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NOTE: VG=Very good condition. G=Good. If the book has a dust jacket you
will see two references as to the condition. For example 'Very
good/Good' would mean the book itself is in very good condition with a
good condition dust jacket.
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* A Fistic Expert 'Scientific Boxing, Practice and Diet - Correct Punching Fight Training - Encyclopedia of Fisticuffs, Defensive Blocks, and Knockout Punches' 1941 62 pages (missing last page - will supply a photocopy of missing page) Good (2)$25 ea.
* A Fistic Expert 'Scientific Boxing, Diet; Fight Training, Scientific
Boxing, K.O. Punching, Illustrated with Slow Motion Movie Strips' 1941
63 pages VG (4) $35 ea.
* Ali,Muhammad 'The Greatest, My Own Story' 1975 Good $2.50 (Another
two 1976 versions in Good+ condition $1.50 ea.)
* Ali,Muhammad 'The Greatest, My Own Story' 1977 510 pages VG $2.50
* Amateur Athletic Union 'Official Boxing Guide 1963-64. Official Rules
Guide for Referees and Judges' 132 pages. Good condition overall with
1" clear tape along bottom of spine. $5
* Andre,Sam and Fleischer,Nat, updated by Collins,Nigel 'An
Illustrated History of Boxing' 1997 5th revised ed. 444 pages VG $5
* Andrew, T.S. 'Ring Battles of Centuries. Only and Most Complete
Record of the Roped Arena from Figg 1719 to the Present Day'. 1914 1st
edition. 253 pages. Binding is tight and book is square. Shows some
wear along the spine and there is about an eighth of an inch of paper
loss to the top of spine, else good condition. Internally very good. $75
* Andrews, T.S. 'Ring Battles of Centuries' 1924 Revised Edition. 262
pages. Covers are in poor weathered condition with tape along length of
spine, but internally very clean. Chapters include: Boxing From the
Dawn of History - John L. Sullivan Biography - Lord Lonsdale - Fighters
of Today and Yesterday - Early American Biographies - History of Titles
from the First Holders - Boxing Records (weights for boxers, complete
records of all celebrities in the ring in all nations, from the time of
James Figg, 1719, to the present day). $45
* Andrews, T.S. 'Ring Battles of Centuries' 1924 Revised Edition. 262
pages. Chapters include: Boxing From the Dawn of History - John L. Sullivan Biography - Lord Lonsdale - Fighters
of Today and Yesterday - Early American Biographies - History of Titles
from the First Holders - Boxing Records (weights for boxers, complete
records of all celebrities in the ring in all nations, from the time of
James Figg, 1719, to the present day). VG $85
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1911' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1913' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1914' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1915' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1916' Good $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1917' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1918' Good $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1919' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1921' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1923' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1924' Good+ $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1928' Worn chipped
covers, else good $25
* Andrews, T.S. 'Wor;ld's Sporting Record Book 1929' Missing covers,
else good $15
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1929' Loose covers, else
good $30
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1929' VG $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1931' (2) Good+ each. $40
each.
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1932' Good $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1933' Good $40
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1934' Good with some
cover creases $30
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Sporting Record Book 1934' Good+ $35
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Annual Sporting Records 1924'
256 pages. Jack Renault on cover. Good+ condition $30
* Andrews, T.S. 'World's Annual Sporting Records 1927' 320 pages. The
Evening Sun, New York's oldest and best newspaper on the cover. Some
chipping to cover, and '1927' written in ink on spine. Good condition
$20
* Atyeo,Don 'The Holy Warrior, Muhammad Ali' 1975 VG, large book (2)
$12 ea.
* Aujard,Richard 'Boxing' 1997 289 pages VG $15
* Austin, Sam 'Boxing and How to Train' 1913 New and revised edition.
131 pages. Fully illustrated. Complete instructional guide published by
Richard K. Fox, New York City. Good condition $75
* Baker,Mark Allen 'Complete Guide to Boxing Collectibles' (cards,
equipment, books, posters, autographs, programs, tickets, magazines.
"The definitive source for identification, authentication and valuation
of all pugilist artifacts". 1995 1st ed. 446 pages. VG+ (3) $40
ea.
* Ballarati 'La Bibbia Del Pugilato' 1986 VG $20
* Ballarati 'La Bibbia Del Pugilato' 1987 VG $20
* Batchelor,Denzil 'Jack Johnson & His Times' 1956 186 pages VG $10
* Batchelor,Denzil 'Big Fight, The Story of World Championship Boxing'
1956 Good condition $12
* Belcher Foundation 'Jem Belcher And The Historic Belcher
Handkerchief' 1997 1st ed. Contents: Jem Belcher and the Historic
Belcher Handkerchief, The Remarkable Jem Belcher, The Sport of the
Prize Ring, Jem Belcher Champion of England, The Belcher Handerchief,
Chronology of the Life of Jem Belcher, Meaningfo the Belcher Name. Fine
$30
* Belcher Foundation. 'Jem Belcher, Champion Prizefighter and His
Historic Belcher Handkerchief, Including Jem Belcher's Treatise on
Boxing' 2006 softcover, 50 pages. Excellent condition, $30
* Bell, Frank 'Gladiators of The Glittering Gulches. An Authentic and
Lively History of the Fascinating Prize Fight Game and Other Activities
Spanning Seventy Five Years, 1864 - 1939 from Montana territorial days.
1985, 163 pages, like new condition $25
* Bell, Leslie 'Focus on Freddie Mills' 1950's. 24-pages Good
condition. (2) $35 ea.
* Bell, Leslie 'Focus on Bruce Woodcock' c1950's, 24 pages. Cover is
loose, else VG $30
* Benedict, George 'Manual of Boxing, Club Swinging and Manly Sports'
1883 - 138 pages. Good+ condition $100
* Benedict, George 'Manual of Boxing, Club Swinging and Manly Sports' 1883 - 138 pages. Good minus condition. Missing 1 1/2" of paper cover on bottom of spine and maybe an eighth of an innch from top of spine and a couple of small chips from corners of front cover, else good to good + $60
* Bennison,Ben 'Giants on Parade' London, 1936 290 pages. Hartley # 151
VG condition $60
* Bennison, Ben 'Fighting Davids and Goliaths of The Rings. Famous
Fights and Fighters Remembered and Recorded' 1913 1st ed. 159 pages.
Covers somewhat worn, but good condition overall $75
* Bensen,D.S. 'Championship Boxing, A Statistical History 1880 - 1980'
* SCARCE * 1995 1st edition. 313 pages 9 3/4" x 12" VG+ (2) $35
ea.
* Bernard,Rev. George 'The Morality of Prizefighting'. 1952 1st
ed. Published by The Catholic University of America Press. 190 pages.
Chapters: Background To The Problem, Prizefighting As It Exists Today,
Medical Studies In Relation to Prizefighting, Moral Principles in
Relation to The Problem, Collaries Concerning Amateur and Collegiate
Boxing. Good+ condition. Very scarce.Ex-library. $85
* Bettinson,A.F. & Bennison,B. 'Famous Fights and Fighters, From
Jem Mace to Tommy Farr' 128 pages. 1937 1st ed. Contents include: The
Lonsdale Belts, Coronation Tournament, Bower's Day, Arrival of Tommy
Burns, Downfall of a Champion, Tommy Burns Humbled by Beckett, Battling
Siki and Jack Johnson, When the "Boys" Won the fight, Welsh-A Great
Lightweight, The Black Giants, Driscoll v. Moran, The Years of the War,
Dempsey's Devastating Punch, The Lesson of Tunney, How Benny Lynch Won
a World Title, The Story of Peterson, Max Baer, Walter Neusel, When
Schmeling Beat Louis, and Farr Masters Baer. Good condition with some
loss of paper to bottom and top of spine. $60
* Bettinson, A.F. & Bennison, B. ‘Famous Fights and Fighters,
From Jem Mace to Tommy Farr’ 1938 1st ed. Good condition with
some paper loss to
spine. $50 (hold for Lawrence - Feb. 2010)
* Birtley,Jack 'Freddie Mills' 1978 206 pages VG (2) $8 ea.
* Birtley,Jack 'The Tragedy of Randolph Turpin' 1975 VG $15
* Blair, George D. 'The 1986 Minnesota and Upper Midwest Boxing Record
Book' VG $40
* Blatz Beer 'Blatz Beer Sports Almanac' 1950 ed. 96 pages. Cover
missing small chip in lower front cover, else good condition $15
* Blatz Beer 'Blatz Beer Sports Almanac' 1951 ed. 96 pages. VG $15
* Blewett,Bert 'King Korn Record Book 1985' 1985 1st ed. 31 pages.
Excellent condition. South African boxing record book (2) $25 ea.
* Boxing News 'Boxing News Annual 1950' Complete Records and Photographs of All the Champions - World, European British and Empire Title Fights at all Weights - Individual Records of Over 350 Boxers. 128 pages. VG $35
* ''Boxing News Annual and Record Book 1973' 160 pages. VG $20 ea.
* 'Boxing News Annual and Record Book 1975' (Ali/Foreman fight cover)
160 pages. VG $10)
* Boxing Illustrated Record 1978 VG (2) $10 ea.
* Boxing Illustrated Record 1979 VG $10
* Bockris,Victor 'Muhammad Ali In Fighter's Heaven' 2000 VG $8
* Bortstein,Larry 'Ali' 1976 92 pages Good $7.50
* Boxing 'Boxing's Book of Records to June 30, 1914' published by
'Boxing' magazine in 1914. 231 pages. Worn and creased covers, inner
front cover hinge is loosening but intact. Inside the front cover is
written "With my complements from Ben (Kid) Atkins. British Railway and
Eastern Counties Boxing Champion. 143 Major Road, Stratford E 15,
England". A bit grubby but binding is intact. Good reference. $30
* Boxing News '1948 Boxing News Annual' World's, European & British
Champions All Weights Ring Facts and Figures - Amateur and
Professional. Individual Records of Over 200 Boxers. 96 pages. Good $15
* Boxing News '1949 Boxing News Annual' World's, European & British
Champions All Weights Ring Facts and
Figures - Amateur and Professional. Individual Records of Over 200
Boxers.96 pages. Good condition with some clear tape along spine. $15
* Boxing News '1950 Boxing News Annual' Complete Records and
Photographs of All the Champions. World European British and Empire
Title Fights at All Weights. Individual Recovers of Over 350 Boxers.
128 pages. Good condition with clear tape along spine $10
* Boxing News '1953 Boxing News Annual' Photographs of All the
Champions. Title Fights at All Weights in 1952. Individual Records of
Over 350 Boxers. Action Photos, Amateur Section. 126 pages. VG $15
* Brady, William A. 'Life and Battles of Jas. J. Jeffries. Champion of
the World. Also his Practical Ideas of How to Box, How to Train' 1900.
78 pages. Chapters include: The Champions Boyhood Days, His Early
Battles, Signs with Wm. A. Brady, Jeffries-Fitzsimmons Battle, The
Battle by Rounds, A Letter from Fitz, Jeffries-Sharkey Battle,
Jeffries-Corbett Battle, The Champions Subsequent Career, Lessons in
Boxing, Hints on Trainers and Training. Internally very good. The cover
shows some wear and minor chipping and tears along the edges, but still
good overall. A rare book $500
* Brogan, Wrigley 'The Last Round. Roberto Duran's Final Victory'
2006 1st ed. # 67 of a limited edition of 100. Signed by author. Also
includes a negative for a one of a kind Duran photo. 144 pages.
Profusely illustrated. Mint condition $40
* Bromberg,Lester 'World's Champs' 1958 1st ed. 253 pages VG- (2)$15
ea.
* Bromberg, Lester 'Battles After the Bell' 1956 1st ed., 8 pages. VG
$30
* Bromberg, Lester 'The Champs Who Never Were' 1955 1st ed., 8 pages.
VG $30
* Bucceroni, Dan 'Easy Boxing for Self Defense' 1964, 33 pages.
Sections on training, position, movement (offensive & defensive),
and punching power (Left hand, right hand, shadow boxing, combinations,
clinches, bags). VG condition $30
* Burroughs, Chuck 'Come Out Fighting. True Fight Tales for Fight Fans'
1977 1st edition. 118 pages. INSCRIBED by Burroughts on title page: "To
Don Hoffman, give 'em the laces. Best Chuck Burroughs." VG $35.
Another unsigned in good + condition for $15
* Butler,Frank 'Randolph Turpin - Sugar Ray Robinson. Their Story
in Pictures' London News of the World, 1951 32 pages Good $30
* Butler, Frank and Butler, James 'The Fight Game. Dempsey, Tunney,
Wilde, Kid Lewis, Sugar Ray, They're All Here' 1958 edition, 192 pages.
Good + $15
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* Caldwell, Erskine 'Poor Fool. An Exciting Full Length Novel' 1953 -
128 pages. Good $10
* Carnahan, Don 'Rising Stars 1993-94. Insiders Guide to Tomorrow's Big
Names in Boxing' 60 pages. 8 1/2" x 11" VG $30
* Carnahan, Don 'Rising Stars 1994-95. Insiders Guide to Tomorrow's Big
Names in Boxing' 60 pagers. 8 1/2" x 11" VG $30
* Carroll,Ted 'Picture Story - Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey' 400
drawings. 1947 1st ed. VG 62 pages (2) $40 each
* Carroll,Ted 'Picture Story - Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey' 400 drawings
, 1947 1st ed. Good 62 pages $35
* Carroll, Ted 'Picture Story - Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey' 400
drawings. 1947 1st ed. 62-pages. First two pages are loose, spine shows
wear $25
* Carruthers, Jimmy 'The Jimmy Carruthers Souvenir Course. For
Complete Instruction and Training in Boxing, Self Defence, Physical
Fitness, Muscle Building, Body Developing' c1960 1st editions.
Published in ten 8" x 10" softcover booklets comprised of 8 to 13 pages
each. Carruthers won the Australian Bantamweight title in 1951, the
British Commonwealth title in 1952, and was regarded by the National
Boxing Association as the World Bantamweight Champion. He became
Australia's first universally recognized boxing World
Champion. Like new condition with rusted staples. Internally very
clean. Scarce boxing course. $100 for the lot.
* Cassidy,Robert 'Muhammad Ali, The Greatest of All Time' 1999 160
pages VG+ $5
* Cayton,Bill * Obojski,Robert 'Boxing Memorabilia' 1992 1st ed. $20
* Cerrone, John 'Boxing The Art of Self Defense Step by Step' 1980 1st edition. 57 pages. Illustrated. Contents: Boxing, Equipment Needed for Boxing, Standing Position, Hand Positions, Footwork, Block-Jab and Counter With a Left, Where to Focus Your Eyes, Left Jab - Feint or Other Punches, Left Hook, Defense Against the Seven Left Hook Combinations, Art of Using a Left Hook, Right Handed Fighter, Various Left Hooks, Why Most Fighters Can't Hit Hard, Equipment to be Used. Excellent condition (5) $35 ea.
* Chaiton,Sam 'Lazarus and the Hurricane' (Hurricane Carter) 2000 1st
ed. 344 pages. VG $15
* Chaiton,Sam 'Lazarus and the Hurricane, The Freeing of Rubin
"Hurricane" Carter' 2000 5th printing. Signed be each of the following:
Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Gene Fullmer, Kid Gavilan, Joe Frazier,
Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Ken Norton, Floyd Patterson, &
Willie Pep! VG+ $1,200
* Chandler,David (Ed.) 'Boxer, An Anthology of Writings on Boxing and
Visual Culture' 1996 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" 133 pages, profusely illustrated
VG $15 (W)
* Christe's Los Angeles 'Christie's Los Angeles The Paloger Collection
of Muhammad Ali Memorabilia, Sunday 19, October 1997 1997 1st ed. Fine
$15.
* Citro,Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1990' Vol. 7, VG Fine (2) $30 ea., and another in
Good+ condition for $25
* Citro, Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1991' Vol. 8. VG $30
* Citro,Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1992' Vol. 9, VG (2) $30 ea.
* Citro, Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1993' Vol. 10, VG $30
* Citro,Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1982-1983' 88 pages. VG (3) $30, one in good condition for $25
ea.
* Citro,Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1984' Vol. 2, 167 pags, Good $25, two VG $30 ea.
* Citro,Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1986' Vol.3, 208 pages. VG (3) $30 ea.
$25 ea.
* Citro, Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1987' Vol. 4, VG $30
* Citro, Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1988' vol. 5. Good+ $30
* Citro, Ralph 'Computer Boxing Update 1989' Vol. 6, VG $30
* Clackmannan Distric Libraries 'Tommy Spiers, The Story of a Boxing
Champion From Alloa' 1986 1st ed. 97 pages. Excellent condition. 2
available $30 ea.
* Clarke, Willie 'How to Box in 20 Lessons' Written by 1920 U.S.
Olympic team member. 1928 1st edition. 20 pages. Contents: How to Hold
Your Hands, Footwork, Boxing Positions, Left Jab, One-Two Punch, Left
Hook, Blocking, Hook to Body, Counter Punching, Counter for Right
Cross, Punching, How to Break from Clinch, Practice Lessons, Ducking,
Blocking Hook with Right Hand, Muscles and Their Burden, Vital Spots,
Double-Punch, Uppercut, and Shoe Shine. Very Scrarce. VG $100
* Clement,Frank (editor) 'Los Angeles Times 1952 All-Sports Almanac'
1952 1st ed. 256 pages. Includes boxing. VG $15
* Collins, Mike 'Ring Battles of the Ages. From the Dawn of Time to the
Present. Complete History of boxing with records, biographies,
anecdotes, gossip, pictures of famous fighters, managers, promoters and
ring celebrities of now and days gone by.' 1932 1st edition. 8" x 10
3/4", 48 pages and 20 illustrations. VG condition (2) $100 ea.
* Concklin,Thomas 'Muhammad Ali, The Fight for Respect' 1992 VG $15
* Cooper,Henry 'Henry Cooper's Book of Boxing' 1982 168 pages VG (3)
$10 ea., and another in good condition for $5
* Cooper,Henry 'H for Enry, More than Just an Autobiography' 1984 VG $10
* Cooper,Henry 'Henry Cooper, an Autobiography' 1974 190 pages VG $5.
* Corbett, James J. 'Scientific Boxing' 1912 1st ed. 109 pages. Good + condition $85, another with some
cover wear, else good condition. $75 and another with heavier cover wear
along spine $50
* Corbett,James J. 'Scientific Boxing' 1912 1st ed. 109 pages. Cover is
very worn, with water stains on front, and missing a chip in back.
Internally good+. Ask to see a scan. $35
* Corbett, James J. 'Jabs, Being An Account of The Remarkable
Experiences of Handsome Jim' 1907 95 pages. Some minor water
staining to covers, else good + Binding is tight, straight, and book is
internally clean. Rare book $125
* Corbett, James J. 'Scientific Boxing' 1912 1st ed. 109 pages. Paper
peeling away from spine. Needs to be glued down, else good + cndition
$35
* Corbett,Young 'How to Punch the Bag' from Spalding's Athletic
Library. 1912 1st ed. Good condition. (2) $60 ea., another in VG condition $75
* Corris,Peter 'Ringside' 1996 VG $15
* Cosell,Howard 'Great Moments in Sport' 1964 Good $5
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* Davis,Mac 'Great American Sports Humor' 1950 276 pages. Includes some
boxing stories. VG $15
* Day & Mason (publishers) - 'The Story of the Prize Ring' 1949 1st
ed. 24 pages. Text consists of 7 seconds, these being articles by
Trevor Wignall, Harry Maxted and others, that refer to old-time
fighters such as Tom Cribb, Tom Sayers, Dan Donnelly, etc. Good+ (2)
$40 ea.
* Day & Mason Boxing Annual 1953. 64 pages. VG (2) $25 ea.
* Deakin, Fred 'Welsh Warriors' 1990 1st ed. Includes sections on the
likes of Jim Driscoll, Freddie Welsh, Johnny Basham, Jimmy Wilde and
many other great Welsh boxers. 190 pages. VG $30
* Deakin, Fred 'Peerless Jim Driscoll. The Original Welsh Wizard' 1987
1st edition, 99 pages. Excellent condition. $35
* DeCoy,Robert H. 'Jack Johnson. The Big Black Fire' 1991 320 pages VG
$15
* DeForest,Jimmy 'The Jimmy DeForest Boxing Course' Twenty weeks
of training in six booklets. The first three booklets are apporoximately
46 pages each, and the last three about 30 pages each. Covers all
aspects of training for boxing. Authored by Dempsey's trainer for his
title fight with Jess Willard. All six booklets are in good+ condition
and come with an original somewhat tattered mailing envelope, and a
large 23" x 17 1/2" advertising foldout for Jimmy DeForest sporting
goods. Published in 1929. $125 for the set.
* DeForest, Jimmy 'The Jimmy DeForest Boxing Course'. Twenty weeks of
training in 8 1/2" x 11" size papers. The first week is comprised of 9
typed pages and covers introductory letter, how to clench a fist,
developing the arm, stance, footwork, combined arm and foot movements,
roadwork, breathing, diet, showering and review questions. The second
week is comprised of 11 typed pages and includes cover letter, how to
bandage hands, left jab, straight left to body, left hook, rope
skipping, roadwork, wearing apparel, workout, and review questions. The
third week is comprised of six typed pages and includes right hand
punches, straight right to the body, right hook, protecting the hands
in hitting, use of wall pulleys and review questions. The fourth week
is comprised of eight pages and includes: left uppercut, right
uppercut, timing punches, defense, evading punches, clinching, how to
keep a man from clinching, and review questions. The fifth week is
comprised of 10 pages and includes: How to get out of a clinch, art of
defense, defensive hitting, stopping and evading, blocking, blocking
the left jab, blocking left to body, blocking straight rights, blocking
uppercuts, blocking hooks, workout and review questions. The sixth week
is comprised of 8 typed pages and includes: Parrying, evading,
slipping, back-sway and snap-away, workout and review questions. Week
seven is comprised of 7 typed pages and includes: ducking left hook,
side-stepping, stepping back, rolling with the punch, shadow boxing,
workout and review questions. Week eight is comprised of 8 typed pages
including: a series of counterattack descriptions for various punches,
workout and review questions. Week nine is comprised of 8 typed pages
and includes more on counterattacks, how to punch the bag and review
questions. Week ten is comprised of eight pages and includes more
information on counterattacks, workout and questions. Week eleven is
comprised of 6 typed pages and includes: Feinting, workout and
questions. Week twelve is comprised of 4 typed pages including:
scientific boxing, workout and review questions. Week thirteen is
comprised of five typed pages and includes strategy, workout and review
questions. Week fourteen is comprised of five typed pages and includes
more strategy, workout and review questions. Week fifteen is comprised
of 3 typed pages and covers more strategy and a form chart. Week
sixteen is comprised of 6 typed pages and deals with more strategy and
has some review questions. Week seventeen is comprised of six typed
pages and deals with tricks and includes review questions. Week
eighteen is comprised of 5 typed pages and includes more strategy,
paralyzing an opponent's arms, and review questions. Week nineteen is
comprised of 7 typed pages and covers the vital points of the body to
attack, making weight, building up, going stale and review questions.
The twentieth and final week is comprised of 5 typed pages and includes
a summary, duties of seconds, how to secure matches and a form chart.
VG condition and obviously very comprehensive instruction. Comes with
original mailing envelope which is in poor shape. $125
* DeGrouch,Wm. 'How Chamions Play Baseball, Softball, Boxing, Wresting,
Boxing' 1948 Street and Smith softcover publication. Missing back
cover, else good condition $15
* Delcourt,Christian (photographs by Richard Aujard) 'Boxing' 1997 284
pages. Profusely illustrated VG $15
* Dempsey, Jack 'Training with Jack Dempsey' 1936. 51 pages. Some
staining on the back cover and someone has written "Copywright 1936" in
ink on the top of the front cover. Coves all the punches, blocking,
feinting, footwork, drills, sleep and rest, etc. Good condition (2) $45
ea.
* Dempsey,Jack 'How to Fight Tough. 100 Action Photos Teaching
U.S. Commando Fighting' as demonstrated by Lieut. Jack Dempsey. 1942 VG (3)
$45 ea.
* Dempsey, Jack 'How to Box' 1936 1st edition put out by Royal Crown
Cola. 10 pages. Contents: On Guard Position, Footwork, Left Jab, Left
Hook, Feinting, Ducking, Slipping, Straight Right, Uppercuts, Defense,
Right Cross, Blocking & Closing. Good (2) $45 ea.
* Dempsey, Jack '5-booklet Everlast Boxing Training Course' c1940.
Approximately 15 pages each. Good+ condition. $100
* Dempsey, Jack with Bob Considine and Bill Slocum 'Dempsey, as
Told By the Man Himself' 1960, 176 pages. VG $10
* Dent, Reg. Serg. Major E.B. 'Boxing' Instructor in Boxnig at the Army
Headquarters Gymnasium Aldershot' 1920 56 pages. Good condition, with
some loss to paper on bottom 1" of spine. $45
* Dent, Reg. Serg. Major E.B. 'Boxing' Instructor in Boxnig at the Army
Headquarters Gymnasium Aldershot' 1920 56 pages. Very good condition $65
* DeVeber,Peter 'Marvelous Marvin' (Hagler). 1979 1st ed. Large 8 1/2"
x 10 3/4" format, approximately 40 pages, well illustrated. Excellent
condition in original cellophane. $50
* Donnelly, Ned 'Ned Donnelly's Art of Boxing. 40 Illustrations,
Queensberry & London Prize Ring Rules, Together with A Complete
Manual on Training' by John Goulding. Excelsior Publishing House, New
York. c1910 Good+ condition. $100
* Donnelly,Ned 'Ned Donnelly's Art of Boxing. A Manual of Sparring and
Self Defense, Illustrated with Forty Engravings. Showing the Various
Blows, Stops and Guards, and Explaining all the Modern Methods of
Attack and Defense' Published by Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers, New
York. c1900-1910 121 pages. VG $100
* Donovan, Mike 'Science of Boxing, Also Rules and Articles on
Training, Generalship in the Ring, and Kindred Subjects' 1893 78 pages.
Written by the ex-middleweight champion of America and instructor of
boxing at the N.Y. Athletic Club. Pictorial cover of Donvan in fighting
stance. Contents include: The Authors Record, Introduction, Positions,
Taking Distance, Feinting, Blows and Gaurds, The Pivot Blow, Right Hand
Boxing, Infighting, Stops, Ducking and Clinching, Side-Stepping, How to
Box a Man Taller than Yourself, Generalship, A Suggestion, How to Judge
a Fight, How to Train for a Fight, and Appendix. Some loss to spine
cover, else very good . Scan available upon request. $75. Another with loss of paper to almost all of the spine else good $50
* Driscoll, Jim 'Ringcraft' (former featherweight champion of Great
Britain). Published by Ewart, Seymour & Co., London. c1914.
Numerous illustrations. Good condition $45
* Driscoll, Jim 'The Straight Left and How to Cultivate It'. Revised by
Gilbert Odd. c1940's, 78-pages. Good condition $50
* Driscoll, Jim 'Ringcraft' by the featherweight champion of the world.
c1920 fifth edition, 80 pages and numerous illustrations.
Instructional. Good + condition, very clean. $50
* Dundee,Angelo 'I Only Talk Winning' 1988 - 285 pages VG $10
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* Durant, John 'Come Out Fighting. The Pictorial History of Heavyweight boxing and Its Colorful Champions' 1946 Good+ condition. $25
* Edwards, Billy 'Billy Edwards' Art of Boxing and Manual of Training.
Illustrated From Photographs' 1888 by Excelsior Publishing House. 111
pages. Prepatory Training, Breakfast Diet, Smoking, Swinging Clubs,
Dumb-bell
Exercise, Punching the Bag, The Flying Bag, The Correct Position,
Walking and Running, Diner Diet, The Ring and Ground, The Ring,
Advancing and Breaking Ground, Both on Guard, The Double Lead and Stop,
The Straight or Simple Counter, Guards, Countering, Right and Cross
Counter, Body Blows, Upper Cuts, etc. etc. VG (2) $100 ea.
* Edwards, William 'Art of Boxing and Science of Self Defence, Together
with a Manual of Training' Fully illustrated. 1888 111 pages.
Prepatory Training, Breakfast Diet, Smoking, Swinging Clubs, Dumb-bell
Exercise, Punching the Bag, The Flying Bag, The Correct Position,
Walking and Running, Diner Diet, The Ring and Ground, The Ring,
Advancing and Breaking Ground, Both on Guard, The Double Lead and Stop,
The Straight or Simple Counter, Guards, Countering, Right and Cross
Counter, Body Blows, Upper Cuts, etc. etc. Good condition $100
* Edwards,William 'Art of Boxing and Science of Self Defence, Together
with a Manual of Training' Fully illustrated. c1890 111 pages.
Prepatory Training, Breakfast Diet, Smoking, Swinging Clubs, Dumb-bell
Exercise, Punching the Bag, The Flying Bag, The Correct Position,
Walking and Running, Diner Diet, The Ring and Ground, The Ring,
Advancing and Breaking Ground, Both on Guard, The Double Lead and Stop,
The Straight or Simple Counter, Guards, Countering, Right and Cross
Counter, Body Blows, Upper Cuts, etc. etc. Good + $75
* Edwards, William 'Art of Boxing and Science of Self Defence' 1888. 111 pages. repatory Training, Breakfast Diet, Smoking, Swinging Clubs, Dumb-bell
Exercise, Punching the Bag, The Flying Bag, The Correct Position,
Walking and Running, Diner Diet, The Ring and Ground, The Ring,
Advancing and Breaking Ground, Both on Guard, The Double Lead and Stop,
The Straight or Simple Counter, Guards, Countering, Right and Cross
Counter, Body Blows, Upper Cuts, etc. etc. Missing small piece of upper right hand corner of front cover and 1/2" loss to bottom of spine, else good + condition. $75
* Elliott, W.J. 'The Art of Attack & Defence' (Fencing, Sword v.
Sword, Sword v. Bayonet, Singlestick, Bayonet v. Bayonet, & Boxing.
Published in London by Dean & Son 1886. 32 pages. Internally very
good but the pages while all tightly bound together have come apart
from the front and rear covers and the front cover has a one-inch wide
piece of light brown tape covering the left hand side of it and a small
sticker in the upper right corner. Still, a rare and desirable booklet.
$75
* Everlast Boxing Record 1925 Worn and loose covers 416 pages Good $30
* Everlast Boxing Record 1931 Good 349 pages. $30
* Everlast Boxing Record 1934 VG $35
* Everlast Boxing Record 1935 VG $35, Another in Good condition $30
* Everlast Boxing Record 1936 Brown tape along spine, else good
condition;128 pages. $30
* Everlast Boxing Record 1937 (last one in the series) 186 pages.
Original covers replaced with homemade light blue covers $25
* Ewart, R. 'Heavyweight Champions of Britain' 1963 1st ed. 48 pages. Good + $30
* Ezra, Michael 'Muhammad Ali. The Making of an Icon' 2009 - 233 pages.
VG $15
F
* Fair, James 'Give Him To The Angels. The Story of Harry Greb' 1997
reprint. 158 pages. Good + $45 ea.
* Famechon,Johnny 'Fammo' 1971 - 212 pages VG (2) $10 ea.
* Famechon, Johnny 'Fammo' 1971 - 212 pages. SIGNED by Famechon. Good +
condtion $35
* Farr,Finis 'Black Champion' (Jack Johnson) 1969 VG $2.50 ea. (4
copies)
* Farrar,Arthur 'How to Fight' 1943. 95 pages. Covers every phase of
fighting, the fist, stance, fighting position,feinting, long-range
sparring, infighting, all blows and punches, defense and counters,
inside ring dope. VG (4) $30 ea.
* Fenech,Jeff 'Jeff Fenech, I Love Youse All' 1993. Inscribed
Australian boxing historian/author Ray Mitcehell "To Ray,thanks for all
your support! Your mate forever! Jeff Fenech. P.S. God Bless" VG $30
* Fewtrell, Thomas, PHOTOCOPY of rare 1790 boxing book 'Boxing
Reviewed; or, the Science of Manual Defence, Displayed on Rational
Principles. Comprehending a Complete Description of the Principal
Pugilists, from the Period of Broughton's Time, to the Present Day'
Fewtrell. Bound with Accubind fabric binding along the length of the
top edge of these 8" x 11" sheets of paper.88 pages $45
* Fields,Armond 'James J. Corbett, A Biography of the Heavyweight
Champion and Popular Theater Headliner' 254 pages. Near fine condition
$55 ea.
* Fields, Armond ‘James J. Corbett, A Biography of the
Heavyweight Champion and Popular Theater Headliner’ 2001 1st ed.
Softcover. Library discard in excellent condition 254 pages. $45
* a Fistic Expert 'Scientific Boxing. Diet; Fight Training, Scientific
Boxing, K.O. Punching, Illustrated With Slow Motion Movie Strips. 1941
63 pages VG (2) $40 ea.
* Fight Fax 'The Boxing Record Book 2001' 732 pages. Good $20
* Fight Fax 'The Boxing Record Book 2002' 694 pages. Good $20
* Fight Fax 'The Boxing Record Book 2003' 681 pages. VG $20
* Fitch, Jerry 'Cleveland's Greatest Fighters of All Time' 2001. Good
condition $30
* Fitzgerald,Mike 'Tale of the Gator, The Story of Craig Bodzianowski'
VG $30
* Fitzsimmons, Robert 'Physical Culture and Self Defense' 1907 - 121
pages. Includes Part I - Physical Culture on pages 1-26, Part II - Self
Defence on pages 27 - 92, and Part III - The Life and Ring Battles of
Robert Fitzsimmons on pages 93 - 121. Illustrated. Good + condition (2)
$150 ea.
* Fitzsimmons, Robert 'Physical Culture and Self Defense' 1903 185
pages. Includes Part I - Physical Culture, Part II - Self
Defence,, and Part III - The Life and Ring Battles of
Robert Fitzsimmons. Illustrated. Good + condition $200
* Fleischer,Nat, Fleischer's ORIGINAL TYPEWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT for 'The Boston Strong Boy. The Story of John L. Sullivan.
His early life, fighting career, escapades, world travels, his romances, stage career, charitable deeds, his reform from booze hound
to temperance lecturer and his death. This is comprised of 53 typewritten 8 1/2" x 11" pages bound in an old two-ring paper binder.
It looks like a critter of some kind has chewed a 1 1/2" chunk out of the upper right hand side of the binder, but it does not affect any of
the pages. I do not know if this is the complete manuscript. It begins with a a section titled 'His Escapades and Charity'. Other sections
included are entitled 'John L and the Stage', and 'His Loves'' and two pages titled 'John L. Sullivan's Epigrams' which is wht you find in the
back of the published book. Very rare $300
* Fleischer, Nat 'Terrible Terry the Brooklyn Terror. Life and Battles of Terry McGovern' 1943 1st ed. 64-pages. VG $50
* Fleischer, Nat 'Max Baer, The Glamour Boy of The Ring' 1942 1st
ed. 44 pages. VG condition $50.
* Fleischer, Nat 'Max Baer, The Glamour Boy of the Ring' 1942 2nd ed.
44 pages. VG $45
* Fleischer, Nat 'Max Baer, The Glamour Boy of the Ring' 1942 3rd ed.
44 pages. (2) VG $40 ea.
* Fleischer,Nat 'How to Second a Boxer' 1927 1st ed. 72 pages.
Good condition $35
* Fleischer,Nat 'How to Box' 1962 Tenth revised ed. 111 pages. Includes
Jack Dempsey's advice, the value of boxing, how to begin correctly,
proper stance, how to make a fist, hints in sparring, advice to
beginners, how to land punches, left jab, straight left to body,
straight right to jaw, right hook to body & jaw, left hook to jaw
and body, uppercuts, infighting, defense, slipping punches, parries,
feinting, side stepping, footwork, clinching, countering, a lesson by
Benny Leonard, beginners daily workout, shadow boxing, things to
observe. VG $25
* Fleischer,Nat 'Training for Boxers' 1937 9th ed. Includes: The Human
Condition and Exercise, Physical Requirements, Keeping in Condition,
Training and its Meaning, Breakfast Time, After Breakfast Exercises,
Prepatory Training, Keeping in Condition, On Weight Training, Training
and Staleness, Program for Conditioning, Gym Workout, Shadow Boxing,
How to Care for Injuries, Evil of Improper Training, Good Training and
Health, On Trainers and Training, Your Body and How to Care for It,
Muscle Tensing, Bag Punching, How to Second a Boxer, How to Gain
Weight, The Day of the Fight. 106 pages. VG. Bound in flex covers. $25
* Fleischer, Nat 'Training for Boxers' Mid-1930s 8th edition. Includes: The
Human Condition and Exercise, Physical Requirements, Keeping in Condition,
Training and its Meaning, Breakfast Time, After Breakfast Exercises,
Prepatory Training, Keeping in Condition, On Weight Training, Training
and Staleness, Program for Conditioning, Gym Workout, Shadow Boxing,
How to Care for Injuries, Evil of Improper Training, Good Training and
Health, On Trainers and Training, Your Body and How to Care for It,
Muscle Tensing, Bag Punching, How to Second a Boxer, How to Gain
Weight, The Day of the Fight. 106 pages. Good+ conditon. $20
* Fleischer,Nat 'How to Judge And How to Referee a Fight' 1933 1st ed.
53 pages. VG w $30
* Fleischer,Nat 'How to Second and How to Manage a Boxer' 1943 2nd
revised ed. 71 pages. Good $30.
* Fleischer,Nat and Andre,Sam 'An Illustrated History of Boxing'
Fifth revised and updated edition. 8 1/2" x 11" profusely illustrated,
444 pages VG $12
* Fleischer,Nat and Andre,Sam 'A Pictorial History of Boxing' New
Revised and Updated Edition. 1993 416 pages VG $10
* Fleischer,Nat and Andre,Sam 'A Pictorial History of Boxing' New
Revised and Updated Edition. 1991 399 pages VG $10
* Fleischer,Nat 'John L. Sullivan' 1956 144 pages VG $20
* Fleischer,Nat 'Gentleman Jim, The Story of James J. Corbett' 1942 1st
ed. Worn covers and a strip of masking tape along length of spine but
internally very good and book is straight. 128 pages. $30
* Fleischer, Nat 'Gentleman Jim, The Story of James J.
Corbett 1942 1st ed. Thin tape on spine and missing back cover,
else good condition. $35
* Fleischer, Nat 'Gentleman Jim, The Story of James J.
Corbett' 1942 1st ed. Protective tape along top and bottom of
covers, else very good
condition. $50
* Fleischer,Nat 'Jack McAuliffe, The Napoleon of the Prize Ring' 1944
1st ed. VG (4) $35 ea. two more in Good condition $30 ea.
* Fleischer,Nat 'The Boston Strong Boy, The Story of John L. Sullivan,
Champion of Champions' 1941 1st ed. 64 pages. This publication was
limited to 900 copies. INSCRIBED by Nat Fleischer to his son-in-law Nat
Loubet as follows: "Hello son, Here is a job you can't find any 'grave'
errors, as the Editor's @ ____ and________ was a __________
__________(and a couple more words I can't make out) Dad"
Good+ condition $200
* Fleischer,Nat 'The Boston Strong Boy, The Story of John L. Sullivan,
Champion of Champions' 1941 1st ed. 64 pages. This publication was
limited to 900 copies. VG (3) $100 ea.
* Fleischer,Nat 'The Flaming Ben Hogan' 1941 1st ed. VG (2) $75 ea.
* Fleischer, Nat 'The Flaming Ben Hoglan' 1941 1st ed. Minor moisture
staining to covers on spine and rear, else VG $60
*Fleischer,Nat 'Reckless Lady. The Life Story of Adah Isaacs
Menken' 1941 1st ed. VG $45
* Fotonovel Publications 'The Champ' starring Jon Voigt and Faye
Dunaway, MGM movie. Book published in 1979 and is all pictures related
to this fight movie. VG $15
*Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1918' Front cover is worn and creased, missing some paper along spine and back cover is missing. Internally very good. 233 pages. $35
*Fox, Richard K. 'Life and Battles of James J. Corbett, Champion
Pugilist of the Wordl' 1892 softcover. 67 pages. Missing original
covers and last two pages are loose. Needs to be rebound. $100
* Fox,R.K. 'Life and Battles of Jack Johnson Champion of the World'
1909 1st ed. softcover. Good condition with some loss of paper on
spine. Ask to see a scan, 89 pages $125.
* Fox,R.K. 'Life and Battles of Jack Johnson Champion of the World'
1909 1st ed. softcover. Missing almost all of the paper on the covers
spine, and front and back covers show some wear, but are intact,
binding is still good, and the interior is very clean. Ask to see a
scan. 89 pages $75.
* Fox, R.K. 'Life and Battles of Jack Johnson Champion of the World'
1909 1st ed. softcover. Poor covers with some clear tape along spine
and missing a couple chips near two covers. Same thing with rear cover
and a couple of pages of ads in rear. Otherwise good internally. 89
pages. $50
* Fox,Richard K. 'John C. Heenan of Troy, N.Y., Champion Pugilist of
America. His Life and Battles with Potraits and Illustrations' 1881 1st
edition. Missing original covers. First two pages and last two pages
(of ads) are loose and chipping around the edges. The first two pages
of text are also missing pieces in the lower right hand corner of the
pages. Else good, though fragile. Very scarce. $125
* Fox,Richard K. **PHOTOCOPY** of very rare 1889 book 'Life &
Battles of Jack Dempsey, The Puglistic Wonder, with Illustrations'
Complete history of all the battles fought by The Nonpareil. Published
by Richard K. Fox, Franklin Square, New York. 82 pages plus 5 pages of
ads printed on double sided pages and bound with Accubind fabric
binding along the length of the top edge of these 8 " x 11" sheets of
paper. Index as follows: Introduction, Our Hero's Parentage, Beginning
of Dempsey's Career, Dempsey's First Battle, Dempsey's Next Battle,
Dempsey's Battle with Bob Turnbull, Dempey's Off-hand Glove Fights with
Mahoney-Hennessey and Barry, Dempsey's Battle with Bill Dacey,
Dempsey's 6-Round Bout with Joe Heiser @ Brooklyn, Jack Dempsey's
Battle with Geo. Fulljames of Canada, The Nonpareils Bout with Bob
Turnbull, Dempsey's Battle with Jimmy Ryan of Philadelphia, The
Champions Battle with Tom Henry in New York City, Dempsey Downs the
Boston Champion, Dempsey's Tour from Maine to Oregon, Dempsey's Great
Victories on the Pacific Coast, Dempsey Conquers Tom Cleary at San
Francisco, Dempsey's Great Victory over Jim Carr at San Francisco,
Matched to Fight Jim Rodda of Nevada, Dempsey's Battle with Jack
Keenan, Dempsey Defeats Billy Manning at San Francisco, Dempsey Defeats
Dave Campbell, Dempsey's Valiant Fight with Jack Fogarty of
Philadelphia, Dempsey's Fistic Encounter with Pete McCoy of Boston,
Three More Knockout-Outs for the Nonpareil, Dempsey's Battle with
George LaBlanche the Marine, Dempsey's Battle with Jack Burke the Irish
Lad, Dempsey Presented with the Police Gazette Diamond Belt, Dempsey's
Great Battle with Dominick McCaffrey, and Dempsey's Battle with Mike
Donovan. $75
* Fox,Richard K., ** PHOTOCOPY ** of rare 1889 book 'Prize Ring
Champions of England From 1719 to 1889'. Published by Richard K. Fox,
Franklin Square, New York. 65 pages. Bound with Accubind fabric binding
along the length of the top edge of these 8 1/2" x 11" pages. $50
* Fox,Richard K., ** PHOTOCOPY ** of rare 1882 book 'Life and Battles
of Joe Collins (Tug Wilson) Champion Pugilist of England with
Illustrations', published by Richard K. Fox Co., 183 William Street,
New York. 47 pages. Includes details of his historic fight with John L.
Sullivan. $50
* Fox,Richard K., ** PHOTOCOPY ** of rare 1889 book 'History of the
Great Battle Between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, for $20,000,
The Police Gazette Championship Belt, and Championship of the World'.
48 pages including many pencil drawing illustrations. $100
* Fox,Richard K. PHOTOCOPY of rare 1889 book 'Lives of Tom Hyer, Yankee
Sullivan, John Morrisey & J.C. Heenan'. 85 pages including numerous
pencil drawing illustrations. 8" x 11" paper bound with Accubind fabric
along the spine. Contents: Tom Hyer's Battle with Country McClosky, Tom
Hyer's Battle with Yankee Sullivan, Battle Between John Morrissey and
Geo. Thompson, Hyer's Fight with Baker and Turner, Sketch of Yankee
Sullivan's Life, Sketch of John Morrisey's Life and his Political
Career, Sketch of John C. Heenan's Life, Sketch of Tom King's Life. $70
* Fox,Richard K. PHOTOCOPY of rare 1890 boxing book 'Lives and Battles
of Famous Black Pugilists' by Richard K. Fox. 57 pages with
illustrations. Bound with Accubind fabric binding along the length of
the top edge of these 8" x 11" sheets of paper. Contents as follows:
The Advantage of Science, Thomas Molineaux and His Battles 1810 to 1815
- His Battle with the Bristol Man, Molineaux Battle with Tom Cribb,
Molineaux Defeats Rimmer, Molineaux's Second Battle With Tom Cribb,
Molineaux's Great Battle with Jack Carter, The Molineaux and Fuller
Mill, The Molineaux-Cooper Fight, Bill Richmond "The Black Terror", Jem
Wharton, "Molineaux, the Morocco Prince", Bob Smith "The Liverpool
Darkey", Bob Travers "The Black", Harry Woodson "The Black Diamond",
George Godfrey the Champion Colored Heavyweight of America, Other
Colored Pugilists, Peter Jackson, George Dixon, Dixon's Battle with
Nunc Wallace $75
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1911' Worn covers with some tears along top/bottom of spine and chipped front cover, else good interior. Straight clean book. 208 pages $30
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1912' missing covers,
else good $30
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1914' Good
$40
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1915' Good $40
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1916' Good $40
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual' 1917' Small chip out
of lower right corner of front cover, else good. $35
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1917' Loose covers,
else good $35
* Fox, Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1918' Small piece
missing lower spine, else good+ $35
* Fox ,Richard K. 'Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1930' VG $35
* Fox, Richard K. ‘Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1930’
Good $30 (Hold for Michael)
* Fradella, Sal 'Jack Johnson of the Series They Didn't Know it
Couldn't be Done' 1990, 116 pages. VG $15
G
* Furness, Harry "Kid" - 'Historic Battles of The Prize Ring 1719 to 1910. James Figg to Jem Mace with Illustrations' 1910 1st ed. 32 pages. Very scarce. Good condition $200.
* Gallagher & Burton 'Boxing Fan's Almanac' Edited by John McCallum. 32 pages. History of Boxing, Current World champions, Award Winners. How to Score Fights, Rules of the Rings, Weight Classes, Famous Battle of The Long Count, Boxing's Million Dollar Gates, etc. Good+ condition $25
* Garber,Greg 'Boxing Legends' 1994 Profusely illustrated, 128 pages
10" x 10" VG (2) $15 ea.
* Garrett,Leslie 'The Story of Muhammad Ali' 2002 1st American version.
VG $15.
* Gattellari,Rocky 'The Rocky Road' 1989 - 312 pages VG $10.
* Giambra,Joey 'The Uncrownded Champion' 1979 1st ed. Giambra
autograph VG (2) $15 ea.
* Giambra,Joey 'The Uncrowned Champion' 1979 2nd ed. 259 pages.
Autographed by Giambra.VG (4) $15 ea.
* Glen,Jim and Macfarlane,Ian.'Gilroy Was Here! The Life & Career
of Scottish Boxing Legend Bert Gilroy' 2004 1st ed. 236 pages. Bert
Gilroy was the Scottish Middleweight Champion from 1938-46, Scottish
Light-Heavyweight Champion from 1945-50, and the No. 1 contender in the
U.K. from 1939-48. "Bert Gilroy was the unluckiest champion that ever
was. He was affected by the war more than any boxer I knew..." Eugene
Henderson, Internation and Britain's leading boxing referee. Mint
condition, multiple copies. $9 each.
* Golding,Louis 'Boxing Tales, a Colection of Thrilling Stories of the
Ring' 1947 1st (3) VG $45 ea.
* Golesworthy, Maurice 'The Encyclopedia of Boxing' 1960 softcover
proof with dust jacket. Good + condition $10
* Gordon, D.V. 'Boxing for Schoolboys'1946 1st ed. 39
pages. $35
* Gordon, Flash 'Flash Gordon's 1986 East Coast Boxing Yearbook' 290 pages. Good+ condition $25
* Gorn,Elliott 'The Manly Art, Bare Knuckle Prize Fighting in
America'
1989 316 pages VG (2) $10 ea.
* Grace,Kevin & Grace, Joshua, 'Cincinnati Boxing' 2006 1st ed. 127
pages. Profusely illustrated. VG (3) $20 ea.
* Graphic Publications 'How to Score a Fight' 1955. Little 36 page
booklet VG+ $30
* Grasso,John 'Olympic Games Boxing Record Book' published by the
International Boxing Research Organization. 1984. Flex cover booklet
comprised of 324 pages. First book published by IBRO. VG $30
* Graziano,Rocky 'Somebody Down Here Likes Me Too' 1981 260 pages $5
* Graziano,Rocky 'The Rocky Road to Physical Fitness' 1968 1st ed.
Good
plus (2) $35 ea.
* Graziano,Rocky 'The Rocky Road to Physical Fitness' 1968 2nd printing
Good $30
* Graziano,Rocky 'Rocky's Boxing Book. Teaching the Manly Art of Self
Defense' 1979. 85 pages. (2) VG $25 ea.
* Graziano, Rocky 'Rocky's Boxing Book. Teaching the Manly Art of Self
Defense' 1979, 85 pages. Good+ . SIGNED by Graziano on title page $75
* Graziano, Rocky 'Rocky's Boxing Book. Teaching the Manly Art of Self
Defense' 1979, 85 pages. Inscribed by Ron Casella. VG $30
* Grime, Billy (Triple Australian Champion) - 'The Art of Boxing With a
Special Section on Physical Culture' 1944 1st ed. 56 pages. Profusely
illustrated intstructional booklet. Very good, exceptionally clean
condition $100
* Gutteridge,Reg 'For Whom The Bell Tolls: Mike Tyson' 1987 VG $10
*Hallum,Red 'Boxing' 1973 1st ed. 32 pages. VG $20
* Harding, W.E. - PHOTOCOPY of 'History of the Prize Ring, With Lives
of Paddy Ryan and John L. Sullivan. Giving Illustrations and Portraits
of all the Champions and Their Fights' New York City, published by R.K.
Fox, 1882, 52 pages. $100
* Hare,Jack 'The Knockout Blow and How to Avoid It' 2nd & enlarged
edition. c1933 revised,larger edition of the 1930 book by boxer Jack
Hare. 1933. More photos and more text than in the earlier 1930 edition.
178 pages. Illustrated hard cover. Missing the title page. Part of the
spine is broken off but the covers remain intact. Well worn covers.
Only in good minus condition. Scarce $75
* Harris, Gareth 'Jimmy Wilde. World Flyweight Champion Boxer. The
Tylorstown Legend' 2010 reprint. Signed by author. 264 pages. VG+ $50
* Haskins,James 'Sugar Ray Leonard' 1989 VG $10
* Hatheway, Tom '1989 West Coast Boxing Record Book' VG $30
* Hauser,Thomas 'Muhammad Ali & Co. Inside the World of
Professional Boxing' 1998 VG (2) $10 ea.
* Hauser, Thomas 'An Unforgiving Sport. An Inside Look at Another Year
in Boxing' 2009 review copy, 303 pages. Good $5
* HBO Sports 'Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Boxing' 1997 1st ed. Pictorial cover paperback. Very good to near fine condition. Boxing photos of HBO during 25 years of boxing broadcasts. 102 pages. $30
* Health & Strength ** PHOTOCOPY ** of rare 1909 book 'The Life
& Battles of Charlie Mitchell, Illustrated, Ex-Heavyweight Champion
of England & One of the Cleverest Boxers on Record. 1909 30 pages.
Bound with Accubind fabric binding along the length of the top edge of
these 8 1/2" x 11" pages. $35
* Healy,Thomas 'A Hurting Business' 1996 214 pages VG $10
* Health & Strength 'Full and Authentic Story of The Great Fight -
Burns v. Johnson. Secret History of the Fight Incidents of the Training
Special Illustrations' 1909 1st ed. softcover. Good condition
with thin strip of masking tape along spine for protection. Very
scarce. $300.
*Health & Strength ‘Life and Fights of James J.
Jeffries; 1909 1st ed. Missing covers and first four pages and
end of book. Only includes pages 5 through 28. Includes coverage of his
first fight with Fitzsimmons,Corbett’s opinion of him, his match
with Sharkey, first fight with
Corbett, and bout with GuCorbett, James J. ‘Scientific
Boxing’ 1912 1st edition. 110 pages, profusely illustrated.
Missing ¼” of paper on bottom of spine, else good plus
condition $25
* Heinz,W.C. 'What a Time It Was, The Best of W.C. Heinz on Sports'
2001. Includes boxing stories about The Brownsville Bum (Bummy Davis),
Lew Ambers, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Graziano. VG+ $15
* Heller,Peter 'In this Corner' 1973 Good $5 (2 copies)
* Heller,Peter 'In this Corner' 1992 VG+ $7
* Heller,Peter 'Bad Intentions. The Mike Tyson Story' 1995 434 pages
Good+ $5
* Hemingway,Ernet '50.000 Dollars' 1948 175 pages (PRINTED IN SPANISH).
Scarce title. VG $35
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* Henderson, Eugene 'Boxing Teaches A Boy' 1934 1st ed. 34 pages. Some foxing to edges of cover, else good _. Very clean internally, tight binding, straight book. Very scarce $100
* Herbert, Michael 'Never Counted Out. The Story of Len Johnson,
Manchester's Black Boxing Hero and Communist' 1992 1st edition. 123
pages. SIGNED by Herbert. Good+ to VG- $30
* Hirsch, James S. 'Hurricane, The Life of Rubin Carter, Fighter'
Published in Great Britain in 2000 by Fourth Estate. 358 pages. SIGNED
by Rubin Carter on title page. VG $75
* Houston,Graham 'Superfists, The Story of the World Heavyweight
Champions, from John L. Sullivan to Muhammad Ali Illustrated with 200
Dramatic Pictures' 1975. 8 1/2" x 11" 176 pges. Good plus $30 ea. (2)
* Hudson, David & Fitzgerald, Mike 'Boxing's Most Wanted. The Top
10 Book of Champs, Chumps and Punch-Drunk Palookas' 2004 1st ed. 271
pages. VG $10
* Hughes, Brian 'Willie Pep, The Will O' the Wisp' 1997 pages.
INSCRIBED:
Ounce for Ounce The Greatest Boxer Ever. Best Wishes Brian Hughes
M.B.E." 354 pages. VG+ $40
* Hughes, Brian 'Willie Pep, The Will O' the Wisp'' 1997, 354
pages. INSCRIBED by author. VG $40
* Hughes, Brian 'Hit Man, The Thomas Hearns Story' 2009. SIGNED "Brian
Hughes M.B.E." and "Damian Hughes". 240 pages. Fine $35
* Hugman,Barry 'British Boxing Yearbook 1987' Autographed inside front
cover by Marvin Hagler, Alan Minter, Tony Sibson, John Conteh, Dennis
Andries, Henry Cooper, Barry McGuigan, Terry Downes, and Howard
Winstone. VG $200
* Hugman,Barry 'British Boxing Yearbook 1987' 480 pages. VG $20
* Hugman,Barry 'British Boxing Yearbook 1990' 496 pages. VG $20
* Hunter Whiskey 'How to Score a Fight' 1955 VG $30
* Hurst,Norman 'Thrilling Fights' 136 pgs VG $40
* Hurst,Norman 'Big Fight Thrills' 1948 1st ed. 128 pages. VG $40
I
* I* Insley,Michael 'The Last Great Prizefight in England. Tom King
versus
John Heenan at Wadhurt, 10th December, 1863' 1988 1st ed. 20 pages. VG
$45.
* Italian-American Boxing Hall of Fame, Inc. 'Moments from a Great
Event Sept 16 1977. A Tribute to The Italian-American Ring Hero' 8 1/2"
x 8 1/2" booklet concerning this event. 36 pages, plus another 20+
pages of ads. Includes bios on the first 8 inductees: Rocky Marciano,
Sammy Angott, Carmen Basilio, Tony Canzoneri, Primo Carnera, Rocky
Graziano, Jake LaMotta, & Willie Pep. Angelo Dundee was awared the
first annual Ring Hero Award. VG+ $40
J
* Jarrett, John 'Byker to Broadway. The Fighting Life and Times of
Seaman Tommy Watson' 1997 - 311 pages. VG $25
* Jeffries,James J. 'My Life and Battles' 1910 1st ed. large format
softcover 65 pages. Good+ condition with small stain on front cover.
Rare $750
* Jeffries,James J. 'My Life and Battles' 1910 1st ed. large format
softcover 65 pages. VG condition with small stain on front cover. Rare
$850
* Jeffries, James J. PHOTOCOPY of rare 1910 book 'My Life &
Battles' published prior to his match with Jack Johnson. 8" x 11" paper
bound with Accubind fabric along the spine. 64 pages including 15 pages
of photographs. Chapters as follows: Some Fighting the Jeffries Family
Did Before My time, I Make a Good Start, My First Deer, In Which I
Nearly Get Shot, An Adventure at Punta Oil Wells, I Happen to Become a
Professional Fighter, Back In the Fighting Game, In Which I have the
Chance of My Lifetime and Sieze It, I Meet Jim Corbett, My Life in
Corbett's Camp, The Eve of the Great Fight, I Fight Van Buskirk and
Baker, How I Fought the Akron Giant, I Get the Hardest Punch I Ever
Felt, I Knock Out the Famous Peter Jackson, Sharkey Gives Me a Good
Fight, My First Trip East And a Disappointment, How Fitzsimmons Was
Tricked Into Fighting Me, Training for the Championship Battle, Ready
For the Fight, Telling For The First Time What Happened in the Dressing
Room Before the Fight, I Become Champion of the World, Just After the
Battle, My Adventures Abroad, Tom Sharkey Gives Me a Tough Twenty Five
Rounds, I Meet the Greatest Boxer of Them All, I Fight Griffin and
Kennedy, I Stop Ruhlin in Five Rounds, A Wild Hunting Trip Down the
Colorado, I See Life Among the Savages, Chief Frank and I Get Some
Great Hunting, Fitzsimmons Gets His Second Chance, After the Fight And
One of Jack's Adventures in the Desert, The Munroe Affair in Butte, My
Training at Harbin Springs, My Second Fight with Jim Corbett, I Fight
Munroe and Retire, How I Lived While Out of the Ring, The Johnson
Match. $75
* Johnson Smith & Co. 'The Art of Sparring and Boxing, The Noble
Art of Self Defense Without a Teacher' 1935, 32 pages VG (5) $40 ea.
Another with worn covers and binding is starting to separate (2)
$30
* Johnston,Alexander 'Ten and Out' 1943 ed. for the armed services.
Good $15
* Johnston,J.J. (& Curtin,Sean) 'Chicago Boxing' 2005 1st ed. 128
pages. Signed by author. Fine $35
* Johnstone, John 'Coaching of Boxing' 1932 1st ed. 77 pages. VG
condition. Scarce $75
* Jones,Jimmy 'King of the Canebrakes' (Young Stribling) 1969 1st
paperback ed. VG (2) $20 ea.
* Jones, Wynford 'The Stable of Eddie Thomas. Class of the 60's' 2005
1st ed. 134 pages.
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* Kaczmarek, Tom (professional judge) 'You Be The Boxing
Judge. Judging Professional Boxing for the TV Boxing Fan' 1996 1st
printing, 29 pages. Excellent condition $30
* Kessler, Gene 'Joe Louis Own Story' 1935 1st ed. 8 1/4" x 10
3/4" 16 pages. Good $50
* Kessler Whiskey 'Boxing Fans Almanac'. History of Boxing, Boxing
Rules, Rating the Champions, boxing on TV, Complete Ring Statistics,
Famous Fights, Biographical Sketches of Champions. 32 pages. 1954 VG (2)$30 ea.
* King,David 'I Am King, a Photographic Biography of Muhammad Ali'
large format 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" 1975 VG (13) $15 ea.
* Kinney, Joe 'Young Rocky. A True Story of Attilio Rocky Castellani'
1985, 207 pages. VG condition $15
* Kirsch Publishing Co. 'The All Time Heavyweight Tournament & Championship' 1967 24-pages. Little 2 3/4" x 5 3/4" booklet pairing the likes of Dempsey, Corbett, Sullivan, Braddock, Louis, Willard, Fitzsimmons, Sharkey, Baer, Johnson, Marciano, Tunney, Jeffries, Walcott, Ali and Schmeling against one another. VG $30
* Knudson, R.R. 'Punch! Boxing for Beginners' 1983 1st printing. 94
pages, good condition $10
*Kotite,Edward 'The Manly Art Course - Body Building and Sports
Conditioning' by Champions of the World. Contained in a large 12" x 14"
cardboard folder and 11" x 14" each are as follows: Sports Selector,How
to Defend Yourself by Champions of the World 10 pages, The Saga of
Boxing 10 pages, Your Planned Conditioning Program 4 pages,The Left Jab
Lesson No. 1 by Willie Pep 8 pages, The Right Cross Lesson No. 2 by Gus
Lesnevich 8 pages, The Left Hook Lesson #3 by Glen Flanagan, The
Uppercut Lesson #4 by Kid Gavilan 5 pages, Stategy and Combinations
Lesson # 5 by Billy Lauderdale and Jerry White. The individual items
are all in very good condition while the folder is worn. $150
* Kotite,Edward 'The Manly Art Course - Body Building and Sports
Conditioning' by Champions of the World. Contained in a large 12" x 14"
cardboard folder and 11" x 14" each are as follows: How to Defend
Yourself by Champions of the World 10 pages, The Saga of Boxing 10
pages, The Left Jab Lesson No. 1 by Willie Pep 8 pages, The Right Cross
Lesson No. 2 by Gus Lesnevich 8 pages, The Left Hook Lesson #3 by Glen
Flanagan, The Uppercut Lesson #4 by Kid Gavilan 5 pages, Stategy and
Combinations Lesson # 5 by Billy Lauderdale and Jerry White, Practice
Makes Perfect 4 pages, Rules of Boxing U.S.A. - Includes N.B.A.
Regulations and New York State Rules 7 pages, The Amateurs by Pete
Mello 5 pages. Also included: A Man's Creed Poster, letter from the
National Sports Council with fascimile signature of Joe Louis, Manly
Art of Self Defense Home Course Certificate, 16 page booklet titled
'Never Give Up', small 12 page booklet titled 'Sports and American
Youth', National Sports Council membership card, 4" diameter cloth
patch "Trained By World Champions. The National Sports Council", The
individual items are all in very good condition, as is the bright red
folder. $185.
* Kotite, Edward, 'The Manly Art of Self Defense' by Champions of the World. Contained in a large 12" x 14" red cardboard container. Includes the following: 'How to Defend Yourself' opening chapter by Champions of the World - 10 pages, Lesson No. 1 The Left Jab by Willie Pep - 7 pages, Lessone No. 2 The Right Cross by Gus Lesnevich - 5 pages, Lesson No. 3 The Left Hook by Glen Flanagan - 7 pages, Lesson No. 4 The Uppercut by Kid Gavilan - 7 pages, Lesson No. 5 Strategy and Combinations by Billy Lauderdale and Jerry White - 9 pages. The Saga of Boxing - 10 pages, Rules of Boxing in U.S.A. - 7 pages, Practice Makes Perfect - 7 pages, The Amateurs 7 pages, Table of Contents for the Course, Two-page Helath Habits Charts, One-page 'How to Use Your 4 Advanced Conditioners, 1-page 'The Code of Good Sportsmanship' poster, two-page Master Conditioning Chart poster, 14-page pamphlet concerning the American Health Studios, two-page Physical Check Up and Progress Chart, letter from the National Sports Council, Manly Art of Self Defense Home Course certificate. All contents in very good condition. $150
*Kotite,Edward 'The Manly Art of Self Defense' by Champions of the World. Contained in a large 12" x 14" cardboard folder and 11" x 14" each are as follows: A one-page index.
How to Defend Yourself by Champions of the World 10 pages, The Saga of Boxing 10 pages, The Left Jab Lesson No. 1 by Willie Pep 8 pages, The Right Cross
Lesson No. 2 by Gus Lesnevich 8 pages, The Left Hook Lesson #3 by Glen Flanagan, The Uppercut Lesson #4 by Kid Gavilan 5 pages, Stategy and
Combinations Lesson # 5 by Billy Lauderdale and Jerry White, Practice Makes Perfect 4 pages, Rules of Boxing U.S.A. - Includes N.B.A.
Regulations and New York State Rules 7 pages, The Amateurs by Pete Mello 5 pages. The individual items are all in very good condition and are contained in a
somwhat worn folder with the title 'The Manly Art of Self Defense' on the cover. $150.
* Kram,Mark 'Ghosts of Manila. The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier' Uncorrected proof. 2001 232 pages VG $10
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* LaMotta,Jake 'Raging Bull' 1997 VG (1) $5 ea.
* LaMotta,Jake 'Raging Bull' 1979 Good (5) $5 ea.
* Lane, Jimmy 'Surviving the Hungry Years. Story of a West End Champion' 2002 1st ed. 82 pages. Story of a West Virginia fighter from the 1950s. VG $25
* La Salle Hat Co. 'The Champ Book of Great American Fighters' 1941.
Little 3 3/4" x 6" 19-page booklet. Includes Tom Hyer, John C. Heenan
vs. Tom Sayers, John L. Sullivan, John L. Sullivan vs. James J.
Corbett, James J. Corbett, Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson. One interior
page loose, else VG+ condition (2) $30 ea.
* Lardner,Tex 'Ali' 1974 VG $5
* Lardner,Tex 'Ali' Revised and updated 1978 Good+ $5
* Legge, Harry 'Penny a Punch' 1981 softcover. 204 pages. Slight slant
to spine and two pages of pictures are loose, else good condition.
SIGNED by author. $25
* Leigh-Lye, Terry 'The Truth About Boxing' 1945 2nd edition, 32 pages.
Contents: Pitfalls of the Ring, Peerless Jim Driscoll, Black boy white
Man, Forgotten Men of Boxing, The Old General (Dave Crowley), The
Boxers Club, Fight to Fame (James Braddock), Who Wins?, Ballyhoo, All
in the Game, Death Between the Ropes, & Man Who Couldn't Win (Young
Griffo). VG $35
* Leigh-Lye,Terry 'A Century of Great Boxing Drama' 1971 144 pages VG
$20
* Leigh-Lye,Terry 'The Squared Circle. From Corbett to Ezzard Charles'
1951 96 pages VG (4) $40 ea. Three more in Good condition $30 ea.
* Leigh-Lye,Terry 'Personalities of Boxing, Intimate Pen Pictures of
the Great Names in the Boxing World' 1952 1st ed. 96 pages. VG (2) $35
ea., and another in Good condition $30
* Leigh-Lye, Terry 'Fight Reporter' 1951. First hand acconts of many
important battles, for example: Henry Armstrong vs. Ernie Roderick,
Freddie Mills vs. Gus Lesnevich, Bruce Woocock vs. Gus Lesnevich, and
many others. 96 pages. Good+ condition (3) $30 ea.
* Lewis,Claude 'Cassius Clay' 1965 VG (2) $10 ea.
* Liebling,A.J. 'The Sweet Science' VG $35 ea. (3)
* Lister,Dudley 'Play the Game No. 1, Boxing' 1948 32 pages. Includes:
The Story of Boxing, Basic Boxing Technique, Training, Seconding, The
Spirit of the Game, Broughton's Code, Queensberry Rules for
Competition, Rules for Contests of Endurance. VG (2) $50 ea.
* Lohuis, Dean '1986 Pacific Southwest Record Book' VG $30
* Lohuis,Dean '1989 Pacific Southwest Record Book' VG $30
* Lohuis,Dean '1991 Pacific Southwest Record Book' VG (2) $30 ea.
* Lohuis,Dean '1992 Pacific Southwest Record Book' VG (2) $30 ea.
* Lohuis,Dean '1993 Pacific Southwest Record Book' VG (2) $30 ea.
* Lohuis,Dean '1994 Pacific Southwest Record Book' VG $30 ea.
* Lohuis,Dean '1994-1995 Pacific Southwest Record Book' spiral bound VG $30 ea.
* Longhurst, Percy 'Boxing' 9th edition 1945. 64 pages. Contents: First
Principles, Hitting and Leading, Counter to Leads, Feinting: The Double
Lead and One-two, Training' VG- $40
* Lotta,Tom 'The Art of Boxing. A Self-Instructin Book. Covers:
Long Range and Infighting, Training and Diet, Correct Punching, Defensive
Moves. 8 1/2" x 11" 25 pages. 1976 1st ed. VG $35
* Luckman,George & Peterson,John 'John L. Sullivan,
Heavyweight
Champion of the World - James J. Corbett, Challenger of the Title
Holder and Their Great Fight, New Orleans 1892' 1983 limited edition of
500 printed. 33 pages. Mint condition $30
* Luckman, George & Peterson, John 'John L. Sullivan, Heavyweight
Champion of the World - James J. Corbett, Challenger of the Title
Holder and Their Great Fight, New Orleands 1892' 1983 limited edition
of 500, of which this is number 155. SIGNED by both Luckman &
Peterson . 33 pages. VG $45
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* MacDonald,Robert 'The Tartan Boxing Annual and Record Book 1984'
Limited ed. # 128 of 300 issues. Records complete up to Dec. 31, 1983
43 pags. Listing of 45 Scottish boxers fights including Ken Buchanan,
Danny Flynn, Benny Lynch, Tommy Milligan,& Jim Watt among others.
VG $20
* Magriel, Paul 'Bibliography of Boxing. A Chronological Check List of Books in English Published before 1900' 1948 1st ed. 28 pages. Good + condition. (2) $60 ea.
* Mahoney, J.W. 'New Zealand Boxing Year Book 1957' 48 pages. An
authentic New Zealand ring record of all professional boxers who fought
in the country during 1957, complete with biographical details.
Includes a summary of the year's N.Z. amateur championships held at
Greymouth and other data. VG $25
* Mahoney, Billy 'Willie Ritchie, Fighter of Destiny' 1966 1st ed.
55 pages. 8 1/2" x 11". Inscribed by author "To my freind ______
looks like last name Attell, Best Wishes Billy Mahoney". The first name
is definately not the fighter Abe, but is somewhat illegible. VG $40
* Mailer,Norman 'The Fight' 1976 Good $2 ea. (2)
* Mailer,Norman 'On the Fight of the Century, King of the Hill
(Ali/Frazier)' 1971 VG $5 (2)
* Malinowski, Scoop 'Heavyweight Armageddon. The Tyson-Lewis
Championship Battle' 2008 - 221 pagers. VG $10
* Marder,Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 1994' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 11.
732 pages. VG (2) $30 ea.
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 1995' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 12. 772 pages. VG $30
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 1996' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 13. 640 pages. VG $30
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 1997' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 14. 736 pages. VG $30
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 1998' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 15. 760 pages. VG $30
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 1999' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 16. 760 pages. VG $30
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 2000' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 17. 760 pages. VG $30
* Marder, Phil 'The Boxing Record Book 2005' Fight Fax Inc. - Volume 22. 670 pages. VG $30
* McCloskey,Ellwood 'Ellwood McCloskey, The Blind Pugilist and his
Pupil James McCarty' c1920 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" VG $50, another in Good
condition $45.
* McConaghy,J.W. - PHOTOCOPY of rare 1910 book 'Big Jim Jeffries And
His Twelve Great Ring Battles' published by The Sinclair Publishing Co.
Copied on 8" x 11" paper and bound with Accubind fabric. 125 pages in
total. Chapters include the following: 1. Preview of fight with Jack
Johnson, 2. Jeffries vs. Ruhlin, 3. Jeffries vs. Choynski, 4. Jeffries
vs. Jackson, 5. Jeffries vs. Sharkey, 6. Jeffries vs. Armstrong, 7.
Jeffries vs. Fitzsimmons, 8. Jeffries vs. Sharkey, 9. Jeffries vs.
Corbett, 10. Jeffries vs. Ruhlin, 11. Jeffries vs. Fitzsimmons, 12.
Jeffries vs. Corbett, and 13. Jeffries vs. Munroe $50
* McFadden, George "Elbows" - 'Blocking and Hitting' by the greatest
defensive boxer in the world. Illustrated with photographs. 1905 1st
edition, 59 pages. VG+ condition, the nicest I've seen for this book.
$75
* McFadden, George "Elbows" - 'Blocking and Hitting' by the greatest defensive boxer in the world. Illustrated with photographs. 1905 1st ed. Good condition $50
* McGovern, Terry (Keeley G.E. & A.R., Corbett, James J. & Smith, J. Gardner) - How to Box to Win by Terry McGovern, a pseudonym for Albert Terhune, How to Punch the Bag by G.E. and A.R. Keeley, How to Build Muscle by James J. Corbett, and How to Breathe, Stand, Walk or Run by J. Gardner Smith. 185 pages. 1920 reprint of book originally published in 1900. In Good + condition. $65. Then another in good minus condition that has a small piece of clear tape near the top of the spine and a stain in the lower right front over the cover that is also on all of pages but really doesn't affect the text. Good reading copy of an older book for $35
* McIlvanney, Hugh 'The Hardest Game, McIlvanney on Boxing' 2001 335
pages. VG $10
* McGhee,Frank 'England's Boxing Heroes' 1988, 275 pages VG (2)
$10 ea.
* McInnes, Campbell The Ghost of Young Griffo 2009 1st ed. #'s 9 & 19 of a limited edition of 50. Signed by author. 19-pages of short stories/poems concerning Griffo. Fine $35 ea.
* McMurtry, R. Gerald 'Pugilism and Politics in Lincoln's Time'
1964 1st ed. 16-page booklet. VG condition $25
* Mead, Pete 'Blood, Sweat & Cheers. The Pete Mead Story' 1989, 73
pages. VG $30
* Menke,Frank 'The Encyclopedia of Sports' 1955 320 pages. Good
(3) $10 ea.
* Miley, Bill 'Mid-American Boxing News 1986 Record Book' Good + $30
* Miley, Bill 'American Boxing Record Book 1994' 483 pages. VG $30
* Miley, Bill 'American Boxing Record Book 1996'. 546 pages. Good $25
* Miley, Bill 'American Boxing Record Book 1997' 572 pages. VG $30
* Miller,Davis 'The Tao of Muhammad Ali, A True Story' 1996 advanced
reading copy - uncorrected proof, in as new unread condition $10
* Miller,Davis 'The Tao of Muhammad Ali' 1997 306 pages VG+ $10
* Mitchell,Charlie 'Mitchell's Art of Boxing' 1893. Published by Street
& Smith, New York. 82 pages. Illustrated. Much edge chipping, with
a small ink notation on the front cover. About 2/3's of spine paper is
gone, leaving a partial title on the spine. Light browning to text with
a few clear tape repairs. Last 2 pages have loss of a few letters near
chipped edges. Original rear cover has been replaced. Good minus
condition. Ask to see a scan. Very rare $250
* Moffatt, Frederick 'Linament and Leather. Sixty Years of the Fight
Game in the North' The story of boxing in the northeast of England. 51
pages. 1980 1st ed. VG $30
* Mooney,Bernard 'Boxing for Beginners' 1936 1st ed. Boxing &
wrestling coach, Ohio State University. Multiple copies. VG $35
* Morgan, Johnny 'The Square Jungle' Published in 1967 by Pan
Books Ltd., London. 156 page boxing novel. "A bold, uninhibited,
two-fisted story of present day boxing that hammers its way through
dressing rooms, west end night life, luxury flats and dog tracks. Here
with no punches pulled, are the fighters, the creeps, the plushy
gamblers, the shiv-men, the mugs, and the women who help the winner
forget the roar of the crowd. A crowd hungry for blood - on the gloves,
on the faces, on the canvas of the square jungle!" Good condition $5
* Morrison,Ian 'The Guiness World Championship Boxing Book' 1990. 190
pages. History of world championship boxing, the weight divisions, the
world champions, world title fights, other claimants, world champions
in each division, boxing nations, records and stats. eight world
champions, eight world title fights, appendix-the bareknuckle days. VG
$20 (Another in good condition - slight scuffing in two places on front
cover $12)
* Morrison,Ian 'Boxing's Who's Who' 1991 - 275 pages VG $10
* Mullan,Harry 'The Book of Quotations' 1988 - 226 pages VG $10
* Mulligan,Frank 'Me and McGuigan. The Making of a Champion' 1986 1st
ed. 150 pages. VG- $20
* Myers,Walter Dean 'The Greatest, Muhammad Ali' 2001 172 pages VG+ $12
* Myler,Patrick 'Dan Donnelly, His Life and Legends' scarce 1976
softcover book. Good plus condition. 168 pages. $50
* Myler,Patrick 'The Fighting Irish' 1987 190 pages. VG $20
* Myler, Thomas 'Sugar Ray Robinson. The Inside Story' 1996, 210 pages.
SIGNED "Best wishes, Thomas Myler" VG+ $35
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* Nash,Bruce 'World Championship Boxing Quizbook' 1976 128 pages VG $20
* National Museum of American Jewish History 'Sting Like a Maccabee.
The Golden Age of the American Jewish Boxer 1910 - 1940' 60 pages. VG+
condition $30.
* Natty, Bill 'The Complete Second' 54 pages. Card covers. Missing
cover along spine, else good condition. Contents: The Elements of a
Good Second, How a Chief Second May Study his Man, The Composition of a
Corner, On Particular Duties, On Handling a Half Beaten Man, When Your
Man has Become Beaten, and After the Contest is Over. Scarce $50
* Naughton, W.W. PHOTOCOPY of rare 1897 book 'The Fight of the Century,
an Album of 81 Photographs of the World's Championship Contest at
Carson on March 17, 1897, From a Series of Pictures Taken by F.H.
Bushnell, Official Photographer and Published by Permission of the New
York Journal. History of the Famous Match and Ring Records of Corbett
and Fitzsimmons, Together With Descriptions of the Fight by the
Principals and Eminent Special Writers.' Edited by W.W. Naughton. 28
large 11" x 17" paper bound pages stapled at spine. Too large to fit on
my little scanner. Highlights include Events Leading Up to the Fight of
the Century, Fitzsimmons Forecast of the Great Battle, Corbett's
Forecast of the Championship Fight, Muldoon's Final Peep at the Big
Fellows, Detailed Account of the Fight by W.W. Naughton (all 14
rounds), Scenes and Incidents by Thomas T. Williams, Fitzsimmons
Describes What Occurred in the Ring, Corbett's Account of the Fight of
the Century, William Muldoon's Review of the Contest, What Referee
Siler Saw Within the Ropes, Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls Describes the
Fight. Outstanding coverage of this fight and the events surrounding
it. $75
* Nicholson, Kelly 'A Man Among Men. The Life and Ring Battles of Jim
Jeffries, Heavyweight Champion of the World' 2002 1st ed. 187-pages. VG
$30
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* Oates,Joyce-Carol 'On Boxing' 1987 Fine $5 ea.
* Oates,Joyce Carol 'Boxing Clever. Over 1600 Multiple Choice Questions
& Answers Featuring Every World Heavyweight Boxing Champion' 1994
1st ed. $12
* Oates,Ralph 'World Heavyweight Boxing Champions Elite' 1987. 35
pages. (sections on Fitzsimmons, Tommy Burns, Schmeling, Carnera,
Johansson, Coetzee, and Trevor Berbick) VG $15
* Ochs,Bill 'The Greatest' (Ali) VG $15
* O'Farrell, Dick 'How to Box. Larry Foley's Method and the Story of
His World Famous Pupil Griffo' 1944 1st ed. 32 pages. Good+
condition. Scarce $100
* Olsen,Jack 'Black is Best' (Cassius Clay)1968 VG (2)$10 ea.
* Olsen,Jack 'Black is Best' (Cassius Clay) 1967 1st Dell printing.
Missing front cover, else VG $2
* O'Rourke,Frank 'The Last Round' 1950's boxing novel. Good $12
* Oxberry,William ''PHOTOCOPY of very rare 1812 book 'Pancratia,
or A
History of Pugilism, Containing a Full Account of Every Battle of Note
From Time of Broughton and Slack, Down to the Present Day, Interspersed
With Anecdotes of All The Celebrated Pugilists of This Country'. 371
pages printed on double sided pages and bound with Accubind fabric
binding along the length of the top edge of these 8" x 11" sheets of
paper. $200
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* Pabst Brewing Co. 'Fight Facts' 1951 1st ed. 24 pages. 4" x 6".
Includes: Short Ezzard Charles bio & outstanding bouts, short Joey
Maxim bio & outstanding bouts, short Sugar Ray Robinson bio &
outstanding bouts, short Johnny Bratton bio & outstanding bouts,
short Sandy Sadler bio & outstanding bouts, short Vic Towell bio
& outstanding bouts, short Salvadar Marino bio & outstandng
bouts, and how fights are scored. VG $30
* Pacheco,Ferdie 'Bells and Like That' 1971 1st ed. Little booklet that
Ali's ring doctor published to give out as X-mas present to friends.
Boxing cartoons of Dundee, Cosell, etc. VG $30
* Pacheco, Ferdie 'The 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing. The Untold
Stories' 2003 - 211 pages. VG $5
* Parish, Charlie 'Charlie Parish's Continental Boxing Guide' Records
of 250 Boxers from all Parts of the Continent. National Title Holders.
Managers Directory, Boxing History. 1956 VG $30
* Parnham, Terry 'Poems By The Professionals' 1988, 149 pages. Boxing
poems. VG $25
* Passingham,W.J. 'The World Championship Mystery' c1935 boxing novel,
1st ed. VG $45
* Patterson,Floyd 'Victory Over Myself' 1963. 315 pages. Covers are
grubby, internally clean. $5
* Patterson, Floyd 'Victory Over Myself' 1963 1st printing. 315 pages.
Inscribed by Patterson: "To Pat Quiny, wishing you health, happiness
and a good life, your friend, Floyd Patterson" Comes with PSA/DNA
Certificate of Authenticity. VG $60
* Pazdur,Ed 'Television Boxing Guide' 1954 160 pgs, (4 copies) VG $25
ea., another Good $20
* Pegg,Harry 'Boxiana Review' Issues #6, 7, 8, 10, & 12 VG $22 each
* Picket,Lynn Snowden 'Looking for a Fight, a Memoir' 2000
uncorrected proof 286 pages. Fine $10
* Pitt,Nick 'The Prince and the Prophet. The Rise of Naseem Hamed'
1998 1st ed. VG $10
* Power, Bob 'Fighters of the North. A Saga of Early Battling Days on
the Northern Fistic Front' 1976 1st ed. 162 pages. INSCRIBED by the
author. Scarce. Good+ condition $60
* Professional Boxing Assoc. of New South Wales 'Boxing Rules of The
Professional Boxing Association of New South Wales' 1966 13 pages. Good
+ condition $15
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* Rawson, Lyman 'How to Fight. A Fighters Manual On How to Fight.
Featuring Famous Knock-Out Punches Long and Short Range Offensive
FIghting, Inside Ring Dope' 1943 Good condition $40
* Redner, Charles 'Down But Never Out. How the Love Between World
Middleweight Champion Joey Giardello & Son Carman Helped Change the
World' 2010 1st ed. - 196 pages. SIGNED by author. VG + $25
* Reemtsma,Jan Philipp 'More Than a Champion, The Style of Muhammad
Ali' 1998 1st ed. paperback VG+ $12
* Remnick,David 'King of the World' (Muhammad Ali) 1998 326 pages VG $5
* Rendall,Jonathan 'This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own, A Journey
to the End of Boxing' 1999 187 pages (2) VG $5 ea.
* Rice,Grantland 'The Tumult and The Shouting' 1954, 62 pages. Includes
sections on Tunney and Dempsey. Good condition $5
* Roberts, A.H. 'Brain Damage in Boxers. A Study of Prevalence of
Traumatic Encephatopathy Among Ex-Professional Boxers' 1969 1st ed. 132
pages. $60
* Roberts,James 'The Boxing Register, International Boxing Hall of Fame
Official Record Book 1999' 527 pages VG (2) $20 ea.
* Roberts,Randy 'Papa Jack, Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes'
1983 Fine $15
* Roberts,Randy 'Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler' 310 pages, 1979 VG
$15
* Robinson,Sugar Ray & Anderson,Dave 'Sugar Ray' 1970 VG $3.50
* Rocap, William & Rocap, Pember 'Remembering Bob Fitzsimmons' 2001
1st edition. Only printed in softcover this book is comprised of 70
pages. VG $25
* Rodgers,William 'Heavyweight Boxing Champions. The Life Story of All
the Heavyweight Champions from John L. Sullivan to Joe Louis.' 1941 1st
ed. 28 pages. VG condition. (5) $40 ea. 2 good condition $35 ea.
* Romano,John 'Post Boxing Record 1936'. Missing original covers, now
has homemade cover. Starts on page 7, else good. $15
* Romano, John 'Post Boxing Record 1937' VG $35
*
Romano, John 'Everlast Record Book 1932' 1st ed. VG $35
* Romano, John 'How to Box, How to Train' 1934 95 pages. Instructional
booklet covering all the various punches, footwork, training tips,
rules, etc. Good. Covers are seperating at the spine, but intact and
front and back covers look good, another with some minor chipping on
spine, $35 ea.
* Romano,John 'How to Box, How to Train' 1944 1st ed. 95 pages.
Instructional booklet covering all the various punches, footwork,
training tips, rules, etc. VG (2) $40 ea.
* Rose,Charles 'The Story of Boxing' 1947 1st ed. 27 pages. (40
pictures of boxing stars, including all world heavyweight champions
from James Jeffries to Joe Louis; with articles, etc. The text in this
booklet consists of 16 sections each relating to a famous pugilist or
to a particular contest; this ranges from Daniel Mendoza (late 1700's)
through the ages to Tunney, Loughran, Carnera, Baer, Schmeling and
Louis. There is an additional section entitled 'Famous Fights', giving
accounts of the outstanding prizefights during the past ninety years,
from Sayers v. Heenan to Len Harvey v. Jack Peterson, there is also a
list of championship fights from 1873.) Cover is a little rough and has
clear tape along length of spine, internally good plus condition $40
* Rose,Charles 'The Story of Boxing' 1947 1st ed. 27 pages. (40
pictures of boxing stars, including all world heavyweight champions
from James Jeffries to Joe Louis; with articles, etc. The text in this
booklet consists of 16 sections each relating to a famous pugilist or
to a particular contest; this ranges from Daniel Mendoza (late 1700's)
through the ages to Tunney, Loughran, Carnera, Baer, Schmeling and
Louis. There is an additional section entitled 'Famous Fights', giving
accounts of the outstanding prizefights during the past ninety years,
from Sayers v. Heenan to Len Harvey v. Jack Peterson, there is also a
list of championship fights from 1873.) VG $55
* Rosenfield,Allen 'Charley Burley. The Life and Hard Times of an
Uncrowned Champion' Large 8 1/2" x 11" 467 pages. VG condition $40
* Ryan, Max 'Two Champs from Narrabri. Bill Squires and Colin Bell' 64
pages. VG $45
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* Sammons,Jeffrey 'Beyond the Ring, The Role of Boxing in American
Society' 1990 2nd ed. (2) $5 each.
* Saye,Charles 'The Boxer, A Below the Belt Story of an International
Sportsman' fiction 1972 $15
* Schaap,Dick 'Jack Johnson is a Dandy' 1970 176 pages Good $10
* Schaap,Dick 'Jack Johnson is a Dandy' 1970 176 pages. Good minus.
Worn covers and tape repaired tear along bottomm 1/2" of spine. $3
* Schoor,Gene 'Sugar Ray Robinson' 1951 VG $45
* Schulberg,Budd 'Loser and Still Champion: Muhammad Ali' 1972 $3.50
ea. VG
* Schulian,John 'Writers, Fighters & Other Sweet Scientists' 1983
252 pages Good $10
* Scott, Phil 'The Complete Boxer. A Text-Book on Boxing' by the
English heayvweight champ. 1929 1st ed. 80 pages. Contents:
Introduction, Balance, Straight Left and Other Matters, Training,
Science vs. Wits, Tips to the Beginner, How to Begin, Left Lead, How to
Develop a Punch, Timing & Distance, The Right Hand, Conclusion,
Method of Class Instruction in Boxing. 14 illustrations. Good to good +
condition $50
* Seagrams 'Seagrams Sports Almanac' 1955 255 pages. VG $15
* Seeback,Harry 'Scientific Bag Punching' 1913 1st ed. Good (5) $50 ea.
* Seeback,Harry 'Scientific Bag Punching' 1913 1st ed. Worn covers,
else good condition. Request a scan of cover if you like $40
* Seidman Productions 'Bob Arum Celebrates 30 Years in Boxing' Glossy
colored 8 1/2" x 11" program style booklet comprised of 16 pages.
Contains photos of Arum thru the years, articles on him by Bert Sugar,
Doug Krikorian, Dave Bontempo, and an article about the Hagler-Leonard
fight by Ron Borges, the De La Hoya - Chavez fight by Fernando Paramo.
VG+ condition $30
* Severs,Malcolm 'Frank Bruno Scrapbook' 1986 1st ed. 128 pages.
VG (2) $15 ea.
* Sekules,Kate 'The Boxer's Heart. How I Fell in Love With the Ring'
2000 uncorrected proof. VG $10
* Shange,Ntozake & Rodriguez,Edel(illustrator) 'Float Like a
Butterfly' (Ali) 2002 1st ed. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" More of a childrens book
but beautifully illustrated VG/VG $15
* Shavers, Earnie 'Choosing and Loving Your Wife God's Way' 1991 1st
ed. 143 pages. INSCRIBED by Shavers: "To Mark, Peace & Love, Your
Friend Earnie Shavers" Scarce. VG $50
* Shavers, Earnie 'Choosing and Loving Your Wife God's Way' 1991 1st
ed. 143 pages. SIGNED by Shavers. Scarce. VG $50
* Shaw,Edwin 'Shaw on Sparring' 1886. Published by John P. Lovell's
Sons, Boston. Late instructor at Harvard University. 63 pages.
Illustrated with line drawings. The cover is covered with clear wide
tape, nicely done. Loss of paper to top and bottom of spine. Internally
VG+. A nice book, ask to see scans. Rare - $150
* Shaw,Mark 'Down for the Count, The Shocking Truth Behind the Mike
Tyson Trial' 1993 uncorrected proof. VG+ $10
* Sheridan,Jim 'Leave the Fighting to McGuigan, the Story of a
Champion' 1986 VG $5.
* PHOTOCOPY Siler,George 'The Fight of the Century, Being a Review of
the World's Championship Contest, Robert Fitzsimmons and James J.
Corbett at Carson City, Nev. March 17th 1897' Published in 1897, very
rare. 54 pages. Very detailed description of the fight by rounds and
events leading up to the fight. Many pencil illustrations throughout.
Bound with accubind fabric. $75
* Silverman, Jeff (Editor) 'The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told.
Thirty-Six Incredible Tales from the Ring' 2002 - 356 pages. VG $10
* Skehan,Everett 'Rocky Marciano, Biography of a First Son' 1977 VG+ $8
* Smith,Ed 'Knockouts I Have Seen' 1922 1st ed. 60 pages. VG (2) $100
ea.
* Smith, Toby 'Kid Blackie. Jack Dempsey's Colorado Days' 1987 1st
ed. 168 pages. VG $30, another in Good condition for $25
* Solomons, Jack '1948 Annual of the Ring' Full Records of the Leading
British and World Boxers. Illustrated. 123 pages, Good + $30
* Solomons,Jack 'International Boxing Annual 1949' 183 pages. Good $25
* Solomons, Jack 'International Boxing Annual 1949'. Missing rear
cover, some paper loss to spine cover, else good. $10
* Solomons,Jack 'International Boxing Annual 1950' Tape on spine, else
good condition $20, another in Good + condition $30
* Solomons,Jack 'International Boxing Annual 1952' VG $25, Another in
Good - condition $15
* Solomons, Jack 'International Boxing Annual 1953' 128 pages. Good
condition with some wear along spine. $20
* Sorel,Julia 'Rocky' based upon the screenplay by Sylvester Stallone
1976 2nd printing VG $5
* Soviet Ministry of Sport - Russian sports booklet for the USSR
National Boxing Tournament dedicated to the Stalin Constitution Day
(Programma Mezhvedomstvennogo Komandnogo Pervenstva Sovetskogo Soyuza
po Boksu 1948 goda, posvyaschennogo dnyu Stalinskoi konstitutsii). Ltd.
print of 3,000. 5 page booklet in very good condition. $30
* Spalding Athletic Library 'Boxing' 1939 137 pages VG $30
* Spalding Athletic Library - 'Bag Punching' Vol. XII. No. 144, Issued
monthly, December 1901. Published by the American Sports Publishing Co.
5" x 7" booklet. 37 pages, plus another another 26 pages of spalding
equipment ads. Cover has scotch tape along length of spine and shows
wear, internally good, good minus overall $30
* Spalding Athletic Library No. 25R 'Boxing. A Complete Illustrated
Series of Instructions in the Art of Self-Defense. With Official Rules
Governing All Championship Contests - Amateur and Professional. 1924
169 pages. Cover worn and missing paper on bottom inch of spine.
Internally very good $40
* Spalding Athletic Library. No. 78R 'How to Punch the Bag, Including
Instructions for Fancy Bag Punching' 1920 Good condition. 91 pages.
Includes all the various punches, and a section by Jimmy DeForest, Jack
Dempsey's trainer, on bag punching. $40
* Spalding Athletic Library 'Boxing' 154 pages. 1902 Good condition,
though loose front hinge and some paper loss on spine covering. $50
* Spalding Athletic Library 'Boxing' 154 pages. 1902 Good condition,
though some paper loss to spine covering. Binding it tight and
internally very good. $60
* Spalding Athletic Library 'Boxing. A Complete Illustrated Series of
Instructions in the Art of Self Defense. With Official Rules Governing
All Championship Contests, Amateur and Professional' New and revised
edition 1923. 169 pages. VG $50
* Spalding Athletic Library 'How to Punch the Bag, Including
Instructions for Fancy Bag Punching' 91 pages. Revised and enlarged
edition 1921 VG $50
* Stafford,Ian 'Born to be King, The Rise of Prince Naseem Hamed' 1997
1st ed. 96 pages (2) $12 ea.
* Stern,Bill 'Bill Stern's Favorite Boxing Stories' 1948 Good (2) $10
ea. & another 1st printing 1948 VG $15
* Stillman,Marchall - 1920 Six-volume Marshall Stillman Boxing
Course. The six volumes are
all in their original paper covers. Volume # 1 titled '5 Shortcut
Lessons to Good Boxing', Volume # 2 'Scientific Blows and Guards - What
Blows to Use, What Blows to Expect and How to Guard Against Them,
Volume # 3 Great Fighters and Boxers - Psychology of The Ring, Volume #
4 Shadow Boxing - How to Train and Advice on Living - Rules of the
Ring, Volume # 5 Daily Exercises and Home Development, and Volume # 6
Jiu Jitsu Wrestling - Defenses Against Violent Attacks. Scan available
upon request. Volume 3's covers are held on by scotch tape on the
spine, else good + condition. The rest are all in good or better
condition, with some wear along the spine, but intact, and very clean
internally. Very interesting and informative course $120.
* Stillman, Marshall - 1920 Six-volume Marshall Stillman Boxing Course.
The six volumes are
all in their original paper covers. Volume # 1 titled '5 Shortcut
Lessons to Good Boxing', Volume # 2 'Scientific Blows and Guards - What
Blows to Use, What Blows to Expect and How to Guard Against Them,
Volume # 3 Great Fighters and Boxers - Psychology of The Ring, Volume #
4 Shadow Boxing - How to Train and Advice on Living - Rules of the
Ring, Volume # 5 Daily Exercises and Home Development, and Volume # 6
Jiu Jitsu Wrestling - Defenses Against Violent Attacks. Scan available
upon request. Heavy wear along the spine of volume 5, else good, and
the rest are all in good+ or better condition.Very interesting and
informative course $120.
* Stillman, Marshall - 1920 Marshall Stillman Boxing Course. Includes
five of the six volumes, all in their original paper covers. Volume # 1
titled '5 Shortcut
Lessons to Good Boxing', Volume # 2 'Scientific Blows and Guards - What
Blows to Use, What Blows to Expect and How to Guard Against Them,
Volume # 3 Great Fighters and Boxers - Psychology of The Ring, Volume #
4 Shadow Boxing - How to Train and Advice on Living - Rules of the
Ring, Volume # 5 Daily Exercises and Home Development. Volume one
has a very worn spine and some clear tape along spine, else good
condition. The other four are all in good condition. $85
* Sugar,Bert 'The Great Fights' 1981 1st ed. hardcover 255 pages.
Very
good condition, no dust jacket. Covers the greatest and biggest fights
since the time of John L. Sullivan. Profusely illustrated. $15
* Sullivan, John L. 'Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator'
Published by Jas. A. Hearn & Co., Boston, 1892. 294 pages. The book
is straight and tightly bound. Contents: Boyhood and Boxing Beginnings,
Rounds of the Pugilistic Ladder, The Championship Reached, A Series of
Picnics, Two Artful Dodgers from England, Victories with the Gloves,
Greatest Knockout Tour on Record, Big Glove Engagements, In the Land of
Tom Cribb and Tom Sayers, Battles Both Sides of the Atlantic, Pacific
Ocean Voyage - Home Conclusions, Training and Divers Topics, &
Report of D.A. Sargent's Examination. The covers are worn and missing
some paper near the bottom and top of the spine and corners and edge of
the front cover. Ask to see a scan. A rare book that I would rate good
overall for it's age. $300
* Swift,Owen 'Boxing Without a Master' 32 pages. c1900. Published by
Henry J. Wehman, New York. VG $150 Good+ (3) $125 each, another
in good
condition $75.
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* Thomas,Champ 'How to Be an Ass Whipping Boxer' 2000 Fine (2) $25 ea.
* Thomas,Champ 'Boxing's 5 Killer Punches' 1976 1st ed. 98 pages. VG $25
* Thompson, Col. Billy, PHOTOCOPY of rare 1897 boxing book 'The Great
Battle Between Robt Fitzsimmons and Jas. J. Corbett, Which Took Place
at Carson City, Wed. March 17th 1897' Col. Billy Thompson holds the
exclusive rights according to law for the presentation of the marvelous
veriscope pictures. Bound with Accubind fabric binding along the length
of the left side edge of these 8" x 11" sheets of paper. 19 pages.
Contents include the ring records of the participants, and round by
round detail of the fight including drawings of the fighters for each
round with dots to indicate where contestants were hit during that
round, and a listing of champions from 1857 to 1897. $60
* Thormanby 'Boxers and Their Battles' Includes: Jem Belcher, Tom Cribb
& Molineaux, Tom Spring and Jack Langan, Hammer Lane & Yankee
Sullivan, Nat Langham, Tom Sayers & The Tipton Slasher, Jem Ward,
Owen Swift, Jem Burn, Bendigo & Ben Caunt, Johhnny Broome &
Bungaree. Good+ $250
* Timpav 'Champ. Fritzie Zivic. The Life and Times of the Croat Comet'
1988 VG Scarce $45
* Torres,Jose 'Fire & Fear, the Inside Story of Mike Tyson' 1989
Good $5
* Torres,Jose 'Sting Like a Bee, The Muhammad Ali Story' 1972 223 pages
(2) VG $8 ea.
* Torres,Jose 'Sting Like a Bee' (Ali) 1971 VG $5 - multiple
copies
* Tosswill, Major Leonard 'Boxing Up to Date. Illustrated Throughout With an Instructive Chapter entitled Hints to Novices. 1916. 112 pages. Good condition with very slight paper loss in a couple places on spine and some wear to cover. $45
* Tousey, Frank 'How to Box' 1902 60 pages. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" Front cover
and title page are loose, else good condition. Brittle. Very rare $100
* Treharne,E.R. 'Among the Heavyweights' 1949 1st ed. 28 pages, VG (2)
$30 ea.
* Treharne,E.R. 'Famous Heavyweight Fights - Illustrated with real
photographs. Thrilling Accounts of Heavyweight Fights that Stands Out
in the History of the Ring' 1948 1st ed. 40 pages. VG (2) $35 ea.
* Turner,Tommy 'How to Box. Complete Illustrated Course in the Art
of Boxing & Physical Fitness' 1944 62 pages. Good condition $50
* Turpin, Guy 'Forgotten Men of the Prize Ring. A Reference Book of Old
Time Boxers' 1963 1st ed. 76 pages. Inscribed by the author: "With all
good wishes to Pete Montese, Sincerely Guy Turpin 4/26/63" VG $35
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* Ulyatt,Michael 'The Fighting O'Kellys' (Remarkable story of a
fighting father and son - Con O'Kelly Sr. & Jr.) 1991 1st ed. 77
pages VG $25
* USA Boxing 'Official Rules USA Boxing 1993 - 1995' 314 pages. Spiral
bound, VG $10
* USA Amateur Boxing Federation 'USA Amateur Boxing Federation Media
Guide 1986' 103 pages. Good condition $15
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* Vaccare,Pete 'Ringside Boxing Record Quarterly' 6,500 Individual
Results All 1961 Fights. 99 pages Good+ $25 ea.. (3 copies)
* Vance,Steve 'Pound for Pound' 1999 novel. VG+ $15
* Van Court, DeWitt 'The Makings of Champions in California' 1926 1st
ed. 160 pages. Deals with the start of many California fighters,
champions and near champions. Chapters include: Then and Now, Boxing Is
a Grand Old Game, Some Early Champions, The Cradles of Boxing, The work
of Trainers and Seconds, Some Famous Ring Characters, Another
California Crop, California's Three Great Heavyweights, The Old Timers
vers Present Day Boxers, Some of the Present Day Boxers, Why Every Boy
Should Learn to Box Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Scarce book.
Very good condition $150
* Van Court, Carroll 'The Van Court Scientific Boxing Course' A
mondernized course of instructions in the science of boxing, based on
the world famous system of self defense invented by De Witt Van Court,
the greatest boxing instructor in the world, and the man who discovered
and taught James J. Jeffries, world champion heavyweight. 1964
reissue of 1937 title. 41 pages. 12 lessons included. VG (8) $35
ea.
* Van Den Bergh, Tony 'The Jack Johnson Story' 1956 144 pages. VG $10
* Varveris, Michael 'Rocky Marciano, The 13th Candle' 2000 1st ed. Fine
$30
* Vecsey,George 'Frazier/Ali' 1972 1st printing Good (2) $10 ea.
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* * Waldman, Frank 'The Challenger' Fictional book about a
Golden Gloves boxing champion. Tempo Books 1963. 160 pages. VG $10
* Wallechinsky,David 'The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics 1998'
266 pages VG $10
* Watson,Nellie 'Matt Moran's Shamrock Gardens. From Boxing Booth
Fighter to Travelling Showman' 1988 1st ed. 35 pages. 8 1/4" x 11 3/4"
VG $30
* Wehman,Henry J. 'Wehman's Book on Boxing and Wrestling or The Art of
Self Defence' c1880-1890 32 pages. Worn covers, brittle booklet, but in
good condition. $125
* Wehman, Henry J. 'Wehman's Book on the Art and Science of Boxing'
1892. Most of the paper cover is missing along the spine. Covers have
some chips and a small sticker on the top of the front cover of a used
bookstore in New York. Internally good. Scarce 1892 title. $100
* Wehman Bros. 'How to Box and Gymnastics Without a Teacher. Climbing,
Leaping, Vaulting, Swimming and Parallel Bars. 100 Illustrations.'
Published by Wehman Bros. c1900. Some chipping to edges of front cover,
else good condition. 99 pages. Very scarce (4) $100 ea.
* Weider,Joe 'Special Boxing Course' 1959. 11 pages. 8 1/2"
x 11". Excercies to build strength and stamina, jump roping, shadow boxing,
roadwork, writst roller, dumbbell presses, how to make a fist, proper
stance, get your body behind your punches, do not telegraph your
punches, devastating punches, punch to the chin, punch to the ear,
punch to the solar plexus, punch over the heart, always keep cool,
don't stand still, watch your opponents hands. VG (2) $35 ea.
* Weston,Stanley 'Heavyweight Champions' 1976 Good (2) $5 ea.
* Wignall, Trevor ‘Sporting Record Boxing Annual 1949’ 96
pages. Good $40, another VG $50
* Wilde,Jimmy 'The Art of Boxing' by the former flyweight champion of
the world. c1920 77 pages. Includes: Biographical information about
Wilde, boxing stance, attack & defence, the knockout and blows that
tell, the straight left and how to counter it, the left handed boxer,
American boxers and their style, injuries and how to conceal them,
ringcraft & tactics. Inscribed on title page "From Herb McCoy
Australian Champ to Jeff Lee Oct. 20, 56". McCoy was Australia's
lightweight champion in 1913. Very good condition. $85
* Wilson,Peter 'Old Holborn Book of Boxing' 1969 Good+ Good read. $10.
* Wilson, Peter 'Ringside Seat' 224 pages c1956 Good $5
* Winch, A. - PHOTOCOPY of 'Life and Battles of Yankee Sullivan.
Embracing Full and Accurate Accounts of His Fights. Also includes
sections on Tom Hyer's First Fight, Fatal Prize Fight Between Lilly and
M'Coy at Hastings, N.Y. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1842, Report of the
Battle Between George Kensett and ned Hammand for $500 a Side - Dec. 7,
1826, and Report of The Late Fight Between Afred Walker and Joe Hoiles,
the Spider. 96 pages. $100
* Wood,Don 'Great Moments in Boxing History' 128 pages 1973 VG $10,
another Good + $5
* Wood,Peter 'A Clenched Fist. The Making of a Golden Glove Champion'
2007 VG+ $15
* World Boxing Council 'W.B.C. Rings Officials Guide' 1983 65 pages. VG
$15
* Wynne,Hugh 'Leather Socking Tales' 1947 1st ed. 77 pages. Excellent
$50 (need to confirm still have)
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* Young,A.S.(Doc) - 'The Champ Nobody Wanted' (Sonny Liston) 1963. Good
condition, slight lean. Scarce. $75
* Young,Michael 'The Complete Instructor in Boxing, Swimming,
Gymnastics, Pedestrianism, Horse Racing, Prizefighting, Boat Racing and
Other Sports' 1881 Good. Quarter inch loss to top of spine. 94 pages.
$45
* Young,Michael 'The Complete Instructor in Boxing, Swimming,
Gymnastics, Pedestrianism, Horse Racing, Prizefighting, Boat Racing and
Other Sports' 1881 Good plus (3) $75 ea.
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* Zang,David 'Sports Wars, Athletes in the Age of Aquarius' Uncorrected
proof. 2001 VG $10
* An Anthology of Writings on Boxing and Visual Culture. Boxing 1996
1st ed.$10
* The Record Book of Olympic Champions 1980 160 pages. (9 pages of
boxing) Good $10
* Unknown '1986 Northwest Record Book' 12 stapled 8 1/2" x 11" pages. Good $30