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The exclusive, limited and numbered edition; 1 of 1,000 copies produced. The elusive first issue of this autobiography of Pele. 8vo., Publisher's cloth, dust jacket, Publisher's price of £30 to the rear cover, the wrapper priced at £18.99, illustrated throughout with photographs, endpapers with photograph of Pele scoring an overhead kick, pp. 357, housed in Publisher's slipcase. Published by Simon & Schuster (London), 2006.
A fine example.
A fascinating Autobiography of arguably the greatest player to ever play the beautiful game.
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A Signed Limited Edition; Number 239 of 300 copies signed by the Artist. Folio (497 x 400 mm),Publisher's patterned cloth, colour illustrations by Piper, housed in Publisher's slipcase. Published by the Hurtwood Press is association with the Tate Gallery, 1983.
A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
This production shows John Piper's works of Stowe in Buckinghamshire; a place he regularly visited and had a great affection for. Of Stowe, Piper stated: "There is no end to the things one can paint there, and dream about." Mark Girouard, commented on Stowe: '"A diamond which flashes in a different way, depending on the angle one looks at it."
"John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (13 December 1903 – 28 June 1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. He was educated… Read More

First Edition. Octavo, Publisher's black boards, spine lettered in gilt, red endpapers, map, dust jacket designed by Paul Kidby, pp. 364. Published by Doubleday (London), 2002.
A fine copy.
Signed by Terry Pratchett, and additionally inscribed, "To Jack you had to be there!"
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