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“To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.” Jack Handy |
Excellent and varied collection of writing on boxing, divided into five sections: The Fascination of Boxing; History of...
A history of the famous London club that fostered boxing from the 17th century onwards and was first based in Covent Garden....
A detailed examination of the duties of a boxing referee and the rules of the fight game. The author was editor of The Mirror...
Boxing book by the great Henry Cooper in which he selects his five greatest heavyweights and devotes a chapter to each of...
The history of boxing in abbreviated form, from "Abandoned" to "Zurita". 8vo. 242pp. 8 plates. Dust-wrapper, rubbed.
The story of Bernard Shaw's lifelong obsession with the prixefighting, and how it eventually influenced the destination of the...
Great writers on great fights and fighers, including Mailer, Gallico, Leibling, Schulberg, Small 4to. 256pp. Dust-wrapper,...
Volume XI of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, with a contribution by W. Childs, coach to the Cambridge...
Boxing book. A collection of Liebling's articles from The New Yorker including Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic...
Spotlight on 'great fights and great fighters' of the years 1939-1962 1st edition. Small 8vo. 220pp. 7 plates. Very good...
A guide to boxing on television, profiles of pugilists and essays on the role of television in spreading the sport. Paperback,...
Instructional, though main feature of this little book are the excellent action photos used to demonstrate various punches and...
Abbott Joseph Liebling (1903-1963) joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1935 and wrote for the magazine until his death...
Contains a number of articles and features on fighters and fights, a boxing and a photo quiz. Softback. Small 8vo. 160pp. 16...
Superb reminiscences of great fights and fighters from the 30s, 40s and 50s, with especially good coverage of Marciano, Mills,...
Contains a number of articles and features on fighters and fights, a boxing and a photo quiz. Paperback. Small 8vo. 160pp. 16...