Sullivan John Gilbert Odd (8 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 246pp. Hardback with DJ, VG, fighting records, earnings records, b&w illustrations and photos, slight tobacco odor, Autobiography of Irish-American heavyweight boxing champion John Sullivan, known as the Boston Strong Boy,

Original Brown Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. Thus. 1979. 246pp. B&W images. "The great John L.: a barroom braggart feted by royalty, admired by presidents and the common man, he was the first internationally-renowned sports-man, the fighter who dragged the Nobel Art out of the era of bare-knuckled prize fights and gave it respectability". Dust jacket has light wear to edges and corners with very mild fading to spine; light bump to top edge of upper board. Not price-clipped. Book has gilt titles to spine with some light wear to top edges and corners. Very slight foxing to edges. Pages and contents are in vg condition with no inscriptions.

1st Edition in this form. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Description: 246 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subject: Sullivan, John Lawrence, -- 1858-1918.Boxing -- Biography. Series: The richest prize, no. 2. Originally published in 1892. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The great John L. Sullivan: a barroom braggart feted by royalty, admired by presidents and the common man, he was the first internationally-renowned sportsman, the fighter who dragged the Noble Art out of the era of bare-knuckle prize fights and gave it respectability. His autobiography traces the exciting life and times of a greta sporting legend. **The book has tanning and a personal note written on the fly page. The jacket is a little rumpled at the top and has a small stain at the bottom of the spine>**.

1st Edition in this form. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Description: 246 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subject: Sullivan, John Lawrence, -- 1858-1918.Boxing -- Biography. Series: The richest prize, no. 2. Originally published in 1892. 1 Kg.

First Edition Thus Hardcover autobiography of the renowned prizefighter, near fine in fine jacket, in mylar cover; minor softening to board corners else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first edition thus.

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.