Edward Van Every (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xvi, 299 Pp. Dark Pink Cloth Stamped In Light Pink And Black. First Printing, 1930. Good Only, Wear, Light Soiling And Foxing, Tiny Frays At Corners, No Marks, A Little Paper Adhesion To Rear Cover. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. a 9.5 X 12 inch hardcover (1931,c1931) in pink boards with deco title design, no DJ, 297 pages with illustrations, last 158 pages are printed on pink stock as original Police Gazette publication, newspaper book review clippings pasted on FEP and one laid in rear, strong inner hinges, fade to book spine.…

Oversize Hardcover. Condition: VG / G +. 3rd. Oversize hardcover in severely edgeworn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Hardcover; Hardcover: Bright yellow cloth binding with title on spine in red. Black paste-downs and endpapers are spotless. Title, text, 'woodcut' pages are pristine printed on 'cream colored paper. Reprints and facts (? ) from the Police Gazette. With 120 reproductions of the original woodcuts from the gazette. Nice tight binding. ; B/w Illus; 4TO; 299 pages.…

xviii, 299 pages. Hardcover: H 30.25cm x L 23.25cm. Lacks dust jacket. Dark pink cloth, light staining to boards, spine ends nicked with two short slender surface chips to cloth at lower front joint, several patches of paper probably from the missing dj adhered to the front board's black stamped title blocks obscuring some lettering. Edges toned; light moisture staining at bottom of fore-edge; light toning to endpapers; faint shallow moisture staining at bottom margins and bottom fore-edge corners of interior leaves; interior pages otherwise remain quite clean. Binding is firm. A good copy. With 120 reproductions of the original woodcut illustrations. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor wear. Remnants of chipped and torn dj laid-in. Pages tanned and clean.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bueno. Características: Pasta dura en tela editorial. Leve desgaste en los extremos del lomo y pequeñas raspaduras al interior de éste. Letras estampadas en la portada y el lomo. Cantos limpios. La mitad del texto está impresa en papel de color rosa. Introducción de Franklin P. Adams (F. P.A.). El texto está acompañado de 120 hermosos grabados. Sobrias capitulares. Las páginas llevan cornisa y los folios en el centro del margen inferior. 299 pp. (30.5 x 23.5 cm). Peso: 1700 g. …

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (history, american police, magazine) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Tall 4to. Cloth, no dj. Purple cloth with pink lettering. 297 numbered pp. Spine, edges of boards, sunned. Some light rubbing to boards; small bump at bottom edge of rear board. Previous owner's signature at front. Small patch of discoloration in margin between pp. 44-49. Else fine. A sound copy with nice, clean internals.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 3rd printing of oversize hardcover. Book shows almost no wear. Collection of New York articles as originally published in the 19th-century Police Gazette. The book's second half is printed on pink paper resembling the original periodical's. Lacking the uncommon dust jacket. 299 pages. 9-1/4 x 12". 3.3 pounds.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, 7 1/4? tall, 320 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A good plus, interior very good, generally clean but cover edge worn, with chipping at top edge and spine bottom edge, cover lightly creased and slightly soiled with yellowing to paper stock, internal binding solid, text paper lightly yellowed with light soiling to the fore-edge and several spots to the top edge. …

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1943 film musical. A loose remake of the 1937 film, "Love is News" with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young, "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" finds Betty Grable in London, seeking to better herself as an artist, which in 1943 means landing a wealthy duke for a husband. But newspaperman Robert Young has other plans for her love life. Remade once more as a comedy in 1948, as "That Wonderful Urge," with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Good, with profuse manuscript annotations to the verso and three to the recto, although not obscuring the image. Stamped to the verso.…

cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed 299pp, illus, cloth vg+ 6-Guns #689 scarce Stories from the Police Gazette, charming woodcuts with the last half of the book being printed on pink paper. Includes some Jesse James material.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1930 hardcover copy. cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing. pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Third Printing. 120 reproductions of the original woodcuts. Fading to portions of cover. Pink cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this book in original brown cloth with yellow title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-Jacket.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely clean tight firm copy with NO leaning to spine.The outer boards remain vibrant and bright with No external marks.Certainly a superior copy of an uncommon title on the great Joe Louis.8vo 183pp First US Edition [1936] We have just acquired a wonderful collection of 1500 Rare and Desirable Boxing Books,Boxing Programmes and Boxing Ephemera.It was a lifetime's collection from a Private Gentleman with many significant highlights.Please contact us by e-mail or phone as we may have in stock just what you are looking for].…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very scarce Boxing Bio. A clean example of the Book in a jacket that is about 80% complete, mostly missing a 1" to 2" tall slice from along the entire bottom edge. Also price clipped. Looks good in Mylar. Very scarce in any sort of jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Second Printing. 120 reproductions of the original woodcuts. Fading to portions of cover. Pink cloth.

Folio Mayor.- XVI.- 299 páginas.- 1 hoja.- Tela editorial.- 120 ilustraciones entre texto. Introducción por Franklin P. Adams.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 183 pages (complete text). An early biography of the great Joe Louis. Thus, his many achievements are not included in this breathless, enjoyable book. A shabby, stoic, sturdy copy. The cover is much marked, worn. The spine has wear but is resolute and supple. Within, the frontispage is missing. There is damage to the covering of the inside front cover. A childish hand has attempted additional illustration to the rear blank pages! The pages have some user and handling marks and wear. However, they are clear, bold, enthusiastic, energetic, certain and firm. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

An excellent biography of boxing legend Joe Louis. The frontispiece carries a full-body action picture of Louis. First Edition. Small 8vo. 183pp. Frontispiece loose. Original brown cloth, lightly rubbed. A very good copy.

hardcover. Condition: poor. Stokes, NY 1929, 8vo. cloth, 364pp. 18 photos. NY YMCA bkplte. & stamps, 1 plate loose, cracked at frontis., spine tattered & taped on, covers poor, contents about G $.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0933852150. Hardback. First Printing. Inscribed by Edward H. Heinemann on half title page. Good condition book with very slight bowing to boards, in a Good condition dust jacket with sticker residue on front cover, chips, tears, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Inscription reads: "TO XX XXXX SUPER BOAT DESIGNER, BEST WISHES. ED HEINEMANN 10-9-85" We have placed dust jacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. Inscribed by Authors. …

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 164. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 164.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing of oversize hardcover. Binding tight; pages clean; fading to covers and spine. Autographed by Edward Van Every on front endpaper and dated 10/23/31. Below is an inscription: 'To Nat Fleischer, tops in everything, from Wilbur Wood, March 16, 1951.' Fleischer founded and edited The Ring, a boxing magazine; Wood was one of his writers. Van Every was a columnist for the New York Sun and author of a biography of boxer Joe Louis, so presumably the writers all knew each other. An unusual copy of Van Every's follow-up to 1930's 'Sins of New York'; as with that book, the final two-thirds of this are printed on pink paper. (Both are hard to find signed.) Lacking the scarce dust jacket. 9-1/4 x 11-7/8". 3.2 pounds. 297 pages. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, xx, [2], 297pp. Purple cloth, title embossed in black and pink on cover. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. A near fine example, solid text block, free of soiling or notable wear. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, price-clipped, closed tear through front panel with archival tissue repair, chipping along top edge. This work is complete, with 206 reproductions of the original woodcut illustrations. A scarce work in the publisher's dust jacket. The Sins of America is a follow-up to The Sins of New York (1930), both originally appeared in tabloid publication, The National Police Gazette. There are no other known copies in the publisher's dust jacket. The first edition, first printing of Sins of America: As "Exposed" by the Police Gazette, in the publisher's scarce art-deco era dust jacket. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Jack Dempsey. Slight wear at the spine ends, near fine lacking lacking the dustwrapper. Autobiography of one of the fathers of American boxing. Very scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Hardcover / No jacket / Tan boards with black lettering / Narrow split at title page but binding is solid / Plates Intact / Square text block, sharp corners /Foreword by Jack Dempsey / Muldoon worked in the boxing world early 20th century /"His amazing story as related for the first time by him to his friend" / Laid in is list from a previous owner in which this title is described as "signed by 5 boxing greats" but we believe these to be facsimile: Of the 5 signatures on the front endpaper we can make out only Jack Dempsey / A signing in blue ink "William Muldoon November 1929" graces ppIII; however no bleed though none at all to ppIV so we are reluctant to name this a copy signed by the subject. It looks printed from here (could be dead wrong!) / Apparently not all copies of this title have Muldoon's signature.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A well presented first edition of Edward Van Every's biographical work on "The Solid Man", wrestler and trainer, William Muldoon. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. This biographical work tells the story of William Muldoon, a New York-born athlete who was known for his powerful wrestling moves and later, for training a number of famous fighters, including Kid McCoy and Jake Kilrain. Muldoon led a varied and adventurous life, being known as "The Solid Man" in his wrestling years, and leading many others to victory. Written by Edward Van Every, with a foreword by American professional boxer and prior world heavyweight champion, Jack Dempsey, who was at one time trained by Muldoon.With fourteen photographs and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges are slightly strained but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…