Search Results: gloves and the man the romance by corri eugene

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A scarce first edition memoir from an important figure in the history of British boxing. The scarce first edition of this memoir of Eugene Corri, a man who spent forty-five years as a boxing referee, and who in 1907 was supposedly the first person to officiate from within the ring.Corri even appeared as himself in Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 silent movie, 'The Ring'.Corri's conversational tone leads the reader through some of the 2,000 fights he refereed, including Mickey Walker against Tommy Milligan in 1927.Illustrated with sixteen photographic plates. Collated, complete.This work belonged to the library of Philip Brocklehurst, bearing his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, and a dedication to him to the front free endpaper. Brocklehurst is best known for being a member of the Nimrod Expedition in Antarctica of 1907–1909, led by Ernest Shackleton. A boxer himself, he represented Cambridge University at… Read More