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GARDNER, BILL with PENNANT, CASS: : GOOD AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN, THE NAME'S BILL GARDNER

LONDON.JOHN BLAKE PUBISHING LTD.,2005.

ISBN 1844541177.

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 and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,co-author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with blue+white lettering; 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,would appear 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,ix-xiiipp+1- 239pp [paginated] includes a prologue, acknowledgements,9 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour auto+biographical photographs in 2 separate blocks of either b/w or colour,between pp82/3 and pp146/7 respectively.Both sets of photographs were at once time with some of their edges stuck together,but have been separated and unstuck.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a contents list/table and 2pp publisher's b/w photographic illustrated advert at the rear of the book. He arrived to rally the troops,the main man in the West Ham Firm and his greeting passed into football fan history. 'Afternoon,gentlemen,the name's Bill Gardner.' That introduction alone was often enough to provoke sheer terror in his opponents.He is a genuine legend to anyone who's stood proud on a football terrace.No serious book on the culture would be complete without at least one mention of him.And now at last he's telling his own, long-awaited story. For the first time,Gardner himself reveals what made him the top man, including his innermost thoughts and his memories of the classic years for football fans.Everything is here,in thrilling detail,including the grudge matches between Millwall and West Ham fans.Prepare to hear how Bill went from being a fan through to being the main figure in the country's biggest firm and back to being what he's always been at heart - just a big football fan. Among the West Ham following,he has earned respect in all his endeavours.Bill Gardner has only ever been himself - and that's what made his mark on football culture so great.He has never held back from dismissing lesser firms as being 'two -bob' and their fans 'bullies' where he thinks it's the case.Many familiar faces have queued up to add their comments in this book which shows just what it is that makes Bill Gardner unique among the toughest and the most respected of them all. 'Good Afternoon,Gentlemen. . . .' follows Gardner from his unhappy childhood, coloured by fighting from the adults around him,through his first days as a football fan,right up to his time spent with his famous crew.Find out how fearless this legend has always been and how he has never given up in the face of overwhelming bullies and plebs.This is a story that is inspiring and terrifying by turn. 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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