Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism a selection edited and introduced by John Ford
by Egan, Pierce
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- Hardcover
- first
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Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Folio Society, London, 1976, 1st thus. Brown cloth spine, yellow cloth boards with geometric designs. Gilt lettering to spine. Book contained in a plain brown slipcase. 10ins x 6.25ins, pictorial endpapers, 209pp plus 8pp colour plates. The endpapers and 3 of the plates are by Robert Cruickshank. Other illustrators include James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson. Book near Fine in a slightly faded slipcase.
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- Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism a selection edited and introduced by John Ford
- Author
- Egan, Pierce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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