New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 264 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Signed presentation copy from Dempsey "To My Llittle Pal Frankie Mastro Thanks Partner" signed by him in blue ink. Edited by Jack Cuddy with illustrations by Ed Igoe. Laid-in a "For Review" slip from the publisher..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 303 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs and prints. Appendix of Boxing Rules. Glossary. Index. More
Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1935. Hardcover. 125 pages. 25 x 20 cm. Ten decorations in color by Dorothy Burroughs, plus title vignette. Printed in red and black on Batcheler hand-made paper under the direction of Loyd Haberly. Limited edition, copy 231 of 250. Prospectus laid-in. This Welsh press found by..... More
London: Hannah Humphrey, April 12th 1782. Gillray, James. Wraps. 27 x 39 cm. Etching with hand coloring on wove paper. Figure with wolf's head says: "Gentleman the Bank is mine. & I will open every Night at the same hour." Chair inscriptions read "John Shuffler" and Sir Grey Parolle quips..... More
London: Hannah Humphrey, May 12th 1796. Gillray, James. Wraps. 40 x 28 cm. Hand colored etching. Note below standing figures, " Cure for Gambling Published by Lord Kenyon in the Court of Kings Bench on May 9th 1796." Lord Kenyon was considered an excellent judge who suffered from an "excess..... More
London: Hannah Humphrey, July 7, 1803. Gillray, James. Wraps. 35.5 x 25 cm. Hand colored etching and aquatint. Clean, bright copy with ink number at lower left margin. The Duke of Bedford [Identified in the House of Lords Gillray Collection as Mr Norton.] stands directed to the right., his head..... More
London: Hannah Humphrey, August 8th 1810. Gillray, James. Wraps. 51.5 x 39 cm. Etching with hand coloring on wove paper. "A fantastic scene in Oxford representing Grenville's installation as Chancellor, which took place at Commemoration, 3 July 1810. Grenville rises in a balloon above a vast applauding crowd; his inflated..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 375 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Signed presentation copy by Graziano "To Frank Mastro the swell fellow" in blue ink. Frank Mastro boxed before he became a boxing reporter for the Chicago Tribune from 1930 to 1969, known for his straw..... More
London: Printed For R. Hunter, 1816. Second edition. leather_bound. 324 (22, Index) pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Hand colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson, and five black and white engraved plates. Signed presentation copy on title page: "Presented by the author, Lt. Col and author, to F.W. Kalkbrenner, Esq...... More
Stockholm: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Berg, Yngre. 207 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 3 of 1500 signed by Yngre Berg, printed on rag paper by P.A. Norstedt & Soner. Full page black and white lithographs of an early production by Macy. NEWMAN & WICHE 21. Backstrip slightly..... More
London: Country Life, 1925. First edition. Boards. 137 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Frontispiece and forty plates, some in color. All plates with tissue guards. Illustrated by reproductions of old prints, several oil paintings, "and the famous Byron Screen." History of boxing in England, much anecdotal data concerning boxers, matches..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. New Edition, Revised and Corrected. leather_bound. 306, 323 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Five plates and twelve vignettes. The UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, said, "If a brilliant fancy, a warm imagination, deep knowledge of the world, consummate insight into character, constitute a high order of intellectual gift, then..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 194 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, one of 500. Twenty-five black and white illustrations. The author divides his text between Yellow-Eyed and Dark-Eyed Birds of Prey. The original treatise on Falconry by Timur Mirza Qajar was composed in 1868, lithographed in..... More
London: George G. Harrap, 1931. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. 224 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Limited edition copy 643 of 750, signed by Rackham. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, 25 black and white illustrations, and pictorial endpapers in cream and brown. The signed, limited editions were in great..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1931). Rackham, Arthur. First American Trade Edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. 24.5 x 19 cm. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and numerous in text woodcuts. Printed in the UK for the American trade with Introduction by Harry Williamson. A very fresh bright copy not usually..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 529 pages. 24.5 x 17 cm. First trade edition with Scribner seal verso of title pages. Illustrated from photographs (all with lettered tissue guards) by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip P. Goodwin. Appendices..... More
London: Vernor, Hood, And Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme; J. Walker; And J. Harris, 1809. Hardcover. 140 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Twenty-nine hand colored engravings by Thomas Rowlandson. Not in ABBEY LIFE or TOOLEY. Originally published, London, 1788 with Bunbury's illustrations. He was a contemporary of Gillray and..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. First edition. leather_bound. 132 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. Half title, frontispiece and 15 hand-colored plates after Rowlandson. Early, scarce work of Rowlandson. TOOLEY 407. Armorial bookplate, inner dentelles, chipping front endpaper fore-edge, plates clean, text generally bright, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, triple gilt..... More
Boston & Cambridge: Pressed Wafer & Kat Ran Press, 2012. Shook, Melissa. First edition. Hardcover. 30 pages. 18.5 x 23 cm. Limited edition, one of 45 copies signed in pencil by Melissa Shook, and hand bound by Sarah Creighton and designed by the author. Design and typography by Michael Russem..... More
London: William Pickering, 1836. leather_bound. (ccxii) 436 pages (16 pp. Index at rear). 27 x 18 cm. Large Paper copy of the first Nicholas Edition, half titles, titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved head pieces, illustrated throughout, and extra Illustrated with forty five full page engraved plates, including..... More
London: William Pickering, 1825. Hardcover. 314 (4) pages. 9.5 x 6 cm. Miniature book. Original spine paper label chipped with loss. Interior contents clean, illustrated with occasional wood engravings. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1889. Hardcover. 465 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 111 of 150. 15 "Embellishments," full page tipped-in plates with tissue guards. 74 engravings on wood. General Index. Fresh, clean copy. Raised bands, spine panels with decorative gilt angling designs. More
New York: Evans Editions, 1994. Wegman, William. Hardcover. Folio, 44 x 38 cm. Fourteen etchings, seven with collage, signed and numbered by Wegman in an edition of forty with ten artist's proofs, three printer's proofs. an two archive proof sets. Text written by Wegman, printed on Tiepolo paper. Type in..... More