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DAVIES**, HUNTER: : THE BEATLES,FOOTBALL AND ME - A MEMOIR. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HEADLINE/REVIEW,2006.

ISBN 0755314026.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,spidery black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,just below his own printed name,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,subject sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Publisher's original, unblemished,red cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, sharp corners,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-344pp [paginated] includes introduction,37 sections/ chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between 120/21pp and pp216/17 respectively,appendices(I+II),an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page, Acknowledgements and Contents list/table. Hunter Davies has enthralled Beatles and football fans,been an influential journalist,and written ground-breaking books for over forty years.He wrote the only authorised biography of the Beatles and the seminal book about Tottenham Hotspur FC,'The Glory Game',years before football writing had become fashionable. In all this time he has lived a fascinating and diverse life - mixing with the great and the not so good,and always writing with his inimitable style about his adventures.His story starts on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950's and moves on to his early years in Fleet Street at the heart and height of the 1960's - which is when he wrote his first novel,'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush',later a cult film. He reveals how he came to write about the Beatles,and his relationship with them afterwards,and how he infiltrated a top football club in a way that would never happen today.He also talks about meeting many other well-known figures of the last forty years - from George Best to Noel Coward - and gives an intimate portrait of his marriage to his teenage girlfriend Margaret Forster,herself a well-known novelist. Evocative and honest,'The Beatles, Football and Me' is full of great stories,humour and wonderful observations.An uncommon SIGNED copy. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured 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,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author signature - without dedication.

DAVIES**, HUNTER: : THE BEATLES, FOOTBALL AND ME - A MEMOIR. ** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HEADLINE REVIEW/an imprint of HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,2006.

ISBN 0755314026.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's spidery handwritten,black ink inscrptn thus: 'To Charlie Hunter Davies' to title page,and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome author's familial portrait photographic front of dw/dj,with glossy,black lettered forenamed and glossy brown-lettered surname,capitalised,glossy blue-lettered title,a grey,small elliptical shape with capitalised,off-white lettered 'A MEMOIR' within it,a matt,brown spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy black-lettered title; capitalised,glossy blue-lettered forename and capitalised,glossy white-lettered surname, author's b/w thumbnail side profile portrait photograph to foot of spine along with publisher's capitalised blue+white -lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of spine too; rear panel author's monochrome family holiday photograph which includes Paul and Linda [Macartney] in the holiday snap and blue/green lettered caption.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - an approx. 1" partially penetrating scoring mark to front's facing gutter's fold/crease towards foot of same,but no other nicks,tears or splits present and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine.Top edges lightly aged/toned with a few random,sporadic foxing spots,fore-edges brighter,crisper,and cleaner without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-344pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,37 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between p120/21 and pp216/17 respectively,Appendices (I+II - Journalism,Jobs and Positions - includes TV,Radio and Film - screenplay writer for Here We Go, Round the Mulberry Bush,1968 and an Books Published - includes Novels,Biographies, Football,Social History,Travel,Walking Books, Guides,Publisher and Author,Other Non-fiction, Children's Books,For Teenagers,Books Edited and Collections - both appendices with b/w thumbnail photographs),and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED+dedicated title page, Acknowledgements with a blank reverse,and a Contents list/table.                              Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable, and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its brightness and lack of any other major detracting faults.                                Instead of writing about others,as he is used to,the author describes his own extraordinary life in this autobiography.From growing up on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950s and his student days at Durham to his introduction to Fleet Street at the heart and height of the 1960s - which is when he wrote his first novel, 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,later a cult film,this intimate portrait of his life and work is filled with wonderful observations,warm humor,and colorful anecdotes.                Hunter Davies has enthralled Beatles and football fans,been an influential journalist,and written ground-breaking books for over forty years.He wrote the only authorised biography of the beatles and the seminal book about Tottenham Hotspur FC,'The Glory Game',years before football writing became fashionable. He reveals how he came to write about the Beatles,and his relationship with them afterwards,and how he infiltrated a top football club in a way that would never happen today.He also talks about meeting many other well-known figures of thelast forty years - from George Best to Noel Coward - and gives an intimate portrait of his marriage to his teenage girlfriend Margaret Forster,herself a well-known novelist.                                        Evocative and honest,'The Beatles,Football and Me' is full of great stories,humour and wonderful observations. 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,author SIGNED+ dedicated,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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