Football books bought and sold for cash we trade in soccer books and annuals pre 1960’s, retired players signed photos, signed books pre 60's is our speciality.

www.footballbooks.com soccer books bought and sold

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble 1939
front cover and the famous frontispiece of facsimile autographs of the Arsenal team

front cover and the famous frontispiece of facsimile autographs of the Arsenal team

Above photo shows book cover and the famous frontispiece of facsimile
autographs of the Arsenal 1939 team. How many can you make out?

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble Published by George Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939 First edition, first impression. One of Gribble’s famous Inspector Slade stories, memorably filmed, and a notable scarcity in dust jacket. The dustjacket image shows manager George Allison giving a tactical briefing to his team. Allison took over at Arsenal after the untimely death of Herbert Chapman and led the team to three successive championships. He had a speaking part in the film, delivering the line; “It’s one-nil to the Arsenal. That’s the way we like it,” which has remained part of the Arsenal mythos, encapsulated in the famous chant “One-nil to the Arsenal!

Archival Dust Jacket Sleeving
So Easy To Fit

Protection for Hardback Books with Dust Jackets 6 (Six) Books Covered for Ł8
We do not publish our email address on this website so in the first instance please contact by telephone 0844 3575085 (local BT rate), twitter or in ebay Look forward to Hearing from You!