Search Results: Boxing from Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Eight plates in color, twenty-seven in black and white. Front hinge a little tender, very good or better in about very good dustwrapper with moderate overall wear. An attractive copy of this book in the Britain in Pictures series.

London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Eight plates in color, twenty-seven in black and white. Board edges lightly worn, thus very good in a good dustwrapper with chips and tears.

London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Eight plates in color, twenty-seven in black and white. Slight bump to head of spine, a very nearly fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with wear to the head and tail of the spine and light soiling to the rear wrapper. An attractive copy of this book in the Britain in Pictures series.

London: Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Eight plates in color, twenty-seven in black and white. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a very light stain on the front panel. An attractive copy of this book in the Britain in Pictures series.

New York: George Winn, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Red cloth lettered in black. Small stain on the foredge, slight soiling on the boards, very good plus lacking the dustwrapper. A very scarce boxing title.

New York: Hastings House, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. Fine in attractive near fine dustwrapper with a modest tar on the rear panel. A nice and bright copy of the first edition of an often reprinted title.

London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A bright and fresh, pretty much as new copy.

London: Phoenix Sports Books, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with cloth worn over the crown of the spine, lacking the dustwrapper. Moderately uncommon biography of the boxer.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1925. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 209pp., illustrated with photographs. Some foxing to the illustrations and facing pages, else about fine with a little rubbing, lacking the dustwrapper. Biography of the pugilist from early days to his later career thumping the boards. Attractive copy.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition.Octavo. 209pp., illustrated with photographs. A little wear at the spine ends, near fine in a good dustwrapper with internal tape repairs and substantial loss at the spine. Biography of the pugilist from early days to his later career thumping the boards. Very scarce in jacket.

Chicago: The Continental Publishing Co, 1902. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. Portraits and illustrations. Original green cloth with applied portrait. Contemporary ownership signature of Harry C. Simmons, white spine-lettering quite rubbed, else fine. A scarce title.

New York: Henry Holt, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Preface by Sir Theodore Cook. Ownership signature of Lieutenant-Colonel A.N.S. Strode-Jackson, a horizontal tear to the cloth near the bottom of the spine, an about very good copy, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Tipped to the front fly is a brief note to Strode-Jackson from Sir Theodore Cook, informing him that the Belgium Olympic Committee wants to give him a medal, and inquiring where it should be sent. Strode-Jackson rowed and played football and hockey for the College, being Captain of the Hockey team. He won the mile race for Oxford against Cambridge three times and was President of the Oxford University Athletic Club. While still an undergraduate he became an Olympic gold medallist, winning the 1500 metres in the Stockholm Olympics of 1912. He was wounded several times during WWI, and left permanently lame, thus effectively ending his athletic career. A nice association in this important general history of boxing.

New York: American Heritage, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Spine ends dampstained, very good in a good only dustwrapper with corresponding dampstains, edges worn.

Los Angeles: Published by Abe the Newsboy, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Twenty-fourth edition. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with several small tears and nicks. Signed by Abe the Newsboy, a prolific boxer, on his frontipiece photo.

Los Angeles: Abe the Newsboy, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small tidemark to the bottom margin of the last several pages, else a very good plus copy. Signed by the author: "Abe the Newsboy.

Los Angeles: Abe the Newsboy, 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ninth edition. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with some minor tear around the edges.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a slightly spine soiled, near fine dustwrapper. Biography of a colorful fight promoter. An unusually nice copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound manuscript. Introduction by Muhammad Ali. Quarto. Unpaginated. Typed carbon copies on pink and yellow carbon paper. Contemporary full cloth stamped in gilt with the title and author and: "Original Manuscript. March 16, 1973. To Sally... With Love." Dampstain mostly visible only on the front fly, a single word also on the front fly, else very good or better. Inscribed on the title page at a later date: "To Joe McMahon from Muhammad Ali 6-4-89." The carbon manuscript displays corrections in type and some penciled corrections, including the addition of Sugar Ray Robinson to the contents and a typed-in addition of José Torres. A cursory comparison to the printed book reveals a multitude of changes from this manuscript version. The book consists of interviews with Jack Dempsey, Mickey Walker, Pete Herman, Gunboat Smith, Fidel LaBarba, Tommy Loughran, Jack Sharkey, Rocky Graziano, Jake LaMotta, Carmen Basilio, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, Henry… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Jack Dempsey. Slight wear at the spine ends, near fine lacking lacking the dustwrapper. Autobiography of one of the fathers of American boxing. Very scarce.

(Norwalk, Connecticut: The O'Brien Suburban Press), 1942. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Printed wrappers, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, as issued. Corners and boards rubbed and modestly worn, a very good copy, internally fine. The first edition was 1000 copies in wrappers, an informed party tells us that Fleischer had a few copies bound up for presentations and gifts. Fleischer attempted to capitalize on the quick sale of the 1941 edition by offering this very slightly amended edition during the first few weeks of 1942. Rare.