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Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, 1953
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Boxing, Sports) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, London, 1953
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: very good(-). Illustrated with b/w photos. Slim 8vo, red cloth. London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1953. A very good(-) copy with a wear and discoloration to spine and edges, some foxing.
Published by The Sportsman's Book Club, London, England, 1953
Seller: Barker Books & Vintage, Helena, MT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover (5 by 8 approx.) (no dust jacket) shows couple of bumps at edges and corners, wrinkle at bottom corner of front endpaper, a few numbers written at front endpaper, alogn with some other very mild trace wear. 272 pages with black & whites. Solid copy of this work where-in the author defends his love of boxing while highlighting different fights and boxers.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, London, 1953
Seller: Alanjo Books, High Wycombe, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Book
Maroon Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Light wear to cloth, pages clean, binding very good. Gilt lettering, slightly faded, on spine. Illustrated. Previous owner's name on first blank page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (sport, boxing) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Sportsmans Book Club, 1953
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small edge tears on jacket. Previous ownership inscription. Tightly bound. Reprint.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1953
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ReprintGraphic moment-to-moment accounts of the great battles of the ring. "The best boxing book I have seen." Includes b&w photos. Near Fine/Near Fine (a very nice clean tight copy). 272pp.
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1953
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated cheap edition. Small octavo. Fine in very good dustwrapper with a tear at the crown, a tear on the rear panel, and modest age-toning on the spine.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1953
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cheap Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, general wear, tears (some closed), corner chips, soiling.
Published by CHAPMAN AND HALL, LONDON, 1938
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dark Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. xviii + 278 pp. Frontis + 26 other b/w photo plates al as called for First Edition 1938. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG no d/j (Book light general shelf wear to cloth , gilt titles dulled, offset browning to end papers, no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects).
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. 1953 "cheap edition" of 1938 original. British novelist's classic study of boxing and boxing legends, including Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Burns, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney. Illustrated with photographs. Foxing to top page edge, else fine in near fine price-clipped dustjacket with a touch of wear at spine heel and faint soil and foxing to rear pane. Bright and attractive copy.
Published by Chapman & Hall
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition THUS, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.
Published by London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1953., 1953
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
xiii, 272 pp. Frontispiece, & 18 other b/w photographic illustrations. An account of the sport of boxing including James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, James J. Jefferies, Jess Willard, Billy Wells, George Carpentier, jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney etc. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's stamp on ffep. Damp stain on centre of back board. Overall condition VG. In VG- red and blue dust wrapper with illustrations of sportsmen on front.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1938
Seller: Pastsport, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. History of the world heavyweight title. Large 8vo. xvii + 277pp. Original red cloth, gilt faded to spine, very good. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.
Published by Chapman & Hall, 1953
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. illustrated (illustrator). The "Cheap Edition". Red & white DJ is not price clipped, foxing & light rubbing to spine ends, now protected in mylar. Red cloth boards are well-bound, bit of foxing to textblock edges; pages clean & sharp throughout.
Published by Chapman & Hall, GB, 1938
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Very clean unmarked tight book but showing minro signs of wear to covers and slightly out of shape.
Published by Chapman and Hall, 1953
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member), Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Red boards with gold lettering to the spine. Book society stamp to the inside front board and the front end paper. Price clipped dust wrapper with small tears to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. A coffee cup ring stain to the front. Jacket now ina new removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions, 272pp. Clean and bright pages with black and white photographs throughout. (Any digital image available on request).
Published by Chapman & Hall, London, 1938
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. 277(278)pp; illustrated by black and white photographs. Minor wear only, no inscriptions. A straight copy with no bumps. Examines the history of boxing and some of the great boxers to the date of publication. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
Quirky compendium of great fights and fighters of the early 20th century, from Corbett to Dempsey, interwoven with tales of more obscure warriors. 8vo. 277pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed to edges. Very good condition.