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Lynch, Bohun. The Prize Ring. Country Life, 1925.
Price: US$89.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Impressive volume of fine prints, many in colour, covering the history of boxing, mainly from the days of the bare-knuckle prize fighters of the 18th and 19th centuries. 4to. 137pp. 40 plates. Marbled boards with cream buckram spine, gilt titles. Bumped and a little edgeworn, inscription to front endpaper and bookplate to front pastedown. No. 333 in a limited edition of 750 copies. A heavy book that may require extra shipping charges. From our large stock of boxing books and publications.
Seller: Pastsport, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.02 + shipping
Description: 32.5x26cm (12¾" x10"). Limited to 1000 copies for sale in Great Britain and America, this No. 137. ppXI(1)137(3) with colour frontispiece and a further 40 colour & other plates (all with loose tissue-guards), and index. Top edge gilt. Original quarter leather with pebble-patterned paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt, front board titled in red on gilt-bordered leather roundel. Head and foot of spine and front hinge a little rubbed, rear hinge slightly so. Front board and roundel with a few minor scratchmarks, roundel also slightly grazed. Lower outer corners of boards rubbed and a little bumped & curled, upper outer corners slightly so. Paper loss at edges around lower outer corners, slight loss at edges around tips of upper outer corners, and very slight loss at one or two spots along edges elsewheres. Lower edge of rear board slightly bruised along some 10cm from spine. No dust jacket. Pages 134 & 135 of index spotted; margins of page IX and corresponding areas of blank page VIII opposite, upper margins of leaf facing Plate XX, and pages 133, 136 & 137 of index lightly & sparsely spotted. Occasional faint & sparse spotting elsewheres. Leaf facing Plate XL with minor production flaw, being untrimmed along 1.5cm of upper edge at outer corner, the remnant folded into upper margin of recto, the fold not quite flush with text-block - the appearance of which unaffected. Tips of a number of lower outer corners a little curled and/or lightly creased. A few tissue-guards creased. Fore- & lower edges of text-block lightly & sparsely spotted; untrimmed lower edge also toned, and fore-edge slightly so. Binding holding firmly and of pleasing appearance, contents generally clean and tight. VERY GOOD copy. (Heavy item, overseas shipping at cost.)
Seller: J. R. Young, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Lynch,Bohun. The Prize Ring (Limited Edition). Country Life Limited, London, 1925.
Price: US$96.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's original marbled patterned backed boards with cream buckram spine,lettered in gilt.This edition is limited to 750 numbered copies of whih this one is number 200.Well Illustrated by reproductions of old prints, several oil paintings, and of the famous Byron Screen.Nice clean bright copy with only very minor wear to edges of the boards and corners a little knocked,one small bump to the rear board.large folio with forty full page plates with protective tissue guards some of which are now loose,large Folio 137pp Limited Edition Heavy book with 2.2kg of weight
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Lynch, Bohun. The Prize Ring. Country Life Limited, London, England, 1925.
Price: US$97.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Library binding with library printing on spine and discarded stamps on ffep and end pages. Library stamp on title page. Text, photgraphs and illustrations very good plus. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Bohun Lynch. The Prize Ring. Country Life, 1925.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Oversized hardback book (137 pages) illustrated with forty plates (all present) most with tissue guards. Published in a limited edition of 1000 copies for Great Britain and America - not numbered. Boards show scuffing/rubbing especially at edge - tips worn/scratches on leather spine. a few tissue guards have creases - several areas of small amounts of light foxing. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Bookseller since 1995 (ULG2-Top-R) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Half vellum over decorative boards and a circle with the title to the top right corner and gilt text to spine. Top edge gilt. Both full color chromolithographs and black and white illustrations throughout; 40 plates, most of which have tissue guards. Envelope with two letters, one hand-written from cartoonist Lank Leonard and the other an anonymously typed letter. No previous owners' names or other markings. Wear to boards, primarily at edges with small loss to exterior paper at the corners (see image); foxing to pastedowns and adjacent endpapers. 10.25 x 12.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Lynch, Bohun. The Prize Ring. London; Country Life Limited, 1925., 1925.
Price: US$115.23 + shipping
Description: Quarto. xi, [1], 137 pp. Colour frontispiece and 40 plates, of which 7 in colour. Book Condition: Very Good. Quarter vellum; marbled paper-covered boards with black title roundel to upper board, red titles to roundel and gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Leather toned; boards worn to edge and a little surface-scuffed. Endpapers toned & lightly foxed with small brown marks at inner front hinge where adhesive tape has been removed; ownership inscription of Robert Henderson to ffep and list of friends who had read the book with dates from 1936 to 1958 below. 2-page typewritten account of "Eye-witness Account of the Fight Between Tom Sayers (England) and J C Heenan (America) " affixed to margin Plate XXVII with browned adhesive tape. A history of boxing in England from early beginnings, including biographical material on exponents of the noble art like Tom Cribb and John Broughton.
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limited Edition Copy: This copy is Number 166 of 750. Book shows wear from age, mostly around edges from toning, spine shows rubbing and dulling from thumbing. Board panels are standard with rubbing, right corners are rubbed, bottom and top edges are rubbed. Binding is very good, gilt is fading along top edge. No markings to pages, pages are very good. RBR. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Quarto. 137 pp. Frontispiece and forty plates. Morocco spine and decorated papercovered boards. Spine reattached, edges of the boards worn, spine ends chipped, a fair copy. History of boxing in England. One of 1000 numbered copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$136.74 + shipping
Description: Very good copy bound in contemporary vellum over patterned boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 137 pages; Physical description; xi, 137 p : col. front., xl. pl. (part col., incl. ports) ; 33 x 26 cm. Subjects; Boxing. Pugilism. Boxers (Sports) - England - London - History - 18th century. Limited edition; number 4 of a limited publication of 750 copies only. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
LYNCH, Bohun.. The Prize Ring.. Country Life, London, 1925.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: xi, 52 pp. Illustrated by Reproductions of Old Prints, several Oil paintings, and of the famous Byron Screen. Folio, original vellum-backed decorated paper boards. No. 341 of 750 copies. Small stain to one of the plates; endsheets tanned; quite rubbed at corners; very good.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Original folio-size, paper-covered boards over leather spine, corners and edges worn, illustrations nice with original tissue guards. This is one of 1000 numbered copies for Great Britain and America. Quite scarce.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy bound in contemporary vellum over patterned boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 137 pages; Physical description; xi, 137 p : col. front., xl. pl. (part col., incl. ports) ; 33 x 26 cm. Subjects; Boxing. Pugilism. Boxers (Sports) - England - London - History - 18th century. Limited edition; number 4 of a limited publication of 750 copies only. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lynch, Bohun. PRIZE RING, THE. Country Life Ltd., London, 1925.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated by reproductions of old prints, several oil paintings, and of the famous Byron Screen. No. 504 of the 750 numbered copies. All plates are present. Contents are very good; end-papers have been professionally replaced. Covers show wear and some scuff on the leather. The backstrip is completely off, but is present, waiting to be restored. Gilt top edge. (loc 662/1) Size: 10-1/2 x 12-1/2 Inches
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.04 + shipping
Description: Country Life, London. 1925. Limited Edition of 750 copies, this being No 27. Bound in quarter vellum, gilt. Pebble patterned paper covered boards with circular leather label piece to front board, in slipcase. Top edge gilt. Tall 4to. Prize presentation inscription from the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Milner (1849-1931) "Special Prize. Eton boxing 15 March 1930. Presented with many good wishes by Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Milner" PLUS a signed letter from Milner loosely inserted. Illustrated. Slight wear to outer edges of boards. Ownership inscriptions to endpapers and article tipped in to front pastedown. o/w an attractive volume in a slightly browned and worn slipcase.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Bohun Lynch. The Prize Ring. Country Life LTD, London, 1925.
Price: US$243.26 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A limited edition discussion on the sport of boxing by Bohun Lynch, illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome plates. A limited edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is out of series.An interesting ode to the sport of boxing, an entertaining history of the sport.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and thirty-three monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Written by Bohun Lynch, who boxed whilst studying at Oxford.Bookplate of Major Sir Brunel Cohen to the recto to the front endpaper. Cohen was a British Conservative Party politician, who massively campaigned on the behalf of disabled people after he lost both of his legs in the First World War. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with patterned paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Vellum is a little discoloured, as is usual. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. [xi], 137 pp. Color frontis, 40 plates. Quarter vellum, gilt, on patterned boards, cover label, very good. (61749). No. 158 of 750 numbered copies.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Lynch, Bohun. The Prize Ring. Country Life, London, 1925.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 137 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Frontispiece and forty plates, some in color. All plates with tissue guards. Illustrated by reproductions of old prints, several oil paintings, "and the famous Byron Screen." History of boxing in England, much anecdotal data concerning boxers, matches and the nobility, Lord Byron included who embraced the sport despite a club foot. Limited edition, copy 144 of 750. Boards rubbed at extremities, round black leather label with title printed in red at front cover. Orig. marbled boards and vellum spine. Teg. Very good
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Lynch, Bohun. The Prize Ring. Country Life Ltd., London, 1925.
Price: US$268.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (137 pages) 1/2" leather bound with paper covered boards. All plates are laid in with deckled edges. Forty plates are both color and black and white of classic boxing poses. Illustrated by by W.E. Downing, et al. History of boxing in England, much anecdotal data concerning boxers, matches and the nobility, Lord Byron included who embraced the sport despite a club foot. Limited edition, copy 622 of 750. Boards rubbed at extremities, round black leather label with title printed in red at front cover. Orig. marbled boards and vellum spine. Teg. Very good.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Price: US$576.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 137pp. 41 plates. Recently handsomely rebound in red half morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edges gilt. Limited edition of 750 copies, of which this is number 55. Heavy item, may attract additional postage.
Seller: Don Kelly Books, London, United Kingdom