PLYMOUTH ARGYLE: The Modern Era - A Complete Record. [SIGNED with 2 signatures - Author+a player.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but 2 neat,blue ink signatures with annotations/inscrptns - one to half-title page and one to title page.[Inscrptns are: 'Best wishes David Burne',( Argyle player),and finally 'Best Wishes Andy Riddle' (author) to title page.] Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,green background with b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges clean and bright; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,10-352pp [paginated] includes intro,6 chapters covering Match of the Season from 28 seasons,b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,guide to Seasonal summaries (1974/5-2001/2),list of subscribers to rear; plus [unpaginated],aforementioned half-title page with 1 signature,title page with a signature,contents list/table,preface by Billy Rafferty (an ex-Argyle player),and an author's note. Plymouth Argyle should be up there with the best.Instead,the club has consistently under-achieved.Each generation of supporters can recall a time when Argyle seemed set to break into the elite.The Modern Era - according to Andy Riddle - begins with Season 1974-75,when Argyle bounced out of the Third Division.Since then the club has been blessed with great players.Who better than Paul Mariner,who went on to be capped for England,or Tommy Tynan,who scored so many memorable goals in the 1980's? In the Modern Era,Argyle have played their share of great matches too.What greater than the FA Cup semi-final in 1984, when Watford denied Argyle a place at Wembley? The current team (then 2002) has a good a chance as any of breaking into the Big Time. The Third Division championship has been reclaimed.Ambitious directors and management are determined to carry Argyle to new heights.Home Park is now a plush modern stadium.Onwards and Upwards,Argyle march ... we hope! See also rja32818 for similar,related title. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.