Author: A. F. Bettinson; W. Outram Tristram
Title: The National Sporting Club Past and Present
Description: London, Sands & Co, 1902. Cloth. An illustrated history of the National Sporting Club, a fascinating work on the important club that popularized boxing. The second edition of this work.An interesting history of the National Sporting Club, looking at the development of the club since its founding in 1891 to its ten year anniversary in 1901.The National Sporting Club did much to help establish the sport of boxing in Britain.Illustrated with a frontispiece,By A. F. Bettinson and W. Outram Tristram.Ink inscription to Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to the front paste down. Brocklehurst was a Lieutenant-Colonel who was killed in action in Burma during the Second World War. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Stamp and ink inscription to the front paste down. Newspaper clipping to the verso to the rear endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Plate facing page 158 is detached but present. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Keywords: The National Sporting Club Past and Present national sporting club a. f. bettinson w. outram tristram national sporting club h. c. brocklehurst Various


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