OBSESSED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 -1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten, black ink warm dedication and signature: ' To Sheila Happy Birthday & keep backing the winners! Best Wishes Richard Dunwoody' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj, with gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of creasing is restricted to top edges of dw/dj and both the head+foot of spine/ backstrip of same. Light,superficial scoring/ indents to both panels of dw/dj,but without penetration and without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - without ageing or foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-294pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author foreword,19 chapters+epilogue,24pp contemporary b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp54/5 (b/w), pp150/1 (colour) and pp230/1 (colour) respectively,a career record and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and contents list/table. 'Obssessed' is the story of a jump jockey and his compulsion to be the best.To be that,he put himself through hell.The rewards came. At 22,he was the youngest jockey in the 1986 Grand National,coolly guiding West Tip to victory.There were other great horses,like Desert Orchid,as the stream of winners kept on flowing.But greater than titles and victories was the recognition from those he rode against.Inside the weighing room,no one was more respected.See also,my book ID rja29148 (DUEL - THE CHAMPION'S DEFENCE] for another Dunwoody related book. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.