Buy this book on-line RADFORD, BRIAN: : STEVE DAVIS: SNOOKER CHAMPION - His Own Story as Told to Brian Radford.[Double SIGNED - Subject + 1 other.)LONDON.ARTHUR BARKER LIMITED,1981. ISBN 0213168170.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Doubly SIGNED+ dedicated - by subject and a Snooker referee.] FINE/FINE.3 separate donor inked presentation inscrptns to front free endpaper and subject SIGNED,inscribed 'Best Wishes Steve Davis' to half-title page with black ink signature+ inscrptn: 'Best Wishes John Smyth (Snooker referee) to it's verso and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject's portrait colour photographic vignette illustrated front panel of dw/dj with green+red lettering, rear panel with subject b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers - inscribed ffe excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,Double SIGNED,1st edn,v-xiipp+1-137pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with acknowledgements to verso,a dedication,an introduction by Barry Hearn,14 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp48/9 and pp80/1 respectively,appendices (A+B); plus [unpaginated] double SIGNED half-title and its verso,title page and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book.
'He doesn't drink,smoke or gamble.He's the most dedicated professional you could hope to meet. He's a certainty.'
Manager Barry Hearn's confident prediction about his sensational young star turned out to be no exaggeration when,in April 1981,at the age of twenty-three,Steve Davis became the new World Professional Snooker Champion.
This was no overnight sensation,however,for as we now know,Steve's success story began when he was two,when his mother bought him a toy snooker table.Later his father insisted he learned to cue correctly and play by the rules,and this probably accounts more than anything for his astonishing self-discipline and his perfect cue action.Steve turned professional in 1978,and in November 1980 began the sequence of triumphs which brought him the UK title,the Wilson Classic,the Yamaha Trophy and the English Professional title.
His boyish freshness and obvious enjoyment of the game make Steve Davis one of the world's most popular players,while his rare maturity and coolness under pressure have won him the respect of his fellow professionals.Here he writes for the first time about his rise to the top, asessing the other great players,such as Ray Reardon,Terry Griffiths,'Hurricane' Higgins,Doug Mountjoy and Cliff Thorburn, and captures all the tension and excitement behind the scenes at professional tournaments.He also casts a cool, calculating eye over the game as a whole,and its sudden rise as a spectator sport,in a book which will delight snooker fans and players everywhere.
Back panel of dw/dj - 'This picture captures perfectly my feelings at the moment when I beat Cliff Thorburn - in my own mind the most important match of the 1981 World Professional Snooker Championships.' - Steve Davis.
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