No idea on the price, but in the history of Halifax RLFC its priceless, but like Brew it would be good to take a look at it. Maybe a reproduction would be a good idea.

I think that would be a really good idea.

You could always put together a small booklet and sell it, plus perhaps a few adverts, to raise funds. Just need to be careful on the costs as small runs (unless you can find a surporter who prints and will not charge) can be relatively expensive as it would need to look the part. I would certainly buy one (at the right function and with the amount of beer I might even bid for the book!)

One small point the book will be copywrite protected, if the book has no author that will be 70 years after it was published (so you will be okay with a 1923 book), if any article/section has a "by line" it will be 70 years after the death of the author - shouldn't be a problem but worth being 100% safe!
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As this book was published in 1923 it would be covered by the Copyright Act 1911. Which states that a copyright shall last for authors life plus 50 years. Authors life plus 70 years was implemented under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and was not retrospective.

Should the book still remain within copyright, you can freely reproduce the material without consent inside the final 25 years of copyright if you pay a 10% royalty fee.

So if 10% was set aside just incase anyone came forward with a claim, it'd be a go-er then?

Quite possibly. Not being a person of law, I couldn't really give you a definitive answer on that. However it would be a reasonable argument had 10% been put aside for the copyright holder as specified within the 1911 Act.

I used a copy of this book, along with lots of other source material, when I wrote the club history "The Thrum Hall Story" in 1986. All the stories it tells are in there. Still a valuable book because of its age - best place to auction it might be through the Rugby League Collectors Federation, who have an auction at all the Rugby League Collectors Fairs. Too late for the one at Odsal on January 2, but there'll probably be one at Halifax early next season.