Football Books at Dial a Book Sydney

JPR. An Autobiography
Williams, J. P. R.
Book Number: 67692
ISBN:
Publisher: Collins, London. 1979.
8vo. hardcover. 254pp. Signed by author. Very good. / Good, creased d/w.
Price: $15.00

All The Way With Celtic.
Murdoch, Bobby
Book Number: 31930
ISBN:
Publisher: Souvenir Press 1970. 1st edition
8vo. hardcover. 128pp. index, b/w plates. very good, small, light mark on bottom outer page edge near spine. otherwise a bright clean copy with no wear. / very good d/w with some light wear to edges and a small tear on rear corner. Scarce.
Price: $45.00

Ure's Truly
Ure, Ian
Book Number: 43690
ISBN: 72070210
Publisher: Pelham Books, 1968
8vo. hardcover. 135pp. index, b/w illus. good-, tape marks on four pages, small hole on contents page, some soiling to edges of fep. / Fair d/w torn & chipped. Signed by author on fvep.."Yours Truly Ian Ure Arsenal FC
Price: $35.00

The Juniors: The Best for the Best - South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club
Heads, Ian
Book Number: 48020
ISBN: 0949853720
Publisher: Playright Publishing January 1, 2000
4to hardcover 232pp very good. Index. Illustrated with colour and b&w photo's. The story of George Wintle and his loyal band of true believers. The story that unfolds at the juniors in the years following 1959 is a colourful and troubled one. The story of the juniors is told in full wart 'n all, featuring heroes and villains, funny moments and sad. It is an Australian tale of a community drawn by a beloved cause and of the men and women working together side-by-side to build a great social club.
Price: $12.00

Stars of the '60s and where are they now?
Hayes, Dean P
Book Number: 48554
ISBN: 0750930012
Publisher: Sutton, Gloucester, 2002.
4to laminated boards, hardcover. 191pp. b/w illus. Very good+. British soccer stars.
Price: $12.00

David Campese - Ironbark Legends
Clark, David
Book Number: 26904
ISBN: 0330358650
Publisher: Australia: Ironbark, 1996.
Signed by Campese on half-title. 4to. hardcover. 114pp. colour & b/w illus. very good+. / very good+ d/w.
Price: $25.00

Kangaroo Confidential
Belcher, Gary
Book Number: 31090
ISBN: 1875471049
Publisher: Australia: Ironbark, 1991.
4to softcover 210pp colour & b/w illus. very good. Inscribed by author on title page "To Frank all the best Gary Belcher"
Price: $25.00

David Campese
Clark, David. (co-ordinated by)
Book Number: 35756
ISBN: 0330358650
Publisher: Sydney Macmillan 1996
4to hardcover 113pp colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Ron Barassi's football clinic
Barassi, Ron. (edited by Jim Main ; photographs by Roger Gould)
Book Number: 31984
ISBN: 0855506261
Publisher: South Yarra, Vic. Currey O'Neil : 1983
4to softcover 60pp colour illus. very good. Australian rules football.
Price: $25.00

Heart of the Game
Roberts, Michael (Ed)
Book Number: 31293
ISBN: 1740640314
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing 2001
4to hardcover 138pp colour & b/w illus. very good, small bump and tear on bottom cover edge. / very good d/w. 45 Years of Football on Television who could forget the streaker in the 1982 Richmond/Carlton Grand Final, or Malcolm Blight’s massive kick after the siren in 1976? What about the Four and Twenty Pies commercial from the 60’s.
Price: $15.00

Open Season Jason Akermanis
Akermanis, Jason, with Smart, Gary
Book Number: 57531
ISBN: 9781740668248
Publisher: Hardie Grant, Victoria, 2011. Hardcover
8vo. hardcover. 296pp. colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

This World of Rugby a Champion Footballer on How to Play Modern Rugby
Thornett, John
Book Number: 28783
ISBN:
Publisher: Sydney: Murray, 1968.
Small 4to. hardcover. 160pp. b/w illus. good, small stain on cover. / poor d/w, missing pieces.
Price: $12.00

Ben Cousins My Life Story
Cousins, Ben
Book Number: 61269
ISBN: 9781405040006
Publisher: Macmillan 2010
Trade paperback. 359pp. Very good. Illustrated. Ben's own story of his rise through AFL and his downfall with drugs.
Price: $14.00

The Only Game : Football in Our Times
Walvin, James
Book Number: 60790
ISBN: 0582505771
Publisher: Longmans, 2001
8vo. hardcover. 290pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Ner Fine. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

Black Hammers: The Voices of West Ham's Ebony Heroes
Belton, Brian
Book Number: 59819
ISBN: 0955039452
Publisher: Pennant Books , UK., 2006
8vo. hardcover. 349pp. colour illus. Fine. / Fine d/w.
Price: $15.00

Beaver: The Steve Menzies Story
Menzies, Steve
Book Number: 58823
ISBN: 1741755603
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2008
8vo softcover 252pp Good+, cover creased. Steve Menzies has played more games at the top level of Australian rugby league, and scored more tries, than any other forward in history. He is second on the all-time appearance list, within striking distance of the record. Through 16 years at the coalface he has been an exemplary performer; talented and committed on the field, respectful and respected off it. This book tells the story not just of Steve ‘The Beaver' Menzies, but of the tumultuous period in the game that has seen enormous change. When Beaver started as a teenager back in 1993, it was a simpler game with a more relaxed culture. With the arrival of Super League, big money, suffocating media scrutiny and diminishing club loyalty, rugby league became in many ways a different game altogether. This book paints the story of Steve Menzies' journey through that change. Of his adaptability and his loyalty to one club. Team mates from Hasler and Toovey to Orofrd and Kennedy, opponents from Fittler and Clyde to Johns and Lockyer. ‘The Beaver' has played with and against the best over two decades. And his partnership with mercurial Cliffy Lyons was legendary. This is a story of not just matches won and lost, but a picture of the future of a game that has occupied all of Menzies' adult life.
Price: $15.00

Larrikin and Saint - Graeme 'Changa' Langlands - Rugby League Immortal
Elward, Helen
Book Number: 58264
ISBN: 0646414712
Publisher: Gary Allen Pty Ltd July 2001
8vo softcover 184pp Near Fine. Illustrated with in-text photo's.
Price: $25.00

Jim Stynes: My Journey
Stynes, Jim
Book Number: 57655
ISBN: 9781921901140
Publisher: Penguin Australia 2012
8vo. hardcover. 342pp. coour ilus. Very good, large owner's inscription verso fep. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $12.00

With the Wallabies
Growden, Greg.
Book Number: 35859
ISBN: 0733304206
Publisher: Sydney ABC Books 1995
8vo hardcover 198pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Includes index.
Price: $12.00

Warhorse. Life Football and other Battles
Webcke, Shane
Book Number: 56958
ISBN: 1405037520
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006
8vo. softcover. 359pp. index, colour illus. Very good, Illustrated.
Price: $10.00

Manchester City's Cult Heroes
Clayton, David
Book Number: 53512
ISBN: 9781905449057
Publisher: Know the Score Books, 2007
8vo. hardcover. 167pp. colour & b/w illus. Fine. / Very good d/w.
Price: $10.00

The Greatest Game: Timeless Tales from the Greats of Aussie Rules
Piesse, Ken
Book Number: 49158
ISBN: 0670029769
Publisher: January 2006
8vo softcover 296pp near fine. Index. Illustrated with in-text photos. An A-Z of AFL football stories with an Index to look up your favourite players, club and games.
Price: $12.00

Kouta
Koutoufides, Anthony
Book Number: 48163
ISBN: 1740666569
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books 2008
8vo softcover 258pp index, colour illus. near fine, review copy stamp on fep. Beginning his AFL career in 1992, Kouta quickly established himself as one of the most versatile and athletic players ever to play the game. Of Greek and Northern Italian heritage, Koutoufides made an early choice to switch from track and field athletics to Australian Rules football. A pin-up boy not only at Carlton, in November 2006 he won the final of Channel 7's hit show Dancing with the Stars. Kouta has never been far from the news (his reported $1 million contract caused a huge stir), but there have been very few players who could match his sheer dominance in the late '90s, and at his best he is simply indestructible. Koutoufides was the Brownlow Medal favourite in 2000; he won the Carlton Best and Fairest in 2001 and 2005; received All Australian honours in 1995 and 2000; and was one of the best on field in Carlton's 1995 Grand Final win. Koutoufides has felt the exhilaration of the highs but also suffered the lows. He was the Carlton captain during the tumultuous period of 2003-2006, when the club was in financial crisis, and twice finished bottom of the ladder. In Kouta, Anthony speaks candidly about his amazing football career, his life outside of football and how the game has changed during his time at the top.
Price: $12.00

Robbie Slater The Hard Way
Slatter, Robbie with Mathew Hall
Book Number: 46403
ISBN:
Publisher: Harper Sports 1999
8vo. softcover. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $12.00

My game, your game / David Campese and Mal Meninga talk football with Peter Jenkins and Peter Frilingos.
Campese, David. and Mal Meninga
Book Number: 37297
ISBN: 033035616X
Publisher: Chippendale, N.S.W. Ironbark 1994
8vo softcover 288pp b/w illus. very good. Signed by Campese & Meninga.
Price: $30.00

DiPierdomenico or Just Call Me Dipper
Forbes, Clark
Book Number: 36827
ISBN: 1875471065
Publisher: Australia: Ironbark Press, 1991,
Large 8vo softcover 191pp, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $12.00

The Away Game - the inside story of Australian Footballers in Europe
Hall, Matthew
Book Number: 61816
ISBN: 0732264413
Publisher: Harper Sports 2000
8vo softcover 329pp, b/w illus. very good. Includes Kewell, Okon, Viduka, Bosnich, Zelic, Schwarzer, Aloisi, Slater, Johnston.
Price: $12.00

Through Blue Eyes - A Pictorial History of Newtown RLFC
Williams, Terry
Book Number: 61236
ISBN:
Publisher: Newtown RLFC 2008
4to. Hardcover with d/w. 197pp + acknowledgments and Index. Illustrated throughout with b&w and colour photographs. Contents includes Before the Bluebags, Birth of the Blues, Between the Wars, The Roaring Forties, A Whole New World, Hard Yakka, A Cruel Game, Never Say Die.
Price: $85.00