Kaplan Hank (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight discoloration to pages. Minor wear along the DJ edges. Some light creases on DJ covers and spine area. Minor wear to the edges of the book. Inscribed by Author(s).

Wraps. Condition: Fair. J. T. Fraticelli (cover illustration) (illustrator). 68 pages, including covers. Illustrations. Some page discoloration. Cover has wear, tears, chips and soiling. This issue has Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard on the front cover. Among the articles are items on: Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard, Hilmen Kenty, Madison Square Garden, Leon Spinks, Jimmy Clark, Jose "Pipino" Cuevas, Don Sauer, Ceferino Garcia, and Lemuel Steeples. Hank Kaplan (April 15, 1920 - December 14, 2007) was an American boxing historian and writer. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in his early 20s, and served during World War II, as he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his idol at the time, Jack Dempsey. He spent time in the Coast Guard disinfecting ships, after learning skills about chemical warfare and how to prevent the spread of contamination. He was later assigned to work for the U.S. Department of Public Health. He attended the University of Miami at night, while he continued to work during the day, inspecting ships for any signs of infectious contamination. Following this, he worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he, along with 4 other scientists, went to Indonesia where they spent nine weeks in attempt to battle a severe outbreak of Bubonic Plague. Kaplan worked for the CDC until retirement, at age 55. Always wearing one of many of his prized boxing baseball caps, and smoking a pipe, he is widely regarded as the nation's foremost boxing historian, and was known and respected worldwide. Kaplan was known to possess the largest collection of boxing memorabilia, consisting of millions of pieces including newspaper articles, books, and photographs, stemming back from the 19th century. His expertise in boxing history helped him earn the nickname "Lord of the Ring." Kaplan was the founder and editor of Boxing Digest and served as a boxing consultant to various media outlets for many years, including ESPN, HBO and Showtime. He also wrote for The Ring magazine. He received the James J. Walker Award for long and meritorious service to boxing from the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2002. In 2006 he was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

STAPLED WHITE. Condition: VG. SPECIAL ED. General wear, lightly agetoned front cover edges, stained rear pages top edge, torn base of spine DATE PUBLISHED: 1981 EDITION: SPECIAL ED 66.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Encinosa, Enrique G.; Kaplan, Hank BOXING- THIS IS IT! Palm Springs, California: ETC Publications 1985 Good/NA 245 pp. 8vo. No dust jacket. Pictorial hardcover shows soiling, staining, and scratching. Extremities are bumped and rubbed through in some places. Parts of cover are flecked, textblock edges are soiled and have spots of staining, FFEP is clipped. Text is legible, binding is firm. Though this book has seen better days, it would still make a wonderful reading copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). First edition. A signed first edition of this very scarce illustrated work on boxing by Enrique G. Encinosa and Hank Kaplan. The first edition.A presentation copy with an inscription to the dedication page: "To Joe Susi for you, to perpetuate the name of Rocky Marciano is a must! I'll admire you for that. Hank Kaplan 3-11-1990".A very scarce work.Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs.This work was written in collaboration between Enrique G. Encinosa and Hank Kaplan and provides a comprehensive guide and study on boxers and the sport. Hank Kaplan was an American boxing historian and writer. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback. Externally very smart with handling marks, sunning to the spine, bumping and rubbing to the extremities and slight rubbing to the tail of the rear. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only minor marks to the edition page. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.