J. a. h. catton (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Previous owners name plate inside.

Zustand: Gut. Leinen Originalleinwand mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und blindgeprägter Deckelvignette, leicht berieben. Der Kopfschnitt ist verstaubt, Seit- und Fußschnitt sind gedunkelt, der Fußschnitt ist unbeschnitten. Die Seiten sind leicht gedunkelt, ansonsten sauber und gut. Beide fliegenden Vorsätze mit Leimschatten, hinten mit kleinem Randschaden von Säure-/Leimfraß. Part I: Cricket. Part II: Story of association football. Mit einem Frontispiz und 23 Fototafeln. Sprache / Language: en IX + 303 Seiten. ca. 22,5 x 14,5 cm.…

Paperback. Printed pages: 158. Zustand: Good Plus. 1st Edition. First printing. Original card wraps. Wear and slight loss to spine but securely bound. Loss to lower corner of front cover, crease to upper corner. Pages browned and slightly brittle, corners a little dog-eared. Light stain to outer margin of pages 137 to 146, text is otherwise clean throughout. Lower corner of first two pages have been reinforced with a small piece of archival tape to verso. Printing flaw to lower corner of p93/94 (Preston North End) has resulted in some loss of text. Complete with the frontis team photo of Aston Villa, League Champions 1895-1896. Numerous woodcut portraits (of players and team management) within the text. An important and notoriously fragile football title. Includes early histories of 16 clubs: Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Bury, Derby County, Everton, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Stoke, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, and Wolverhampton Wanderers. A good solid example and very scarce thus. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 4 x 6.25 inches (10.5 x 16 cm).…

1st edition, 220x140mm, 303pp, VG, no d\w, spine and sections of the boards are faded, recent inscr, the green boards are slightly mottled / spotted through poor storage, contents are vg.

Zustand: Good. 1926. No Edition Remarks. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with illustrated frontispiece. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. Octavo, xii, 303 pages plus 23 plates and a frontispiece. Original green cloth sunned on the spine and extremities; covers slightly rubbed and marked; top edge darkened; flyleaves offset; a very good copy. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of the early days of Association Football (ie, soccer), and of Preston North End and Nottingham.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Small edge tear, minor corner loss to cover, like to foot of spine, prev owners name, cover part detached, Aston Villa team photo to frontis, line drawings throughout within text, ; The history of Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Bury, Derby County, Everton, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Stoke, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers, early important Victorian work, ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 159 pages. …