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Steerforth Press, 2017. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
THE MANLY ART OF SELF-DEFENSE by Donnelly, Ned - 1886
by Donnelly, Ned
THE MANLY ART OF SELF-DEFENSE
by Donnelly, Ned
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- first
NY: Excelsior, 1886. First Edition. Soft cover. Collectible Fair. 1st printing. Wraps missing front cover. Back cover soiled & repaired tears. 79pp + 10pp of promos. Illustrated with 40 engravings showing various stances and blows of boxers. This is basically a manual of boxing. Donnelly "Professor of Boxing to the London Athletic Club." Also on title page, "Containing Marquis of Queensbury Rules and London Prize Ring Rules, also a Complete Manual on Training, by John Goulding and REMARKABLE PEDESTRIAN RECORDS." The title page is soiled and as noted FRONT COVER MISSING. Text in vg condition with a few smudges here and there. We can only find two copies of this item in world libraries, and a couple of copies of the 1893 edition. Rare pugilistic manual indeed!
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Soft cover
- Book Condition Used - Collectible Fair
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Excelsior
- Place of Publication NY
- Date Published 1886
- Keywords pugilism, pugilistics, boxing, fighting, Queensbury