The Ace of Games, An Intimate Talk on Soccer
by Alec E Whitcher, foreword by George F Allison and cartoons & sketches by Reg Carter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Brighton: Southern Press, 1944. 3rd Edition . Hardback. Good Plus/Good. Undated, c1944. Third edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 14cm, 147pp. A collection of writings on football, illustrated with photographs and cartoons. The author deals with a number of controversial subjects (offside etc) as well as reports of games and teams, football in wartime, and of notable people within the sport. There is a section on the clubs of the south - Chelsea, Brentford, Brighton, Charlton, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Millwall, Portsmouth, QPR etc, and writings on the future of the sport. Condition: This is a good copy. The book has clean pages but some spotted foxing to the page edges. The dustwrapper is a rare survival but is rubbed to the edges and spine and has some fading to the front.
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010937
- Title
- The Ace of Games, An Intimate Talk on Soccer
- Author
- Alec E Whitcher, foreword by George F Allison and cartoons & sketches by Reg Carter
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Southern Press
- Place of Publication
- Brighton
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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