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IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW (JOHN MOTSON'S COPY)

IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW (JOHN MOTSON
IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW (JOHN MOTSON

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Football autobiography of the legendary Celtic and Scotland footballer who overcame serious injury and illness to become a Celtic great - despite being a protestant-born Rangers supporter.

First Edition. 8vo. 144pp. 16 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed presentation copy from the collection of the great football commentator John Motson. Signed by McGrain opposite title-page, by Hugh Keevins to title-page and by the football author and keen Celtic collector Pat Woods to fly-leaf - each dedicated to Motson.

Date
1987
Publisher
Edinburgh: John Donald
Author
Danny MCGRAIN with Hugh KEEVINS

£60.00 (Code: 91045)

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