Jack Johnson Boxing, First Edition (111 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fallen Angels included Ty Cobb, Pete Rose, Billy Martin, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and O. J. Simpson. Saviors were Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Gods were Jack Dempsey, Bill Russell, Jim Brown, Secretariat and Walter Johnson. Has 246 pages and hundreds of photographs, many are in color. In very good condition. I have hundreds of books on boxing, golf, football and basketball and more than 2,400 baseball publications in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Pictorial wraps with B&W photo of Jack Johnson and red and white titles. This copy has only very minor shelf wear. Rather short but informative biography of Johnson with many photographs. This book is one of a series of books on African-Americans titled, "They Didn't Know It Couldn't Be Done." ; "They Didn't Know It Couldn't Be Done"; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages.…

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condition: VG+/VG. 1st. 8vo. 274pp. Slight cant to spine. Tape remnants onto o/w nice DJ where it was. taped onto its flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. There were mythic sports figures before him--Jack Johnson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio--but when Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene from his native Louisville in the 1950s, he broke the mold. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself. As Muhammad Ali, he would become the most recognized face on the planet. Ali was a transcendent athlete and entertainer, a heavyweight Fred Astaire, a rapper before rap was born. He was a mirror of his era, a dynamic figure in the racial and cultural battles of his time. This unforgettable story of his rise and self-creation, told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, places Ali in a heritage of great American originals. KING OF THE WORLD features some of the pivotal figures of the 1960s--Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, John F. Kennedy--and its pivotal events: the civil rights movement, political assassinations, the war in Vietnam. KING OF THE WORLD takes us back to the days when Ali's life was a series of battles, inside the ring and out. A master storyteller at the height of his powers, David Remnick has written a book worthy of America's most dynamic modern hero. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. BIOS1/W.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition paperback book, lightly read.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Notable for its condition, very nice, with just a slight spine lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. One of the first books to truly examine this subject and one of the most difficult to find. Chapters include Black Professional Players of the Past; A Brief History of Professional Basketball; From the Beginnings to Jack Johnson and Other Black Boxing Champions; The Emerging Black Stars of Football and Professional Football's Caste System. First Edition, ex-library copy. The text is in very good condition, the non price clipped Dust jacket is in fair condition. I have more than 235 publications on the Negro Leagues and Black Sports in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 2004. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; two small bumps/ divots at the top of the spine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($26.95); light bumping to upper tips and head. yellow speckled paper over boards with blue grained overlay on the spine; bright gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals. 492 pp 8vo. This is the biography of Jack Johnson, the most celebrated and reviled African American of the early teens in America. He fought his way to the top of both black and white boxing circles, earning riches and fame until he ran afoul of the laws on miscegenation with relationships with white women. This book gives a good look at the life of a great black athlete in the early twentieth century America. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Softcover. Condition: As New. Stated first paperback edition. Like new, unread copy. Not remainder.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, unread copy with DJ in VG+ condition, promo/review material laid-in. TM/Sports.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First edition. First printing, near fine cloth hardcover shows just a light bit of shelf and trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows rubbing, couple of small open puncture holes at middle of spine and edgewear that includes wrinkling and a small open chip at spine head. 264 pages. Solid copy of this play that is based on the legendary boxer Jack Johnson.…

Paperback. first PB. 2092, very good - fine, reading crease (BOXING BIOGRAPHY / PHOTOS), paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stapled gloss softcover with heavier wrap. Front cover title and footer band printed in orange ink, inside all in black ink. Liberally illustrated with photos of many boxers. Articles include: Carmen Basilio the Fighter of the Year? Jess Wilard Vs Jack Johnson; Pedro Francisco Lopez, the US had a One-Eyed Heavyweight Champ in Louisville's Marvin Hart, KO Morgan. A stain on the back cover is visible on the last two pages. Size: 8½" - 11". book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good - Cash. First Edition. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. as pictured a First Edition good condition magazine, , gently read tear across bottom edge clean, Archie Moore, Jack Johnson, Sugar Ray.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition glossy photographic softcover wraps. Includes List of Other Titles in A Hard Road to Glory series; Author Dedication; Publisher's Statement dated March 1993; Views of Sport: Taking the Hard Road with Black Athletes by Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.; Foreword by Ralph Wiley, October 1993; Foreword to A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, Volumes 1 - 3; Acknowledgments; Reference Section and Index. "A Hard Road to Glory was an emotional experience for me because it dealt so intimately, at almost every stage, with both the triumph and tragedy, the elation and suffering, of blacks as they met not only the physical challenges of their sports but also the gratuitous challenges of racism. No sport was exempt from this painful double history." - Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. "The most comprehensive reference source on African-American athletes yet compiled." - San Francisco Chronilce. "No library should be without A Hard Road to Glory." - Stan Isaacs, New York Newsday. "The definitive documentation of African-American sporting history." - Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated. "A Hard Road to Glory . is a compendium of the African-American athlete in boxing. Boxing has given the African-American athlete an oppotrunity to catch the national imagination through physical prowess. The earlier boxers, such as Jack Johnson and Joe Louis, stood as symbols of black equality if not superiority. Even before Johnson there were super black boxers. This book tells their stories and looks at their records. The text and reference materials for this book were taken from the three-volume set, A Hard Road to Glory, and combined into this single volume." - from the rear outer cover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Biography of Jack Johnson. Book and DJ in MINT condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 192 pp. Gold Medal book T2092. Light rubbing on the corners with a single crease on an otherwise flat spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Peter Caras. The Chapters are: Lonesome Blues; The Bay; The Desert; Lively Times; Flight; The Wanderer; and Last Round; followed by an index. Peter Caras; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. 1st Printing of First Softcover Edition. New York: Pyramid Books, 1970. Tight, square, unmarked copy. Light cover soil else Very Good condition. No creases. Not price clipped (95 cents). No remainder mark. No store stamp, ink name or bookplate. Photo illustrated throughout. The daring exploits and record-breaking feats of back stars in boxing, baseball, basketball, football, golf, track and field, tennis, etc. Satchel Paige, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, Joe Perry, Bill Willis, Willie Mays, Jimmy Brown, Gale Sayers, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Ralph Boston, John Carlos, Jesse Owens, etc. Front cover features full-color photos of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, etc. Bibliography. Index. . 1st Printing of First Softcover Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good condition. 192pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Paperback. first PB. 2092, near fine, (BOXING BIOGRAPHY / PHOTOS), paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Stated 1st Printing w/entire number line. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked copy w/no rips or creases. Quick, secure shipping w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. International shipping may be extra due to weight.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 244pp Illus "The quest to defeat Jack Johnson." Foreword by Harry Carpenter.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback in good condition. A very informative account of the boxing match for the World Heavyweight Title in 1908 between Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns. An iconic event whereby Jack Johnson became the first black Heavyweight World Champion. A great read.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition glossy photographic softcover wraps. Includes Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Ed. W. Smith; Foreword by J.B. Lewis; Various Preliminary Pages consisting of the following: Keeping Pace With Jack Johnson by Tad of the New York Evening Journal, and one of the leading Sporting writers and authorities of the world."; Jack Johnson Could Fight by Damon Runyan; and My Husband by Mrs. Jack Johnson.; Appendix: My Fighting Life: A Chronology. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings by Edwin William Krauter. FIRST CAROL PUBLISHING GROUP EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 1992. "To many, Jack Johnson was the greatest boxer of all time. Had Jack Johnson been a white man, he would have attained an influence in the world which few other men have attained. But Jack Johnson was not. Because of his race, he had from the start the burden of prejudice to bear and to contend with conditions and human jealousies which in no way would ever have attached to a white man. When he successfully fought his way to the world championship, his achievement, instead of mitigating these prejudices and jealousies, intensified them. The story of Jack Johnson is a thrilling and interesting one, his career full of romance and adventure. This repirnt of an edition first published in 1927 is a memorial to a great American hero." -- from the rear outer cover. Krauter, Edwin William (special drawings) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-/G+. First Edition First Printing. Written by "boxing's most authoritative historian,'' this is the definitive biography of John Arthur Johnson, the first Black man to win the world's heavyweight championship. In 245 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos. A First Edition, first printing, from 1964, this hardcover 8vo has soft gray cloth-covered boards stamped with red lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean save for some tiny spots to outside bottom page edges & a light soiled spot to bottom of front board. Binding straight & strong, pages creamy white but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG-/Good+, with minor rubbing to extremities & a triangular tear to front cover through last word in title; else bright & colorful & nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Very good paperback. Minor edgewear and shelfwear. Minor creasing to bottom front corner. Clean throughout with no marking or underlining. Overall, a tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Biography of jack Johnson, worl heavyweight champion of the world - another copy with no DJ and a peice from the cover - all intact, perfect reader copy.