Author: A. F. Bettinson; B. Bennison
Title: The Home of Boxing
Description: London, Odhams Press Limited, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this work presenting the National Sporting Club in London as the home of boxing. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Scarce. Written by Arthur Frederick Bettinson and Ben Bennison. Arthur Bettinson was a talented pugilist, becoming the English Amateur Boxing Association Lightweight Champion in 1882. Following this, in 1891 Bettinson co-founded the National Sporting Club, a place which this book labels as the home of boxing. This book explores the last twenty years of the National Sporting Club, located in London, presenting the history and many of the boxers which have surrounded the club. With sixty-two illustrations and a frontispiece, consisting mostly of photographs. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A touch of fading to the extremities and the spine. Hinges are slightly strained, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Boxing sport National Sporting Club first edition sport B Bennison illustrated Not Stated


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