Resultados de búsqueda: Biography - sport from Godley Books

London: Stanley Paul, 1989. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with light creasing to edges. 368pp. Autobiography of racing commentator Peter O'Sullevan.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.

London: BCA, 1978. 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. . Hardback. Fine/Very Good. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

London: Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1946. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor bump to top of spine, spine ends slightly rubbed and no bumping to corners. 131pp. Sir Learie Constantine's account of his life and cricketing career. With 28 photographic illustrations. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

London: Stanley Paul, 1960. Prize plate inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slightly dusty, slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with nicks, rubbing and creasing to edges and very small loss from spine foot. 196pp. The love of cricket told by one of the most able and popular post-war umpires who was also a key County Cricket player from 1929. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

London: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1999. 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 torn with minor trace of label removal to front and slight crease to upper rear edge. 240pp. Mini-biographies of over eighty cricket stars from the memory of EW Swanton who has been writing cricketing obituaries for the Daily Telegraph and The Cricketer for more than fifty years. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good (+). 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1999. 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. 209pp. Biography of BBC sports presenter Des Lynam.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.

London: Virgin Books, 1997. 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.'. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1988. 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. 191pp. Concise biographies of forty of England's boxing heroes, from Terry Allen to Bruce Woodcock. From Boxing's Hall of Fame series.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 10.5 x 7.5 inches.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1988. 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 with some sunning mainly around spine, one inch tear to top of spine, creasing to upper front edge and general traces of storage. 191pp. Concise sports biographies of forty of England's greatest boxers. Well illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 10.75 x 8 inches.

Preston, Lancashire: Carnegie Press, 1989. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 272pp. Official biography of Preston North End and England footballer, Tom Finney. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 8.75 x 6 inches.

Leicester: Polar Print Group Ltd, 1994. 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. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Fine. 9.25 x 6 inches.

London: William Kimber, 1979. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 245pp. An interview with Niki Lauda, the technical principles, the technical data, driving the Grand Prix car, testing, traning, fitness and the race. Now quite scarce.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 9.75 x 6.75 inches.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1996. 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 torn or creased with small damp mark to lower rear edge, no effect on book. 194pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: Stanley Paul, 1986. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with light creasing to edge and minor traces of storage. 160pp. The heartwarming, hilarious and often hard-hitting story of one of the world's great fighters. Well illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 9.75 x 7.5 inches.

London: The Kingwood Press, 1991. 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 minor traces of storage. 196pp. Biography of the Yorkshire and England cricketer, one of the fastest bowlers ever and the first man to take 300 Test wickets.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: Simon & Schuster UK, 2012. 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.25 x 7.75 Inches.

London: Orion, 2006. 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.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: HarperCollinsWillow, 1995. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 320pp. Autobiography of England international cricketer Graham Gooch. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: Hutchinson/Stanley Paul, 1976. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to spine ends. 175pp. The life of motor racing World Champion Graham Hill. The last chapter written by his wife Bette Hill after his 1975 tragic accident. Well illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.75 x 5.5 inches.

London: The Bodley Head, 1955. 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Near Fine. 8.5 x 5 inches.