Lot 144: A Collection of Liverpool Football Club Themed Books and Souvenir Programmes
A collection of nine books and souvenir programmes relating to Liverpool Football Club, comprising hardbound biographies, trade paperbacks, and softbound commemorative publications. The lot includes the autobiography THE SAINT: IAN ST. JOHN MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, a hardbound volume with a gold adhesive label on the front cover reading SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT WATERSTONE’S. Other hardbound biographies include CARRA: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Jamie Carragher, TOMMY SMITH: ANFIELD IRON, and SHANKLY: THE LOST DIARY, which features the text ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY on the dust jacket. Two large-format commemorative publications are present: LIVERPOOL’S 5-STAR HEROES: OFFICIAL STORY OF THE KINGS OF EUROPE and a softbound magazine titled CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE: HISTORIC OFFICIAL PICTURE SOUVENIR. The collection is completed by a trade paperback titled ANFIELD OF DREAMS by Neil Dunkin, a small hardbound volume titled THE LITTLE BOOK OF LIVERPOOL by Geoff Tibballs, and a softbound souvenir programme for the STEVEN GERRARD TESTIMONIAL dated Saturday August 3 2013.
Height: 24cm (The Saint: Ian St. John biography).
Condition report:
The collection generally appears in good to very good condition with signs of light handling and shelf wear. Visible creasing and rubbing are present to the edges and corners of the softbound CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE magazine and the STEVEN GERRARD TESTIMONIAL programme. The dust jackets on the hardbound volumes show minor surface rubbing and light indentations consistent with shelf storage. The IAN ST. JOHN autobiography retains its promotional adhesive label on the front jacket. Internal pages have not been inspected but the bindings appear secure.
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