Anthony Keith Book (born 4 September 1934) is an English retired footballer and manager. A former defender, Book spent a large part of his career in Non-League football with his home town club Bath City, before entering league football with Plymouth Argyle. At the age of 31, he joined First Division Manchester City, where he became captain. Under Book's captaincy, Manchester City won four major trophies, making him the second-most decorated Manchester City captain of all-time. Book had a five-year tenure as Manchester City manager from 1974 to 1979, and subsequently held various coaching roles at the club until 1996. More about Tony Book
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Book was born in Bath, but at the age of four moved to India when his father, an officer in the Somerset Light Infantry, was posted. During World War II, Book's father served in Burma, and Book lived with his mother and brothers in army quarters in a number of places in British India, including Mumbai and Multan. In September 1945, the Book family returned to England. Tony started secondary school in Bath, and gained his first experience in competitive football when he was selected to play for both Bath boys and Somerset boys.In total, we tracked 235 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Tony Book (Manchester City V Man United Atrium Pass 16 Apr 11 Signed Tony Book Fa Semi) was sold in April 2015 for £87.00 while the cheapest item (TONY BOOK PLYMOUTH MAN CITY SIGNED CARD) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2021. The month with the most items sold (11) was February 2018 with an average selling price of £2.99 for an autographed item of Tony Book. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2023 with £39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from Tony Book is worth £3.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Tony Book were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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DAWN 1976 LEAGUE CUP FINAL FDC- HAND SIGNED BY TONY BOOK - MAN CITY L/E | £5.50 | ||
Maine road the Tony Book story, signed copy | £12.50 | ||
Manchester City 1969 FA Cup Winners- Tony Book Signed Photo Bid from £5 | £5.00 | ||
Manchester City-1970 ECWC Winners - Tony Book Signed Photo Bid From £4 | £4.00 | ||
RARE Tony Book Manchester City Signed Photo Display + COA MAN CITY FA CUP | £39.99 | ||
Tony Book - MANCHESTER CITY - Signed 1970-71 A & BC Gum Card [Orange] | £3.99 | ||
TONY BOOK FORMER MAN CITY LEGEND SIGNED 12 X 8 INCH COLOUR PHOTO | £5.95 | ||
Tony Book Manchester City Genuine Hand Signed 12 X 8 photo | £6.00 | ||
Tony Book Manchester City Signed 12x8 Photo 1969 FA Cup Winners AFTAL #215 | £14.99 | ||
TONY BOOK SIGNED CAPTAINS ARMBAND COA MANCHESTER CITY MCFC | £19.99 |
Former Man City captain Tony Book hoping club can win second European trophy in (05/22/21): Now 86, the skipper of the Cup-Winners' Cup side that beat Gornik Zabrze in 1970 will be at home in Manchester willing Fernandinho to go one better and hold the Champions League trophy.
Tony Book: Manchester City legend at 80 (09/04/14): The former Blues captain and manager speaks to MEN Sport about his 48-year association with the club as he celebrates his 80th birthday.