A piece of paper signed, inscribed and dated by Max Baer: Best wishes, sincerely a pal, Max Baer, 1937. Maximilian Baer (1909–1959) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion in 1934 and 1935. He was known in his time as the Livermore Larupper and Madcap Maxie. Two of his fights (a 1933 win over Max Schmeling and a 1935 loss to James J. Braddock) were rated Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine. Baer is rated number 22 on The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. This signed note was in the R.E. Rawlins autograph collection. [ref: 81448] £125.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A piece of paper signed, inscribed and dated by Max Baer: Best wishes, sincerely a pal, Max Baer, 1937. Maximilian Baer (1909–1959) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from 14th June 1934 to 13th June 1935. He was known in his time as the Livermore Larupper and Madcap Maxie. Two of his fights (a 1933 win over Max Schmeling and a 1935 loss to James J. Braddock) were rated Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine. Baer is rated number 22 on The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. This signed note was in the R.E. Rawlins autograph collection. [ref: 81443] £120.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
SPORTING ANECDOTES. BEING ANECDOTAL ANNALS, DESCRIPTIONS, TALES AND INCIDENTS OF HORSE-RACING, BETTING, CARD-PLAYING, PUGILISM, GAMBLING...AND OTHER SPORTS. EDITED BY 'ELLANGOWAN'. London, Hamilton, Adams, 1889. 8vo. 352pp. Original cloth, spine worn. Recollections of boxing, horse-racing and gambling. [ref: 41619] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE BOXING ALBUM. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. New York, Smithmark, 1995. 4to. 256pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. New and revised edition of this illustrated history of boxing. [ref: 84969] £24.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Cassell, 1972 8vo. x+190pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HENRY COOPER on the title-page. Autobiography of the British heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper. [ref: 82332] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
SPORTSVIEW GRANDSTAND. THE TV BOOK OF ALL SPORTS. EDITED BY PETER DIMMOCK. London, Vernon Holding, 1961. 4to. 192pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. All sports covered including boxing, cricket, football and tennis. [ref: 83846] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE FIGHT GAME IN SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, Mainstream, 1988. 4to. 240pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED, INSCRIBED, DEDICATED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper. The story of boxing in Scotland. [ref: 86896] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FIGHTING FOR FUN. THE SCRAP BOOK. New York, MacMillan, 1932. 8vo. xi+300pp. Frontispiece. Original decorative cloth, covers soiled and worn. PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO PAT COLLINS, SIGNED, INSCRIBED (DEDICATED) AND DATED on the front endpaper: To Pat Collins, a great artist and a fellow devotee of the strenuous life, who served as one of the officials in wrestling during the time I was Chairman of the New York Athletic Commission - 1945-51. With best wishes always, Eddie Eagan. Oct. 30th 1951. New York City. Eddie Eagan (1897-1967) was an American athlete and boxer who won two Olympic gold medals in different sports at both the Summer and Winter Olympics. He won a gold medal as a light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Summer Olympics and also won a gold medal in the four-man bobsled at the 1932 Winter Olympics. [ref: 86045] £200.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
MUHAMMAD ALI. THE MAKING OF AN ICON. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 2009. 8vo. xi+233pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. A biography of the famous boxer Muhammad Ali. [ref: 86051] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BLACK CHAMPION. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JACK JOHNSON. London, MacMillan, 1964. 8vo. (5)+246pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. A biography of the world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. [ref: 85881] £25.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
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