James Norris and the Decline of Boxing by Nagler, Barney - 1964

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill , 1964. 1st. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, chunk gone from top of rear panel. 252 pages. An expose of the mob's influence in the sport during the 40s and 50s. Clean copy. Record # 381795

Indianapolis & New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Printing. Hardcover. DJ front has a small creased tear to the spine edge with a horizontal scratch extending into the title. DJ spine has slight wear to the ends and is slightly browned. DJ is now in a mylar cover. .

Bobbs Merrill, 1964. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three inscription by former owner inside front cover and one on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, solid copy.Dust jacket with moderate soiling or foxing on edges..

Bobbs-Merrill, 1964. First edition, first printing. Light toning to extremities, near fine in very good, lightly edge worn and soiled dust jacket, in mylar cover..

New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. First edition stated. Fine (humorous notation in red pencil on the fropnt free endpaper, "This book stolen from Nick Boros". We didn't do it. Promise.) in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 252 pp. with index. Noted boxing sportswriter Barney Nagler bemoans the level to which boxing fell by 1964--riddled with mobsterism, upset by a string of confessions of fixed fights, degraded by over 200 deaths in the ring. In this work, much blame is placed on James D. Norris and his International Boxing Club. Norris (1906-1966) was an American sports businessman with interests in boxing, hockey, and horse racing. His father was James E. Norris (after whom the NHL's Norris Trophy is named and James D. is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame), but James' first love was boxing and he began involvement with it as a promoted in Chicago. The IBC was established in 1949 and Norris was its president until 1958. During his tenure, the IBC was accused of being… Read More

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First printing, near fine hardcover shows some light trace wear including a price sticker at top of rear endpaper, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows some light soiling and edgewear that includes closed tears. 252 pages includign index. Still an attractive copy of this criticism of Norris and his role in the decline of the sport at that tiime.

bobbs-merrill, 1964 hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.