Search Results: Sports - Boxing from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Los Angeles, California: Holloway House Publishing, 1969. Book. Illus. by Don Weller;. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Holloway House Books HH-166. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Don Weller. .

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1969. Book. Illus. by Peter Caras;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 192 pp. Gold Medal book T2092. Light rubbing on the corners with a single crease on an otherwise flat spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Peter Caras. The Chapters are: Lonesome Blues; The Bay; The Desert; Lively Times; Flight; The Wanderer; and Last Round; followed by an index..

New York: Dell Books, 1954. Book. Illus. by Bill George;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 191 pp. Dell Book 795. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bill George. Ringside violence and a brutal murder, a punch drunk fighter and a worried manager....

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1979. Book. Illus. by Roy Coombs;. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 281 pp. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Roy Coombs. The Preface is: Novels of My Nonage. Shaw was obsessed with prize-fighting all his life - he entered the English Amateur Boxing Association Championship as a middleweight and this racy adventure story superbly evokes the bruised knuckles and raw hopes of the ringside. Robert Louis Stevenson said, "A talent of strength, spirit, capacity... It is all mad and deliriously delightful. All I ask is more of it.".

New York: Bantam Books, 1968. Book. Illus. by James Bama;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 277 pp. Bantam Book N3735. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine and a small nick on the leading edge of the front cover; no interior markings. Cover art by James Bama. The story of a fighter whose controlled fury explodes in the ring and in the bedroom....

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 301 pp. Signed by Stephen Brunt on the title page. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. This includes the film Ali, which was directed by Michael Mann and starred Will Smith as Ali. This also includes a dropped-in sports card from the 1991 AW Sports series featuring Ali vs Forman in Zaire, 1974. The Chapters are: Tunney Hunsaker; Henry Cooper; George Chuvalo; Brian London; Karl Mildenberger; Joe Frazier; Jurgen Blin; Joe Bugner; Ken Norton; George Foreman; Chuck Wepner; Ron Lyle; Jean-Pierre Coopman; Ernie Shavers; and Larry Holmes..

New York: Harcourt Inc., 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xv) 474 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Conents are: Prologue; The Thorns of Glory: When All the Seas Ran Dry; The Rocky Road to Toledo, Ohio; A Strange and Violent Heat Wave; The Left Hook from Olympus; The Champion and the Whore. Loser and Still Champion: Pilgrimage; Preliminaries; The Battle of the Century - Georges Carpentier; Strange Interlude; The Champ's Best Fight; Disorder and Sorrow; and Loser and Still Champion; followed by and epilogue and an index..

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Formac Publishing, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 208 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. David Downey said, "For me, to be a boxer was my outlet dream, and you have to live what you want to be." The Contents are: Introduction; Perfect; Boiling; La Dolce Vita; Debut; Team; Benevolence; Cabaret; Bomber; Revived; Candy-man; Reckoning; and Prospect; followed by: Epilogue; Appendix: David Downey's Professional Fights; and an index..

London: Coronet Books, 1974. Book. Illus. by David Poole;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 190 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. Cover art by David Poole. Also known as Sir Henry Cooper and Our 'Enry, he was an English heavyweight boxer, well known for his left hook, Enry's 'Ammer. He held the British Commonwealth and the European heavyweight titles but never managed to beat Muhammad Ali for the World title, even though he did manage a rare feat - he knocked Ali down..

New York: Mariner Books - Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 358 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; ink mark on the leading edge of the text block; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Contents are: Death House Rendezvous; Wild West on the Passaic; Danger on the Streets; Mystery Witness; Force of Nature; Boxer Rebellion; Radical Chic Redux; Revenge of Passaic County; Search for the Miraculous; The Inner Circle of Humanity; Paradise Found; Powerful Appeals; Final Judgment; The Eagle Rises; Vindication; and Tears of Renewal; followed by an epilogue and an index..

Toronto: Penguin Books, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xiii) 360 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Contents are: Peace Bridge; Taking an Ell; Recalled to Life; and Prevailing Wind; followed by an epilogue and Appendix A: Hurricane by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy; Appendix B: Carter Case Chronology; and an index..

New York: Curtis Books, 1971. Book. Illus. by Le Roy Neiman;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 254 pp. Curtis Book 09142. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Preface by Norman Mailer; Epilogue by Budd Schulberg. Illustrated with drawings by Le Roy Neiman..