"With Illustrations, showing the various blows, stops, and guards. . Edited by J. M. Waite ." Original dark green cloth, bordered in black, lettered and decorated (prize fighter) in gilt; with 1/4" square graze on front cover affecting nose of figure; cloth lightly soiled, but all gilt nice and bright; small 'ding' at top front; corners lightly worn. Pages age-toned, and several dusty, thumbed or marked. Still, a very good copy. (Note: "The Prize Ring may be dead, but boxing is still as much alive as ever, and must always form a part of the athletic education of every young Englishman. My experience both in fighting and in teaching has led me to believe that I could render service to students with the pen, as well as with the gloves on my hands; hence this little manual on the nobel art." cf. Preface).

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Title: Self-Defence; or, The Art of Boxing.
Publisher: Weldon & Co., [] (Preface dated 1st January 1879)., London
Publication Date: 1879
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.

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