Author: Georges Carpentier
Title: The Art of Boxing
Description: London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon autobiographical guide to boxing by the European heavyweight champion boxer, Georges Carpentier, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and seven monochrome photographic plates depicting various boxing moves. In the publisher's original cloth with the original scarce dust wrapper. An uncommon work. This boxing guide was written by professional French boxer and European heavyweight champion, Georges Carpentier. The work provides a guide to the sport of boxing, with advice coming from Carpentier's first hand experiences.  In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with slight bowing to the boards, light fading to the spine and minimal rubbing to the extremities. The wrap is sound with loss to the tail of the spine and minimal loss to the head, a closed tear to the spine and spine joint, handling marks and small closed tears and chips to the extremities. Light offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with light spotting to the front. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None stated. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.

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