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19971st edition. Fine condition large format hardback in a fine condition sleeved dust jacket, 96 pages, illustrated. ISBN 0752523988 50390. eng
1995Revised edition. VG pbk. ISBN 075350040X. 16065. eng
2002Ist edition. 4to, 192 pages, illustrated with photographs by Blaise Hart. Fine condition in matt pictorial boards. 39324. eng
2006In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 259,(5) con 52 fot. b.n. e col. in tavv. f.t.; coll. "Biblioteca storica"; prima ed., ottimo es.. (L032) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
1948In 8°, br. edit., pp. 81,(3), con 33 fot. b/n in tavv. f.t.; coll. "Monografie 1"; nel complesso copia molto buona. (m098) (la spedizione standard è SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
1990In 8°, cop. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 335,(1), prima ed., ottimo es.. (x204/d)
1973Broch?. 286 pages. Format de poche.
1978Broch?. 319 pages.
1959Broch?. 250 pages.
1954Broch?. 283 pages. Rousseurs.
1983Cartonn?. 44 pages. 22,5 x 31 cm.
Second edition, 12mo, xxxv, [1, blank], 133, [11, index]pp., with half-title, engraved frontispiece and nine additional full-page engravings showing two boxers fighting (perhaps Dan Mendoza and Richard Humphries), demonstrating the various boxing techniques taught in the text, some light off-setting, a few pages have been trimmed up to the text, especially at the fore-edge, but with no loss, early paper endpapers, nicely bound in full calf, hand sewn headbands, hand tooled edges, hand lettered spine. The author of this guide indicates he seeks to appeal specifically to the gentleman wanting to protect himself from 'the insolence so peculiar to the manners of the lower order of people in this country.' But he has special advice for professional practitioners of the pugilistic art, with hints for preparing for a scheduled fight which include taking 'a pint of best red wine mulled, with a tablespoonful of brandy' on the morning itself. This manual was written at an important juncture in the sport, and focuses on two practitioners who impelled boxing forward greatly - Daniel Mendoza and Richard "The Gentleman Boxer" Humphries, who famously fought three bare-knuckle bouts between 1788 and 1790 (the third of which was the first time spectators were charged an entry-payment to a sporting event). Before Mendoza, boxers generally stood still and merely swapped punches. Mendoza's 'scientific style' consisted of more than simply battering opponents into submission and included much defensive movement. He developed an entirely new style of boxing, incorporating such defensive strategies as what he called 'side-stepping,' moving around, ducking, blocking, and generally avoiding punches. At the time, this was revolutionary, and Mendoza was able to overcome much heavier opponents as a result of this new style. Though he stood only five feet seven inches and weighed only 160 pounds, Mendoza was England's sixteenth Heavyweight Champion from 1792 to 1795, and is the only middleweight to ever win the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Mendoza helped transform the popular English stereotype of a Jew from a weak, defenceless person into someone deserving of respect. He is said to have been the first Jew to talk to the King, George III. Mendoza was second for Tom Molineaux, a freed Virginia slave, in his fights. In 1789 - the year this book was issued in London - he opened his own boxing academy there. Hartley, 1578; Extremely rare, ESTC locates a single copy of the first edition at Yale which is tentatively dated 1784, and two copies of this second edition (British Library and Yale).
Broadside (360 x 240 mm), printed on one side only, paper browned, cut down centre fold and repaired with archival paper, previous sellotape browning visible. Harry Paulson (1819-1890), prize-fighter, born in Newark, Nottinghamshire. He was most famous for his three momentous bouts against Tom Paddock of Redditch which took place between 1851 and 1854, and the fight of over 100 rounds with Tom Sayers, a younger man and the champion of England at the time. After a brief biography we are informed of his fighting career "He next beat Tom Paddock (born 1824, died 1864) for ?25 a-side, at Sedgebrook near Grantham, Sept 23, 1851, in 71 rounds, lasting 95 minutes. They met again, Dec. 16, 1851, at the "Cross of Hands" Belper, Derbyshire, when Paddock won in 86 rounds, 95 minutes... They fought for a third time, for ?100 a-side... when Paddock was again conqueror, in 102 rounds, time, 2 hours 32 minutes. He next entered the lists with that Prince of English boxers, Tom Sayers, for ?50 a-side. This great battle took place at Appledore, in Kent, on Jan. 29 1856, and Sayers was victorious after 3 hours 8 minutes had elapsed, during which time 109 rounds were got through..." We are then given a brief description of Paulson's social life and an account of his death and funeral. It appears that Wilson, an old-established firm of Nottingham printers, also issued similar broadsides for the careers of other boxes: Bendigo, Sayers, Mace, Fryer, Click Soles and others. Apparently unrecorded.
In-folio, VII-107p. Edition de luxe numérotée 1/111 exemplaires sur papier vélin de Rives [tirage total: 242 exemplaires]. Illustré de 60 lithographies en noir de Luc-Albert Moreau. Avant-propos de Henry de Montherlant. Le très bel étui est malheureusement fendu (mais sans manque). Intérieur de première fraicheur.
1930Segunda edición, 35 ilustraciones.
1960No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and a little bumping to corners. 416pp. A very comprehensive work covering sixty-five different sports from air records to wrestling. Statistics and results since the first events ever played in many sports. Illustrated in black & white photographs.
2010ill., br. "Con l'Africa dentro" è la storia di un grande campione della boxe: Sumbu Kalambay campione lo è stato, oltre che per la propria classe inarrivabile, anche nella vita. La sua gentilezza, l'aristocrazia del suo cuore l'hanno fatto amare e naturalizzare in Italia. Le sue sconfitte, come e più delle vittorie fuori e dentro il ring, sono l'effettivo attivante di questo volume che ci racconta l'Africa, le fatiche degli inizi, il successo in America, i duri allenamenti a Las Vegas e a New York. Con un ritmo svelto e sincopato, perché la boxe è "forza vibrante, arte in velocità" (Tiberio Mitri) ed è dolore e amore, Gabriele Tinti ci racconta una storia di vita e d'amicizia.
1950No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges, rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped but in poor condition with a few small pieces missing. 160pp. With articles and stories from Frank Richards, Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook and others
1958NAT FLEISCHER STORIA DEI PESI MASSIMI. , TRIS 1958-05-01, Sovracoperta un pò sporca e rovinata ai margi Buono (Good) . 414
