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HAMILTON, DUNCAN: : PROVIDED YOU DON'T KISS ME - 20 YEARS WITH BRIAN CLOUGH

LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE.2007.

ISBN 9780007247103.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject's colour portrait photograph to front panel of dw/dj with black, red and green lettering,red+black lettered white spine/backstrip,subject's b/w photograph to rear panel accompanied by a Clough quote extract; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink letters to spine/ backstrip,a red,green and black striped headband and immaculate bright plain green endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-263pp [paginated] includes a prologue,11 chapters,an epilogue,a Timeline,16pp contemporary b/w+colour biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp90/1 and pp170/1 respectively, separate acknowledgements and photographic acknowledgements and text permissions; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication (to author's parents),and to the rear 2pp blanks. Duncan Hamilton was there through all the madness,the success,the failures,the fall- outs, the drink,and the crumbling of Brian Clough's heady twenty years as manager of Nottingham Forest.He saw it all.From his first day on the job sitting in Clough's office,a nervous,green sixteen-year old sat opposite one of the self-proclaimed giants of the English game,politely refusing a morning whiskey,he would become an integral part of Clough's empire,and eventually one of his most trusted confidants. From the breakdown of Clough's testy relationship with Peter Taylor,his co- manager and the joint founder of Forest's success, through the unrepeatable double European Cup triumph,and on into the wilderness of the mid-eighties through which Clough's alcoholism would play an evermore damaging role,Hamilton had access to every aspect of the club,and more remarkably,the man in charge.Here,he paints a vivid portrait of a huge personality,a man with a God-given gift for management and the watertight confidence and ego to stare down his detractors in the media,boardroom and beyond.A man who grabbed life,and most of his players,by the balls and wouldn't let go until he got his way. This is a strikingly intimate portrait,at times sad,at others joyous,in which one of the unforgettable characters of English football is laid bare.But it is also the story of a man's education in the bizarre happenings of the football world,appreciatively guided by the most wonderful,loud-mouthed,big-headed and cocksure teacher of all. `Look Duncan,you're a journalist.One day you'll write a book about this club.Or, more to the point,about me.So you may as well know what I'm thinking and save it up for later when it won't do any harm to anyone.' [Clough quote from rear panel of dw/dj.] An uncommon and sought after HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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 receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

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