THE NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB, PAST AND PRESENT

A history of the famous London club that fostered boxing from the 17th century onwards and was first based in Covent Garden.

Large 8vo. xv + 215pp. Frontispiece, 64 plates. Original white art vellum boards with gilt decoration and lettering to front, rather faded, boards grubby. Page edges rough, heavy foxing to endpapers and occ. margins. A good, tight copy.