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George H. Doran, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Good + red cloth hardcover with black letter shows bumping to corners and edges with large bump at top of front cover causing tearing to cloth and board beneath, mild foxing at bottom page edges, light soil at endpapers and occasional areas within, a few small tears at page edges and some other light trace wear. 134 pages with black & whites present and accounted for. Solid and perfectly readable copy of this look at the famous British boxer who became champ by beating "Gentleman Jim Corbett.

New York: George H. Doran, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Owner's small stamp front pastedown, very good or better lacking the scarce dustwrapper.

London: George H. Doran, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this biography of celebrated Cornish boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, in the scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper, which is clipped to all four corners.Illustrated with a frontispiece and four double-sided photographic plates, one of which is detached and loosely inserted. Collated, complete.A fascinating biography of British professional boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, who was nicknamed both Ruby Robert and The Freckled Wonder.He has the legacy of being considered one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, and is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the lightest heavyweight champion, weighing 165 pounds when he won the title. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with original dust wrapper clipped to all four corners. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Discolouration to dust wrapper… Read More