THE FOOTBALL GROUNDS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprint.[Published in association with the Football League and the National Dairy Council.The trade edn first published 1983 and reprinted 1984 - this edn.A special p/back edition was printed in 1984 for the National Dairy Council.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic front panel of dw/dj,with green,b/w lettering.Sepia photographic rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.An approx 1/2" closed tear/nick to front lower corner,internally repaired with sellotape.Top edges with very light evidence of light dust-soiling, fore-edges minimally and sporadically spotted/ foxed(?) otherwise bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,could appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-272pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,a foreword,a preface by Graham Kelly (then Secretary, Football League),author introduction,21 chapters/sections, b/w ground photographs etc,8pp colour photographs in 1 block,between pp128/9,a glossary and a bibliography.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table.
The author is a freelance writer based in London.He reports soccer regularly for The Guardian (then 1984).'The Football Grounds of England and Wales' reflects two of the author's lifelong interests, soccer and architecture.In researching the book he visited over 100 grounds and despite 7,000 miles of travel that this entailed,his enthusiasm for football grounds - their individual character,their architectural merits and their ability to stage great events - remains undiminished.
There has never been a book solely concerned with the history and development of football grounds in Britain. There are passing references in various club histories,and a number of specialised architectural studies in journals,but this book is unique in bringing together critical appreciations of all 92 League grounds,plus a survey on related developments on and around the pitch.
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