Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide
by An Operator,
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0876360290
- ISBN 13
- 9780876360293
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Imprint Society, 1972. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Illustrator. Book is in excellent condition, with small mark at spine, also upper leather portion of front cover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book is protected in clear plastic jacket . #1613 of 1950 copies printed for the Imprint Society, signed by the illustrator. Selections from a 2-vol. work originally published in 1826; authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan. Foreword by George Plimpton. Signed by Randy Jones (the illustrator) on the page following p. 136. Hardcover, 7 x 10.25 inches, in half-bound in brown leather over light brown paper-covered board with dark brown decorative stripe pattern. Speckled page ends. An etching by the illustrator is laid in. Black and white illustrations. 136 pages. Contents include: Cursory remarks on the origin, rise and progress of pugilism in england, Memoirs of the life of Thomas Cribb with additional anecdotes of female pugilism, Life of Thomas Hickman (An altercation between two ladies, the brutality of the American mode of fighting, Memoirs of Tom shelton (cruel amusements of the Westminster Pit, bull baiting,) Memoirs of Jack Slack (badger baiting, animal combat,) Memoirs of Joshua Hudson, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152677
- Title
- Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide
- Author
- An Operator,
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876360290
- ISBN 13
- 9780876360293
- Publisher
- Imprint Society
- Place of Publication
- Barre, Ma
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Boxing, English ,History, British, London, Sport, Animal Fighting, Combat, Cursory remarks on the origin, rise and progress of pugilism in england, Memoirs of the life of Thomas Cribb with additional anecdotes of female pugilism, Life of,Thomas Hickman,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports/Fitness;
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