Stan Bowles (16 results)

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Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Autobiography of QPR's wayward genius, including plenty about his gambling addition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'I think that Frank Worthington summed my life up quite well when he said, "Stan has spent all of his money on gambling, booze and birds." I responded to that: "Well, at least I didn't waste it!"' Stan Bowles was one of the greatest players of the golden age of English football, the 1970s. But like many of his contemporaries, he was probably as famous for his exploits in the bar or at the race track. Indeed, his chronic addiction to gambling led him to blow upwards of quarter of a million pounds. Packed with irreverent and entertaining anecdotes the book covers the ups and downs of Bowles' career, from his childhood in a prefab in Manchester, his early days at Man City, spent hanging around with the likes of George Best as well as the notorious Quality Street Gang, his heyday at QPR, and the unhappier times at Forest and Leyton Orient. STAN BOWLES, MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY is an unflinchingly honest account of a sporting legend. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book.

Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and dedicated to fep by Stan Bowles; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. I think that Frank Worthington summed my life up quite well when he said, "Stan has spent all of his money on gambling, booze and birds." I responded to that: "Well, at least I didn't waste it!" Once described as being able to open a can of beans with his left foot Stan Bowles was one of the greatest players of the golden age of English football, the 1970s. But like many of his contemporaries -- Frank Worthington, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh and Tony Currie (all of whom feature in his autobiography) -- he was probably as famous for his exploits in the bar or at the race track. The Original Stan the Man, published a decade ago, forms the template, or starting point, for this significantly expanded and updated volume. Packed with irreverent and entertaining anecdotes the book covers the ups and downs of Bowles' career, from his childhood in a prefab in Manchester, his early days at Man City, spent hanging around with the likes of George Best as well as the notorious Quality Street Gang, his heyday at QPR, and the unhappier times at Forest and Leyton Orient. A candid, and frequently hilarious tale of a life at the bar with the cream of 1970s British football, as well as an intimate portrait of the inside of numerous branches of William Hill, Stan Bowles, My Autobiography is an unflinching account of Stan's chronic addiction to gambling which led him to blow upwards of quarter of a million pounds. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. I think that Frank Worthington summed my life up quite well when he said, "Stan has spent all of his money on gambling, booze and birds." I responded to that: "Well, at least I didn't waste it!" Once described as being able to open a can of beans with his left foot Stan Bowles was one of the greatest players of the golden age of English football, the 1970s. But like many of his contemporaries -- Frank Worthington, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh and Tony Currie (all of whom feature in his autobiography) -- he was probably as famous for his exploits in the bar or at the race track. The Original Stan the Man, published a decade ago, forms the template, or starting point, for this significantly expanded and updated volume. Packed with irreverent and entertaining anecdotes the book covers the ups and downs of Bowles' career, from his childhood in a prefab in Manchester, his early days at Man City, spent hanging around with the likes of George Best as well as the notorious Quality Street Gang, his heyday at QPR, and the unhappier times at Forest and Leyton Orient. A candid, and frequently hilarious tale of a life at the bar with the cream of 1970s British football, as well as an intimate portrait of the inside of numerous branches of William Hill, Stan Bowles, My Autobiography is an unflinching account of Stan's chronic addiction to gambling which led him to blow upwards of quarter of a million pounds. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Once described as being able to open a can of beans with his left foot, Stan Bowles was one of the greatest players of the golden age of English football, in the 1970s. But like many of his contemporaries, he was probably as famous for his exploits in the bar or at the race track. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. xi and 275 pages including index. SIGNED by the man himself (with best wishes) to title page. Light shelf wear to top edge of spine. Boards clean. Text block browned. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at top of spine and scuffed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! SIGNED - please see description for details.

Football biography. 8vo. Dust-wrapper, very good.

A first edition, first printing published by Paper Plane Publishing in 1996. A near fine book SIGNED on the front endpaper by Bowles. in a near fine wrapper. A legend.