Ruby Alias Bob Fitzsimmons by Robert Davis (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edn, VG/-, ill, 134pps, f/o bp on pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good + red cloth hardcover with black letter shows bumping to corners and edges with large bump at top of front cover causing tearing to cloth and board beneath, mild foxing at bottom page edges, light soil at endpapers and occasional areas within, a few small tears at page edges and some other light trace wear. 134 pages with black & whites present and accounted for. Solid and perfectly readable copy of this look at the famous British boxer who became champ by beating "Gentleman Jim Corbett.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback book (134 pages) illustrated with vintage b/w photographs (all present). Tips and ends of spine bumped/worn - name written on front free endpaper. Bookseller since 1995 (UL-2-TS-R) rareviewbooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Owner's small stamp front pastedown, very good or better lacking the scarce dustwrapper.

First Edition. Introduction by W. O. McGeehan. Very Good, fairly small stain to top margin of later half of pages, some foxing to page edges, in Good dustjacket, mostly split along front spine edge, soiling to panels, bit of staining and shallow edge chips.

Rare American biography of the great Cornish heavyweight boxing world champion from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with photographic illustrations. 8vo. 134pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. Gift inscription and previous owner's stamp/plate to flyleaf. Light foxing to pages throughout. Good condition.