GLOVES OFF. THE JOE LOUIS STORY. London, Pelham, 1975. 8vo. (7)+275pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the world heavyweight champion boxer Joe Louis. [ref: 82333] £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 |
FREDDIE MILLS. HIS LIFE AND DEATH. London, New English Library, 1977. 8vo. 206pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A biography of the world lightheavyweight boxing champion Freddie Mills. [ref: 82353] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
MUHAMMAD ALI: IN FIGHTER'S HEAVEN. London, Hutchinson, 1998. 8vo. 127pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. An account of Muhammad Ali's preparation for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship fight against George Foreman in 1974 known as the Rumble in the Jungle [ref: 77418] £15.00 (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 |
SCIENTIFIC BOXING. THE DELUXE EDITION. TOGETHER WITH HINTS ON TRAINING AND THE OFFICIAL RULES. Carrollton (Texas), Promethean Press, 2008. 8vo. (4)+123pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. A reprint of the instructional treatise by James J. Corbett, heavyweight boxing champion from 1892 to 1897, first published in 1912. [ref: 83009] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FINNEGAN. SELF-PORTRAIT OF A FIGHTING MAN. London, MacDonald & Jane's, 1976. 8vo. 158pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED TWICE BY CHRIS FINNEGAN on the front endpaper and half-title. Autobiography of the middleweight boxer and Olympic gold medalist Chris Finnegan. [ref: 82331] £38.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
TRAINER OF CHAMPIONS. Edinburgh, Mainstream, 1998. 8vo. 223pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the half-title. A biography of the boxing trainer George Francis. [ref: 82418] £35.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BEHIND THE MASK MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Century, 2019. 8vo. (7)+296pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper, excellent condition. Autobiography of the world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury. [ref: 77175] £9.00 (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] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |