The future can change a History. It can be hard to look back with unbiased eyes, to give a period its proper due knowing cataclysmic events are just around the corner.
For spurs fans I’d argue there are two such events: the arrival of the modern/ ‘Sky’ era (which affected Football as a whole) and the emergence of Bill Nick and the ’61 double winning team (with its roots in Arthur Rowe’s push-and-run side). Thus one of the many delights of Hunter Davies’ The glory game was how it captured a time before the game dived, kamikaze-like, into money. Greville Wagstaffe Simmons 1947 history of the club has a similar charm.
Written just after the war its perspective will seem fresh and a little innocent with no inkling of what was soon to come. It is rare now and rather expensive – though the value of those most expensive copies surely lies in the signatures they contain, including Baily, Burgess, Ditchburn… and Nicholson.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club: Its Birth And Progress at AbeBooks, copies from £120-£900
I have a spurs book .. Issue 1 the history of Tottenham Hotspur 1882 1946. By G wagstaffe Simmons . Just wondered how much it’s worth? Thank you.
If it’s what I think it is, it’s a nice book. Quite rare. Two copies are available here: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=wagstaffe+simmons&sortby=1
These copies appear to be signed which obviously adds to the value but if yours is in nice condition I would expect it’s worth a few hundred pounds.