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New York, NY: Vanguard Press. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1933). ........ Cloth. Inscribed by James J. Johnston . 8vo., vi, 315 pp., cover rubbed, sunned, soiled, page toning .

New York, NY: Vanguard Press. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1933). ........ Cloth. Inscribed by James J. Johnston . 8vo., vi, 315 pp., cover rubbed, sunned, soiled, page toning .

Vanguard Press, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1st edition with a good unclipped DJ, a small piece of the DJ's endflap is being used as a bookmarker; a one-inch square chunk is missing from the heel of the spine and DJ.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Foreword by Damon Runyon. Offsetting from a small clipping about Johnston's death on the endpapers, general wear, a sound, good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by Johnston to a sportswriter: "To Tony Marevey hi Newark's 'Boy Reporter' and my very good friend. Jimmie Johnston 3/27/33." The inside story of the fight game by a longtime promoter, and the premiere Madison Square Garden matchmaker of his time.