Buy this book on-line MITCHELL, BILL - Editor; Nigel Starmer-Smith - Associate Editor:: : THE RUGBY ANNUAL - FIRST EDITIONLONDON.PELHAM BOOKS,1986. ISBN 0720717019.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,sports action colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with capitalised red+white lettered part+sub-title to front panel,a black spine/backstrip with capitalised,red-lettered title and capitalised, white-lettered sub-title and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same, rear panel with thumbnail sports action colour photograph and white-lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-240pp [paginated] includes b/w player portrait b/w photographic frntis,Message from RFU by Air Commodore R.H.G. Weighll,CBE,DFC,Editorial Preface by Bob Mitchell,A Foreword by Nigel Starmer-Smith,a Review of the Season,1985-6,a Diary of the same season,Features with assorted contributors (15), Internationals (2),Tours (14) sections on England (13), Scotland (7), Ireland (5), Wales (3), France (2), Australia (2), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1) and Records (6),the 1986-87 season and Acknowledgements to the rear,all with profuse contemporary b/w photographs (teams,players etc) interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title with a player's full length b/w portrait photograph to its reverse,a title page with frist of two pages of Contents list/table to its reverse.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 35+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults and the information it covers for the '85-86 rugby season. 'The Rugby Annual: First Edition' is a comprehensive guide to the game for all Rugby lovers,featuring the Five Nations Championship and domestic British and Irish leagues and competitions as well as the major International matches.With special features by some of Rugby's top names and players,it is the definite annual for the 1985-86 season.
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