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66 pages. Features: Life Story of Sir Kinglsey Wood; Ice Guards the Dutch - fascinating 4-page photo-illustrated article explains Holland's defences against Nazi invasion; Island of Women - men have left the Island of Molene in Brittany to fight the war; France Fights Britain - great photo-illustrated boxing story with pictures of Petty Officer Warnes, Aircraftman Cole, Lance-Corporal Harrington, Corporal A. Welsh, Leading-Aircraftman A. House, Corporal Robinson, Mike Honeyman, Guardsman Danahar, J. Powell, Y. Nadal, plus seven photos of dignitaries who attended the fights; Roll to Beauty - how to slim while rolling on an ill-fated exercise device; Roosevelt's Envoy - photo-illustrated article on Sumner Welles; Inside a Nazi Prison Camp - these Nazi-provided photos depict decent conditions for Allied prisoners; Ice Follies of 1940 - nice photos of Evelyn Chandler, Bess Ehrhardt and Roy Shipstad; No. 7 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - Women in War - great photo-illustrated article explains how women are producing armaments; Diary of the War - No. 26 - The Twenty-fourth Week - with photos of destruction in Finland and a wonderful one-page photo of New Zealand soldiers chatting with locals at the Egyptian pyramids; Several Low cartoons; Can We be Utopians?; The History of Weapons, No. 9 - Weapons and Tactics. Nostalgic one-page ad for Minor cigarettes features nurse giving injured soldier a smoke. Nice ad for the Francis-Barnett Powerbike. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Short Stories: Dream of Love; The High Cost of Babies; Major Arrowtoss. Articles: Heroes - or Bums? - campaign to smear unemployed vets; Citadel of Jump - Great photo-illustrated article on Robert M. Weitman's Paramount Theatre in New York; "I'll Take Zale in Two" - photo-illustrated boxing article by Rocky Graziano; The Decline of Bing Crosby - photo-illustrated article on his voice problems; Billion Dollar Haul - fascinating article on war booty at the end of WWII, with photo of Hjalmar Schacht; War Against West Point; About that Sinus Trouble. Special Features; Sexiest Gal in Town? - photo-illustrated article about Ruth Gilbert; Wackies - article with great one-page photo of Barbara Bates and Julie Gibson; Lion Hunt - photo-illustrated article of Metropolitan Opera tenor Lauritz Melchior hunting mountain lion; Hockey's Hardest Hoodlum - John "Choo-Choo" Mariucci of the Chicago Blackhawks; On the Bowery; The Name is Sheridan - lovely photos of Ann Sheridan; Smokechasers - photos of parachuting forest fire fighters; Photos of Marvin S. Kite marrying Doris Press by phone; Salute of the Month - photo of Lloyd F. Oleson, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans; Before and after photos of 1st Lt. William D. Robertson, the first GI to contact the Russian Army at Torgau, Germany; and more. Nice ad for movie "The Man I Love" features photo of Ida Lupino; Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 82 pages with color and black and white photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1960. Features: Fantastic photo ad for Betty Brosemer photos and films; The Frenchman - The World's Saddest Clown; "Soho Gets the Nude Look" - photo-illustrated article by John Ashby; East Side / West Side - fiction by George Tripp; The Butterfly - fiction by Earl Schell; Photo features of Sagebrush Sal; What Ever Became of Boxing? - article by Eddie Borden; The Language of Legs; Tahiti Conquest - photo essay of a modern skipper who loses his heart to the South Seas, and his crew to the beauties of Tahiti - by E.R. Cross; Way Out West in Siberia - story by R. Fred Arnold about a complete American town in Siberia used for the education of Soviet spies; Photo feature of Betsy the Beatnik; Keeping Cool - observations on nightclubs, etc. by "Swizzle"; The Man With the Golden Typewriter - spoof by Bill Majeski; Bullfighting - sport or sadism? - article by Donald Allen; The Sweet Smell of Bottle Sex Appeal - article on perfume by Stanley Paley; Photo-essay on Glamor Girl Marie McDonald; Death of a Nymphomaniac - true crime story from France; Monsieur on the Boulevards... and on the make; "Nymphormation Please" - a little essay on what's with the girls, by one of them; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 1025-1124 (99 pages in total). Includes index and prices. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Intended to be read by shop owners. Presents a wonderful cross-section of "the most complete stocks in Western Canada" - from page 1024. Extensive listings of firearms and related products. Also included are products for dogs, traps, thermos and related products, flashlights and batteries, lighters, harmonicas, cards, baseball, tennis, badminton, golf, football, hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, boxing, lawn bowling, croquet, roller skating, snow shoes, bicycles and ski equipment. Above-average but not excessive wear. Front cover taped in place. Back cover missing. A very enjoyable and nostalgic item. Young readers will be amazed to see how far today's gear has advanced in the past 50+ years, particularly ski equipment. Book
68 pages. Features: Rating the Light Heavyweight Champs; Harold and Kelvin Seabrooks Persevered; Spinks and Lewis - Boxing's Beastie Boys; The Unknown Champs - Dodie Penalosa; Ramzi Hassan; Boxer Shorts - Frankie Minton and Jimmy Navarro; In This Corner - Bennie Georgino; Ringside Reports; Nice one-page color photos of: Louie Espinoza, Sot Chitalada, and Spinks & Lewis; and much more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
160 pages. Features: Why build the atom-powered bomber?; My memories of Pius XII; What's wrong with boxing?; Patriotic young Americans; The Edacious Spider; The dubious origin of the fourteenth amendment; Americana; Subversion by the Communist underground remains the strongest weapon against U.S.A.; This we face; Jimmy Hoffa's plan for conquest; The Job Walter Reuther wants; Clear it with COPE - is a labor government in 1960 invevitable?; Racketeer & Communist dominated unions; The Republican debacle in California; The ways of big daddy - the Southern textile industry; Wit's End; Spotlight on performance; You can't kill an umpire; African agriculture; How to be a successful hypochondriac; Bible prophecy V; He solved the mystery of the eel - Johannes Schmidt; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Davey Moore one-page color photo; Tex Cobb Interview; How does Hector Camacho rate with the Experts?; Hall of Fame Inductees Monzon, Foster and Burley; Boxing's Second Generation; Stanley Ketchel - the first middleweight great; Wilford Scypion - fighter of the month; and much more. Unmarked with above-average external wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Features: At Ringside; California Grapevine; Sound Off; Joe Bugner to fight Muhammad Ali; New Bantamweight Champ Romeo Anaya defeats Enrique Pinder; Worldwide Ratings; Carmen Basilio; Where Does New Heavyweight Champ George Foreman Go From Here? (six-page article with great photos); Q & A with Angelo Dundee; Ali's Evaluation of Joe Frazier's Performance vs. Foreman; Dick Sadler is George Foreman's Manager; Foreman's Secret Weapon - Archie Moore (The 'Ol Mongoose); Jack Kent Cooke takes financial bath after Frazier is destroyed; Where Does Joe Frazier Go From Here?; George Foreman's Career in Words and Pictures (9 grea pages); George Foreman vs. Jimmy Ellis; George Foreman vs. Jerry Quarry; George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali; George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle; International Wrapup; Hilarious one-page photo ad for inflatable Love Doll from Londons Sales - "for conversation, for companionship, for fun, for excitement!"; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Richie Sandoval - Former Champion; Days of Tamerlane; Profile of Frank Bruno; Kevin Watts; Charles Williams and Kelvin Seabrooks; Edward Gersh; Ringside Reports - Tyson-Tillis, Andries-Williamson, Boza-Edwards-Alli, Tillman-Ali; Spinks-Holmes II - who really won?; and much more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Illustration Features: Miss D. Truscott, of St. Veep, Cornwall; The Marvel of Three Years - article by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; King George visits Vimy where Canada won glory; Fragments of fighting from four fronts; One the Marne Battlefield - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Italy sweeps Austria from the Adriatic Sea; Canadians enter Avion through fire and blood; Using bullet-proof shields; Ready for all emergencies afloat; The Long Arm of the Navy - it's wonderful to work in the seven seas (article by Percival Hislam); Miss Matilda of 'The Scrubbs' - article by Harold Ashton; Allied Artillery of Assault - 'Tanks' in action; Greece girds on her sword for war; Keeping Fit in the Navy - the Friendsly boxing bout; The Seaforth Highlanders - article with photo of officers. Above-average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
A clean, unmarked copy. 111 pages. Many black and white photos.
244p., illus. Signed by the subject, Archie Moore. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good Signed by Archie Moore.
8vo.. First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 23 plates on 22, page edges very slightly browning; original orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a remarkably bright, clean copy. A boxing and pugilism classic by the boxing correspondent of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
Milano, presso Batelli e Fanfani, Tipografi, Calcografi, Editori e Negozianti di Stampe, 1819, in-8, mz. pelle coeva con titolo e fregi oro, impressioni a secco al dorso, piatti in carta marmorizzata, pp. 206, (2). Con 2 tavole inc. da Rados su disegno di Sergent Marceau: una tavolata di avventori alticci, ed un incontro di pugilato a mani nude; scene che D. scrittore e traduttore, vivendo in Inghilterra per 25 anni, ebbe occasione di descrivere dal vero (v. il capitolo senza titolo dedicato alle meretrici).
66 pages. Features: 55th Boxing Writers' Association Dinner - article with photo of Sugar Ray and Lew Eskin; On the Fistic Scene; Pushing Leather; Meet Hilmer Kenty - The Unassuming Champion; Forgotten Champion - "The Georgia Deacon" Theo Flowers earned the nickname "Tiger' Flowers; Jeff Chandler - a no-nonsense talent with a BIG appetite; W.B.C. Ratings; Boxing Illustrated ratings; New York's Gyms - A Dying Breed; LeConte Focuses on New York; 'Captain' Don Myers; Harry Keck and Harry Greb; Leo Randolph - third member of '76 Olymians to gain crown; World Boxing Hall of Fame; International News; Many hilarious sleazy ads at back. Above-average external wear and soiling. A worthy reading copy. Book
Features: 10 Top Contenders in Boxing; They Fight For Glory in the Golden Gloves; '52's New Champs; Best Fights in Photos; The Worst Brawls I Ever Refereed; Complete All-Time Records; Can Jersey Joe Walcott do it again?; Randy Turpin is the Best Bet Since Sugar Ray; The New Mr. Moore (Archie); (Jack) Johnson didn't Dump it!; Third Man... And Out! - Peter Mueller kayoed wrong man (the referee); Remember Lew Jenkins; Remember Buddy Baer; and more. Moisture exposure. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Features: Boys will be - Men, a boxing story by Jonathan Brooks; Lost from the Fleet, a seal hunting adventure by George Allan England - II; Use What You Have by Margaret Warde; The Adventures of William Tucker - X, by George Halsey Gillham; What Was He Like at Work? - 6 - Woodrow Wilson; Four Ways with a Filet Crochet Pattern; A Scientific Way to Construct Model Sailboats; From Girl to Girl - fifty years of college; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
34 pages. Features: The Comfortable Pew, by Pierre Berton; Carol Morley - Canadian girl from London is a zany, zesty star in a top New York Revue - and now she wants to tackle Broadway; Name Droppers comic strip; How Canada's Flag Was Born, by Robert McKeown; Greased pig event at the University of Alberta's first rodeo - article with colour photos of animated young ladies; George Chuvalo Could Beat Floyd Patterson - photo-illustrated boxing article by Andy O'Brien; Port Moody B. C.'s Thunderbird Fast Draw Club - article and colour photos of the folks who love to shoot fast; Nipper - Doug Wright comic strip. Various tears. Considerable damage to covers. Book
66 pages. Features: At Ringside; California Grapevine; Sound Off; World-Wide Ratings; Muhammad Ali learns Richard Dunn is not just another British Heavyweight; Sam Langford - Heroic and Tragic Figure; Art Hafey - Next Featherweight Champ?; Roberto Duran and his Killer Instinct; Big George Foreman in the Heavyweight Picture Again; Winners and Losers - Foreman and Joe Frazier after Frazier was demolished; Oscar Bonavena; Vicente Saldivar; International Wrapup; and more. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Paris, s.d. (1910 c.a), 8vo brossura originale illustrata, pp. 119 con 40 fig. nel testo Raro.
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations by Sidney Paget in the text; original publisher's binding of pictorial blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and black, red sprinkled edges, primrose endpapers, neatly recased, backstrip faded else a good, clean copy. First appearance of Doyle's boxing tale, present here in the original three instalments with a total of sixteen illustrations (2 full-page) by Paget. The story was never published individually in book form in the UK, but was included in The Green Flag (1900), and published individually in the US and Canada in 1907 (Green & Gibson A31). SCARCE. Green & Gibson, pp.119, 145.
88 pages. Features: How I'll Beat Marvin Hagler, by Roberto Duran; How I'll Beat Roberto Duran, by Marvin Hagler; Sugar Ray Leonard on Duran, Hagler, Hearns and more; Boxing's Scandal - The Mysterious Case of Panama Lewis and the Cut Gloves; James Garza - the new west coast sensation; Anatomy of a non-fight - Michael Spinks vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad - what really happened?; Ringside Reports; Colour photos of Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran; Budweiser International Rankings; Kronk Boxing Team; Gotch Against Jack Johnson - the dream match that almost was; Carl 'Bobo' Olson. Bit of writing in marker atop front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. 396 pages. Black and white illustrations and photos.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 304pp. Biography of the 'Little Wonder', as he became known, Tom Sayers, who held the title of Heavyweight Champion of England for three years in the mid-1850s.
Book is in excellent condition in chocolate heavy cloth covers, gilt print on cover and spine. No flaws, beautiful shape. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows small edge tears, one open at top cover, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 188 pages. Nice quotes and b&w photos throughout. Nice shot of author inside back cover also.
