The Sweet Science by A J Liebling (135 results)

Condition: Fine. Condition: Fine | Language: English | Product Type: Books.

Condition: As New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.53.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. THE SWEET SCIENCE A Ringside View of Boxing. A. J. Liebling. Black Cat Books, New York. 1956 Reprint 310pp. This copy is in exceptionally FINE unread condition in illustrated card covers as issued. This incisive and authoritative commentary on the fight game is written by the some time Boxing Correspondent to the New York Times and in it he describes, among many others, the great Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sandy Saddler, Archie Moore and Sugar Ray Robinson. Ref J4.

Fine. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover book , first edition thus (first appeared in the New Yorker magazine) 256 pages with dustjacket. Eighteen chapters featuring 18 Boxing matches each a prize contest From Sugar Ray Robinson Rocky Marciano Ezzard Charles and some lesser known pugilists. A Very Good copy in a near Fine unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Half yellow cloth, gray boards, red ring design on cover top edges stained red. Spine foxed, top edges water-stained with stain bleeding down to front endpapers, else very good. Named the best sports book of all time by Sports Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 1,057pp. Red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Sportsman Book Club Edition: Hardback, maroon bds., gold titles, 130 x 205 mm., 500g., 256 pp.,original pictorial dw., VG/VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Tatty cover missing most of rear and spine. Foxing to front. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Inventory No: 73591. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth. As new in slipcase, the subscriber's edition issued without jacket. Brochure laid in. First edition of the most entertaining book in the Library of America.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Library of America no.191. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering, in dust jacket. Unmarked and clean. Near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF, copy still in unread shrink wrapped slipcase. five stories. Cream slipcase with text and his photo on one side, maroon cloth covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Very good. 1st Edition. Boxing. Each chaper centred on a particular fight. Foxing at edges and to jacket, else very good. Jacket not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black Cat BC-44 A Ringside View of Boxing. Light rubbing and edge wear; remainder mark on bottom of text block; light soiling on white back cover. Tight copy, clean interior. Tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 256 pages. d/j worn and repairs slight edge foxing.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. As-new, in publisher's shrink wrap.The definitive American literary series encompassing all periods and genres of American writing, published in exceedingly handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. "Boxing and Boxiana - a Ringside View." Uncommon first edition of these essays which originally appeared in the New Yorker on the high points (and some of the low points) of boxing in that era. "Named the best sports book of all time by Sports Illustrated in 2002, The Sweet Science offers a lively and idiosyncratic portrait of boxing in the early 1950s that encompasses boastful managers, veteran trainers, wily cornermen, and the fighters themselves: Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Archie Moore, 'a virtuoso of anachronistic perfection.' No one has captured the fierce artistry of the ring like Liebling. (Pete Hamill) . 306 pp. Very good in black boards in a good only dust jacket (creasing at edges, rubbing at folds, original price of 3.95 on flap).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. As new, in original slipcase and shrink wrap. Maroon cloth. Printing obviously unknown!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Good, unmarked HB; DJ-VG; owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. The jacket has minor loss to the head and tail of the spine and along the outer corners and the boards are cocked. There is a light thumb print on the front end paper and almost imperceptible staining on the bottom right hand corner of the jacket and spine. The body of the book is immaculate and the binding solid. From the jacket: " There are eighteen chapters in "The Sweet Science, and each one is centred on one particular fight - in most cases on a prize contest" The text of this book, except the introduction, originally appeared in The New Yorker.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Reprint. Very good + hardcover shows mild soil along spine and some other light trace wear. 306 pages with top page edges gilt and author's facsimile signature at front endpaper. Still a pleasing copy of this boxing classic that is part of the line of Sports Classics by Holtzman Press.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. A Very Fine copy in burgundy cloth, in a glossy dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 1057pp. with Chronology, Notes and Index by Pete Hamill, the Editor of this volume. Q17734.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . B0007KETH8 Hardback. Sixth edition of 1951 original. No dustjacket; boundf in dark red and blue boards with gold gilt lettering. Facsimile of author's signature on front endpaper. Slight wear to corners and edges; very slight browning to page edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

HARD BACK BLACK. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: TORN DJ. Dj has plastic protective cover, however, torn, creased, tanned, chipped edges, rubbed corners. General shelf wear, PO's name on inner board, and pencil markings on fep. DATE PUBLISHED: 1956 EDITION: 306.

8vo. pp 256. Publisher's file copy with FILE COPY stamp on front cover and pastedown. Fine in VG+ dust jacket with slight edge wear at rear cover. Decent copy. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. red boards, gold titles at spine, light wear to edges, corners neat. book body tight, 1/8" brown stain at front end-paper, else clean. white dust wrapper with black cartoon-style illustration, red titles at front and spine, 1" chip missing from spine, near middle, obstructing "e" and "n" of "science", price-clipped, archival brodart.