Pickford William (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Heavy volume, almost 750 pages may require additional postage. Book.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 386 pages; Description: xviii, 386 p. Illus. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 373-375. Subjects: Color vision. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 386 pages; Description: xviii, 386 p. Illus. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 373-375. Subjects: Color vision. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Scarce privately-circulated book of reminiscences of the early days of the FA by one of its longest-serving members. 8vo. 75pp. Original green cloth, gilt, a very good copy. From our large stock of football books and publications.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The classic work on football in four volumes, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page photos of the players and teams of the day. Essential to any football library. Covers rubbed with wear to extremities. Owner's stamp to ffep of each volume, spines grubby with paint worn on volume 1. Owner's name stamp to ffep on each volume. From our large stock of football books and publications. A good set with bindings holding up well. A large and heavy set that may require extra charges if shipping overseas. From our large stock of football books and publications.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. All four volumes published 1905 to 1906 in original blue decorative boards. All are bumped at the corners with some fraying as are the tops and bottoms of the spines. Vols 1,2 and 4 are cracked internally at the end papers but no dramatically so. Vol 3 has two small bumps to the fore-edges of the front and rear board. Internally tight and clean, however. The boards have general signs of use. At least a Good+ copy. HEAVY, SO MAY BE SUBJECT TO OVERSEAS POSTAL SURCHARGE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Large 8vo, 4 vols [1906]. Pp vol 1: viii 224; vol 2: viii 215; vol 3: viii 216; vol 4: viii 200. With 96 full page b/w plates, many edged in gold, and 117 illustrations in the text. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth with footballer in white strip on cover and spine by John Hassall. Footballers' white kits are complete on both covers and spines. Very light rubbing to small areas of the pictorial design. Covers are very bright and clean. Contents are exceptionally clean and crisp, and there are no previous owner's names or annotation.***This is not a scarce set but it is difficult to find in really nice condition. Many sets that turn up are worn and grubby. This is a very nice set indeed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The classic work on football in four volumes, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page photos of the players and teams of the day. Essential to any football library, this is a very good set, clean and bright with the cover illustrations in excellent state. Front boards lightly rubbed on each volume, minor bumping to edges, some light browning to prelims. occasional spotting to pages. From our large stock of football books and publications.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volume 2 only - No Date. Cover with edge and corner wear, rubbing and scratch to spine, marks and fading. Endpapers with age discolouration, loose spine with netting exposed, Top, Tail and Fore edges with age discolouration/marks. Internally - some pages with spotting, light marks and discoloured edges, A Good personal copy. **1134g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. History of football in the county with focus on the league clubs: Southampton, Portsmouth and Aldershot. 8vo. 286pp. Photos + foldout map. Original red decorative cloth, gilt titles, all edges gilt. Lightly bumped and small graze to contents page, otherwise very good. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. From our large stock of football books and publications. Signed by Author(s). …

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Volumes, 2, 3, & 4, only.Books measure 14.5x18.cm. Bound in original publishers decorative blue cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear, colour loss from one image. Generally bindings in good clean condition. Light tanning to endpapers. Pages clean. A good clean part set. Size: Large 8vo.…

FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). pp. viii+224; viii+215; viii+216; viii+220. Original pictorial blue cloth designed by John Hassall. Profusely illustrated with 107 full page illustrations plus text vignettes and Hassall device to titles. Ex libris Paul M. Farland, with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Some light general shelfwear, light rubbing to spines, the volumes ever so slightly cocked, light spotting to edges, contents clean and unmarked, generally a very good set. First edition of this classic early account of the growth of the game in the United Kingdom. Always a "well read" book, rare in as good condition as this.…

A history of football in the county of Hampshire with material of particular interest to followers of Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Aldershot. Includes many early and rare team groups and portraits of various club chairmen, secretaries and other assorted bigwigs. 8vo. 286pp + folding county map marking local association areas and siting of main clubs. Superbly illustrated with many photographs of teams, cameo portraits, etc. Original owner's name to fly-leaf. Original decorative red boards with Hampshire county shield to front, gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Very good condition. [Seddon, A390].…

William Pickford was a notable football administrator who was on the FA Council for 50 years and was President of the Football Association just before he died in 1938.He was also a referee and was known as the "Father of Football in Hampshire". His playing days were with Bournemouth Rovers. This book was published posthumously by friends and family. 8vo. 179pp. Original burgundy boards with gilt page edges. One fold-out illustration. Extensive light foxing throughout. Good condition. Signed to the fly-leaf by E.M. Pickford, who supplied the foreword to the book and ensured that it was published after William Pickford's death.…

Vintage borderless photograph from the 1918 film. With an identifying manuscript notation on the verso. Based on the 1917 novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, about a young socialite and a millionaire, who meet and fall in love while pretending to be a cook and a hired hand, respectively. No known prints of the film survive, and it is considered lost. 8.75 x 7.75 inches, irregularly trimmed. Very Good plus. Diagonal crease to the top corner, with a short closed horizontal tear to one edge.…