ISBN: 9780876360293 - Selections from the Fancy : Or, True Sportsman's Guide / by an Operator. with a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones (14 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Binding tight, pages unmarked except for penciled price on flyleaf. One page is loose that may have been a frontispiece. Otherwise binding is tight. Cover boards are good but spine has patches rubbed raw. Slipcase is rough with some fraying and detached boards, and peeling off. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo. 136 pages. In slipcase. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionally packaged and shipped promptly. P18.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good. Slipcase. 1972 Imprint Society. Limited Edition of 1950 signed numbered copies; this is number 1663. Signed by the illustrator. Oversize hardcover, 7 x 10.25 inches, is half-bound in brown leather over light brown paper-covered board with dark brown decorative stripe pattern. Speckled edges. An etching by the illustrator is laid in. Black and white illustrations. 136 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Very small faint scratch on spine below title. Small light brown stain and indentation between two pages. Brown, textured paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label has slight wear at edges and one small dent at the top edge; one side has a faint stain on surface. Foreword by George Plimpton. Etchings and drawings by Randy Jones. Limitation statement: "Nineteen hundred and fifty copies of Selections from The Fancy have been printed for the members of The Imprint Society by the Press of A. Colish, in Mount Vernon, New York. This is number 1663 and is her signed by the artist, Randy Jones" Carefully packed, shipped in a box. signed by author.…

Condition: Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers in half leather boards. Copy in slipcase. Frontispiece loose. Title in gilt to spine, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Signed by the illustrator Randy Jones. Minor wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Light wear to the slipcase. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardbound. Condition: FINE.

Condition: Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers in half leather boards. Copy in slipcase. Frontispiece loose. Title in gilt to spine, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 136p., ill. Head and tail of spine rubbed o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. The slipcase is scuffed but still in pretty good condition. [Pugilism - Boxing] p551 / m8090. Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones (illustrator).

1st edition - limited to 1950 copies. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked leather over decorated cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; Physical description. : xv, 136 p. Illus. 26 cm. Subject: Badcock, John, fl. 1816-1830 Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 Boxing - England - History 1 Kg. …

1st edition - limited to 1950 copies. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked leather over decorated cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; Physical description. : xv, 136 p. Illus. 26 cm. Subject: Badcock, John, fl. 1816-1830 Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 Boxing - England - History 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Limited/Numbered. xv,136pp, bw ills. Original brown & black patterned cloth with brown leather spine. Very slight rubbing at corners and spine extremeties. Lacks the laid in signed etching. Signed and but not numbered (/1950) on limitation page (colophon) by the artist (Randy Jones). These writings were originally printed in the early 1800s. Here are collected several articles on boxing/pugilism; along with one on such 'sports' as badger baiting, cock fighting etc. Size: Sml 4to. Jones, Randy (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator.…

Condition: fair, ex-lib. Limited Edition. First Thus? Printing. 136 pages. Illus., #77 of 1950 copies printed for the Imprint Society, usual library markings, spine worn. Signed by the illustrator. Selections from a 2-vol. work originally published in 1826; authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan. Foreword by George Plimpton. Signed by Randy Jones (the illustrator) on the page following p. 136. Randy Jones (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Book is in excellent condition, with small mark at spine, also upper leather portion of front cover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book is protected in clear plastic jacket . #1613 of 1950 copies printed for the Imprint Society, signed by the illustrator. Selections from a 2-vol. work originally published in 1826; authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan. Foreword by George Plimpton. Signed by Randy Jones (the illustrator) on the page following p. 136. Hardcover, 7 x 10.25 inches, in half-bound in brown leather over light brown paper-covered board with dark brown decorative stripe pattern. Speckled page ends. An etching by the illustrator is laid in. Black and white illustrations. 136 pages. Contents include: Cursory remarks on the origin, rise and progress of pugilism in england, Memoirs of the life of Thomas Cribb with additional anecdotes of female pugilism, Life of Thomas Hickman (An altercation between two ladies, the brutality of the American mode of fighting, Memoirs of Tom shelton (cruel amusements of the Westminster Pit, bull baiting,) Memoirs of Jack Slack (badger baiting, animal combat,) Memoirs of Joshua Hudson, etc. Keywords: Boxing, English, History, British, London, Sport, Animal Fighting, Combat, Cursory remarks on the origin, Rise and progress of pugilism in england, Memoirs of the life of Thomas Cribb with additional anecdotes of female pugilism, Life of, Thomas Hickman, Altercation, Between two ladies, The brutality of the American mode of fighting, Memoirs of Tom shelton, Cruel amusements, Westminster Pit, Bull baiting, Memoirs of, Jack Slack, Badger baiting, Animal combat, Memoirs, Joshua Hudson, Female Boxing, Ladies Boxing, Pugulism. Signed by Illustrator. …

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