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DANES, ROY: : WHO'S THE DADDY? - The Life and Times of Shirley Crabtree. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.WORTHING,W.SUSSEX.Pitch Publishing,2013.

ISBN 9781909178601.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten felt-tip black ink dedication and signature to recto of front free endpaper: 'To Clare Big dog bear-hugs Love R.y . Danes First purchased copy UK' and dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price to it.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject's colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with b/w lettering, rear panel with montage'd b/w+colour subject photographs; 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 - 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 white cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped white+gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,9- 224pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,19 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp112/13, plus [unpaginated] SIGNED recto of ffe, half-title+title pages,contents list/table and dedication page. Did You Know. .? The origins of Shirley's name? "Do you remember the Johnny Cash song: A Boy named Sue? The father calls his son Sue because he knows he won't be around to protect him as he grows up,and the lad has to learn to fight because he's constantly battling those who want to take the mickey out of his name? Well,that song described me down to a tee now I look to the past and think about it,and after a while I started to get very angry.The desire to defend myself became overwhelming and the bully's days were numbered because I hit back twice as hard." Daddy was a wrestling star in a previous life? Shirley was working at 14 in a Halifax woollen mill and had a stint in the Coldstream Guards before following his dad into the ring in the '50s - first as 'The Blond Adonis',then as 'Mr Universe'. Daddy made a Splash? Did you know Shirley played Rugby League for Bradford Northern, although he never made the first team? Or that he retired from wrestling to become a Blackpool lifeguard in the '60s. 'D' is for 'Daddy'? Tempted into a comeback by his wrestling-promoter brother Max,Shirley's wife Eunice made his first XXXXXXL leotard out of the couple's chintz sofa cushions - and decorated her handiwork with a large capital 'D'. . . Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Clare Big dog bear-hugs Love R.y . Danes First purchased copy UK'

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