Vintage Hardcover with scarce DJ, First Edition 1950 The Ring Book Shop, Inc New York 128 pages. Very Good, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with white titles - corners lightly bumped. Moderate shelf/edge wear, dust soiling, one large chip to back panel and a spine abrasion to original scarce DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked with toning to all text pages. This book is a compilation of previously published articles appearing in serial form in Ring magazine in 1949 and 1950 and published in book form here for the first... View More...
Vintage Hardcover with DJ, (Association Copy) Signed by the Editor Jack Curry and the Author Jack Dempsey to Murray Goodman Stated First Edition 1950 Prentice Hall 264 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear and a few faint smudges to maroon cloth boards with white spine titles - top two corners lightly bumped. Minor shelf/edge wear to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. 25 chapters and 128 B&W illustrations drawn by Ed Igoe. This is an Association copy. Signed by the Editor Jack Curry to Murray Goodman on the FFEP - "To my friend Murray Goodman, the fight game's ace public... View More...
Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Signed by the Author First Edition 1958 Fleet Publishing 296 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with gilt spine titles and gilt front cover illustration of one boxer standing over another - corners sharp. One tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Minor shelf/edge wear to original unclipped Dj - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Signed on the backside of the FFEP " With best wishes Nat Fleischer Dec 1958". Endpapers are broadside ads for boxing matches from the past. Natha... View More...
Vintage Hardcover with DJ, First Edition 1949 G.P. Putnam's Sons 303 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with white spine titles - corners lightly bumped. Front and rear cover have a photo illustration of a boxing ring from above the ring. Minor shelf/edge wear,one small chip and a few closed tears to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Rear panel has photo of Author shaking hands with Joe Lewis. No precvious owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. 23 chapters, 3 appendices and index. With 44 illustrations covering boxing from the Ancient ... View More...
Hardcover, No DJ Stated First Edition 1927 National Sports Publishing Company Chicago 259 pages. Very Good+, No DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to red ribbed cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp with a touch of wear to the tips. Inscription to previous owner written in elaborate script on FFEP. 16 illustrations. John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 ? June 10, 1946), nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908?1915). His 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries was dubb... View More...
