David Storey – This Sporting Life – First UK Edition 1960
£350.00
A first edition, first printing of This Sporting Life by David Storey, published by Longmans, London in 1960. A near fine book, signed and dated in green ink by a previous owner to the front free end paper, light bumping to spine tips and top edge of front board, toning to the text block, ghosting to front and rear free end papers. In a similarly near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine, rubbing to the rear spine hinge, chipping to the spine tips, bumping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds and staining to front panel.
This Sporting Life by David Storey is a gritty, realist novel about Arthur Machin, a working-class rugby league player in northern England. Ambitious and aggressive on the field, Arthur seeks respect and fulfilment but faces disillusionment in love and life. His relationship with his widowed landlady, Mrs. Hammond, is strained by emotional distance and unspoken grief. Blending sport with psychological depth, Storey portrays the costs of ambition and the struggles of masculinity within a harsh, industrial society.
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A first edition, first printing of This Sporting Life by David Storey, published by Longmans, London in 1960. A near fine book, signed and dated in green ink by a previous owner to the front free end paper, light bumping to spine tips and top edge of front board, toning to the text block, ghosting to front and rear free end papers. In a similarly near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine, rubbing to the rear spine hinge, chipping to the spine tips, bumping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds and staining to front panel.
This Sporting Life by David Storey is a gritty, realist novel about Arthur Machin, a working-class rugby league player in northern England. Ambitious and aggressive on the field, Arthur seeks respect and fulfilment but faces disillusionment in love and life. His relationship with his widowed landlady, Mrs. Hammond, is strained by emotional distance and unspoken grief. Blending sport with psychological depth, Storey portrays the costs of ambition and the struggles of masculinity within a harsh, industrial society.
