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The Boys' Book of Soccer for 1946
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Evans Brothers |
| Publication Year: | 1945 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 026822 |
| Catalogue(s): | Children's Books - Vintage ◇ Sport and History of Sport |
1945. First edition, first impression. 190pp, with colour plate frontispiece piece and numerous further monochrome plate illustrations and drawings in text. In orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering on front and spine. Illustrated coloured endpapers. 8vo. Cloth is worn and marked, lightly rubbed and rounded at corners and tips of a sunned spine. Doodle on front panel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Published in 1945 for the 1945-46 soccer season, and produced to war economy standards.
The first volume in a seris of football annuals published by Evans Brothers between 1945 and the 1960, see described as the very first mass market soccer annual and as such a key piece of football fan history.
