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1951105066<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some darkening to cover rear corner fold normal aging and browning; overall very good. For the first half of the last century boxing rivaled baseball as the most popular sport in America. Football and basketball were small potatoes at that time and boxing ws often a close second to baseball. However by the1950s boxing started to decline a bit and according to Nat Fleischer in an article on the subject. The reason was TV which was forcing many of the small boxing clubs out of business as they couldn’t compete with TV. This is a very early article on the subject and historically important to the sport. There are also articles on Joey Maxim Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles. Great issue! </p> The Ring Inc. books
1946105061<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some minor soiling or darkening to covers but still bright and clean overall normal aging; overall very good plus. Historically important article on the second Louis – Conn return match which ended in a knockout victory for Louis. The return bout was halted for almost five years because of WWII. In their first fight Conn shocked the boxing world by almost defeated the heavily favored Louis.</p> The Ring Inc. books
1952biblio8<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers with some chips and wear at extremities spine in good shape paper fragile a couple of margin tears browning and aging; about very good. The Zale and Graziano cover relates to coverage of the third and final bout between these two fights. Zale regained his middleweight title with a third round knockout of Graziano. All three of their fights were won inside the distance and have to be considered among the most brutal in boxing history. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1934104115<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some extremity wear but covers and spine in very nice shape less than normal aging and browning; very good or better. A wonderful early issue of Ring Magazine with some great content. Articles provide coverage of fights between Primo Carnera and Max Bear Barney Ross and Tony Canzoneri and Jimmy McLarnin and Al Singer. Another article covers the career of 'The Boston Tar Baby' Sam Langford. Langford was one of the best African American fighters of his day but was avoided by both black and white fighters. After winning the heavyweight title Jack Johnson preferred to take on to the hill white fighters than face a real challenge from Langford. Boxing would leave him blind and he never even got one shot at the title despite an incredible career. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1931104111<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Some extremity wear and corner folds spine with a little wear still covers and spine in very nice shape normal aging and browning; very good. This early issue of Ring Magazine is in nice condition. A featured article covers successful "Negro" boxers. This article looks at recent boxers including Harry Wills Tiger Flowers and Battling Siki. A historically significant article at least to boxing fans is an editorial by Nat Fleischer that talks about Tony Canzoneri's capture of the featherweight crown from Al Singer and a loss by Jimmy McLarnin at the hands of Billy Petrolle. </p> The Ring Inc., books
191328788Boston: Small Maynard and Company 1913. 1st edition Smith V-100. Blue cloth binding with white stamped lettering. VG spine sun-tanned. 12 411 1 pp. Frontis 2 inserted plates by Arthur Hutchins. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Small Maynard and Company hardcover books
191514430Baltimore Md: I & M Ottenheimer 1915. 58 pages; No. 41 of the publisher's series of small booklets relating to sports an humor; black and white illustrated; 5" x 4" approximate size; no date but circa 1900; some edgewear and soiling chipping to back and front of illustrated paper wrap covers; pages browned; fair condition and interesting boxing memorabilia. Soft Cover. Fair. I & M Ottenheimer Paperback books
192910804N.p. New York: Privately Printed 1929. Octavo. Cloth-backed gold-foil boards; bright fuchsia endpapers; 80p. Subscriber's Edition limited to 200 hand-numbered copies this is no. 47. Probably a pirated edition published after the 1928 Covici printing; the Reginald Marsh illustrations not present in this edition. The single text decoration is of a quality that puts us firmly in mind of our favorite booklegger Samuel Roth. Boards edge-rubbed with foil rubbed through on edges; internally clean and unmarked. A solidly Very Good copy lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Privately Printed unknown books
1976biblio2Boxing ticket 3" x 5 1/2" includes stub printed on stiff blue paper. Slight aging; near fine. This is a ticked for the closed circuit TV broadcast of the third and final bout between Ali and Norton. After breaking Ali's jaw and winning the first bout Ali would come back and win the second encounter. In the third fight Norton would lose a very controversial decision to Ali despite the fact that many fight fans felt Norton really deserved the decision. books
1123photograph. Very good. Debuting in 1939 Lorenzo Safora was a Cuban national champion Golden Gloves winner along with Kid Espinosa and Santiago Sosa. Lorenzo fought in amateur tournaments Magnetic Club and Club Athens before claiming gold on the national scene in Havana in the mid-century boxing era of pre-revolutionary Cuba. unknown books
1976101484<p>Boxing ticket 3" x 5 1/2" includes stub printed on stiff blue paper. Slight aging; near fine. This is a ticked for the closed circuit TV broadcast of the third and final bout between Ali and Norton. After breaking Ali's jaw and winning the first bout Ali would come back and win the second encounter. In the third fight Norton would lose a very controversial decision to Ali despite the fact that many fight fans felt Norton really deserved the decision.</p> books
1930101482Boxing bill poster advertisement for Henry Armstrong fight film 9"x 12" one sheet. Some aging and browning;otherwise very good. Henry Armstrong 1912-1988 is considered one of the best fighters in history. He held three titles at the same time and almost won a fourth. Before Sugar Ray Robinson would come to dominate the fight scene Hank Armstrong was second only to Joe Louis as one of the most important black athletes in America during the first half of the last century. He is pictured on this movie bill which also lists some of his fistic accomplishments. books
1930101485Boxing bill poster advertisement for Joe Louis fight films 9"x 12" one sheet. Some aging and browning a few chips at the edges; otherwise very good. This advertisement for a Joe Louis fight movie promises "all the great Joe Louis Fights in one picture." Louis is pictured in in two photos one a promotional pose with Jim Braddock and a second picture of Louis outside the ring as the ref counts out one of his opponents. This film was to be shown at the Dixie Theatre and the fights were to include his battles with Baer Carnera Levinsky Schmeling and Braddock. While the small poster is not dated it is probably before the second Schmeling fight which he won by first round knockout since there is no reference to it. books
8113Famous Boxer. A great color photo 8" x 10" of De La Hoya in red boxing gloves in a close up action shot. Boldly signed and dated "98". In excellent condition. unknown books
187023269United States: No Photographer Noted 1870. Image depicts two men with rolled-up sleeves preparing to fight; with two other men standing by directly one with what appears to be a watch or timer the other also timing or perhaps ready to start the match; a younger lad stands by with a kerchief or small flag perhaps to drop as the start; in the background three women look on and 2 younger children; the action all taking place in a woods-surrounded field; cabinet card in oblong format approx. 5 1/8" x 8 3/8" size including the mount; beige cardstock mount card with gilt edges; no place photographer or studio noted; a little dustiness soil on mount; in very good condition; in very good condition and interesting amateur boxing imagery from the latter part of the 19th century. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback books
192019852New York: Marshall Stillman Association 1920. Softcover. Good. Single sheet 9 x 20 inches additional flap for folding and mailing printed on both sides with text and halftone illustrations of boxing and self-defense techniques. Hand-addressed soiling and creasing at one edge slit into which the flap would have been inserted prior to mailing as issued; very good. A "10-day free trial" prospectus for a mail order course in the Marshall Stillman method of boxing jiu-jitsu and other forms of self-defense. Don't believe boxing can be taught by mail Read the endorsements here and give it a try: "Practice the lessons faithfully for ten days and then if you do not feel that you can learn boxing and self-defense by this original method return the course to us. Should you decide to keep the course send us $5 in complete payment. That's fair enough isn't it You can't lose." Stillman's history is noteworthy in several respects: Millionaires Alpheu Geer and Hiram Mallinson developed the Marshall Stillman method named for two of Geer's grandparents in the early 1900s as a prison reform effort; they saw physical activity and sport as a positive influence in combatting recidivism. In 1919 they brought in the obstreperous Lou Ingber to manage the gymnasium; shortly thereafter another nearby gym lost a large portion of its Jewish membership due to anti-semitic policies and those boxers found a welcoming home at the Marshall Stillman Athletic Club. "Stillman's Gym" rapidly became one of the best-known boxing gyms in the country with Joe Louis Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney and Rocky Graziano among its alumni and Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Buddy Hackett and Tony Bennett frequently in attendance as spectators. It remained a household name until 1959 when Ingber an inveterate innovator and self-promoter who had long-since purchased the gym outright and legally changed his surname to "Stillman" sold up and retired--a decision he regretted later telling a reporter that it was "the worst thing he had ever done as it left him with nobody to talk to and nobody to abuse. Marshall Stillman Association unknown books
1937101483<p>Boxing ticket 2 1/2" x 5 3/4"printed on green stiff paper. Some very slight aging but it really nice condition overall. This is an exchange ticket that allows the holder to exchange it for This is a complimentary exchange ticket that allows the holder to exchange it for a $16.50 fight ticket for $4.00 in taxes at the Morrison Hotel Room 340. This would be the "Cinderella Man's" last title fight. He put up a valiant fight and even dropped Louis early on but would end up getting knocked out in the eight round. Braddock would have a great early career but injuries and a string of loses almost took him out of the fight game until he made a remarkable comeback that won him the heavyweight championship from Max Baer. Unfortunately Louis put an end to that in the next fight.</p> books
1855102006Large folded newspaper 21" x 28" pages illustrated 4 pp. Paper is a bit fragile but better quality newsprint helps offset a little edges with tears chips folds and creases but generally not affecting text or illustrations some splits at middle fold 1 1/2" tear in the middle of the paper that goes through the four pages with some loss some soiling and staining especially on bottom of last page. Overall about fair. WILL BE FOLDED WHEN SHIPPED.The highlight of the paper is the coverage of the Tom Hyer and Yankee Sullivan fight which occurred a few years earlier. A large wood engraved illustration shows the two fighters squaring off in the ring. While Sullivan a former political enforcer and convicted felon and a somewhat boastful individual ended up getting knocked out in less than 18 minutes. The fight was fought in Maryland and under the bare-knuckle rules. The paper also contains pictures of other famous fighters of the era including Tom Molineaux Tom Cribb Jem Belcher Johnny Walker and Jack Langan. Molineaux would fight in a losing effort against Tom Cribb for the title of Champion of England which at that time pretty much meant the heavyweight champion of the world. Molineaux was a former slave and would fight for a title almost 100 years before Jack Johnson won the heavyweight title from Tommy Burns. The Pictorial Clipper appears to be a supplement of the New York Clipper which was in business between 1853 and 1924 and had an entertainment focus. books
190243988Chicago: The Continental Publishing Co 1902. Later issue. Portraits and illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth decorated in dark green and gilt rubbed some browning of text mostly marginal short tear along upper inner margin a few short tears or losses not affecting text. A very good copy. Later issue. Portraits and illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Heavy-weight championships in America. The work is divided into four sections: the first is "The Art of Self Defense" and includes comparing boxing and football; how pugilists train and the rules of boxing ancient and modern. The second section discusses the arrival of the Australians boxes including George Dawson Hall Seymour Burk and Foley. The third section deals with short biographical sketches of Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries sharkey Mitchell Ruhlin Maher and Peter Jackson. The last part section deals with the championship fights fought in America under the Queensberry Rules including the Corbett and Sullivan and Corbett and Mitchell fights; Fitzsimmons fighting Maher Corbett and Jeffries; and Jeffries' fights Sharkey Corbett Ruhlin and Fitzsimmons. Hartley 1439 for the first edition The Continental Publishing Co unknown books
194043974New York and London: Whittlesey House McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1940. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth spine darkened rubbed corners knocked upper inner hinge cracking endpapers soiled some soiling and browning of text ink mark in margin and two words crossed through on last page of text a few ink smears elsewhere. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed "Good Luck Jack Dempsey" on title-page. Hartley 495 Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc unknown books
1920106644<p>Two BroadsidesThe New Colored Menace: World's Greatest Heavyweight Al Walker. 44x31 cm 17¼x12". c.1929. Ripple & Curran Manage the Greatest Boxing Stable in the West - Directing Fighters with a Future Who Fight. With a list of 7 boxers each with a short biography. c.1920s. General light wear with some old folds pinholes normal aging minor closed tears at edges etc. the Walker broadside may have some manuscript additions; both pieces very good. The Walker broadside is significant in that Black heavyweights were essentially eliminated from fighting for the heavyweight championship. After Jack Johnson white America wanted no part of a black heavyweight until Joe Louis came on the scene in the 1930s. It is doubtful Walker's record would have made a top ten fighter but he did fight George Godfrey. The second broadside features a list of western prizefighters including Cowboy Billy Owens a Native American heavyweight. </p> books
1920604042<p>"Jack Dempsey" in dark blue fountain pen ink on full length pose dressed in boxing outfit in a fighting stance wearing boxing gloves. Note his muscular arms. Photograph is by Woodbury L.A. with their rubberstamp on the back and is on heavy stock; 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"; very good fresh tack holes in corners; ca. 1920. Signed and inscribed: "To My Friend Frank with best wishes Jack Dempsey".</p> unknown books
9466E1 page double sided 8†x 13â€. Signed by the author - boxer Archie Moore on the verso dated June 6 1967 with the receipt stamp from the athletic commission dated June 121967 and with the approval and signature of the commission’s executive officer. Archie Moore fought in over 225 bouts won 140 of by them by knockout and went on to work with children against crime and drugs. Fine with two neat punch holes at the top. unknown books
1825215604London: W. Sams Book & Printseller to the Royal family opposite St James's Palace 1825. Third state the first being produced in 1818. Hand-colored aquatint with etched outline. 1 vols. 20 x 26 inches matted and framed to 27 x 33 inches overall. Third state the first being produced in 1818. Hand-colored aquatint with etched outline. 1 vols. 20 x 26 inches matted and framed to 27 x 33 inches overall. A large and important depiction of an exhibition sparring match held in Fives Court in London's Little St. Martin's Street a tennis and fives court hired for such events the participants unlike a regular bare-knuckle bout being fitted with gloves "mittens" or "mufflers". The contestants shown were Ned Turner "The Out-and-Outer" who had killed a man in the ring serving time for manslaughter and Jack Randall "The Prime Irish Lad" unbeaten throughout 12 years of ring activity. The two had fought an epic fight in 1818 which Randall won to become the Lightweight champion. A large number of famous pugilists are pictured in the audience not always accurately Jem Belcher the famed champion and the first real sporting celebrity in the modern sense is shown although he was dead and it is a fair portrait of "The Fancy" as the mix of often raffish sporting professionals and upscale spectators including nobility came to be known. THE MOST FAMOUS BOXING PRINT EVER PRODUCED AND AN IMPERISHABLE EVOCATION OF REGENCY SPORT. Snelgrove British Sporting and Animal Prints p. 48-9 color plate 5; Siltzer pp. 319 320 325; Wilder Sporting Prints p. 178 color plate p. 179; Magriel The Ring and the Glove pp. 17-18 W. Sams, Book & Printseller, to the Royal family opposite St James's Palace unknown books
1980CAT0118Various Places 1980. Illustrated calf "Frankfurt" binding 9 x 10 inches. With twelve scrapbook pages and twenty-eight photographs and two programs laid in. Very Good. Archie Moore's personal scrapbook evidently started in Frankfurt in the period surrounding his fight with Hans Kalbfell and extending onward. Moore used the scrapbook to house other photographs and memorabilia titling it "Archie Moore Albumn sic - various 'celebs' Boxers." The loose photos show Moore posed with various friends and acquaintances. The scrapbook contains three contact sheets of stills from an unidentified film a picture of Mr. T. an inscribed program from Mickey Walker several original photographs from an unidentified boxing match and a single leaf extract from the Sacramento Union discussing Moore's youth project signed by Moore in 1966. <br /> <br /> Moore was a frequent victim of racism early in his career and often fought abroad. His career spanned several eras in boxing from the 1940s onward. He fought a young Cassius Clay at age 45 when Clay was 20. This album starts during the period when he held the world light heavyweight championship and continues through his retirement from boxing. He led a varied life upon retirement starting a charity for youth in San Diego acting in several films and helping train George Foreman for his fights into the 1990s among other activities. A very nice personal scrapbook from an incredible career which we have left in its found state with the photographs loosely interleaved with the pages. Generally very good well used but cared for with bright contents and some wear to binding. unknown books
