This Sporting Life

London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1960. First Edition of the author's first book. Small 8vo, publisher's original gray cloth, gilt lettered on the spine, and in the illustrated dustjacket. 256 pp. A fine copy with little evidence of age. FIRST EDITION OF THIS MACMILLAN FICTION AWARD… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A first edition of David Storey's Macmillan Award winning novel. Found in the original dust wrapper. A first edition of David Storey's award winning debut novel. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Storey's novel tells the story of Arthur's… Read more about this item

New York: Avon, 1975. Paperback. 255p., very good first Avon printing stated mass-market paperback edition in pictorial wraps. Basis of the film starring Richard Harris as a working class rugby player. Originally published in 1960 and filmed in 1963 by Lindsay Anderson.

(New York): Avon Books, 1975. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Pages lightly age-toned, else near fine.

New York: Macmillan, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First American edition. Pages browned, lightly cocked, tape shadows on the endpapers, a good copy in very good dustwrapper with corresponding tape stains on the flaps. Author's first book, winner of the Macmillan Fiction Award and made into an excellent film directed by Lindsay Anderson.

London: Longmans, 1960 1st ed. 256pp. hardback 12mo: near Very Good in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some edge foxing; some browning of endpp; else a clean, complete & tight copy; dj = some age spots and foxing] A nice original first of British writer Storey's (1933-2017) celebrated first novel about a professional rugby league football player in… Read more about this item

(Harmondsworth, Middlesex): Penguin Books, 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Cover illustrated by Allan Manham. Light wear, near fine. Inscribed by the author. A behind-the-scenes look at Professional Rugby Football, winner of the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award and basis for the 1963 film starring Richard Harris.

Longmans, 1968. Hardcover. Good. 1968. This edition. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated grey cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is loose to front. Insert pocket glued to front pastedown. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is… Read more about this item

Longmans: Longmans, 1960. A first edition, first printing published by Longmans in 1960. A very good book with 'Showroom Copy' stamped to the front endpaper and the dates of the second and third impressions written on the copyright page. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some light chipping to the spine tips and corners. From the Longmans archive.… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of author's first novel. Pages age-toned, cloth mottled, very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with internal foxing and edgewear. A novel.

New York: Popular Library, 1961. Paperback. 224p.,stained and lightly-worn first Popular Library edition stated mass-market paperback edition in pictorial wraps. Movie tie-in. Basis of the film starring Richard Harris as a working class rugby player. Originally published in 1960 and filmed in 1963 by Lindsay Anderson. Storey's first novel which debuted in the UK in 1960.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Stated First printing. Blue cloth, octavo. Interior clean, no marks etc. with even age toning to pages. Cover is fine. In a complete dust jacket in a mylar protector. Winner of the Macmillan Fiction award for 1960 and made into the 1963 film.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. Reprint. 252 pages. Paperback book. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners, with minor staining, soiling and creasing to covers and spine.

London: Longmans. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. A gray cloth 1st edition copy, gilt letters. Slight spine lean, top textblock edge lightly foxed. Dampstain to rear endpages. Stamp to ffep. The unclipped jacket in mylar chipped to spine ends, evenly soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Longmans, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in lightly spine-toned, very good or better dust jacket. Novelist and playwright's first book, winner of the Macmillan Fiction Award and made into an excellent film directed by Lindsay Anderson (his first feature film), scripted by Storey, and starring Richard Harris as a Yorkshire coal miner who "betters" himself… Read more about this item

New York: Popular Library, 1963. Softcover. Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. First page loose and laid in, pages age-toned, thus good only. Winner of the Macmillan Fiction Award.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Pages quite age-toned as usual, else near fine in very good or better dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends. Author's first novel.

New York: MacMillan Company. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ clipped dust jacket. Both front flap corners clipped, price remains. Text lightly toned throughout. .

THIS SPORTING LIFE, Macmillan, 1960, first American edition, near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight flaking to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. The authors first book. Filmed most successfully in 1963.

London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1960. First edition hard cover, no jacket, in good condition for its age. General shelf and handling wear, which includes fading and blemishes to boards, cocked spine, and tanning and foxing to page block, paste downdowns and endpapers. Pages are securely bound, and content is unmarked. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.… Read more about this item