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BOXIANA; OR SKETCHES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN PUGILISM FROM THE DAYS OF THE RENOWNED JAMES FIGG AND JACK BROUGHTON ...

BOXIANA; OR SKETCHES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN PUGILISM FROM THE DAYS OF THE RENOWNED JAMES FIGG AND JACK BROUGHTON ...

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Folio Society edition of a selection of extracts from Boxiana edited and introduced by John Ford. 

1st edition. 8vo., 208pp. Contained in slip case. Some damage to edges of slip case but book is in very good condition. Gift inscription inside from Neil Allen, The Times boxing correspondent for 20 years and the founder of the Pierce Egan Club, to his friend Kevin Kelly, the athletics historian.

Date
1976
Publisher
Folio Society
Author
Pierce EGAN

£24.00 (Code: 102037)

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