Bruiser by Tully Jim (45 results)
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Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.INDOO
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Published by The Kent State University Press / Black Squirrel Books, 2010
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A picture of life in the boxing ring "Few novelists captured the contradictions of his country so simply or so honestly in the metaphor of the pure, fatalistic, and merciless community of bruising."from the ForewordWhen The Bruiser was first published in 1936, almost every reviewer praised J…im Tully's gritty boxing novel for its authenticitya hard-earned attribute. Twenty-eight years before the appearance of The Bruiser, Tully began a career in the ring, fighting regularly on the Ohio circuit. He knew what it felt like to step inside the ropes, hoping to beat another man senseless for the amusement of the crowd. Having won acclaim in the 1920s for such hard-boiled autobiographical novels as Beggars of Life and Circus Parade, Tully thus became both fighter and writer. "It's a pip of a story because it is written by a man who knows what he is writing about," said sportswriter and Guys and Dolls author Damon Runyon. "He has some descriptions of ring fighting in it that literally smell of whizzing leather. He has put bone and sinew into it, and atmosphere and feeling."The Bruiser is the story of Shane Rory, a drifter who turns to boxing and works his way up the heavyweight ranks. Like Tully, Shane starts out as a road kid who takes up prizefighting. While The Bruiser is not an autobiographical work, it does draw heavily on Tully's experiences of the road and ring. Rory is part Tully, but the boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney, Frank Moran, and Johnny Kilbane, to name a few. The book is dedicated to Dempsey, the Roaring Twenties heavyweight champion, who said, "If I still had the punch in the ring that Jim Tully packs in The Bruiser, I'd still be the heavyweight champion of the world today."More than just a riveting picture of life in the ring, The Bruiser is a portrait of an America that Jim Tully knew from the bottom up. A riveting picture of life in the boxing ring, originally published in 1936. The boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1946
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Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 67 good, creases, scrapes Cover by Charles Andres. boxing paperback.
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. ,, 1947
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Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. 3rd. 67 very good - fine , reading crease Cover by Charles Andres. , paperback.
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Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Kent, OH, U.S.A.Archer's Used and Rare Books
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Softcover. Condition: New Book. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition thus. Jim Tully's classic novel of the ring Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 4. Category: Ohio literature; Boxing & Wrestling; ISBN/EAN: 9781606350560. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 18976.
Language: English
Published by The Kent State University Press / Black Squirrel Books, 2010
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Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book showing light rubbing to cover, otherwise looking as new, no defects or reading wear.
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1946
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- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 67 very good , faint creases Cover by Charles Andres. boxing paperback.
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Condition: New. A riveting picture of life in the boxing ring, originally published in 1936. The boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney Series: Black Squirrel Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Cl…assification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352. . 2010. Paperback. . . . .
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.Kennys Bookstore
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Condition: New. A riveting picture of life in the boxing ring, originally published in 1936. The boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney Series: Black Squirrel Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Cl…assification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 7.80x5.50x0.90 inches. In Stock.
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 67 very good - fine, reading crease Cover by Charles Andres. boxing paperback.
Published by Bantam Books, 1947
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Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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Softcover. Condition: Very good +. Third printing, complete and unabridged. No. 67. 189, [5] p. 16 cm. Paperback. Front cover art by Charles Andres, 1946. Pages browned. A novel ofo the prize ring.
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Published by Corgi, 1956
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Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United KingdomHigh Street Books
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 1960 Corgi printing, spine creased with chipped ends, corners of the covers creased, page edges tanned. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday in recyclable card packaging.
Published by The World Publishing Company, 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Jackson Street Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good copy in hardcover with good plus jacket. Shelf-wear, rubbing, light dust-staining, pages yellowing. Binding square and firm. Jacket has chipping and small tears along the edges with larger pieces missing at fore-edges and top and base of spine.
Published by Greenberg, 1936
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1936. No edition remarks. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which h…as notable crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Mild water stains and droplets to spine.
Published by The World Publishing Company
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1946
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- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 67 near fine, looks unread Cover by Charles Andres. boxing paperback.
Language: English
Published by Greenberg Publisher, New York, 1936
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Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Else Fine Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A novel by the Irish-American boxing icon. Yellow cloth boards, blue top-stain, 248 pages. Scattered soiling, particularly in the hinges, spine crease, front gutter lightly starting. Two previous owner's names inside: one on the front paste down, the other, Frank L. McNeil- associated with…the Lake Quinault Lodge in the early 20th century, on the half title page and opposite the title page. Lacks the dust jacket.
Published by Pyramid Books, 1952
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Seller: Kayo Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Kayo Books
Contact seller5-star sellerpaperback. Vintage paperback. Very good+, slightly cocked spine, copy appears unread and is very tanned.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, N.Y., 1947
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Seller: George Strange's Bookmart, Brandon, MB, CanadaGeorge Strange's Bookmart
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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Wear on extremities, open tear on head of spine. Wrap creased and scuffed. Binding cracked, pages intact and age-toned.
Published by World, Cleveland, 1943
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, CanadaKen Saunders
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pages yellowing, good condition.
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Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.Dearly Departed Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition bound in tan cloth with black lettering. VG- condition. Faint outline of a cup ring mark on the front board along with a faint "10" also on the front board. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. Crease along the spine. A little toning to the interior gutters. T…he interior pages are clean, tight and unmarked. No dust jacket. Boxing novel.
- Softcover
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germanymoluna
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Condition: New. A riveting picture of life in the boxing ring, originally published in 1936. The boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney.
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Published by The World Publishing Company, 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reissue. First printing of 1943 reissue (originally published in 1936). Very good in fair jacket. A couple minor blemishes to boards, fore edge and endpapers a bit foxed, several jacket tears with a couple associated creases and some loss from corners, stain on jacket spi…ne base. A boxing novel by the writer and journalist who was among the first reporters to cover Hollywood, and for a while acted as Charlie Chaplin's publicist. Before this he was a professional boxer, which provides some authenticity to this particular work, which he dedicates to 'my fellow road-kid Jack Dempsey.' Despite friendships with literary luminaries such as H.L. Mencken, he was largely forgotten for a number of decades, but his work has recently regained a new appreciation, and some now refer to him as the 'father of hard-boiled fiction.' "Jim Tully (June 3, 1886 - June 22, 1947), was an American writer. His critical and commercial success in the 1920s and 30s may qualify him as the greatest long shot in American literature. Born near St. Marys, Ohio, to an Irish immigrant ditch-digger and his wife, Tully enjoyed a relatively happy but impoverished childhood until the death of his mother in 1892. Unable to care for him, his father sent him to an orphanage in Cincinnati. He remained there for six years until the loneliness and misery became more than he could bear. What further education he acquired came in the hobo camps, boxcars, railroad yards, and public libraries scattered across the country. Finally, weary of the road, he arrived in Kent, Ohio, where he worked as a chain maker, professional boxer, and tree surgeon. He also began to write, mostly poetry published in the local newspapers. He moved to Hollywood in 1912, when he began writing in earnest. His literary career took two distinct paths. He became one of the first reporters to cover Hollywood. As a free-lancer he was not constrained by the studios and wrote about Hollywood celebrities (including Charlie Chaplin, for whom he had worked) in ways that they did not always find agreeable. For these pieces, rather tame by current standards, he became known as the most-hated man in Hollywood - a title he relished. Less lucrative but closer to his heart were the dark novels he wrote about his life on the road and the American underclass. He also wrote an affectionate memoir of his childhood with his extended Irish family, as well as novels on prostitution, boxing, Hollywood, and a travel book. While some of the more graphic books ran afoul of the censors, they also garnered both commercial success and critical acclaim from, among others, H.L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, and Rupert Hughes, who wrote that Tully "has fathered the school of hard-boiled writing so zealously cultivated by Ernest Hemingway and lesser luminaries.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A picture of life in the boxing ring "Few novelists captured the contradictions of his country so simply or so honestly in the metaphor of the pure, fatalistic, and merciless community of bruising."from the ForewordWhen The Bruiser was first published in 1936, almost every reviewer praised J…im Tully's gritty boxing novel for its authenticitya hard-earned attribute. Twenty-eight years before the appearance of The Bruiser, Tully began a career in the ring, fighting regularly on the Ohio circuit. He knew what it felt like to step inside the ropes, hoping to beat another man senseless for the amusement of the crowd. Having won acclaim in the 1920s for such hard-boiled autobiographical novels as Beggars of Life and Circus Parade, Tully thus became both fighter and writer. "It's a pip of a story because it is written by a man who knows what he is writing about," said sportswriter and Guys and Dolls author Damon Runyon. "He has some descriptions of ring fighting in it that literally smell of whizzing leather. He has put bone and sinew into it, and atmosphere and feeling."The Bruiser is the story of Shane Rory, a drifter who turns to boxing and works his way up the heavyweight ranks. Like Tully, Shane starts out as a road kid who takes up prizefighting. While The Bruiser is not an autobiographical work, it does draw heavily on Tully's experiences of the road and ring. Rory is part Tully, but the boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney, Frank Moran, and Johnny Kilbane, to name a few. The book is dedicated to Dempsey, the Roaring Twenties heavyweight champion, who said, "If I still had the punch in the ring that Jim Tully packs in The Bruiser, I'd still be the heavyweight champion of the world today."More than just a riveting picture of life in the ring, The Bruiser is a portrait of an America that Jim Tully knew from the bottom up. A riveting picture of life in the boxing ring, originally published in 1936. The boxers populating these briskly paced chapters are drawn from the many ring legends the writer counted among his friends: Jack Dempsey, Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Gene Tunney Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Greenberg, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Dunaway Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Corners are bumped, very large bump to top of spine at rear of book, some slight stains to covers.
More imagesPublished by Greenberg, NY, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.curtis paul books, inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original cloth. Spine toned/slightly creased, minor soil/rubbing to cloth. The lower board is dampstained. PO name/info to ffep. Firm and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1936
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Second Edition Books, Butte, MT, U.S.A.Second Edition Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tight binding, interior clean. Tan board corners and spine rubbed/bumped slightly; light foxing as well. Spine is age toned. Signed and inscribed on the ffep "To Dr. S.S. Stanley from his friend, Jim Tully, N. Hollywood, Calif.". Interior of boards have some browning (discoloration) that ha…s transferred to the endpapers, not on main text though. Bookshop sticker inside back board. The Bruiser is the story of Shane Rory, a drifter who turns to boxing and works his way up the heavyweight ranks. 248 pages, plus a page of ads. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The World Publishing Company January 1943, 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: 2nd Act Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.2nd Act Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Used - good. No Jacket.
