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Sportspages’ New Stock Catalogue

3rd September 2026

It’s official: the Summer holidays are over and we are back! To celebrate, we’ve brought out our new catalogue . It captures some famous sporting moments, such as Botham in 1981, Laker in 1956, England football in 1966,the West Indies cricket team in 2003 and a signed (by James Hunt himself, Graham Hill, Tony Brise, Denny […]

Sportspages is on holiday

20th August 2026

The History of the Commonwealth Games

30th July 2026

It’s surprising to learn that John Astley Cooper first proposed what has become the Commonwealth Games in 1891: 5 years before the Modern Olympics. The plan was to hold a sports competition every four years “as a means of increasing goodwill and understanding of the British Empire”. Committees were set up throughout the Empire to […]

HOW TO BOX

HOW TO BOX

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A compendium of four sections reprinted from 1899 editions of the New York Evening World, covering how to box to win, build muscle, breath and run and punch the bag, by leading American authorities from the turn of the century, including James J. Corbett, with instructional line illustrations throughout.

8vo. 185pp. Paperback. Minor marks to rear cover. Good condition.

Date
1920
Publisher
Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing Co.
Author
James J. CORBETT et al

£55.00 (Code: 89254)

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