Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Title: The Croxley Master
Description: New York, McClure, Phillips & Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming boxing novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with a colour frontispiece. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original cloth binding with a colourful boxing motif to the front board. Written by famed author and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known for his Sherlock Holmes series.Doyle had a strong interest in sport, in particular cricket, football and boxing. This can be seen to influence his stories, demonstrated in The Croxley Master, a great tale of the prized ring.This novella tells the story of fictional aspiring boxer, Mr Robert Montgomery. With a colour frontispiece of a boxer in the ring. With a bookseller label of Weinstock, Lubin & Co, San Francisco and Sacramento, to the rear paste down. In the publisher's original cloth binding with a colourful boxing motif to the front board. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Lacking the majority of the backstrip, cords showing. Light marks to boards and bumping to the extremities. Tape reinforcing front hinge. Rear hinge loose, held on by cords only. Offsetting to endpapers, with label remnants to the front paste down and front endpaper. Bookseller label to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the occasional spotting. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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