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The Prize Ring
by Bohun Lynch
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$525.47A$472.93
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Country Lift Ltd, 1925. Leather. Fine. 12.5" by 10". T. Blake; C. Turner . A limited edition work on boxing with beautiful illustrations throughout and bound in quarter morocco. A limited edition of the work. Number 221 out of 750 copies produced.Bound in half morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Raised bands and gilt text and detailing to the spine. With a full colour frontispiece and forty plates. Collated complete. This work on boxing was written by author Bohun Lynch. This work provides a visual overview of the sport with illustrations depicting the world of the Prize Ring. An initial brief but informative description of the history and development of the sport has been provided by Lynch, with explanations of the artwork next to each plate. In quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Externally lovely with only very light rubbing to the extremities to the paper boards. The odd minor mark to the end papers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor mark. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 876Z25
- Title
- The Prize Ring
- Author
- Bohun Lynch
- Illustrator
- T. Blake; C. Turner
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Country Lift Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 12.5" by 10"
- Keywords
- Limited edition Boxing Illustrated Bohun Lynch Boxing
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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