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WHELAN, RONNIE with CONLON, TOMMY: : WALK ON - My Life in Red

LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2011.

ISBN 9780857206206.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,white matt background with subject's contemporary colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with part glossy red+black lettering to front+ spine/backstrip,rear panel with subject colour photograph and black text; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – pristine - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xvipp +2-288pp [paginated] includes dedication+ acknowledgements,contents list/table, foreword by Kenny Dalglish,subject's introduction,21 chapters including Epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w+colour biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp80.1 and pp192/3 respectively,and index; plus [unpaginated] subject biographical note,and title page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a ,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a higher grading. Ronnie Whelan: Liverpool FC legend,proud Irishman,opinionated,thoughtful,hard-working,hard-tackling. . .goal scorer. Ronnie Whelan was a first team regular for Liverpool FC for almost a decade and a half,throughout some of the most glorious trophy-winning years of the club's history,but also through th darl days of Heysel and Hillsborough.Dublin-born,with a father who had also been a professional footballer,Ronnie desperately wanted to follow in his father's footsteps,and constantly had a ball at his feet throughout his childhood. Talent-spotted ny Liverpool aged just 17 years old,he was signed to the club and then perfected his skills under one of the greatest football managers of all time,Bob Paisley.During his time at the club he played alongside such Liverpool legends as Hansen,Dalglish,Souness,Rush,Barnes,and Beardley,and over some 350 games helped Liverpool win the League six times,the league Cup three times,the FA Cup three times and the European Cup. From the secrets of the famous Anfield boot room to his occasionally stormy relationship with Irish nationa team coach Jack Charlton,from feuds on the pitch to beers after the game,with humour,clarity and insight Ronnie lifts the lid on a career in football played at the highest level.Voted No. 30 in a poll of the fan's favourite all-time players.he was capped for the Republic of Ireland team for his country 53 times. Please contact seller,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's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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