce.
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Pavasovic, Mike
Tiger Topics : A Hyde FC Miscellany
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 134pp. An account of events, individual matches, people, features etc of Hyde United (FC) Football Club . Also with lists of players and fixtures and league tables from 1982 up to 2012. Illustrated including some iphotos n colour. Extremely scarce.
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Joe Corrigan; David Clayton; Foreword by Bert Trautmann OBE
Big Joe: The Joe Corrigan Story (Signed By Author)
Signed 'To Tom (now Lord Pendry) with best wishes from Joe Corrigan'. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely 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 minor traces of storage. 224pp. Autobiography of Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Corrigan who was named as City's greatest keeper of all time.
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Brown, Chris
John Gallagher : The Million Dollar Fullback
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to lower rear edge and traces of storage. 188pp. Disillusioned with the rugby in the UK because of the public school attitudes towards the game, John Gallagher went to New Zealand in 1984 and by 1986 he was an All Black and in 1987 had a sensational World Cup and was tagged the best fullback in the world. Illustrated.
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Hamil, Sean ; Michie, Jonathan and Oughton, Christine (editors)
A Game of Two Halves?: The Business of Football
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 235pp. The story of modern football, how it has moved on from when it was just a game, now being a multi-million pound business. The book considers the structure of the sport and approaches the concept of reclaiming the game for its fans.
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Tony Bluff; Steve Uttley
Never Another Saturday: The Final Year at Belle Vue
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 general traces of storage. 160pp. A celebration of the final 12 months at Belle Vue which had been the home of Doncaster Rovers for 84 years, mostly as captioned photographs with a huge amount of red and white on display.
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Richard Edghill; Dante Friend
Once a Blue, Always a Blue: The Autobiography of Richard Edghill
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 256pp. Autobiography of Richard Edghill who played for Manchester City from 1988 to 2002.
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Golesworthy, Maurice
The Encyclopaedia of Association Football
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards, slight tanning to pages and bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight sunning to spine and nicks to spine foot and upper front corner. 179pp. A history of association football (soccer) up to the 1950s in encyclopedic form.
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Barnes, Ken & Wagg, Jimmy (editor)
This Simple Game : The Footballing Life of Ken Barnes
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 torn or creased with small mark to rear. 192pp. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, having followed a distinguished career with Mnchester City in the 1950s, Ken Barnes here tells his story. Illustrated.
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The Editor
The Topical Times Football Book 1989
No marks or inscriptions. No puzzles done. First page not price clipped. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and minor rub to lower rear corner. 125pp. Illustrated round-up of the 1988-89 football season written by the players themselves. Filled with full-page colour photographs of the players.
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The Editor
The Topical Times Football Book 1990
No marks or inscriptions. No puzzles done. First page not price clipped. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and minor bumping to upper corners and spine foot. 125pp. Illustrated round-up of the 1989-90 football season written by the players themselves. Filled with full-page colour photographs of the players.
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The Editor
The Topical Times Football Book 1988
No marks or inscriptions apart from crossword puzzle done. First page not price clipped. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 125pp. Illustrated round-up of the 1988-89 football season written by the players themselves. Filled with full-page colour photographs of the players.
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Jack Rollin (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980-81, 11th Year
No inscriptions or marks. Faint creasing to front cover, slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 1000pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The eleventh edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Simon Myers
Sport Around Stockport, the Early Years
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 105pp. An illustrated survey of football, cricket, rugby, lacrosse, athletics, bowls, racing, golf and Fred Perry in Stockport from 1764 onwards. Scarce.
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Jack Rollin (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1981-82, 12th Year
No inscriptions or marks. Faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 959pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The twelfth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Jack Rollin (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1982-83, 13th Year
No inscriptions or marks. Faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The thirteenth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Dunk, Peter (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984-85, 15th Year
Appears unread. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or tospine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 959pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The fifteenth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Dunk, Peter (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, 17th Year
No inscriptions or marks. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The seventeenth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Dunk, Peter (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88, 18th Year
No inscriptions or marks. Very tiny crease to upper corner of front cover, faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The eighteenth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Jack (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988-89, 19th Year
No inscriptions or marks. VNo creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The nineteenth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Jack (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989-90, 20th Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, faint crease to lower spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 992pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The twentieth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Jack (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990-91, 21st Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, faint creasing to slightly arched slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 992pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The twenty first edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Suarez, Luis
Luis Suarez: Crossing the Line - My Story
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 282pp. Autobiography of Luis Suarez who played football on Merseyside before his move to Barcelona.
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Rollin, Glenda & Jack (editors)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 2002-2003 : 33rd Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, very faint creasing to slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 992pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The thirty third edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Glenda & Jack (editors)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000-2001 : 31st Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 976pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The thirty first edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Jack (editor)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995-96, 26th Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, faint creasing to slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The twenty sixth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Glenda & Jack (editors)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1998-99 : 29th Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 976pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The twenty ninth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Glenda & Jack (editors)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999-2000: 30th Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, very faint creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The thirtieth edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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Rollin, Glenda & Jack (editors)
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996-97, 27th Year
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, faint creasing to very slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 960pp. All the essential facts and figures of the world's most popular game. 'The twenty seventh edition of the most successful football yearbook ever published.' Illustrated.
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