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Auction No 371, Tag: Boxing

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

Georges Carpentier "Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring", Cassell & Co [1921],

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Georges Carpentier Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring, Cassell & Co [1921], original pictorial cloth, VG; contemp. gift inscription; 4 colour plates, plus b/w illustrations; occasional minor tone mark.

Bettinson & Bennison "The Home of Boxing", Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock "Two Fists - and a Fortune", 1951,

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Bettinson & Bennison The Home of Boxing, Odhams [1922], 63 photo-plates; Bruce Woodcock Two Fists – and  a Fortune, 1951, spine faded; James Corbett The Roar of the Crowd, Garden City, 1926; Eddie Eagan Fighting for Fun, 1932; Alexander Johnston Ten - And Out! 1928; and four other pre-1960 boxing titles. Fair to Fine. (9)

Jack Goodwin "Myself and My Boxers", 1924; Bohun Lynch "The Complete Amateur Boxer", 1924, in chipped d/jkt;

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Jack Goodwin Myself and My Boxers, 1924; Bohun Lynch The Complete Amateur Boxer, 1924, in chipped d/jkt; Doherty In the Days of the Giants, 1931; Eugene Corri Refereeing 1000 Fights, 1919, VG, and Gloves & the Man [1927] (requires repair); Bernard Angle My Sporting Memories, 1925 in fair d/jkt; and other boxing titles. Varied condition (9)  

Jack Dempsey "Championship Fighting", Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Jack Dempsey Championship Fighting, Nicholas Kaye, 1950, 1st Edition, gilt cloth, VG; Bohun Lynch Knuckles and Gloves, Collins, 1922, 1st Edn. in fair d/jkt; Harry Cleveland Fisticuffs and Personalities of the Prize Ring, Sampson Low, n.d., gilt cloth, VG; and Bettinson & Tristram The National Sporting Club, 1901, quarto, vellum, gilt, worn. Fair to VG (4)

Trevor Wignall "The Sweet Science", Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration,

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Trevor Wignall The Sweet Science, Chapman & Hall, 1926, 1st Edn, original cloth, gilt, some discolouration, ownership inscription to front paste-down, brown marks to pp.34 & 35, few marginal pencil marks, very largely good clean text; 32 fine photo-plates. 

Bernard Darwin "John Gully and his times", Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities;

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Bernard Darwin John Gully and his times, Cassell, 1935, original cloth, gilt, worn at extremities; occasional spotting, frontispiece marked, three additional plates. Remainder mark at foot of textblock. The life of a famous prize fighter. 230pp    

Henry Downes Miles "Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing", John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes,

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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Henry Downes Miles Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, John Grant, 1906, tall octavo, 3 volumes, original gilt decorated cloth, spines a little faded o/w fine; uncut two sides; 64 plates (two double-page); foxing to endpapers and prelims, occasional minor spotting elsewhere. A VG set. (3)

Gene Tunney "A Man Must Fight", Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak,

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £66
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Gene Tunney A Man Must Fight, Cape, 1933, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak, photo portrait; and Nat Fleischer Jack Dempsey: The Idol of Fistiana, 1936, in slightly chipped d/jkt, photo portrait. Fine internally. (2)

Paul Magriel "The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza", Batsford,1951,1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt,

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Paul Magriel The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza, Batsford, 1951,1st Edn, fine in a faded d/jkt, chipped at corners; and James Fair Give Him to the Angels: The Story of Harry Greb, N.York, 1946, in a very worn d/jkt, with browning to endpapers, title page and text margins. (2)

Pierce Egan "Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom"

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Pierce Egan Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1822, tall octavo, First Edition, third issue (with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered); contemp. half-calf worn, backstrip repaired and chipped in places; bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown o/w VG internally; complete with half-title & adverts, 36 hand-coloured plates and 21 wood engravings plus an extra coloured plate with adverts; 3 leaves of folding sheet-music; browned offset from each plate on to the facing page. Occasional minor spotting affects some page margins.