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By: Lake Jimmy as told to Giblo Helen
Price: £25.00
Publisher: UK, Vantage Press: 1957
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 022661
Condition: Very Good
252pp. Pencil note to flyleaf. Dustjacket chipped and rubbed with 1" closed slit near head of spine on front. Soiling to rear. We have just acquired a quality collection of Boxing Books from one of our customers. Please contact us by e-mail or phone if you wish to receive a list. View more info
By: Lardner J.
Price: £75.00
Publisher: USA, Lippincott: 1951
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 13932
Condition: VG
The dustjacket is a little chipped top of spine and there is wear to the corners. There are a couple of old sellotape marks to the inside which have darkened the surface a little. The covers of the book have one slightly bumped corner. 'The book includes 2 chapters on Firpo, the "Wild Bull of the Pampas" and deals further with the various "White Hopes" who were brought forward with the object of dethroning Jack Johnson.' 190pp. View more info
By: Lardner J.
Price: £35.00
Publisher: USA, Lippincott: 1951
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 022714
Condition: Very Good
190pp; illus. Book plate on front pastedown which has been scribbled on. Light shelfwear to boards. Price clipped dustjacket is chipped, rubbed, creased with minor areas of loss head and tail of spine corners and folds. 'The book includes 2 chapters on Firpo, the "Wild Bull of the Pampas" and deals further with the various "White Hopes" who were brought forward with the object of dethroning Jack Johnson.' We have acquired a quality collection of Boxing Books from one of our customers. Please contact us by e-mail or phone if you wish to receive a list. View more info
By: Lawlor, Jim
Price: £30.00
Publisher: UK, Privately Published: 1975
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 022846
Condition: Very Good
114pp; illus. Limited edition of 500 copies. 'Jim Lawlor, a leading welterweight of the 1930s-he was ranked eighth in the world rankings in 1939 when he was recalled to the Royal Navy-has many First Round Knock-Outs to his credit.' Light soiling to covers. Signed on ititle page 'To Mr W Reed, Sincerely Jim Lawlor'. Previous owner has tipped in printed list of boxing match results inside rear cover and reverse of Introduction. He has also written under the final photograph in the book 'James Lawlor as I saw him 1937 1938'. View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: UK, Background Books: 1949
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 13183
Condition: Very Good
24pp.Focus on the Fight Game No. 2. View more info
By: LEIGH-LYE T.
Price: £5.00
Publisher: UK, Background Books: 1947
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 019395
Condition: Near Very Good
48pp; a touch of age tanning to pages and some soiling/wear to the covers. View more info
By: Liebling A.J.
Price: £40.00
Publisher: UK, Gollancz: 1956
Edition: 1st UK Edition.
Seller ID: 024352
Condition: Near Very Good
256pp; Each chapter is centred on a particular fight e.g. Joe Louis v Lee Savold, Sugar Ray Robinson v Randolph Turpin and Rocky Marciano v Jersey Joe Walcott. The text block (edges of the pages) has some staining. Hinge exposed at title page, which has some random notes in biro on it. A hint of age tanning to page edges. The dustjacket is chipped and browned with minor loss head and tail of spine. View more info
By: LOUBET, N.
Price: £15.00
Publisher: USA, Ring Book Shop: 1977
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 016502
Condition: VG
848pp. rubbing to corners of boards, light shelf-wear to spine; d/w has two 1" closed tears each side of head of spine, 1/1" horizontal closed tear across rear fold, elsehwere chipped with browning to spine and folds. SIGNED with dedication by author on front free end-paper. View more info
By: Louis, Joe
Price: £78.00
Publisher: Chicago, USA, Gene Kessler: 1935
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 023419
Condition: Very Good
16pp illustrated with photographs and drawings. PB. Book dealer's stamp on top of first page. Minimal soiing to card covers. View more info
By: Lynch, J.G.B.
Price: £160.00
Publisher: UK, Max Goschen Ltd.: 1914
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 023172
Condition: Good
160pp. 16 full page photographs. Looks at the careers of Billy Wells, Pat O'Keefe, Freddie Welsh, Johnny Summers, Georges Carpentier, Charles Ledoux, Colin Bell and Jem Driscoll.. The boards are soiled and rubbed and the pages are yellowed with age. This book is difficult to find. View more info
By: Macdonald, Alan
Price: £48.00
Publisher: Auckland, David Hines: 1992
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 024154
Condition: Very Good
216pp. Illustrated with sketches. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, in dustjacket with slight wear to edges. A collection of stories featuring a cross-section of the minor members of the prize-ring fraternity in the 18th and 19th centuries. View more info
By: MAILER, N.
Price: £2.50
Publisher: USA, Bantom: 1976
Edition: 1st Pbk Ed.
Seller ID: 344
Condition: G
Creased along and near the sp. View more info
By: Marshall H.
Price: £10.00
Publisher: UK, Routledge: 1936
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 016771
Condition: Near Good
Worn and soiled yellow cloth bds with browned spine; corners slightly bumped. 244pps; contents clean and tight. Previous owner's signature on ffep. Includes exerpts from Lavengro, Boxiana etc and also from the works of Fred Dartnell, J.B.Priestley etc. View more info
By: Matthews, Bill
Price: £12.00
Publisher: UK, A. H. Stockwell Ltd: 1990
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 023413
ISBN: 0722324138
Condition: Very Good
151pp; 24 illustrations. Contains details relating to champions whose deeds have hitherto gone unrecorded. Among them are a number of World Champions. SIGNED by author on title page. View more info
Price: £55.00
Publisher: USA, Vantage Press: 1984
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 022701
ISBN: 0533057019
Condition: Very Good
109pp; illus. Book plate on front pastedown. 2" closed tear bottom front of jacket, now repaired; light shelfwear to edges. 'Billy Conn stands out alongside Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney and Harry Greb...Conn's remarkable career as a professional boxer culminated in the heavyweight division fight in June 1941, when he was matched, with the Heavyweight Champion, Joe Louis.' We have acquired a quality collection of Boxing Books from one of our customers. Please contact us by e-mail or phone if you wish to receive a list. View more info
By: McInnes P.
Price: £8.00
Publisher: UK, Caestus Books: 1997
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 022821
ISBN: 0952530120
Condition: Fine
272pp. 18 major fights are discussed and there are pen-portraits of Henry Armstrong, Dick Corbett and Tommy Farr. View more info
By: McInnes P.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: UK, PF & JR McInnes: 1987
Edition: 1st
Inscription: Signed by Author on Title Page
Seller ID: 024285
Condition: Very Good
37pp; illustrated. Signed 'Best Wishes Peter McInnes' on title page. Staple-bound booklet; clear adhesive film to covers. View more info
By: McInnes Peter
Price: £4.00
Publisher: UK, Caestus Books: 2000
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 023560
ISBN: 0952530147
Condition: Very Good
208pp; chapters are -The Rules, History of Harringay Arena, Story of Rocky Marciano, Don King and dissecting the tragedy to Michael Watson. View more info
By: Mead P.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: USA, Walsworth: 1989
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 13057
Condition: Nr Fine
189pp. 'Peter Mead left an Arkansas farm at 17 in pursuit of a boxing career. His years as a middleweight contender, the 1940s, coincided with boxing's last great era, when wondrous champions like Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep dominated the ring.' Signed by author with dedication on the inside of front cover. View more info
By: MEAD, C.
Price: £5.00
Publisher: UK, Robson: 1986
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 169
Condition: VG
