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Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler
by Roberts, Randy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0807105880
- ISBN 13
- 9780807105887
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. More than a biography of the boxing phenomenon from the 1920s, this book offers "a case study of the development of a mass-media image in the day of media ballyhoo & of the growth of the professional sports business." Scandals that clouded Dempsey's career are considered within the moral climate of the 1920s. In 310 pages with Index, Notes, + 20 pages of black-and-white photos. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1979, this hardcover 8vo has navy blue cloth-covered boards lettered in copper & white to spine. Condition is Fine: just slightly less crisp than the day it was issued! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, hinges secure. Extremely mild rubbing to lower edges of both boards from shelf. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, marred only by tiny chips to both ends of spine & a few rubbed spots along edges of rear flap/cover; else bright & clean & protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.er free!
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022012
- Title
- Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler
- Author
- Roberts, Randy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0807105880
- ISBN 13
- 9780807105887
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BOXING BOXERS HEAVYWEIGHT 1920S SCANDAL MALES MEN MORALITY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Sports & Fitness;
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