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BALL**, ALAN and various contributors: : ALAN BALL'S INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ANNUAL No.2. [1970.]

LONDON.PELHAM BOOKS LTD.,1970.

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UK,slim Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to front free endpaper, whilst printed price still in situ on rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,paper-covered boards with subject colour sports action photographic front board and b/w lettering,white spine/backstrip with faded red but bright black lettering,rear panel with white background with red+black lettering of precised contents; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks, tears or splits present.Front board with a smattering of scoring,rear board virtually unaffected,near immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.Top+fore-edges though slightly aged/ toned are without foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – sunread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-120pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Ken Stanley,3 articles by Alan Ball,plus numerous other contributors amongst whom: Bobby Charlton, George Best,Peter Bonetti,Alun Evans,Billy Bremner,Jimmy Smith,Denis Law,Jim Lane,Alan Mullery,Alex Stepney,Danny Williams,Joe Royal etc,profuse b/w contemporary biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and an Alan Ball football quiz with answers; plus [unpaginated] clean half-title with Alan Ball b/w photographic frntis to its reverse,clean title page,clean contents list/table with another Alan Ball b/w sports photograph to its reverse. The 2nd Annual in the series - see the previous and following book IDs' rja985122 and rja985322 respectively,for other annuals in this series. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the front cover's faults described that prevent a higher grading overall. Alan Ball is among the most dedicated young footballers of our time.By instinct,ability and single-minded determination he has joined the select band of world-class players.Here he enlists a team of contributors who discuss the many aspects of the World Game. In this,his 2nd Soccer Annual,he has much to say himself and has also enlisted contributions from Bonetti,Best Wilson,B. Charlton,Denis Law, Alun Evans,and Joe Royle amongst others. Soccer is the sport of the 20thC in Britain.The sport of science,of glamour,of knife-edge judgement and split second reaction. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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