Hollande

1929 · réf. 914M1 — Sydney: New Century Press Limited 1929. First edition. Paperback. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". Jack Gilmour. A bright copy of this very scarce collection of short stories on the subject of boxing by the American middleweight boxer Fritz Holland. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps designed by Jack Gilmour. A collection of amusing and pithy short stories originally published in the New Zealand newspaper The Sun based around the sport of boxing. The author Fritz Holland was an American middleweight boxer active from 1910 to 1922. He sparred with the notable Australian boxer Les Darcy four times winning twice and losing twice against him.This work is now very scarce to see. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally sound and bright with a significant loss to the rear of the wraps and tearing to the head and tail of the front joint. Spine is creased. Faint creasing to the corners to the front of the wrap. Staples are rusting a little. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned but clean. Good Only New Century Press Limited paperback