Paul Daffey (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 23 cm. XXX, 511 pages.

soft cover. Condition: Fine, near new condition. No Jacket. 23 cm. XXV, 507 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 533 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. This Is Full Of Passion And Madness. Each Week They've(the Authors) Trundled Off To The MCG, Subiaco Or Footy Park Or Watched From The Pub Or The Couch. They'll Have You Nodding Your Head And Chorting Over Your Beer.

pictorial hard cover. Condition: As new. No Jacket. 1st edition. 21 cm. 176 pages.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. 389 Pages. The book is a little worn on corners with lightly tanned page edges. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Octavo, xxvi+514 pages, original wrappers, a very good copy.

Octavo, xxxii+504 pages, original wrappers, name on title, a very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Pictorial Card Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Colour photographs throughout. 24 x 17 cm. 358 pp. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Condition of book: As New Paul Daffey demonstrates in his latest book on country football, The Totem Poles of Ouyen United: Travels in Country Footy, that sadly, the number of football clubs in country areas are declining, but this is not a recent phenomenon but an on-going process that started with the Great Depression of the 1930s. The recurring theme in Daffey s book is that the demographics determine the continuity and sustainability of football in a small town or district, and a diminishing population, particularly of the youth, leads to the decline of active football clubs and either their amalgamation with neighbouring clubs or extinction. As Daffey show most clubs choose to bury the hatchet with a fierce local rival and agree on a new name, new colours, and where the new entity will play its games. This is perfectly illustrated in his case study of footy in the Mallee. In a stunning example Daffey s research shows that thirty-two football clubs have folded into the Ouyen United Football Club. The same scene is being played out in the southern region of New South Wales in the farming districts where the Australian game has been pre-eminent for more than a century. The most merged club is Coreen Daysdale Hopefield Buraja United (CDHBU) that was formed on the eve of the demise of the Coreen and District Football League after ninety-nine years of existence in 2007. CDHBU and the remaining Coreen league clubs then went to play the next season in the neighbouring Hume Football League. All had started as individual clubs but Hopefield and Burraja had merged as early as 1950 while fierce rivals Coreen and Daysdale came together in 1995, but the continuing difficulties to field teams led to the amalgamation of both these clubs in 2006. CDHBU won the last ever premiership in the Coreen league when they beat the Billabong Crows (a merger of Urana and Oaklands in 2004). Ironically, this meant that six of the foundation clubs of the competition, albeit in merged entities, played in the last-ever game in 2007. Daffey cites many similar cases in the Mallee, that is now down to just three clubs Ouyen United (Sunraysia league), Sea Lake-Nandaly Tigers (North Central league), and the Southern Mallee Giants (Wimmera league). The Mallee is much more than a name of a region, like the Riverina it s locality and characteristics are captured in the Australian psychic. It conjures up images of red soil, blue sky, blazing sunsets, and a dry, arid landscape. It is a tough place, demanding sweat and toil (p.35). And so are its people and this is encapsulated in their footballers and their football grounds. The boundaries for the Mallee set by the Victorian colonial government in 1883 was all unalienated crown land in the north-western district wholly or partly covered with the Mallee plant (Pickard, 2019). And just as Henry Lawson proclaimed that everyone knew where the Riverina was, so do country folk know where the Mallee is, and where its roots are. In order to pay homage to the antecedent football clubs of the Ouyen United Football Club the Year 9 students at the Ouyen P-12 College in 2009 decided to paint totem poles that had been erected at the entrance to the club s home ground, Blackburn Park. The students painted nine poles in the colours of the clubs that had folded into one another over the years to form Ouyen United. The totem poles provided the inspiration for the title to Daffey s book and also the stunning cover designed by Megan Ellis based on a painting by Swan Hill dentist John Harrison. Paul Daffey stated at the outset that the main purpose of the book was to focus on football in the Mallee in order to provide a snapshoot of footy in the country. What is occurring in the Mallee is being replicated in country areas all around Australia but his story reveals that has been on-going for decades in line with the rural-urban drift. 416pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. With illustrations in colour and black & white, a very good copy. ; 235 x 155mm; xvi, 416 pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased); pp. xvi (last blank), 416, with illustrations. A near fine copy.

Softcover. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. softcover book in good shape , light wear to cover and book edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The first comprehensive history of football at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne University Football Club was founded in 1859. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Foreword by David Parkin. Includes endnotes, bibliography, appendixes, plus index of names. "The five authors, all experts in the field, have researched consecutive periods of the long history of the club, and have looked at the circumstances, events, players and personalities behind the fortunes of the teams and the evolution of the club. The appendixes documenting honours and achievements are a who's who of both football and the community in general. Black & Blue is the first comprehensive history of football at the University of Melbourne, and one of the few histories of any club spanning such a long period of time. It presents a fascinating and entertaining tapestry of change and illustrates the way Australian football, the university and its sporting life has adapted itself to social and cultural evolution over the years. Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University is an Australian rules football club. The club achieved prominence by being a member of the game's most elite competition in the early 20th century, the Victorian Football League (the forerunner of the Australian Football League) between 1908 and 1914. Although there are no records of its exact formation, University's first recorded match took place in the same month that the Castlemaine Football Club was formed making it likely that University is the second oldest club in Australia after Melbourne." Printed in China. Bound in original black cloth with white lettering to front board & spine, blue endpapers, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Slight handling wear, mild shelfwear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. xx + 490pp. Scarce title. SB-15. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED with 14 related SIGNATURES, 13 of which appear on the ffep, & 1 on the title page. The signatures are of Jack Clancy (signed twice), Peter (J.P.) O'Donohue, Brian Costello (signed twice), Ian Munro, Ray Wilson, Rodger Davies, plus an additional 6 illegible signatures. All recognized signatures are referenced several times in the index at rear. The first comprehensive history of football at the University of Melbourne. Melbourne University Football Club was founded in 1859. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Foreword by David Parkin. Includes endnotes, bibliography, appendixes, plus index of names. "The five authors, all experts in the field, have researched consecutive periods of the long history of the club, and have looked at the circumstances, events, players and personalities behind the fortunes of the teams and the evolution of the club. The appendixes documenting honours and achievements are a who's who of both football and the community in general. Black & Blue is the first comprehensive history of football at the University of Melbourne, and one of the few histories of any club spanning such a long period of time. It presents a fascinating and entertaining tapestry of change and illustrates the way Australian football, the university and its sporting life has adapted itself to social and cultural evolution over the years. Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University is an Australian rules football club. The club achieved prominence by being a member of the game's most elite competition in the early 20th century, the Victorian Football League (the forerunner of the Australian Football League) between 1908 and 1914. Although there are no records of its exact formation, University's first recorded match took place in the same month that the Castlemaine Football Club was formed making it likely that University is the second oldest club in Australia after Melbourne." Printed in China. Bound in original black cloth with white lettering to front board & spine, blue endpapers, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. xx + 490pp. Scarce title & a RARE UNIQUE copy with multiple signatures. SB-52. Signed by Author(s).