Leigh Lye (35 results)

Condition: Good. 1958. Reprint. 160 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1958. 160 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good mass market paperback shows a noticable split at middle of text, shelf wear to wraps that includes some mild edge and corner wear, light rubbing and wrinkling and light crease along spine, age toning to pages and some other mild wear, else tight, clean and perfectly readable. 127 pages with couple of black & whites. Solid copy of this highly readable work on heavyweight boxing.

Condition: Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover and French flaps. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

1st edition paperback , good+ edges tanned, no inscriptions, illustrated, clean, tight copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. The wraps are rubbed, creased and edgeworn but have not suffered much paper loss. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Card Covers. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Printing. 46pp illus. Vg in rubbed wraps with some loss to top.

Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. Zahlr. Fotos.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, edges and corners creased and worn, spine a little grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to cover and spine, mainly edges and corners, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, slightly yellowing, Binding tight.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Spine and cover creased, marked and worn, page edges tanned, hinges taped. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Good Only Copy of this book in original soft covers (paperback) with 1 inch piece missing to the head of spine,small chip to top edge of the front cover and tape applied to the edge of the inner flap fold.This copy has no previous names or inscriptions present.The binding remains firm with NO hinge weakness.There are NO loose pages etc.Slight tanning to page edges.Written by this former Lightweight Champion of Great Britain at the age of 18.Introduction is by Terry Leigh-Lye,small 8vo 80pp First Edition [1953].

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The wraps are shelf rubbed, edge worn and rather marked. Aside from this, they remain whole and intact. Internally, the pages are tanned, particularly along the edges, but there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages are crisp and complete. Tightly bound. J.K. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 160 pages.

1st ed. Reading copy in tight binding. Covers rather discoloured, and worn at edges; staples rusted; a little scattered foxing. Used - Good. Good paperback in fair dustjacket Used - Good. Good paperback in fair dustjacket.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Editition. IN THIS CORNER. Terry Leigh-Lye, mayflower books, London 1963 First edition 128pp Illustrated Paperback. This book is tight and square with some mild age toning to the page edges. The richest prize in the world of sport is the Heavyweight Championship of the World. This book is about twenty one of the fighters who captured the title. From the bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan to Floyd Patterson. Ref R7.

Staplebound. 8p., wraps. 5.75 x 4 in. Author?s presentation inscription on inside front cover: ?Irving Butler, with the authors compliments, October 20, 1911.? Not found in OCLC as of August 2023. Weird short fiction about a man who rescues a stranger off the cliffs of Santa Cruz, CA; the rescued man then attacks his rescuer, who then must marry his attacker?s sister to inherit a family fortune.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4 Paperback Boxing Books. Come Out Fighting - 1943; In This Corner - 1946; Boxing Stars No. 1 - undated; Brown Bomber - The Life of Joe Louis - undated. B/w photographs throughout. (64/5).

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Edition. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Paperback. Condition: G+. 1st Edition. S616. 2/6.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good DW. 1st Impression. Plain yellow card covers with pictorial DW. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Staples bit rusted. Complete DW is bit worn and magic taped to spine (both sides).

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Edition. S616. 2/6.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Edition. S616. 2/6. Clean tight copy but first tow leaves bit damp marked.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A lovely little publication for collectors of British boxing material. Internally the pages have tanned throughout but are free from pen marks or inscriptions. The book contains black and white photographs. The binding remains tight. Externally the wraps have creases and wear. There is a name in pen on the back cover. Please examine all seller photos.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. S616. 2/6.

A selection by the much-respected fight writer of some of the most exciting moments in boxing from the Victorian era to the 1960s and involving many of the sport's giants from Corbett to Cooper. 8vo. 144pp. Dust-wrapper. Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated. Small paperback copy with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. 32p. B/w illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (13/3).

Intimate pen portraits of great names in the British boxing world covering boxers, managers and promotors. Paperback. 1st edition. 96pp. 8 pages of photos. Original card covers with dust wrapper. Wrapper a little worn at edges but spine good. Generally a good copy.

1st edn., 1946. Boxing history. Thin card wraps, with dust wrapper. 46pp. Book is VG - staples rusting a little, small tear in back cover, some soiling to wraps. Dw worn and torn at the edges with some chips (top edge of title missing bits). Now protected. A scarce item in dw.

A history of the heavyweight title. No. 2 in the Focus on the Fight Game series. 1st edition. A4. 24pp + pictorial wrappers. profusely illustrated. Small tape repair inside front cover. Good condition.