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BEST**, GEORGE with KNIGHT, MARTIN: : GEORGE BEST - SCORING AT HALF-TIME: ADVENTURES ON AND OFF THE PITCH

LONDON.EBURY PRESS/RANDOM HOUSE,2003.

ISBN 0091889278.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,laminated,subject/co-author portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with gilt,black and gold colour lettering to both panels; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing. Top+fore-edges very,very lightly toned but still very bright and clean; 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,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-329pp [paginated] includes an introduction,Pts I +II comprising 3 and 4 chapters respectively,32pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp122/3 and pp202/3 respectively,career statistics,a chronology (covering his birth,1946 to 2003 theatre tour with Jimmy Greaves),and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a contents list/table with acknowledgements to verso and 1pp publisher's b/w photographic illustrated advert for 'Blessed' - George Best's autobiography - as last page. For George Best it's not the adulation,the money,the match-day buzz or even the social life he misses most about his playing days.It's the fun: the conveyor belt of stunts and jokes,both on and off the pitch,that provided the backdrop to the game he knows so well and still loves. Picking up where 'Blessed' left off,in 'Scoring at Half-Time',George has gathered together his favourite memories,stories, anecdotes and observations from his experiences in and out of the game over the last forty years.No dressing room door is left unopened,no player's bar tale untold and no secret kept in this fond, humorous study of football's golden era from the man who was usually there when it happened. George's life continues to be extraordinary,and this book is his chance to celebrate the past and remember the good times,and your chance to have a one- to-one with one of the best sporting raconteurs around. Inside stories,lurid tales and embarrassing incidents from George,Bobby, Denis,Nobby and Fergie amongst others.No one escapes George's mischievious sense of humour and eye for detail.'Scoring at Half-Time' will delight anyone who has ever wanted to spend time in the company of the footballing legend. He was the first celebrity footballer - an international icon.He has been voted the best British player of all time in a poll of nearly half a million fans.His extraordinary lifestyle and decline into alcoholism are well-documented in the pages of his autobiography 'Blessed'. Please contact seller,for correct 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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