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1902 · rif. 43988 — Chicago: The Continental Publishing Co 1902. Later issue. Portraits and illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth decorated in dark green and gilt rubbed some browning of text mostly marginal short tear along upper inner margin a few short tears or losses not affecting text. A very good copy. Later issue. Portraits and illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Heavy-weight championships in America. The work is divided into four sections: the first is "The Art of Self Defense" and includes comparing boxing and football; how pugilists train and the rules of boxing ancient and modern. The second section discusses the arrival of the Australians boxes including George Dawson Hall Seymour Burk and Foley. The third section deals with short biographical sketches of Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries sharkey Mitchell Ruhlin Maher and Peter Jackson. The last part section deals with the championship fights fought in America under the Queensberry Rules including the Corbett and Sullivan and Corbett and Mitchell fights; Fitzsimmons fighting Maher Corbett and Jeffries; and Jeffries' fights Sharkey Corbett Ruhlin and Fitzsimmons. Hartley 1439 for the first edition The Continental Publishing Co unknown books