Eddie Eagan (15 results)

Condition: Fair. 1932. No Edition Remarks. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, frontispiece detached but still present. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Stain to rear board.

Blue.cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 300pp. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Nine b/w illustrations. Spine faded, shelfwear to top and tail of spine, top right hand corner of front board frayed and external hinges worn. Some staining of rear board. previous owner's name (and date) written in blue ink on title page and price paid on fep. Stain by hinge on verso of frontis. Booksellers stamp at the bottom of rear pastedown. All edges dull, endpapers and pastedowns tanned. The Scrap Book of Eddie Eagan. Feel free to request images of this item,

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Autobiography of the U.S. amateur heavyweight and 1920 Olympic champion. 8vo. 278pp. Mauve cloth, bumped and rubbed, corners cut from to pages, spine worn. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Autobiography of the U.S. amateur heavyweight and 1920 Olympic champion. 1st edition. 8vo. 278pp. A very good copy. With scarce original dust wrapper, this edgeworn with sections missing from spine. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.

SIGNED Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. $1.00 Price tag on Jacket. 300 Pages. The Macmillan Company 1934 2nd Printing 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". Nice SIGNED and INSCRIBED on fep "To Uncle Bob Sherwood Who gave more show to the world with P. T. Barnum than I ever did by fighting for him. With best wishes. Eddie Eagan March 2, 1938 New York City". Robert Edmund "Bob" Sherwood (1864-1946) was a renowned American circus clown, author, and poet, widely known as "The Last of Barnum's Clowns". He worked as a clown during the "Golden Age" of the circus and was a protege of P.T. Barnum. Eddie Eagan (1897-1967) holds the unique distinction of being the only athlete in history to win gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different sports. He achieved this feat as a light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games and as a member of the four-man bobsled team at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games. Wikipedia Olympic Medal Record Games Sport Event Result 1920 Antwerp (Summer) Boxing Light-Heavyweight Gold 1932 Lake Placid (Winter) Bobsleigh Four-man Gold Athletic Prowess: Remarkably, Eagan had never even sat in a bobsleigh until three weeks before the 1932 Games, when he was invited by friend Jay O'Brien to join the U.S. team. Academic Excellence: Beyond sports, he was a brilliant scholar, graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School before becoming a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. Military Service: He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel during World War II while serving in the Air Transport Command. Professional Life: He practiced law in New York and served as the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission from 1945 to 1951, where he helped modernize boxing regulations. Legacy: Eagan was an inaugural inductee into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame in 1983. He passed away from a heart attack in 1967 at age 70. U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum Bookseller Inventory # BD1-009-00179.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Autobiography of the U.S. amateur heavyweight and 1920 Olympic champion. 1st cheap edition. 8vo. 278pp. A well worn copy, cloth frayed at joints and splitting at spine. SIGNED dedication from the author on the front endpaper. From our large stock of boxing books and publications. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th Edition. EAGAN, Eddie [299] pp. The Macmillan Company 1944 Fourth Printing 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" *front flyleaf separated* Author won Olympic Heavyweight Title in 1920, was Rhodes Scholar, sparred with Dempsey and Tunney, never turned professional, was Chairman of N.Y. State Athletic Commission. Edward Patrick Francis Eagan (April 26, 1897 June 14, 1967) was an American boxer and bobsledder who is notable as being the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different disciplines. Eagan won his summer gold in boxing and his winter gold in four-man bobsled. Finally, Eagan is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Hard cover. Good + condition with light sunning to spine, light rubbing to edges and edges of spine, lightly bumped corners, lightly rubbed with a few small scuffs, a bit dusty with a few small spots, otherwise near fine with very little aging.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart copy of this illustrated work on the life and career of American boxer and bobsledder, Eddie Eagan. Reissued. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. The fighting career of Edward Patrick Francis Eagan, an American boxer and bobsledder who is notable as being the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different disciplines. This work explores his development in the ring from World War I, while enlisted as an artillery lieutenant, where he won the middleweight title of the American Expeditionary Forces. Through his time at Yale University where he won the AAU's heavyweight title, and beyond. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. The odd mark to the board and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Red cloth stamped in black. 2nd. Presentation copy inscribed to ffep by Eagan to noted editor William C. Lengel, with his ownership stamp to the fep, ffep and rep. Cloth extremities lightly rubbed/softened; lightly soiled. Spine lightly sunned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

First edition. Lovat Dickson, London. 1932. Purple cloth, gilt type to spine. B&w photograph frontis. + further plates internally. 278 pages. Spine sl. sunned; signs of book plate removal from front paste-down end-paper.

8vo. ix, 300 pages. Frontispiece. Original red cloth. First edition, presentation copy, with a full-page inscription by Eagan on the front free endpaper to Dr. C. Ward Crampton: "a fellow devotee of the strenuous life and one that keeps the American youth on the straight and healthy road. With best wishes Eddie Eagan Nov. 19 1937 New York City." Dr. Crampton (1877-1964) was an author, physician, professor, scientist and consultant known for his active promotion of public service, physical fitness, and hygiene. Eagan was an outstanding athlete, known as the only person to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics (in boxing and four-man bobsled respectively). Lacks the scarce jacket, cloth a bit soiled, pencil underlinings, presumably by Crawford.

Hardcover. ix, [3],300 p. Includes illustrations. From Wikipedia: "Edward "Eddie" Patrick Francis Eagan (April 26, 1897 June 14, 1967) was an American sportsman who is notable as being the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different events. Eagan won his summer gold in boxing and his winter gold in four-man bobsled. Finally, Eagan is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. Eagan studied law at Harvard University and later at the University of Oxford. In 1920, Eagan competed as a boxer at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division. Eagan returned to the Olympics eight years later, this time as a member of the bobsleigh crew of Billy Fiske, who steered to victory at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Eagan is one of two competitors to win gold in both Olympic seasons. Later, Eagan became a lawyer, and served in the army as a colonel during World War II. " Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Mark on bottom edge. Sticker residue on fep. Nice signed inscription on fep to military officer. Reprint. Reissued in 1934 and reprinted in 1943.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 4th Edition. 300 pages. First edition, fourth printing. He was an amateur light heavyweight champion and later the long-time chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. It is inscribed on July 15th, 1948 to Endre Bohem who was a Hollywood screenwriter and later the producer of the television series "Rawhide". With Bohem's ownership bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with the spine slightly faded and it is price clipped. A beautiful and unique copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Boxing autobiography of Eddie Eagan, the American amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1920 Olympic Games. This book covers only his boxing career but in 1932, soon after this book was written, Eagan famously won an Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh - he was the first athlete to win medals (let alone gold) in both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. 8vo. 300pp. Ink gift inscription, dated 1932, has been written across the title (on the title-page). Original blue cloth boards with gilt titles, rubbed to spine. A good copy.