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****A CORNERSTONE OF BOXING LITERATURE**** The correct and very rare 1st edition of Boxiana, complete in 5 volumes. 1812-1824. Bibliographically very tricky but all issue points conform to the 1st edition requirements as laid down by RA Hartley in his highly-regarded reference on boxing literature, "History and Bibliography of Boxing Books" (#587, pgs. 144-46). Originally conceived as a broad history of the sport, the 1812 original volume proved popular enough to call for a 2nd and updated volume in 1818. Before issuing this new volume, though, the publisher reprinted the original 1812 ed. to continue drumming up interest in this new project. And, after the success of these two 1818 volumes (the reprint of the 1812 1st volume and the new, 2nd volume), another volume under the stewardship of Pierce Egan was published in 1821 and then a final installment with his imprimatur in 1824. Legal wrangling with the publisher, George Smeeton, followed and Egan withdrew from the project, marking the end of the original series. This set has held up beautifully, bright and VG+, still tightly-bound and well-preserved in its original half-leather (light brown calf) over boards. Vol. 1 alone has been elegantly rebound in a light calf to blend in nicely with the 4 other original bindings. Thick octavos, 2,880 pgs. all told. One of the landmark sets in the history of boxing literature.
Boxiana; or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism (complete in 5 Vols.)
Pierce Egan
London: George Smeeton,
Price: $10,000.00
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Eight Ballplayers from the Negro Leagues: A Suite of Prints By Tina Hoggatt
Seattle, WA: 1987.
Price: $2,500.00
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WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PAUL BROWN (AND WITH AN ELABORATE, HALF-PAGE OF ORIGINAL ART WORK) on the half title. A handsome copy to boot of the 1930 1st trade edition. Clean, bright and Near Fine in its gilt-designed and lettered front panel. Quarto, 191 pgs. A very impressive, early effort by the Derrydale Press.
Aintree: Grand Nationals --Past and Present
Paul Brown
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930.
Price: $2,000.00
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1938 1st edition of this wonderful look at the history of golf in Mexico. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE LIMITATION PAGEand issued in an undoubtedly very small (this being #44) but unspecified limitation. Bound in a very attractive checkered cloth, consisting of mostly earthen, terra cotta colors. Still solid and tightly-bound and VG, with light foxing to the preliminaries. Quarto, 126 pgs. plus photographs. This copy includes a printed New Year's Greeting from the author AND the very uncommon 1939 and 1940 "Golf in Mexico" tissue-guarded supplements, designed to keep the reader abreast of annual changes at the Mexico City Country Club and as importanly, the author's golf game. A wonderful item.
A Short History of Golf in Mexico and the Mexico City Country Club
Harry Wright
New York: Privately Printed, 1938.
Price: $1,500.00
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Signed Handwritten Letter
Bill Tilden
1949.
Price: $950.00
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Who's Who in Major League Baseball
Harold (Speed) Johnson
Chicao: Buxton Publishing Co., 1933.
Price: $950.00
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The Gentleman Angler
[Long; Thomas-cont.]; Anon [A Gentleman]
Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch at the Red Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row, London, 1736.
Price: $650.00
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Some Silent Places Still
Dana S. Lamb
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1969.
Price: $650.00
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Salmon and Sea Trout: How to Propagate, Preserve and Catch Them in British Waters
Sir Herbert Maxwell
Lawrence and Bullen, London, 1898.
Price: $500.00
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Drama in the Bahamas
James Cornelius
General Publishing Co., Atlanta, GA, 1985.
Price: $500.00
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Old Sword-Play
Alfred Hutton
H Grevel & Co., London, 1892.
Price: $500.00
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Toxophilus
Roger Ascham
5, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, W.C., 1869.
Price: $500.00
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Trout Fly-Fishing in America
Charles Zibeon Southard
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1914.
Price: $500.00
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Salmon in Low Water
Richard Carley Hunt
New Ork: The Anglers' Club of New York, 1950.
Price: $500.00
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Woodsmoke and Water Cress
Dana S. Lamb
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1965.
Price: $500.00
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A well-preserved copy of the 1842 1st edition. Handsome turn-of-the-centruy re-binding in 3/4 morocco over marbled boards. Gilt-decorated spine, 4 raised bands. A bright, VG copy with minimal foxing along the front endpapers. The binding still very strong and tight. Octavo, 293 pgs.
The Practical Angler
Piscator
London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1842.
Price: $500.00
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WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JACK DEMPSEY(!!) on the front free endpaper. A nice copy to boot of the 1961 British reprint (original UK edition was published a year earlier). VG in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket. Clean and well-preserved, with just a light trace of limited foxing and a slight mustiness. Octavo, 249 pgs. This book originally appeared in The States under the title "Dempsey by the Man Himself: As Told to Bob Considine and Bill Slocum". The British edition though is not only more colorfully titled but has a much more striking look, thanks to the cover artwork of an artist named Fratini. Co-written with Bob Considine, the man who will forever be remembered as having co-authored (read: written by himself) "The Babe Ruth Story", Dutton, 1948.
Massacre in the Sun
Jack Dempsey
London: Heinemann, 1961.
Price: $500.00
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A rarity in baseball literature: SALESMAN'S SAMPLE-- ALSO KNOWN AS SALESMAN'S DUMMY-- OF CONNIE MACK'S LEGENDARY BIOGRAPHY. Probably less than 50 copies printed. A clean, bright, Near Fine example--in its truncated form. Bright red pictorial cloth, octavo, tight binding. A handsome, streamlined edition intended to spur on advance orders.
My 66 Years in the Big Leagues: The Great Story of America's National Game
Connie Mack
Philadelphia: Universal House, 1950.
Price: $500.00
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Fundamentals of Baseball (along with 1 pg. ALS)
H.E. "Moose" McCormick
Self-published, 1931.
Price: $500.00
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1927 1st edition, IN AN UNUSUALLY BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKLET. Tight and VG in a clean, crisp, VG+ to Near Fine jacket, with 2 very small and neat closed tears at rear panel's edges. Thick octavo, 191 pgs. "With Portrait, 119 Action Photographs and 31 Diagrams".
Essentials of Golf
Abe Mitchell
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1927.
Price: $500.00
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