Les Darcy: The Legend, Champion of Champions by Raymond Swanwick - 1994

Topmill Press, Marrickville, NSW, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. Introduction by author and appendix. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, and reproductions of newspaper clippings. Photographic paperback binding with black and gold coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Les Darcy was a champion boxer at the age of 16 and dead at the age of 21. He was a boxing phenomenon and took on all comers and basically won every bout. But, at the height of his career World War I was in the process of being fought, and, he wanted not to be manipulated as a tool for recruitment posters, left for America, where he in turn wowed the American public with his boxing prowess. This came to an abrupt end when a infected tooth led to septicaemia, peritonitis and death in 1917. People on both sides of the Atlantic mourned the loss of a true original. Minor creasing of the book… Read More

Topmill Pty Ltd, Sydney 1994. A4 112pp, b/w illusts, very good paperback & cover Swanwick presents Darcy as Australia's most popular and renown boxer. He was brilliant, tough, modest, lovable and ill-fated 'golden boy' of the 'golden age' of Australian boxing.

Marrick, NSW; Topmill Pty, 1994., 1994. Mass Market Paperback. Reprint. SIGNED COPY.� Quarto. Softcover. 112 pp. Illustrated throughout. Book Condition: Very Good. Pictorial card wraps. Spine lightly sunned with minor creasing at head; corner crease across upper cover. Contents clean with gift inscription "To Ron Banks with my best wishes Raymond Swanwick 1994" in blue ink to p 3. Biography of the Middleweight Champion of the World and Australia's Golden Boy, with full record of his 50 fights and many previously unpublished pictures. Hartley, p 292.

Ure Smith, Sydney, 1965. First Edition. Softcover ( French Flaps). Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, introduction by author and appendix. Between pages 112 and 113 there are 16 pages of black and white photographs and illustrations. Photographic paperback binding, with French flaps, which has been attached to the book at the spine. Green and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Les Darcy was the "golden boy" of Australian boxing between 1910 and 1916. But, he came under a cloud; He was the perfect specimen of manhood who did not go to war. Because he would not enlist in the AIF he was denounced as a shirk and, when, on the eve of a conscription referendum, he flitted to America as a stowaway, criticism of his action operated to prevent his obtaining any matches there against the greatest world names in boxing. The fiasco of this American visit was cut short by his sudden… Read More

Ure Smith 1965. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Ure Smith 1965. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Australia's Golden Boy Of Boxing. Ure Smith Sydney 1965. Green cloth, photographs, appendix, 238pp. Very good in like jacket.

Ure Smith, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear and minor tears to dustjacket, now wrapped in protective sleeve. Internally clean, with a tight binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.