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British Boxing
by BATCHELOR, Denzil
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- Very Good
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$20.00
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London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Eight plates in color, twenty-seven in black and white. Front hinge a little tender, very good or better in about very good dustwrapper with moderate overall wear. An attractive copy of this book in the Britain in Pictures series.
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The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard
by SAMUELS, Charles
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1957
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$65.00
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a slightly spine soiled, near fine dustwrapper. Biography of a colorful fight promoter. An unusually nice copy.
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$65.00

Ruby Robert" Alias Bob Fitzsimmons
by DAVIS, Robert H.
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1926
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$75.00
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New York: George H. Doran, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Owner's small stamp front pastedown, very good or better lacking the scarce dustwrapper.
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$75.00

Shake Hands and Come Out Fighting
by STRONG, L.A.G.
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1953
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$30.00
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated cheap edition. Small octavo. Fine in very good dustwrapper with a tear at the crown, a tear on the rear panel, and modest age-toning on the spine.
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$30.00

John L. Sullivan: An Intimate Narrative
by DIBBLE, R.F.
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1925
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Item Price
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$150.00
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition.Octavo. 209pp., illustrated with photographs. A little wear at the spine ends, near fine in a good dustwrapper with internal tape repairs and substantial loss at the spine. Biography of the pugilist from early days to his later career thumping the boards. Very scarce in jacket.
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$150.00

The Heavyweight Champions
by DURANT, John
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1960
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$45.00
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New York: Hastings House, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. Fine in attractive near fine dustwrapper with a modest tar on the rear panel. A nice and bright copy of the first edition of an often reprinted title.
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$45.00

The 1974 Ring Boxing Encyclopedia and Record Book
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$40.00
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New York: Ring Book Shop, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 34th printing and the first edition of the 1974 version. Fine in slightly worn, near fine dustwrapper.
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$40.00

Galento The Great: The Authentic and Authorized Story of the Life and Ring Battles of Tony (Two-Ton) Galento
by DONOVAN, Joseph G.
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1939
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$100.00
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New York: George Winn, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Red cloth lettered in black. Small stain on the foredge, slight soiling on the boards, very good plus lacking the dustwrapper. A very scarce boxing title.
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$100.00

Muldoon: The Solid Man of Sport. His Amazing Story as Related for the First Time by Him to his Friend Edward Van Every
by MULDOON, William and Edward Van Every
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1929
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Item Price
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$200.00
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Jack Dempsey. Slight wear at the spine ends, near fine lacking lacking the dustwrapper. Autobiography of one of the fathers of American boxing. Very scarce.
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$200.00

The Legendary Champions
by LARDNER, Rex
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1972
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780070363908
- Item Price
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$20.00
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New York: American Heritage, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Spine ends dampstained, very good in a good only dustwrapper with corresponding dampstains, edges worn.
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$20.00
![cover of [Manuscript]: In This Corner: 40 Boxing Titleholders Tell Their Own Stories. [Published title]: In This Corner: Forty World Champions Tell Their Stories](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/849/205/473205849.0.m.jpg)
[Manuscript]: In This Corner: 40 Boxing Titleholders Tell Their Own Stories. [Published title]: In This Corner: Forty World Champions Tell Their Stories
by HELLER, Peter (ALI, Muhammad)
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1973
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$4,500.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound manuscript. Introduction by Muhammad Ali. Quarto. Unpaginated. Typed carbon copies on pink and yellow carbon paper. Contemporary full cloth stamped in gilt with the title and author and: "Original Manuscript. March 16, 1973. To Sally... With Love." Dampstain mostly visible only on the front fly, a single word… Read more
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$4,500.00

Champion: Joe Lewis Black Hero in White America
by MEAD, Chris
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780684184623
- Item Price
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$20.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Owner's contemporary gift inscription on front fly along with a light stain, else very good in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with short closed tear at top edge, extremities a bit yellowed.
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British Boxing
by BATCHELOR, Denzil
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Item Price
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$40.00
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London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Eight plates in color, twenty-seven in black and white. Slight bump to head of spine, a very nearly fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with wear to the head and tail of the spine and light soiling to the rear wrapper. An attractive copy of this book in… Read more
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$40.00
![cover of [Press Brochure]: World Heavyweight Championship Fight. Joe Frazier (Champion) vs Muhammad Ali (Challenger) at Madison Square Garden March 8, 1971 Promoted by Madison Square Garden Boxing, Inc. In Association with Fight of Champions](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/337/482/372482337.0.m.1.jpg)
[Press Brochure]: World Heavyweight Championship Fight. Joe Frazier (Champion) vs Muhammad Ali (Challenger) at Madison Square Garden March 8, 1971 Promoted by Madison Square Garden Boxing, Inc. In Association with Fight of Champions
by ALI, Muhammad and Joe Frazier
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$350.00
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New York: Madison Square Garden Boxing, Inc. In Association with Fight of Champions / Printed by Thomas A. Koppel & Son Co, 1971. Softcover. Fine. Quarto. 25 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only, stapled into a color folder, photograph of the fighters on the front wrap, LeRoy Neiman painting on the rear. Very light wear, fine. Includes a biographical… Read more
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$350.00

A History of Boxing in Britain: A Survey of the Noble Art from its Origins to the Present-Day
by BUTLER, Frank
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1972
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780213164102
- Item Price
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$75.00
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London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A bright and fresh, pretty much as new copy.
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$75.00

The Life Story of Abe the Newsboy Hero of a Thousand Fights
by HOLLANDERSKY, Abe
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1960
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Item Price
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$350.00
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Los Angeles: Published by Abe the Newsboy, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Twenty-fourth edition. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with several small tears and nicks. Signed by Abe the Newsboy, a prolific boxer, on his frontipiece photo.
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$350.00

No Man Stands Alone: The True Story of Barney Ross
by ROSS, Barney and Martin Abramson
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1957
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$275.00
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Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Modest stain to the foredge encroaching a little on the edges of several page, very good in a very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears. Warmly Inscribed by the author: "To friend Tom. Best, Barney Ross." Uncommon autobiography of the prize-fighter.
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$275.00

Within the Ropes: Champions in Action
by RICE, Harold
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1946
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$30.00
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New York: Stephen-Paul, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. A dent at the top edge of the front board, some scraping on the front free endpaper, else a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper.
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$30.00

The Saga of Sock: A Complete Story of Boxing
by GROMBACH, John V.
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1949
- Condition
- Fair
- Item Price
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$200.00
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New York: A.S. Barnes, 1949. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. A fair only copy, with stains on the boards and endpapers, front hinge restored, lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Toscanini: "To Arturo Toscanini, An outstanding artist of our time who like a championship boxer has a great "pair of hands"… Read more
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$200.00

Wise Guy: James J. Johnston: A Rhapsody in Fistics
by GRIFFIN, Marcus
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- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
- Published
- 1933
- Condition
- Good
- Item Price
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$125.00
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New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Foreword by Damon Runyon. Offsetting from a small clipping about Johnston's death on the endpapers, general wear, a sound, good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by Johnston to a sportswriter: "To Tony Marevey hi Newark's 'Boy Reporter' and my very good friend. Jimmie Johnston 3/27/33." The inside story… Read more
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$125.00