Boxing with a Section on Single Stick by A J Newton (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Boxing instruction from the British lightweight amateur champion of 1888 and 1890. 8vo. 124pp. Original pictorial boards, bumped and edgeworn, spine reinforced with clear tape, inscriptions and doodles to prelims. pages age-toned. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Originally published by C. Arthur Pearson in1904. This is a 1919 reprint. Size: 19 x 12 .5 cms or 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Page number: 124 plus a couple of pages of advertisements at the front and rear. Chapters include:The Value of Boxing, Positions in Boxing, Leading,The Guard, Ducking and Side-Stepping or Slipping, The Counter Time Hit or Stop, The Knock-out Blow, The Clinch, Fouls, Miscellaneous Hints, The Judge and Referee, Boxing Gloves, The Boxer's Wind, Training For Boxing, Rules of Boxing, and Boxing Records. With black and white illustrations. Condition: Very Good. The cover is generally worn. There is a break in the front hinge. The pages have browned and are occasionally or flawed by foxing, ink, stains and small tears.