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1889002014No Place: No Publisher 1889. Cabinet card of a Regimental boxing match in India approximately 165mm x 105mm in size dated 1889 to reverse. Image faded pin hole to either end where once pinned up slightly rubbed. Reverse has notes in ink 'From Joseph Theodore O'Brien to his affectionate chum Edward Perkins Ramplu India 20th February 1889 for Rs 150 37 rounds'. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo Oblong. Cabinet Card. No Publisher Paperback
186747391Dublin: P. Brereton Printer 1867. Very Good. Dublin: P. Peter Brereton Printer ca. 1867. First Edition. Pictorial broadside 28.25x11cm; woodcut illustration followed by a ballad. Mild rubbing and toning to edges; Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> John Morrissey 1831-1878 known as Old Smoke was an Irish-American politician bare-knuckle boxing champion and criminal. While this fight at Tierra del Fuego is not historically verified clearly Morrissey was the model for the hero. Born in County Tipperary Ireland his family emigrated to the U.S. when Morrissey was still a child. Among the exploits that would make him a folk hero in Ireland were his winning of the heavyweight boxing championship fighting and possibly murdering Bill the Butcher and testifying against Boss Tweed and winning a State Senate seat on an anti-Tammany platform. A version of this ballad is included in Sandburg's The American Songbag. <br /> <br /> Brereton printed a number of these Irish Street Ballads which were cheaply and carelessly printed as they are riddled with errors. "A closer investigation reveals the blemishes of composition—inverted letters multiple type-faces broken sorts uneven leading etc. Clearly neither the printer nor reader cared much for these minor details. The broadsheets were printed quickly and inexpensively" Kuhn. A lovely survival of Irish street literature highlighting the connection between the country's print trade and its robust oral tradition. <br /> <br /> Andrew Kuhn "Reading Room Log: Brereton Broadsides." From the John J. Burns Library Blog accessed online. P. Brereton Printer unknown
1890374961p 1890. Albumen silver print. 9 x 7-1/2 inches. Faded and spotted. Laid down on card. Albumen silver print. 9 x 7-1/2 inches. George Godfrey 1852-1901 born on Prince Edward Island began boxing professionally in 1879 beating Charles Hadley via sixth-round knockout on 23 February 1883 to become World Colored Heavyweight Champion. He would lose the title at age 36 to Peter Jackson in 1888 in a 19th-round technical knockout. unknown
18231252451823. EGAN Pierce. Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism. London: Sherwood Jones and Company 1823-29. Five volumes. Octavo 20th-century three-quarter red morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $3000.Early edition of this boxing classic with 50 engraved plates including an engraved vignette title page in Volume I 45 portraits and four folding plates of boxing matches handsomely bound by Bayntun.Egan was probably one of boxing's most enthusiastic and ardent disciples. Egan devotes a major part of Boxiana to a history of the boxing careers of about over a hundred boxers often including a round to round account of the famous fights of a particular boxer such as Jim Belcher Tom Cribb Dan Mendoza Tom Molyneaux 'Gentleman' John Jackson and many others. First published in 1812 Boxiana proved so popular that Egan expanded the work to an eventual four volumes; the fourth volume was written by another author after Egan briefly lost the rights to the series but after securing the rights to the title he published a further two volumes as part of a New Series. With Volume II only of the New Series. Without the portrait of Alexander Reed in the last volume but with an additional plate depicting ""A Sparring Match at the Fives Court"" in Volume III. Owner signature.Plates occasionally trimmed a bit close a few leaves with marginal paper repairs in the last volume. Very handsomely bound. hardcover
1820220416London: S. Fores Piccadilly 1820. 6 vols. Folio 16 x 10-1/4 inches sight. Frame: 23-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Framed and glazed some wear to frames. Prints slightly faded. 6 vols. Folio 16 x 10-1/4 inches sight. Frame: 23-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. S. Fores, Piccadilly unknown
