Odd Gilbert Ed (10 results)

hardback, 8vo, 231pp, illustrated, edges slightly browned, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0906071003.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Working Copy. 1st Printing. 128pp illus. Covers absent but contents tight and clean. A working copy only.

Condition: Good. 1949. Second Impression. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt.Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Working Copy. 1st Printing. 96pp illus. Only the front cover remains albeit well worn. but contents clean. A working copy only.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK edition. 231pp. Illus. throughout. Photographic d.j. and end-papers. No clipping or inscriptions.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Working Copy. 1st Printing. 96pp illus. Covers present albeit well worn. but contents clean. Central two pages have popped from the rusting staples. A working copy only.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback 1977. 231 pages. Clean & tight book. Flat pages. PAGE EDGES ARE FOXED. No inscriptions. JACKET INSIDE HAS FOXING. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £4.95. Jacket is now under clear removable protective covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O-XTR. Jack Johnson - in the Ring and Out with the original Introductions by Damon Runyon; Tad, Ed. Smith & J. B. Lewis. Edited with Afterword by Gilbert Odd. Published in 1977 by Proteus, London.

Octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 246pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems/edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling).

Photos, 9 x 5.5, boards, 246 pp, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, contents good, in toned and lightly worn dust jacket.

Autobiography of the great fighter, first published in 1927. Also published under the title Jack Johnson is a Dandy with an introduction by Dick Schapp. This edition edited by Gilbert Odd. Reprint. 8vo. 231pp. 8 plates. Dust wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Gilbert Odd to half title-page.