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Price: US$109.63 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A fascinating book to dip into for anyone interested in the early days of bare knuckle boxing. This volume covers the period 1814-1830 and includes Irish fighters such as Dan Donnelly and John Langan and English fighters such as Tom Spring, Ned Painter, Thomas Hickman and Alec Reid among others. It contains a biography of each fighter, the prize money involved and then recounts each fight round by round. The book itself is well worn, read, loved. All pages have darkened but are quite legible. Illustrated throughout with images of each fighter. No pen marks or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. Binding remains strong. Tight in places and less so in other sections. Please examine all seller photos.
Seller: Collectible Books Ireland, Portarlington, OFFAL, Ireland
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I covers the period 1719 to 1820. Volume II covers the period from 1820 to 1835. 2 volumes 507 & 538. Illustrated with full page portraits and vignettes to the text. Brown buckram with gilt decoration, (two boxers) to the front boards. First and second series of three volumes both dated 1880. Both volumes with period previous owner's name in top corner of front free end paper. First volume evidence of worn hinges. Some rubbing to extremities of both bindings. Internally bright.
Seller: anglimm books, Truro, United Kingdom
Price: US$416.28 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2 volumes. viii, xvi, 508, [ii addendum p232], [iv ads] ; [iv], 538, 6 pp. Illustrated with full page portraits and vignettes to the text. Decorative brown buckram with pictorial gilt decoration to the front boards. Both volumes unfaded. First and second series of three volumes both dated 1880. A very nice set with some foxing. Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: Three volumes. Bound by Root and Son in later polished green calf, the distinctive original cloth backstrips and sides bound in at the end of each volume. Hinges firm, tops of spines worn, no loose signatures, top edge gilt. The spine gilt has mostly gone, leaving the title and author lettering present but "in blind".
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$570.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardbacks in decorated cloth Very Good octavo xvi + 507, 538pp., frontis.(2), illusts., appends., indexes, First two volumes of the three published; these covering the period 1719 to 1835. Some wear to boards o/w a very good sound, tight set
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$634.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First 3-volume edition of Miles's history of british boxing charts the story of the sport from the days of Broughton to the contests of King, Heenan and Sayers in the Victorian era. 8vo. Vol 1: 507pp. A clean, bright copy, front endpaper and frontis loos. Vol 2: 538pp. Wear to cloth with slight fraying to extremities. Vol 3: 523pp. an unusually clean and bright copy. A large and heavy set that may require extra shipping charges. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.
Seller: Pastsport, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$890.20 + shipping
Description: A complete three volume set of this detailed history of British boxing over one hundred and forty-four years, with illustrations. Complete in three volumes. First edition. A complete and chronological history of the ring from 1719 to 1863. A detailed history of British boxing containing the lives of the most celebrated pugilists, full reports of battles from contemporary newspapers and periodicals, authentic portraits from original prints and paintings, biographical details, personal anecdotes, and sketches of the principal patrons of the times. Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six plates, two of which are folding. Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Volume III is illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Written by Henry Downes Miles, a well-respected British sports writer who specialised in boxing and fighting. Bound by W. Greening, Fleet Street. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spines. Front hinges tender to each volume with the rear hinge of volume two failed. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and further spotting to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the reverse of the title page. Bound by W. Greening, Fleet Street. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 3 Vols., 8vo, decorative brown cloth, gilt stamped spine and cover, top edges gilt, illustrated, 507, 538 [6], 528, [6] pp. Hinges are a bit weak or cracked in all three volumes, but still reasonably firm, some extremity and spine wear and scuffing, some aging and browning, scattered foxing, signature on all three half titles, corner chips to some endpapers, paper just a bit brittle, tissue guard facing frontispiece of volume one is loose; otherwise about very good, and an attractive set. A wonderful set on British boxing history, when British boxing was boxing. The gilt illustration of fighters on the covers represents Daniel Mendoza and Richard Humphreys who fought three legendary fights at the close of the 18th century. Humphreysâ arm is actually still featured at pub in England. The author was a well-respected fight reporter that knew the sport well. His history starts in the early 18th century with fighters like James Fig to Tom Sayers more than 100 years later. While other boxing titles like The Fancy and Boxiana cover some of the same ground, this work is considered by many as the most comprehensive on the subject. Hartley 1365.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.