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DANES**, RYAN: : TOMMY TYNAN - THE ORIGINAL 'FOOTBALL IDOL'. **

UK.DERBY.BREEDON BOOKS PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED,2009.

ISBN 9781859836859.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy subject's portrait colour photographic front panel of dw/dj with capitalised white-lettered title,similarly lettered Foreword by John Aldridge and capitalised grey-lettered author name,similarly lettered title+author to dark green background on spine/backstrip,rear panel with dark green background with a single-line white bordered subject's b/w photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present - minimal,superficial scoring to either panel - but without any penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - no 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 dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,6-176pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by John Aldridge,a Prologue,20 chapters and an Epilogue with Tynan's statistics to its reverse,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp128/29; plus [unpaginated] half-title,title page with dedication on reverse and contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and pareticularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of detracting faults.. Many decades before Sky TV's popular Football Idol series,Tommy Tynan won a newspaper competition called Search for a Soccer-Star; he was just 16 years old. His reward was an apprenticeship at Bill Shankly's famous Liverpool Football Club and,at the club,he scored in abundance at every level he had a chance to play at.The problem was that the squad was so damn strong Tommy was unable to get a chance in the first team.Loan moves to Swansea City (where the great John Charles wanted to show off his talent in Italy) and the Dallas Tornadoes (he played against such greats as Pelé,Bobby Moore and George Best) helped him to become one of the most prolific strikers in an era before the money men moved into the game.In fact,he never earned more than £500 a week! At Jack Charlton's Sheffield Wednesday he was a hit.He played at Newport County,alongside John Aldridge,as they marched into Europe.At Plymouth Argyle his goals propelled the team promotion and a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Tommy was a goal-machine wherever he went,and he was not afraid of controversy. Today,to many thousands of people,he is a cult hero. This is his story... 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. ** 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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