Search Results: the bare knuckle breed by golding louis

Hutchinson, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition. 231 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Paperback / softback. New.

BudoWorks, 2024. Paperback. New. 234 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.49 inches.

Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. First Edition. 231 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Barnes, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.5000 in.

8vo, cloth, dust jacket, illustrated, 231 pp. Dust jacket has some chips and tears, mostly around spine and lower portion of the book, slightly bowed, normal aging; otherwise very good. Golding tells the story of an emerging sport that had faded from history after the fall of the Roman Empire. He writes about the "old Time" fighters who helped develop the prize ring in England during the 18th century. He describes in detail some of those early bare knuckle fights including Mendoza vs. Humphreys, George Stevenson vs. Jack Broughton, and the classic battle of Tom Sayers Vs. John Heenan. He also talks about the fights between Tom Cribb and Tom Molyneux. Molyneux a former slave would fight for the championship of England, almost a 100 years before Jack Johnson would become the first black heavyweight champion. While many find bare-knuckle fighting as barbaric, some would argue that the invention of the boxing glove might have done more harm to fighters than bare knuckles. An eight once boxing glove does… Read More

LONDON: HUTCHINSON AND CO (PUBLISHERS) LTD, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Bright, clean and tidy book, in a lightly marked dustwrapper, with small chips to edges and loss of 1cm across top of spine. Not price clipped. Extremely unusually for this title, it is dedicate and signed by the author, as follows: Lt Commander Pope, with gratitude for his kindness and patience at St. Vincent (and to show that an author can be a tough guy, too, like any old matelot) Louis Golding, London, 5 Aug -57. Not price clipped. Scarce signed.