The Age of Innocence. Football in the 1970s by Reuel Golden
A dazzling celebration of the world's most popular sport in its most glorious decade. With breathtaking photographs and texts from award-winning football writers, this is a passionate tribute to the golden age of legendary matches, serious sideburns, and such original soccer superstars as Beckenbauer, Best, Cruyff, and Pele. Winner of the Best...
“…300 pages of jaw slackening magnificenceThe photographs alone, many of which you won’t have seen before, make this truly majestic beast of a tome a worthy purchase…” * In Bed With Maradona *
“Cigarettes on the pitch, silk shirts, monster moustaches – get lost in the lifestyle of the first football superstars during the manliest era the pitch has ever seen.” * FHM *
“Pele, Mr Georgie Best, brute force and Brut cologne… a new book captures 1970s football in all its glory.” * Mr Porter *
“The Age of Innocence is an immersive book worthy of any coffee table.” * Living North *
It is an ideal gift for anyone nostalgic for the magic of Best Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Moore and Pele.” * Marketing *
“The Age of Innocence: Football in the 1970s is a photographic tribute to ‘football’s most beautiful era.’ It brings together striking images from the epic matchups of the decade, interspersed with scenes of the lifestyles, fans, fashions, cars, and hair of some of the original soccer superstars.” * The Wall Street Journal *
“Cigarettes on the pitch, silk shirts, monster moustaches – get lost in the lifestyle of the first football superstars during the manliest era the pitch has ever seen.” * FHM *
“Pele, Mr Georgie Best, brute force and Brut cologne… a new book captures 1970s football in all its glory.” * Mr Porter *
“The Age of Innocence is an immersive book worthy of any coffee table.” * Living North *
It is an ideal gift for anyone nostalgic for the magic of Best Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Moore and Pele.” * Marketing *
“The Age of Innocence: Football in the 1970s is a photographic tribute to ‘football’s most beautiful era.’ It brings together striking images from the epic matchups of the decade, interspersed with scenes of the lifestyles, fans, fashions, cars, and hair of some of the original soccer superstars.” * The Wall Street Journal *
Reuel Golden is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photography editor at TASCHEN. His TASCHEN titles include: Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie, both London and New York Portrait of a City books, Andy Warhol. Polaroids, The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty, Football in the 1970s, the National Geographic editions, and The David Bailey SUMO.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783836547970 |
| ISBN 10 | 383654797X |
| Title | The Age of Innocence. Football in the 1970s |
| Author | Reuel Golden |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taschen GmbH |
| Year published | 2015-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Prizes | Winner of British Sports Book Awards: Illustrated Book of the Year 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |