London, the Association, 1965. 8vo. 58pp. Illustrated. Original boards in dust-wrapper. Good condition. [ref: 39787] £12.00 (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 |
GLOVES OFF. London, Century, 2022. 8vo. x+317pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the champion heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury. [ref: 79148] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
TYSON. THE NO-HOLDS-BARRED BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. London, Robson Books, 1989. 8vo. 357pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. WITH A LONG INSCRIPTION, SIGNED 'PETER' BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper: A biography of the world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. [ref: 78955] £28.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE SPORTSMAN'S FRIEND IN A FROST. London, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1857. 8vo. 416pp. Original decorative cloth. Sports include hunting, boxing and horse racing. [ref: 59345] £50.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE SUGAR RAY ROBINSON STORY. BOXING'S COMEBACK KING. Worthing, Pitch, 2019. 8vo. 288pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper, good condition. A biography of the great world champion American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. [ref: 79427] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BEYOND GLORY. JOE LOUIS vs. MAX SCHMELING AND A WORLD ON THE BRINK. London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005. 8vo. 423pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. On the boxing rivalry between the American Joe Louis and the German Max Schmeling. [ref: 65699] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
IN BLACK & WHITE. THE UNTOLD STORY OF JOE LOUIS AND JESSE OWENS. London, Simon & Schuster, 2002. 8vo. 415pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. An account of the fight between Joe Louis and Jesse Owens in 1935. [ref: 71211] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FENCING, BOXING AND WRESTLING. London, Longmans, Green, 1889. Large 8vo. 337pp. Illustrated. Original publisher's half morocco, top edges gilt, edges untrimmed. Good condition. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION of 250 numbered copies. A volume in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. [ref: 39275] £90.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE YOUNG SPORTSMAN. ANGLING, ARCHERY, ATHLETICS, BOWLS, BOXING, CANOEING, CRICKET...EDITED BY ALFRED E.T. WATSON. London, 1900. Small 4to. viii+663pp. Many text illustrations. Original decorative cloth, gilt, covers soiled. Largely reprinted from The Encyclopaedia of Sport. Cricket, pages 131-185, with contributions by F.G. Ford (left-handed batsmen), K.S. Ranjitsinhji (batting), and T. Richardson (bowling). Padwick, 7159. [ref: 50230] £20.00 enquire buy |