Author: EDWARDS, BILLY
Title: Legendary Boxers of the Golden Age
Description: Secaucus, New Jersey, Chartwell-Books. 1990. (ISBN: 155521682X) Hard Cover, 14.5 x 11 Inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and minor bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks/small tears to upper corners and small enclosed hole near top of spine. 128pp. A study of one of boxing's greatest eras - between the 1850s and the 1890s when bare-knuckle fighting had its heyday. The author himself was World Light Weight Champion in 1874. With full-page photographs of 57 boxers from that era and a profile of each on the opposite page. A large book. Hardback edition very scarce in the UK. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Boxing, Boxers, History, Pugilists, Fighting Sport - Boxing / Wrestling 155521682x


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