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THE BIRTH OF FOOTBALL IN THE BURNS COUNTRY - WITH A PHILOSOPHY OF FOOTBALL, ETC.

THE BIRTH OF FOOTBALL IN THE BURNS COUNTRY - WITH A PHILOSOPHY OF FOOTBALL, ETC.

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An account of the early development of football in the Mauchline-Cumnock area of Scotland, home to the poet Robert Burns, including Ayr United and Kilmarnock.

8vo. 122pp. Paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the author to title-page.

Date
1982
Publisher
Cumnock: JG McIlvean
Author
John Gardiner MCILVEAN

£20.00 (Code: 79139)

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