Fields of Green, Lanes of Gold
Australian History Local History Sports History Track & Field Young Adult Non-Fiction Cultural Studies Collectible Sports Books
First-edition hardcover of Paul Jenes’ Australian athletics classic, Fields of Green, Lanes of Gold, signed by the author and protected in its original dust-jacket. 304 large-format pages celebrate the nation’s grass-track heritage through rare sports photography, first-hand interviews and meticulous local-history research. 2001 Playright Publishing release, printed in English, aimed at collectors, educators and running enthusiasts from young-adult readers upward.
This copy is clean and tight—no ex-library marks, no dog-eared pages, binding square—making it an immediately displayable piece of Australiana. Minor shelf rub to the jacket base and a neat gift inscription on the blank fly-leaf keep the price sensible while preserving the desirability of the author’s signature on the title page. A textbook-grade reference that doubles as a narrative time-capsule of country meets, gold-medal lanes and the culture that surrounded them.
Collectors prize the title for its scarcity in signed, first-state form; historians value its deep dive into regional athletics clubs and the evolution of Australian track and field. Whether you’re building a sports-memorabilia shelf, sourcing curriculum support for cultural-studies or hunting the perfect gift for a runner who loves back-story, this edition delivers both visual impact and enduring scholarly content. Keywords: signed first edition Australian running history, track and field collectible, Paul Jenes author copy, athletics photography book, local history textbook.
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