Alec Whitcher (15 results)

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Cover is faded and wear to spine.Book about football history and the sport in Britain at the end of the Second World War. Includes profiles of players and clubs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fourth Edition. 232 pages, illustrated, sketches by Reg Carter.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reg Carter (illustrator). 5th edition, wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, sides of spine worn, a few small holes on back edge, edges of covers a little grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, some wear to edges and corners of the first few pages, binding a little loose throughout.

Condition: Fair. 1948. First Edition. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Football history, reminiscences and comment from a Director of Brighton and Hove Albion. 8vo. 232pp. Original blue boards, dust jacket chipped at spine and lightly edgeworn. From our large stock of football books and publications.

Hardback. Condition: Good Plus. Sketches by Reg Carter (illustrator). Seventh Edition. NO JACKET. 1947 reprint. Hardback. 21.5x14cm. 232 pages. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Reg Carter (illustrator). 2nd edition, dustjacket well worn and in poor condition, ripped entire length of spine, both halves creased, ripped and worn, some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and a little worn, top and bottom of spine bumped and a little worn, edges a little grubby / discoloured with age, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, some light foxing to edges / fore edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Football reminiscences, comment and humour published at the end of the war. The author was an amateur player and a Director of Brighton andHove Albion. 8vo. 147pp. Original blue boards, dust jacket with small piece missing from head of spine, and lightly edgeworn. From our large stock of football books and publications.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. Featuring Walter Hammond, Maurice Tate, Patsy Hendren, J.W.Morton, A.E.Knight, Don Welsh and Sam Cowen from the Worlds of Soccer, Cricket, Athletics and Boxing. 229pp illustrated in black and white. Ownership signature to the half title. Profits from the original sale of this book devoted to the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Carter, Reg (illustrator). First Edition. Bound in blue cloth, with black titles to spine, this 1948 First Edition is VG. 229pp with 32 Chapters: including: Sussex football, Cricket, Boxing, etc. Odd foxing otherwise VG.

Interesting and idiosyncratic musings on the game, with chapters on crowds, the off-side rule, Sir Frederick Wall, the 1944 Cup Final (south), war-time matches, club colours, and a section on each of the main "clubs of the South". The author was an amateur player and a Director of Brighton & Hove Albion. Fifth edition, first published 1944. 8vo. 145pp + [2] Portrait frontis (of the author), 3 plates, cartoons in the text by Reg Carter. Dust-wrapper, sl edgewear. A very good copy. [Seddon, A67].

General sports books with much on cricket, athletics, football and boxing, including features on Hammond, Tate, Hendren, Billy Wells etc. Much of interest on Sussex county cricket club and Brighton and Hove Albion F.C., to which the profits of the book will go. 8vo. 232pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed but still very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. A clean unmarked copy with no inscriptions, 147 clean, clear and bright pages with frontispiece of the Author and cartoons and sketches by, Reg. Carter. Original blue boards with white title on the front cover. Overall a well preserved copy. Usual toning and shelf wear should be expected. A very scarce copy!

Interesting and idiosyncratic musings on the game, with chapters on crowds, the off-side rule, Sir Frederick Wall, the 1944 Cup Final (south), war-time matches, club colours, and a section on each of the main "clubs of the South". The author was an amateur player and a Director of Brighton & Hove Albion. First edition. 8vo. 145pp + [2] Portrait frontis (of the author), 3 plates, cartoons in the text by Reg Carter. Owner's name and address to pastedown. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Very good condition. Presentation signed copy from the author, dated 1944. [Seddon, A67].