London: Country Life, 1949

8vo, pp. 176. original green boards, lettered in white to front panel and spine. Lacking the dustwrapper. Some foxing to preliminaries, corners bumped, spine split and its lettering very worn.

1950 reprint, first published in 1949. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HALF-TITLE: 'To David, Best Wishes Joe Davis'. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER BY SEVEN SNOOKER LEGENDS.

The signatories are Sydney Lee, Rex Williams, John Pulman, Jackie Rea, Kingsley Kennerley, Alec Brown and Joe's brother Fred.

An extraordinary collection of signatures, comprising almost the entire snooker pantheon of the 1950s.