Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide

An Operator,

ISBN 10: 0876360290 / ISBN 13: 9780876360293

Published by Imprint Society, 1972

About this Item

Book is in excellent condition, with small mark at spine, also upper leather portion of front cover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book is protected in clear plastic jacket . #1613 of 1950 copies printed for the Imprint Society, signed by the illustrator. Selections from a 2-vol. work originally published in 1826; authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan. Foreword by George Plimpton. Signed by Randy Jones (the illustrator) on the page following p. 136. Hardcover, 7 x 10.25 inches, in half-bound in brown leather over light brown paper-covered board with dark brown decorative stripe pattern. Speckled page ends. An etching by the illustrator is laid in. Black and white illustrations. 136 pages. Contents include: Cursory remarks on the origin, rise and progress of pugilism in england, Memoirs of the life of Thomas Cribb with additional anecdotes of female pugilism, Life of Thomas Hickman (An altercation between two ladies, the brutality of the American mode of fighting, Memoirs of Tom shelton (cruel amusements of the Westminster Pit, bull baiting,) Memoirs of Jack Slack (badger baiting, animal combat,) Memoirs of Joshua Hudson, etc. Keywords: Boxing, English, History, British, London, Sport, Animal Fighting, Combat, Cursory remarks on the origin, Rise and progress of pugilism in england, Memoirs of the life of Thomas Cribb with additional anecdotes of female pugilism, Life of, Thomas Hickman, Altercation, Between two ladies, The brutality of the American mode of fighting, Memoirs of Tom shelton, Cruel amusements, Westminster Pit, Bull baiting, Memoirs of, Jack Slack, Badger baiting, Animal combat, Memoirs, Joshua Hudson, Female Boxing, Ladies Boxing, Pugulism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide
• Publisher: Imprint Society
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876360290
• ISBN 13: 9780876360293
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports/Fitness

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Synopsis

Limited edition in VG+ condition with bumps and rubs to the corners. Some rubs to the spine seams. Limited to 1950 copies of which this is #1888. Signed by Illustrator Randy Jones with a black and white plate laid in. Foreword by George Plimpton.