- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: ArchBooks Inc, Springtown, TX, U.S.A.ArchBooks Inc
AbeBooks seller since January 28, 2025
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 13.23
Quantity: 1 available
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The Very Good+ dust jacket is dark tan paper over boards, lettering and design of boxing gloves. in white. slight chipping at spine. A mylar dust jacket has been issued. The Very Good+ binding is dark tan over boards. The book cover and dust jacket have the same illustration. Toning to front free end paper. Color and black-and-white illustrations. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 9.0" tall x 6.5" wide. About the book (from the dust jacket) Boxing, the most international of all sports, .begins its story in England. Here, in 1727, James Figg fought and beat Ned Sutton in the fields lying north of Oxford Street and so became the acknowledged champion of England. This book records how the sport developed from those days, through the classic eras dominated by Mendoza, Belcher, Cribb, Spring and Deaf Burke (who killed his man in the ring), when great battles with bare fists might last for a hundred rounds, It recalls the champions of the old Prize Ring, from Broughton to Jem Mace, and leads on to tell of the famous boxers of the present time. Today, the popularity of the sport is world-wide, and British boxers are challenged by champions from America and all over Europe ; the author believes that in England and the Dominions there may be found the material to meet this challenge. About the author (from the dust jacket) Denzil Batchelor, a sporting journalist, is also the author of books on sport, the latest one-The Game Goes On-being on cricket. James Agate said of his earlier boxing book, Gods with Gloves On, that it was “the best thing done of its kind in the last quarter-century.".…
Seller Inventory # 15823
Bibliographic details
- Title
- British Boxing
- Author
- Batchelor, DenzilBatchelor, Denzil
- Publisher
- Collins, London
- Publication year
- 1948
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Seller catalogs
- Sports
ArchBooks Inc
Springtown, TX, U.S.A.
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| First item | £ 4.53 | £ 18.88 |
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ArchBooks Inc. was established 1980. We specialize in fine, rare and collectible children's books. From Children s; Illustrated; Pop-Up and movables; Christmas; Golden Books (Big; Little; Little Little). Perhaps we can renew an old book friendship for you!
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ArchBooks, Inc.
143 Private Road 3823
Springtown, TX U.S.A. 76082
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