Adrian Alec (9 results)

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 116 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 116 pages. Beige dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Some tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First English edition. Foxing throughout. Ink price to the dust jacket spine. Good book in a Good dust jacket.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Writing/highlighting/drawing/colouring present inside or on cover. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Rusty staple with some bleed to covers, Spurs, Arsenal, Football league cup south and Truro City content, ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 116pp, photos. Reflections on some of the many sportsmen involved in Dunkirk. Light wear, clean and tight. 300g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Few small chips and edge wear to wrapper, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published during WW2, this is largely reminiscences of west country football, mainly Devon and Cornwall, including Torquay United, together with experiences of Dunkirk. 8vo. 116pp. A very good copy, dust jacket has piece missing from head of spine and a few other patches of loss. SIGNED dedication from the author, dated 1947. From our large stock of football books and publications. Inscribed by Author(s).

Inspired by sporting conversations with fellow servicemen while awaiting evacuation from Dunkirk, the author pays tribute to military sportsmen and recalls his own pre-war football and cricket days in Cornwall and Devon, including a spell with Torquay United, with photographic illustrations. 8vo. 116pp. Dust-wrapper. Wrapper rubbed and has several substantial pieces missing but is now protected by a plastic sleeve. Pages naturally aged. Good condition for a wartime publication. A rare book.