Gene SCHOOR. SUGAR RAY ROBINSON. New York: Greenberg, 1951.
Price: US$36.95 + shipping
Description: Biography of the Detroit youth who rose to become one of the greatest boxers of all time, up to his famous KO victory over Jake La Motta to claim the middleweight championship of the world in 1951. 8vo. 119pp. Paperback. Worn and creased to covers. Good condition.
Seller: Sportspages, Farnham, United Kingdom
SCHOOR, Gene. Sugar Ray Robinson. Greenberg, New York, 1951.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a short, slightly creased tear at the top of the front panel. Inscribed by author Schoor to baseball great Joe Di Maggio: "October 10, 1951 to Joe Di Maggio, The greatest baseball figure in the history of the Sport - But more important one of the sweetest guys I've ever had the privelidge(sic) of knowing. Gene Schoor." An exceptionally scarce boxing book, with an incomparable inscription.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.