Buy this book on-line WHITE, JIM: : PREMIER LEAGUE: A HISTORY IN 10 MATCHESLONDON.HEAD of ZEUS LTD.,2013. ISBN 9781781854303.
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,matt,green,grey,b/w pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; 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. Publishers bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a white headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6- 400pp [paginated] includes an introduction,10 separate match reports,profuse colour photographs throughout,a postscript,Premier League stats+facts,acknowledgements,a bibliography,an index and picture credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title,double-paged colour photographic illustrated title page and dedication.
21 years ago English League football was played in crumbling stadia and watched from rickety stands.You could get into a First Division game for around a fiver (£5),and have change to enjoy a meat pie at half-time.At the start of the 1992-93 football season,the Premiership's first, just 13 non-British or Irish players played in the opening round of fixtures. The average UK salary was £17,500,that of a top division footballer £59,000.
Fast forward to 2013,and the average UK salary has risen to £34,000; but the average salary of a Premier League player is an eye-watering £1,250,000.Only 75 of the 220 players who started the 2012-13 season's opening fixtures were British,and 74 different nationalities were represented.
The Premier League has converted 1970s and 1980s terrace culture into pure sporting gold,a twenty-first century Circus Maximus in which an international cast of footballing gladiators show of their skills before a global audience of billions.Jim White tells the story of England's footballing revolution by dissecting ten epic and extraordinary Premier League matches.From the notorious Cantona kung-fu kick in 1995 to Manchester City's last-minute smash-and-grab of the 2011-12 title,he evokes the action with edge-of-the-seat immediacy,and charts the ebb and flow of club fortunes in footballing and fiscal terms.
'Premier League: A History in Ten Matches' brings to life the turning-points and moments of drama,joy and despair that have punctuated the first 21 years of global football's most watched league.
Please contact seller,because of the weight - 1.3Kg unpackaged - 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. ** Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of WHITE, JIM: : PREMIER LEAGUE: A HISTORY IN 10 MATCHES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, incunabula, first editions, libri antichi and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |