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← Sporting Memorabilia 8th & 9th March 2022

The Football Association Rules of the Association and Laws of the Game handbooks, bound in two season pairs forming five volumes, for 1922 to 1924, 1

Hammer Price:
£180
Estimated Price:

£200 - £300

The Football Association Rules of the Association and Laws of the Game handbooks, bound in two season pairs forming five volumes, for 1922 to 1924, 1929 to 1931, 1931 to 1933, 1932-1934 (so therefore with a duplicate for season 1932-33) and 1934 to 1936, all bound in red cloth by R. Riviere & Son, London, for Arsenal FC circa 1948 and pasted with an Arsenal FC library label; sold with original green cloth volumes of the same title for 1937-38 and the aborted 1939-40 season, the latter with Arsenal Football Club company stamp and facsimile signature stamp of George Allison; plus two London Football Association handbooks for seasons 1929-30 and 1934-35, red cloth with gilt titling, both pasted with an Arsenal FC library label; sold together with a collection of football books, including a group of six bound volumes of Athletic News Football Annuals, for 1900-01, 1929-30, 1935-36, 1938-39 and 1963-64 (titled now changed to News of the World and Empire News Annual, all with wrappers removed; together with a double volume with annuals for seasons 1933-34 and 1934-35, covers preserved, the binding by R. Riviere & Son, London, for Arsenal FC circa 1948, pasted with an Arsenal FC library label; the lot also a Riviere-bound for Arsenal volume containing two Topical Times Annuals for 1933-34 and 1934-35, covers preserved; together with 11 other football publications circa 1940s-1960s, including Sunday Chronicle Annuals, Alec Whitcher's "Soccer Calling" with d/j,  and other titles (27 vols in total)