GLADIATORS OF THE PRIZE RING : OR PUGILISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES FROM JAMES J. CORBETT TO TOM HYER - WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND AUTHENTIC RECORDS OF THEIR VICTORIES AND DEFEATS, EMBRACING ALL THE MEN OF NOTE OF ALL NATIONS.
Published by The Athletic Publishing Co., Chicago, 1895
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Nick Bikoff, IOBA, Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A.Nick Bikoff, IOBA
AbeBooks seller since November 19, 2001
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 435.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Clean green cloth that has been skillfully rebacked . Text & hinges are tight & intact. Spine lettering faded & gilt lettering & decoration on front cover somewhat faded. No page numbers (200+) . Finger smudges on a few pages. This is a follw-up book to Edwards 1894 publication with a similar title "The Portrait Gallery of Pugilists of America and Their Contemporaries From James J. Corbett to Tom Hyer." The volume features not only the history of boxing but also countless excellent prints of top name boxers in full page format. Some included are John L. Sullivan, James Corbett, Jake Kilrain, Peter Jackson, Paddy Ryan, and Bob Fitzsimmons. Sports. Boxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller Inventory # 17591
Bibliographic details
- Title
- GLADIATORS OF THE PRIZE RING : OR PUGILISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR CONTEMPORARIES FROM JAMES J. CORBETT TO TOM HYER - WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND AUTHENTIC RECORDS OF THEIR VICTORIES AND DEFEATS, EMBRACING ALL THE MEN OF NOTE OF ALL NATIONS.
- Author
- Edwards, Billy (William)
- Publisher
- The Athletic Publishing Co., Chicago
- Publication year
- 1895
- Condition
- Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Sports
Nick Bikoff, IOBA
Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A.
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Nick & Fran Bikoff have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century.
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Nick Bikoff, IOBA
NJ, U.S.A.
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