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PUGILISTICA.
The History of British Boxing
One Hundred and Forty Four Years of British Boxing
In Three Volumes. Each volume is complete in itself.
VOLUME I. with 30 full page Portraits of Celebrities.
PERIOD 1 [1719 to 1791] From the Championship of Fig to the first appearance of Daniel Mendoza.
PERIOD 11 [1784 to 1798] From Daniel Mendoza to the first battle of James Belcher.
PERIOD 111 [1798 to 1809] From the Championship of Belcher to the appearance of Tom Cribb.
PERIOD IV [1805 to 1820] From Cribb's first battle to the Championship of Tom Spring.

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VOLUME II. with authentic Portraits after Original Engravings.
PERIOD V [1820 to 1824[ From the Championship of Spring to his retirement from the Ring.
PERIOD V1 [1825 to 1835] From the Championship of Jem Ward to the appearance of Bendigo
[William Thompson], of Nottingham.
VOLUME III. with Authentic Portraits, etc.
PERIOD VII [1835 to 1845] From the appearance of Bendigo to his last battle with Caunt.
PERIOD VIII [1845 to 1857] The interregnum. Bill Perry [the Tipton Slasher], Harry Broome,
Tom Paddock.
PERIOD IX [1856 to 1863] From the appearance of Tom Sayers to the last Championship battle
of King and Heenan, December, 1863.
To each period there is an Appendix containing notices and sketches of the minor professors of the
ars pagnandi, and of the lightweight boxers of the day.
Henry Downes Miles --- Pugilistica. The History of British Boxing. In Three Volumes
Grant UK (1906) Ed. from 1st. Ed.1880 VG (23 x 15.5)
Vol. 1: 508 pages, Vol. 2: 544 pages, Vol. 3: 534 pages.
Illustrated by drawing of fighters. Hardback. [Never had a dustcover].
The three volumes give a comprehensive coverage of the period of 144 years of boxing.
Contents described above. Price includes UK Special Delivery Postage. £500.00

( M ) Mint. As new condition. ( NEW ) New book. Thomas Hauser --- Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times Robson Books UK (1991)
1st. UK Ed. VG (24 x 16) 544 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Stories from many people who have known Ali. ^ £ 8.50
(F) Fine. Excellent condition. Near new.
Alan Minter and Claude Duval --- Minter. An Autobiography Queen Anne Press UK (1980)
( VG ) Very Good. No serious faults. Very clean. Corners rubbed or slight fading. 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14). 184 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. Illustrated by photographs.
Autobiography of Alan Minter. £ 4.50
( G ) Good. Complete book, clean condition, sign of use, staining.
Wilfred Sheed --- Muhammad Ali. A Portrait in Words and Photographs Weidenfeld and Nicolson UK
(P) Poor. Perhaps torn or damage to spine, readable. (1975) 1st. Ed. VG (28.5 x 24). 255 pages. Hardback.
With dustcover.[Not in best condition, fraying at the edges.] Illustrated by photographs, some in colour.
Ex. Lib. Ex. library copy. Biography of Muhammad Ali , with photographs. £17.50

Harry Mullen [Editor] and Peter Arnold [Editor] --- A Boxing Companion Smith UK
Dust Jackets only where stated. (1992) 1st. Ed. VG (24 x 17.5). 479 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. Illustrated by a few drawings.
An anthology of boxing writing. Excerpts from numerous boxing books and articles. £12.50
Size of books are given in brackets in centimetres.
W. J. Doherty --- In The Days Of The Giants. Memories of a Champion of the Prize Ring Harrap UK
(1931) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14.5). 272 pages. Hardback. Without dustcover. Writing on fly page.
Illustrated by photographs of prize fighters. Rear cover has been damp and is stained. £55.50
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Muhammad Ali and Thomas Hauser --- Healing. A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding
Opus / Collins USA (1996) VG (17 x 14.5) 64 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Mostly a poetry book. Hardback. With dust cover. Including UK postage £ 4.50
Hana Ali --- More Than a Hero. Muhammad Ali's Life Lessons Hodder and Stoughton (2000)
1st. UK Ed. M (19.5 x 15.5) 111 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Hana Ali present a collection of Muhammad's poetry and quotes. Including UK postage £ 7.50
Nick Pitt --- The Paddy and the Prince. The Making of Naseem Hamed Yellow Jersey UK
(1998) 1st. Ed. 1998 (21.5 x 14.5) 183 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Biography of Naseem Hamed. ^ (1) M £ 7.50 (2) VG £ 5.00
Jonathan Rendall --- This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own. A Journey to the End of Boxing
Faber and Faber UK (1997) M (22 x 14) 187 pages. All text.
Hardback. With dustcover. A look at boxing as "show business with blood". ^ £ 7.50
Peter Heller --- Tyson. In and Out of the Ring Robson UK (1996) from 1st. Ed. 1989 F (23 x 15.5).
399 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. A biography of Mike Tyson. £ 7.50
Victor Bockris --- Muhammad Ali in Fighter's Heaven Arrow UK (2000) from 1st. Ed. 1998 M
(19.5 x 13) 127 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Insights into the facets of Muhammad Ali. ^ Including UK postage. £ 6.50
John Duncan --- In the Red Corner. A Journey into Cuban Boxing Yellow Journey UK (2000)
1st. UK Ed. M (21 x 13.5) 388 pages. Softback. All text. Boxing in Cuba. £ 6.50
Norman Giller [Compiler] --- The Big Fight Quiz Book Robson UK (1989) 1st. Ed. M (21.5 x 13.5).
160 pages. Softback. Illustrated by drawings. Quiz book on 75 champion boxers. Including UK postage. £ 5.00
Daniel Herbert --- Where Are They Now. The Heroes of Yesteryear Boxing News UK (1997)
1st. Ed. F (17.5 x 11) 96 pages. Softback. All text. Including UK postage. £ 1.25
Kurt Craven --- 101 Sucker Punches Paladin USA (1989) 1st. Ed. F (21.5 x 14) 94 pages. Softback.
Illustrated by cartoons. Self defence tricks and tips. £ 7.50
David Remnick --- King of the World. Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
Picador UK (1999) from 1st. Ed. 1998 (24 x 15.5) 326 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. (1) F £ 7.50
Illustrated by photographs. Mostly text. A biography of Muhammad Ali. ^ (2) M £12.50
David Remnick --- King of the World. Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
Picador UK (2000) from 1st. Ed. 1998 M (19.5 x 13) 326 pages. Softback.
Illustrated by photographs. Mostly text. A biography of Muhammad Ali. ^ £ 5.50
Tony Gee --- Up to Scratch. Bareknuckles Fighting and Heroes of the Prize - Ring
Queen Anne Press UK (1998) F (24 x 16) 208 pages. Illustrated by a few drawings and photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Prize boxing in the Barnet area, near London, from 1740's to 1890's £10.50
James S. Hirsch --- Hurricane. The Life of Rubin Carter. Fighter Fourth Estate UK (2000) F
(23.5 x 15) 358 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Softback.
Rubin Carter was a boxer who was unjustly imprisoned for murder. £ 6.50
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Denzil Batchelor --- Big Fight. The Story of World Championship Boxing Phoenix UK (1954)
1st. Ed. G (20.5 x 13) 256 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs.
Hardback. Without dustcover. Writing on fore pages. ^ £ 5.50
Barry J. Hugman [Editor] --- The British Boxing Board of Control Yearbook 1995 Williams UK
(1994) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 19) 396 pages. Softback. Some photographs.
Lists British boxers and their fight records. £ 8.50
Barry J. Hugman [Editor and Compiler] --- The British Boxing Board of Control Yearbook 1997
Queen Anne UK (1996) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 19) 312 pages. Softback. Some photographs.
Lists British boxers and their fight records. £ 8.50
Barry J. Hugman [Editor] --- The British Boxing Board of Control . Boxing. Yearbook 2001
Queen Anne UK (2000) 1st. Ed. M (24.5 x 19) 304 pages. Softback. Some photographs.
Lists British boxers and their fight records. £ 9.50
Bob Mee [Compiler and Editor] --- British Boxing Records 1994 Mee UK (1994) 2nd. Ed.
VG (29.5 x 21) 476 pages. Softback. Lists British boxers and their fight records. £12.50
Bob Mee [Compiler and Editor] --- British Boxing Records 1996 Mee UK (1996) 4th. Ed.
F (29.5 x 20.5) 472 pages. Softback. Lists British boxers and their fight records. £12.50
Ted Broadribb --- Fighting is My Life Muller UK (1951) 1st. Ed. (20.5 x 13.5) 149 pages.
Mostly text but illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Autobiography covers author's career as a boxer, manager, promoter and referee.
Manager of Tommy Farr and Freddie Mills. (1) G Book has signs of browning spine is disfigured. £10.50
(2) G Book is browning. £ 8.50 (3) VG Book is slightly worn due to age. £10.50
Budd Schulberg --- The Harder They Fall White Lion UK (1975) from 1948 1st. Ed. VG (20 x 13)
343 pages. All text. Hardback. With dustcover. Ex Lib. Fly page missing. Story of "Man Mountain"
Toro the gentle giant from the Andes, a Samson figure, who was built up as a heavyweight terror,
then betrayed by the fixers, gangsters and big business of American prize fighting. £ 5.50
Georges Carpentier --- Carpentier by Himself Sportsmans Book Club UK (1958) from 1st. Ed. 1955
VG (20.5 x 13) 208 pages. Illustrated by photographs. The story of the life of Georges Carpentier.
Hardback. Without dustcover. £ 5.50
Billy Wells --- Modern Boxing. A Practical Guide to Present Day Methods Ewart, Seymour UK
(c1917) 5th. Ed. VG (18 x 12) 80 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Boards. Boxing techniques.
^ Including UK postage. £22.50
Melissa Mathison [Photographs : Blaise Hart] --- Lennox Little, Brown UK (2002) 1st. Ed. NEW
(26.5 x 20) 192 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Interviews with Lennox Lewis. £10.50
Frederic Mullally --- Primo. The Story of "Man Mountain" Carnera.
World Heavyweight Champion Robson UK (1999) from 1st. Ed. 1991 F (21.5 x 13.5)
210 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. £ 6.50
Jack Solomans International Boxing Annual 1950 Playfair UK (1950) VG (21 x 14) 112 pages.
Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Including UK postage £ 5.00
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Stephen Brunt --- Facing Ali. The Opposition Weighs In Sidgwick and Jackson UK (2002)
1st. Ed. M (24 x 16) 302 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
The story of boxers who boxed Ali. interviews with Henry Cooper, Joe Frazer, George Foreman etc. £10.50
Mark Collings --- Muhammad Ali. Through the Eyes of the World Sanctuary UK (2001)
1st. Ed. NEW (24 x 16) 482 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback.
Interviews with many of Ali's friends and fans who record their thoughts on Muhammad Ali.
(1) With dustcover. £10.50 (2) Without dustcover. £ 8.50
Thomas Hauser --- Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times Robson Books UK (1991)
1st. UK Ed. F (24 x 16) 544 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover - clipped.
Stories from many people who have known Ali. ^ £10.50
Thomas Hauser --- Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times Simon and Schuster USA (1991)
1st. Ed. VG (24 x 16) 544 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover .
Stories from many people who have known Ali. ^ £ 9.50
?--- Seconds Out Generations UK (1999) 1st. Ed. M (21 x 21) 112 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs.
Softback. A colour photograph album of boxers in and out of the ring. £ 4.50
Thomas Hauser --- The Black Lights. Inside the World of Professional Boxing Pan UK (1988)
from 1st. Ed. 1987 VG (17.5 x 11) 261 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
An investigation into the world of professional boxing. £ 3.50
L. N. Bailey [Compiler] --- Jack Solomons' 1948 Annual of the Ring Playfair UK (1947) 1st. Ed.
VG (21.5 x 14) 123 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Lists boxing records.
Has owners name opposite title page. £ 5.50
Barry J. Hugman [Editor] --- The British Boxing Board of Control Yearbook 1993
Williams UK (1992) F (24.5 x 19) 304 pages. Some photographs. Softback.
Lists British boxers and their fight records. £ 7.50
Nigel Collins [Editor and Compiler] --- Boxing Babylon. Behind the Shadowy World of the Prize Ring
Robson UK (1991) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 269 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
A collection of true boxing stories of boxers who have had scandal, tragedy, crime etc. in their lives. £ 9.50
Angelo Dundee and Mike Winters --- I Only Talk of Winning. Angelo Dundee. His Own Story.
As told to Mike Winters Arthur Barker Ltd. UK (1983) 1st. UK Ed. VG (24 x 16) 263 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. Ex. Lib. Book very clean.
Fly page replaced. Manager and trainer, Angelo Dundee has influenced nine world
champions including Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali. £ 8.50
Programme : National Boxing Club : Boxing Tournament :
Cafe Royal : London ; 23rd. September 1963 G Including UK postage £ 1.00
Peter Heller --- Tyson. In and Out of the Ring Pan UK (1990) from 1st. Ed. 1989 VG (17.5 x 11).
381 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. A biography of Mike Tyson. Including UK post. £ 2.75
Peter Wilson --- Ringside Seat Rich and Cowan UK (1949) 1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 14) 180 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover. Peter Wilson on boxing. £ 7.50
4 Boxing journalist writes on boxing from Archie Moore to Muhammad Ali.
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Harry Mullen [Editor] --- News of the World Boxing Annual 1988 /1989 Photos, Records, Features
Invincible UK (1988) 1st. Ed. VG (17 x 12) 128 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Including UK postage. £ 2.25
Ian Morrison --- Guinness Boxing. Who's Who Guinness Books UK (1991) 1st. Ed. VG
(17 x 12) 275 pages. Softback. Record of boxers fights. Including UK postage. £ 4.50
Jon E. Lewis --- The Life and Times of Mohammad Ali Siena UK (1996) 1st. Ed. F (11 x 8.5)
69 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover (Torn).
Biography of Muhammad Ali. Including UK postage. £ 1.50
Ferdie Pacheco --- The 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing. The Untold Story Robson UK (2001)
1st. UK Ed. F (24 x 16) 201 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Hardback. Without dustcover. The story of 12 famous rounds in boxing. £10.50
Norman Mailer --- The Fight Penguin UK (1991) from 1st. Ed. 1976. F (19.5 x 13) 239 pages.
Softback. All text. The story of the Ali v Foreman heavyweight championship fight in Zaire in 1974. £ 3.50
Tom Langley --- The Life of Peter Jackson. Champion of Australia Vance Harvey UK (1974)
1st. Ed. F (20 x 13.5) 80 pages. Hardback. With dustcover (Price clipped). Illustrated by drawings.
Biography of Peter Jackson. Including UK post. £10.50
Peter Brook - Ball --- The Boxing Album. An Illustrated History Acropolis UK (1992) 1st. Ed. F
(30 x 23.5) 256 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. Illustrated by photographs some in colour.
History of boxing including biography of champions, famous fights etc. £11.50
John V. Grombaach --- The Saga of the Fist. The 9000 Year Story of Boxing in Text and Pictures
Barnes USA / Yoseloff UK (1977) Revised from 1st. Ed. 1949 VG (28.5 x 22) 250 pages.
Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Hardback. With dustcover (Good condition.)
A well written book on the history of boxing. £25.50
Jimmy Wilde [Edited by Peter McInnes] --- Fighting Was My Business Robson UK (1990)
2nd. Ed. from 1st. Ed. 1938 F (22 x 14) 286 pages. Hardback. With dustcover.
Illustrated by a few photographs. Autobiography. £10.50
Frank Bruno and Norman Giller --- Eye of the Tiger. My Life Warner UK (1993) from 1st. Ed. 1992
VG (17.5 x 11) 317 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. The Frank Bruno story.
Including UK postage. £ 2.25
Jon Hotten --- Unlicensed. Random Notes from Boxing's Underbelly Mainstreem UK (1998)
1st. Ed. VG (23 x 15) 191 pages. All text. Softback. Unlicensed boxing in Britain. £ 5.50
Jon Hotten --- Unlicensed. Random Notes from Boxing's Underbelly Mainstreem UK (2000) from 1st. Ed.
2000 VG (19.5 x 13) 191 pages. All text. Softback. Unlicensed boxing in Britain. Cover creased. £ 2.50
Mark Collings --- The One Hundred Greatest Boxers Generation UK (1999) 1st. Ed. F (21 x 21)
112 pages. Illustrated by photographs, some in colour. Softback.
Short bibliography of a hundred boxers. £ 4.50
George Plimpton --- Shadow Box Sports Pages / Simon and Schuster UK (1989) from 1st. Ed.
(1977) VG (21 x 13.5) 351 pages. All text. Softback.
£ 4.50
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Eugene Corri --- Refereeing 1,000 Fights. Reminiscences of Boxing Pearson UK
(1919) from 1st. Ed. 1915 G (19 x 12.5) 192 pages. Autobiography of Eugene Corri, boxing referee.
Illustrated by a photograph of the author and anther of Smith v Carpentier fight. Rare.
Hardback. Without dustcover. Book has been rebound with original covers. Pages are browning.
Jack Solomons --- Jack Solomons Tells All Rich and Cowan UK (1951) 1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 14)
200 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Autobiography of Jack Solomons, boxing promoter.
Kate Sekules --- The Boxer's Heart. How I Fell in Love with the Ring Aurum UK (2001) 1st. Ed.
F (22 x 14.5) 239 pages. All text. Hardback. With dustcover.
Autobiography of Kate Sekules, English woman boxer, but lives in New York.
Davis Miller --- The Tao of Muhammad Ali. A True Story Warner USA (1996) 1st. Ed. F (21.5 x 14.5)
306 pages. All text. Hardback. With dustcover. The authors worship of Muhammad Ali £ 5.00
Gilbert E. Odd --- Debatable Decisions Nicholson and Watson UK (1953) 1st. Ed. VG (19 x 12)
236 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover
Reg. Gutteridge --- Reg. Gutteridge. King of Commentary Blake UK (1998) 1st. Ed. VG
(17.5 x 11) 319 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
John Miller and Aaron Kenedi [Editors] --- Muhammad Ali. [AKA Cassius Clay 1964 Olympic
Champion. World Heavyweight Champion]. Ringside Virgin UK (1999) 1st. UK Ed. F
(28 x 26) 128 pages. Illustrated by photographs, some in colour. Hardback. With dustcover.
About Muhammad Ali illustrated with large photographs and fight posters.
Cappy Kotz --- Boxing for Everyone. How to Get Fit and Have Fun with Boxing
Amanda Lore USA (1998) 1st. Ed. NEW (25 x 17.5) 216 pages. Illustrated by photographs
and drawings. Softback. Boxing techniques and keep fit for men and women.
Ken Gorman --- 40 Boxers Describe My Greatest Fight Mainstream Press UK (1996) F (24 x 16) 191 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. From Muhammad Ali to Naseem Hamed. £ 9.50
Peter McInnes --- The Boxer Caestus UK (2001) F (21 x 14.5) 263 pages. Softback. All text.
Fiction. The story of a fighter, his manager and the people around him.
Alan Goldstein --- Muhammad Ali. The Eye Witness Story of a Boxing Legend Seven Oaks UK
(2000) 1st. UK Ed. (31 x 25). 176 pages. Illustrated by photographs some in colour. Hardback.
With dustcover. Charts the story of Muhammad Ali.
Dillibe Onyeama and John Walters [Text compilation], Roy Ullyett and Jon Ullyett [Cartoons],
Roy Heelas [Photo captions] --- "I'm the Greatest. The Wit and Humour of Muhammad Ali
Frewin UK (1975) 1st. Ed. VG (24.5 x 19) 95 pages. Hardback covered with cellophane.
No dustcover. Do not think it had one. With cartoons and captioned photographs. ^
Tom Phillips --- Cheap Glory [Pendulum "Popular" Sports Series] Pendulum UK (1946) 1st. Ed.
VG (14.5 x 12) 118 pages. Fiction. Text only. Softback. Story about a punch drunk boxer.
James W. Kenyon --- Lightweight Honours Nelson UK (1947) 1st. Ed. VG (19.5 x 13.5) 221 pages.
Fiction. Text only. Hardback. With dustcover.
The story of a boxer and a promoter who is out to fake a series of fights.
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Barry J. Hugman [Editor] --- The British Boxing Board of Control . Boxing. Yearbook 1999
Queen Anne UK (1998) 1st. Ed. F (24.5 x 19) 312 pages. Softback. Some photographs.
Lists British boxers and their fight records. £ 7.50
£25.50
Bob Mee --- Bare Fists. A World of Violence Where Only the Brutal Survive Collins Willow UK
(1998) 1st. Ed. 1998. F (24 x 16) 241 pages. Illustrated with a few photographs. Hardback.
With dustcover. A critical look at bare knuckle prize fighting in the 18th. and 19th. centuries.
£ 8.50 Underground fighting in the 1970's and Ultimate Fighting is also examined. £12.50
Joe Louis, Edna Rust and Art Rust --- Joe Louis: My Life Angus and Robertson UK (1978)
1st. UK Ed. (22.5 x 14). 277 pages plus 32 pages with photographs. Hardback.
£ 6.50 With dustcover. Autobiography of Joe Louis. (1) F £10.50 (2) VG £ 9.50
Gilbert Odd --- Encyclopaedia of Boxing Wattle UK (1983) from the Hamlyn Ed. 1983 VG (29 x 22)
192 pages. Illustrated by photographs some in colour. Hardback. With dustcover. Contains biographies
of more than 650 boxers, old and new. Covers the bare knuckle fights to the late 1980's. ^ £ 7.50
£ 7.50 Billy Edwards --- Legendary Boxers of the Golden Age of England, America, Australia with
Biographical Sketches and Authentic Records of their Victories and Defeats Embracing
Men of Note of All Nations Connected with the Pugilistic Arena Chartwell USA (1990)
£ 4.50 from 1st. Ed. 1894 F (36.5 x 28) 128 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Biography and photographs of boxers between the 1850's and 1890's. ^ £14.50
T. Leigh-Lye --- From the Ringside. Inside Stories of Great Fights Which Have Thrilled the World
Corgi UK (1958) VG (16 x 11) 160 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Inc. UK postage. £ 5.00
£12.50
Michael J. Clarke --- Boxing Volume 1 Topmil Australia (c1990's) 1st. Ed. F (29.5 x 20.5) 96 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. History of Australian boxing during the years 1940 - 1949. £10.50
£16.99 Michael J. Clarke --- Boxing Volume 2 Topmil Australia (c1990's) 1st. Ed. F (29.5 x 20.5) 96 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. History of Australian boxing during the years 1950 - 1960. £10.50
Michael J. Clarke --- Boxing Volume 3 Topmil Australia (c1990's) 1st. Ed. F (29.5 x 20.5) 96 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. History of Australian boxing during the years 1960 - 1970. £10.50
£ 5.50 Michael J. Clarke --- Boxing Volume 4 Topmil Australia (c1990's) 1st. Ed. F (29.5 x 20.5) 96 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. History of Australian boxing during the years 1970 - 1980. £10.50
Thomas Healy --- A Hurting Business Picador UK (1996) 1st. Ed. F (22 x 14) 214 pages.
£ 9.50 All text. Hardback. With dustcover. Thomas Healy's writes on his obsession with boxing. ^ £ 7.50
Reg Gutteridge --- Boxing. The Great Ones Pelham UK (1976) from 1st. Ed. 1975 VG (22 x 14)
154 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Essays on Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack, Dempsey, Rocky Marciano,
£ 5.00 Archie Moore, Ted Kid Lewis, Jimmy Wilde. £ 5.50
Ian Morrison --- The World Championship Boxing Book. Guinness UK (1990) 1st. Ed. F
£ 5.50 (26 x 19) 192 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Record of world title fights. £ 7.50
O. F. Snelling --- The Ringside Book of Boxing Robson UK (1991) from 1st. Ed. 1972 VG
(21.5 x 14) 208 pages. All text. Softback. A general book on boxing. Including UK postage. £ 5.00
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Donald McRae --- Dark Trade. Lost in Boxing Mainstream UK (1997) from 1st. Ed. 1996 F
(23.5 x 15.5). 380 pages. Softback. The book examines the way in which race and violence beat
at the heart of society and what forces men to pursue boxing. Tyson, Bruno, Hamed, Benn, Eubank
and Watson confide their fears and longings. £ 7.50
Donald McRae --- Dark Trade. Lost in Boxing Mainstream UK (1996) from 1st. Ed. 1996 F
(23.5 x 16). 360 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. The book examines the way in which race
and violence beat at the heart of society and what forces men to pursue boxing. Tyson, Bruno,
Hamed, Benn, Eubank and Watson confide their fears and longings. £ 8.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper's 100 Greatest Boxers Guild Publishing UK (1990)
from 1st. Ed. 1990. VG (27 x 20). 224 page. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback.
With dustcover, slightly torn. A hundred famous boxers profiled.
Henry Cooper recalls the feats of 100 boxers from Jack Dempsey to Mike Tyson. ^ £ 7.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper's 100 Greatest Boxers MacDonald / Queen Anne UK (1990) 1st. Ed.
VG (27 x 20). 224 page. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. A hundred famous boxers
profiled. Henry Cooper recalls the feats of 100 boxers from Jack Dempsey to Mike Tyson. ^ £ 7.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper. An Autobiography Cornet Books UK (1974) from 1st. Ed. 1972.
VG (18 x 11). 190 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Softback. (1) VG £ 2.50 (2) VG £ 1.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper. An Autobiography Cassell UK (1972) 1st. Ed. (22 x 14) 190 pages.
Hardback. Illustrated by a few photographs. (1) VG With dustcover slightly torn. £ 4.50
(2) VG Without dustcover. £ 3.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper. An Autobiography Cassell UK (1972) 1st. Ed. 2nd. Impression.
(22 x 14) 190 pages. Hardback. With dustcover slightly torn. Illustrated by a few photographs.
(1) G £ 2.50 (1) VG £ 4.50 (2) Ex. Lib. G Fly page missing. Reading copy. £ 1.00
Henry Cooper --- H for 'Erry. More Than Just an Autobiography Fontana / Collins UK (1985)
from 1st. Ed. 1984. VG (21 x 15.5). 136 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Softback.
An autobiography of Henry Cooper. £ 2.00
Henry Cooper --- H for 'Enry More Than Just an Autobiography Willow / Collins UK (1984)
1st. Ed. VG (24 x 17.5) 136 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings.
Hardback. With dustcover slightly damaged. £ 4.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Coopers Book of Boxing Barker UK (1982) VG (22.5 x 14.5) 168 pages.
Hardback. With dustcover. Illustrated by photographs. ^ £ 4.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Coopers Book of Boxing Barker UK (1982) VG (22.5 x 14.5) 168 pages.
Hardback. With dustcover, torn part missing. Illustrated by photographs. ^ £ 4.00
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Gilbert Odd --- Ali. The Fighting Prophet [Sporting Prints Series] Pelham UK (1975)
1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 17) 96 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Bibliography of Muhammad Ali. £ 4.50
Muhammad Ali and Thomas Hauser --- Healing. A Journey of Tolerance and Understanding
Collins USA (1995) 1st. Ed. F (17 x 14.5) 94 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback.
With dustcover. Muhammad Ali's religious beliefs plus sayings on tolerance by philosophers
throughout the ages. Including UK postage. £ 4.50
Joyce Carol Oats --- On Boxing Pan UK (1988) from 1st. UK Ed. 1987 F (19.5 x 13)
118 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Softback. Examines boxing as a metaphor,
spectacle and history, boxing in literature and film and by women. ^ Including UK post. £ 4.50
John Burrowes --- Benny. The Life and Times of a Fighting Legend Mainstream UK
(2002) from 1st. Ed. 1982 F (19.5 x 13) 224 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs.
Biography of Benny Lynch. . £ 5.50
Frank Bruno and Norman Giller --- Frank Bruno. From Zero to Hero Andre Deutsch UK
(1997) from 1st. Ed. F (23 x 15) 194 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs.
Autobiography of Frank Bruno. ^ (1) F £ 3.50 (2) VG Writing on fly page £ 1.75
Denzil Batchelor --- British Boxing [Britain in Pictures Series] Collins UK (1948) 1st. Ed. VG
(23 x 16.5) 48 pages. Hardback. Without dustcover. Contains eight coloured prints as well as 27
black and white illustrations. The book records how the sport developed from James Figg in 1727,
through the eras of Mendoza, Belcher, Cribb, Broughton and Mace to the British boxers of the
1930's and 1940's. Fly page replaced. ^ £24.50
Peter Walsh --- Men of Steel. The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions
Robson UK (1993) 1st. Ed. VG (24 x 16). 245 pages. Hardback.
With dustcover. Illustrated by photographs. Lives and careers of middleweight champions. £ 8.50
Micky Vann and Richard Coomber --- Give Me A Ring. The Autobiography of Star Referee
Mickey Vann Mainstream UK (2003) 1st. Ed. M (23 x 15) 192 pages. Softback.
Illustrated by photographs. Autobiography of Micky Vann. £ 6.50
Robert Edwards --- Henry Cooper. The Authorised Biography of Britain's Greatest Boxing Hero
BBC UK (2002) 1st. Ed. NEW (24 x 16) 224 pages. Hardback. With dustcover.
Illustrated by photographs. Biography of Henry Cooper. £12.50
Benny Green --- Shaw's Champions. G. B. S. and Prizefighting from Cashel Byron to Gene Tunney.
Elm Tree UK (1978) 1st. Ed. (22 x 14) 210 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Bernard Shaw and his interest in prize fighting. (1) VG £ 8.50
(2) VG Price clipped on dustcover. £ 6.50

Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper's Book of Boxing Hamlyn UK (1983) from 1st. Ed 1982 G Norman Giller and Neil Duncanson --- Crown of Thorns.
(17.5 x 11) 168 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Including UK post. £ 2.50 The Bitter History of a Century's Heavyweight Championship Boxing Boxtree UK (1992)
1st. Ed. F (27.5 x 21.5) 192 pages. Illustrated by photographs, some in colour.
Tim Smith --- Prince Naseem. Lord of the Ring. The Story of Britain's Greatest Boxing Champion Softback. A look at the heavyweight champions of the last 100 years. ^ £ 7.50
Parragon UK (1997) 1st. Ed. M (30 x 23.5) 96 pages. (1) With dustcover. M £ 4.50
Hardback. Illustrated by colour photographs. (2) With dustcover. VG £ 4.00 Dominique Grimault and Patrick Mahe[ Translated by Barbara Mitchell] --- A Hymn to Love.
The story of Prince Nasem fights till June 1997. (3) Without dustcover. VG £ 3.00 Piaf and Cerdan Allen / Comet UK (1984) VG (21.5 x 13.5) 358 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
8 Softback. Story of singer Edith Piaf and boxer Marcel Cerdan. £ 3.50
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Graeme Kent --- The Great White Hopes. The Quest to Defeat Jack Johnson
Sutton UK (2005) 1st. Ed. NEW (24 x 16) 224 pages. All text. Hardback. With dustcover.
Jack Johnston and his heavyweight championship fights.
Joe Frazier with Phil Berger --- Smokin' Joe. The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion
of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier Macmillan USA (1996) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 16). 214 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Reg Gutteridge and Norman Giller --- Mike Tyson. The Release of Power Queen Anne UK (1995)
1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 223 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Price clipped. Writing on fly page. Mike Tyson biography.
Jack Birtley --- Freddie Mills. His Life and Death NEL UK (1977) 1st. Ed. VG
(21.5 x 13.5) 206 pages plus 8 pages of photographs. Mostly text. Hardback. With dustcover.
Sugar Ray Robinson and David Anderson --- Sugar Ray. The Sugar Ray Robinson Story
Robson Books UK (1992) from 1st. Ed. 1970. F (22 x 14). 380 pages. Text only. With dustcover.
Autobiography by Sugar Ray Robinson.
James W. Kenyon --- On My Right Nelson UK (1940) 1st. Ed. VG (19 x 13) 221 pages.
Fiction. Text only. Hardback. With dustcover, price clipped.
The story of a boxer who fight his way into the championship class.
Nat Fleischer [Compiler] --- Nat Fleischer's the Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopaedia
Ring Bookshop USA (1970) Revised from 1st. Ed. 1942 VG (23.5 x 15.5) 894 pages.
Illustrated by photographs Hardback. No dustcover. History and records of boxing.
Gerald Suster --- Champions of the Ring. The Lives and Times of Boxings's Heavyweight Heroes
Robson UK (1994) from 1st. Ed. 1992 VG (22.5 x 15). 352 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs.
The history of heavyweight boxing. John l. Sullivan to Lennox Lewis.
Graeme Kent --- Boxing's Strangest Fights. Incredible But True Encounters from Over 250
Years of Boxing Robson Books UK (2000) from 1st. Ed. 1991 VG (21.5 x 13.5) 260 pages. All text.
Softback. True but unusual encounters from over 250 years of boxing history. ^
Budd Schulberg --- Loser and Still Champion: Mohammed Ali New English Library UK (1972)
from 1st. USA Ed. 1972. G (20.5 x13). 160 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Muhammad Ali biography.
Nigel Benn --- Nigel Benn. Dark Destroyer Blake UK (1999) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 15.5) 276 pages.
Hardback. With dustcover. Illustrated by photographs. The autobiography of Nigel Benn.
(1) F £ 8.50 (2) VG £ 6.50 (3) VG but with cover in poor condition.
Mullan Harry [Editor]--- Boxing News Annual and Record Book 1979 Byblos UK (1978) 1st. Ed.
VG (21 x 14) 216 pages. Mostly text of boxers records. Few photographs. Softback. Including UK post. £ 4.50
The Tenth Marquess of Queensberry --- The Sporting Queensberrys Hutchinson UK (1942)
2nd. Impression from 1st. Ed. 1942 VG (22 x 14). 279 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs.
Mostly text. Hardback. No dustcover. Prize fighting and boxing tales.
Archie Moore --- The Archie Moore Story Nicholas Kaye UK (1960) 1st. Ed. VG (21 x 14)
240 pages. Mostly text with eight pages of photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover. Autobiography. £ 8.50
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Ralph Oates --- Boxing Shadows. 1500 Boxing Quiz Questions London League UK (1997)
1st. Ed. M (21 x 15) 184 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Boxing quiz book. £ 5.50
£ 9.50
Wilfred Diamond --- Blood, Sweat, and Jack Dempsey World's Work UK (1953) 1st. Ed. G
(19 x 13) 128 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. Biography of Jack Dempsey. £ 5.50
£ 8.50 Reg Gutteridge with Peter Batt --- Uppercuts and Dazes. My Autobiography Blake UK (1998)
1st. Ed. F (24 x 15.5). 306 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 9.50
George Whiting --- Great Fights of the Sixties. Ringside Reports Frewin UK (1967) 1st. Ed.
£ 7.50 VG (21.5 x 14). 276 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. With dustcover, slightly torn.
Ringside reports of fights from 1960 to 1967. £ 8.50
£ 6.50 Michael Watson with Steve Bunce --- The Biggest Fight. Michael Watson's Story Time Warner UK
(2004) 1st. Ed. VG (24 x 15.5). 211 pages. Illustrated photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Autobiography of Michael Watson. £ 8.50
£ 9.50 Rick Broardbent --- The Big If. The Life and Death of Johnny Owen MacMillan UK (2006) 1st. Ed.
NEW (24 x 16). 337 pages. Illustrated photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Biography of Johnny Owen. £ 9.50
£ 5.50 Jack Wilson [Compiler] --- “Boxing News” Annual and Record Book 1959 Ring Publications UK
(1959) VG (21 x 13.5) 164 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Including UK postage. £ 6.50
Harry Mullan --- Heroes and Hard Men. The Story of Britain’s World Boxing Champions
£20.50 Stanley Paul UK (1989) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14) 216 pages. Illustrated photographs. Hardback.
With dustcover. [Clipped]. Biography of British World champions. £ 6.50
Willie Toweel and Peter McInnes --- Somebody Ring the Bell! Stanley Paul UK (1961) 1st. Ed. G
£ 6.50 (20.5 x 13.5) 203 pages. Illustrated photographs. Hardback. Dustcover in poor condition.
The Toweel boxing family and fights of the 1950’s. £ 7.50
Ronnie Wharton --- Fighting Men of the North Tempus UK (2005) 1st. Ed. NEW
£ 5.00 (25 x 17) 160 pages. Illustrated photographs. Softback.
Biography and career statistics of 22 of the North East of England greatest boxers. £ 7.50
Joe Frazier with Phil Berger--- Smokin' Joe. The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion
£ 2.50 of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier Robson Books UK (1998) from 1st. Ed. 1996 F (22.5 x 15).
213 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. ^ £ 3.50
Lennox Lewis with Ken Gorman --- Lennox Lewis Champion Faber & Faber UK (1997)
£ 5.00 Revised from 1st. Ed. 1993 F (18 x 11) 262 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. £ 2.50
Hill Tim --- Boxing. Unseen Archives Parragon UK (2002) 1st. Ed. F (27.5 x 22) 384 pages.
Illustrated by photographs from the Daily Mail, some in colour. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Boxers from John L. Sullivan to Lennox Lewis. Boxing history on photographs. £ 9.50
Chris Eubank and Martin Roach --- Eubank. The Autobiography Collins Willow UK (2003) 1st. Ed.
£15.50 (24 x 16) 419 pages. Illustrated by photographs some in colour. Hardback. With dustcover.
Autobiography by Chris Eubank. Book is fine except that nine pages have a slight tare. £ 9.50
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Georges Carpentier --- Carpentier by Himself Hutchinson UK (1955) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14.5)
208 pages. Illustrated by photographs. The story of the life of Georges Carpentier.
Hardback. With dustcover. ^
Barry J. Hugman [Compiler] --- The British Boxing Board of Control Yearbook 2006
Queen Anne Press UK (2005) 1st. Ed. M (24.5 x 19) 320 pages. Softback. Some photographs.
Lists British boxer and their fight records.
Giorgia Fiorio --- Boxin’ [USA] Marval France (1997) 1st. Ed. M (28.5 x 28.5) 95 pages. Hardback.
With dustcover. A photograph documentary book of boxers in New York. Text in English and French.
Georges Carpentier --- Carpentier by Himself Hutchinson UK (1955) 1st. Ed. G (22 x 14.5)
208 pages. Illustrated by photographs. The story of the life of Georges Carpentier.
Hardback. Without dustcover. Spine repaired. Front cover faded. ^
Jeremy Schaap --- Cinderella Man. James J. Braddock, Max Baer and the Greatest Upset in Boxing
History Orion UK (2005) from 1st. Ed. 2005 NEW (19.5 x 13) 308 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Softback.
Biography of James J. Braddock.
Denzil Batchelor --- British Boxing [Britain in Pictures Series] Collins UK (1948) 1st. Ed. VG (23 x 16.5)
48 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. Contains eight coloured prints as well as 27 black and white illustrations.
The book records how the sport developed from James Figg in 1727, through the eras of Mendoza, Belcher,
Cribb, Broughton and Mace to the British boxers of the 1930's and 1940's.
Fly pages replaced. Owners name on first page. ^
Ken Buchanan --- The Tartan Legend. Ken Buchanan. The Autobiography Headline UK
(2000) 1st. Ed. (24 x 15.5) 213 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
(1) F £ 8.50 (2) F but dustcover fraying on bottom right corner. £ 7.50
Henry Cooper --- The Great Heavyweights Hamlyn UK Illustrated by photographs.
Heavyweight boxers. The fights. (1) (1978) 1st Ed.
(2) (1979) from 1st. Ed. 1978 VG (30 x 22) 176 pages. Hardback. With dustcover - torn.
(3) (1979) from 1st. Ed. 1978 VG (30 x 22) 176 pages. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Frank Butler --- The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. The Story of Boxing Stanley Paul UK (1986)
1st. Ed. VG / F (22.5 x 14) 216 pages. Illustrated by a photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Price clipped.
Biography of some famous champions as well as the con men ,hoodlums and drugs. etc.
Batchelor Denzil [Editor] --- The Boxing Companion Eyre and Spottiswoode UK (1964) 1st Ed.
VG to F (22 x 14) 455 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. An anthology of boxing writings
both fact and fiction. From Homer to Prize fights to Muhammad Ali.
Many famous boxing writers. Pierce Egan, Nat Fleischer, Fred Henning, A. J. Liebling etc.
Peter Wilson --- Boxing's Greatest Prize. Twelve Legendary Fights for the Heavyweight
Championship of the World Stanley Paul UK (1980) from 1st. Ed. 1980 VG (22.5 x 14)
260 pages. Illustrated by 18 pages of photographs. Hardback.
With dustcover. From Joe Louis v Max Schmelling 1938 to Joe Frazier v Cassius Clay 1971. ^
Price clipped. Owners name on fly page.
Jose Torres --- Sting Like a Bee. The Muhammad Ali Story Coronet UK (1973) from 1st. Ed. 1971
G (18 x 11) 223 pages. All text. Softback. Biography of Muhammad Ali. Including UK post
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George Forman and Joel Engel --- By George. The Autobiography of George Foreman Stanley Paul UK
(1995) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 16) 262 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 8.50
£10.50
Nat Fleischer --- The Heavyweight Championship. An Informal History of Heavyweight Boxing
Putnam UK (1950) from 1st. Ed. 1949 G (22 x 14) 303 pages. Some photographs and drawings.
Mainly text. Hardback. Without dustcover. Inscription opposite title page.
£ 8.50 The story of the Heavyweight Championship from Mendoza to Joe Louis. £ 8.50
Thomas Hauser [with the co-operation of Muhammad Ali] --- Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times
Pan (1997) from 1st. Ed. 1991 (20 x 13) 544 pages plus 12 pages of photographs.
£ 9.50 Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Biography of Muhammad Ali.
Including UK postage (1) NEW £ 6.50 (2) VG £ 4.50 (3) G £ 2.50
Mohammed Ali with Richard Durham --- The Greatest. My Own Story Hart-Davis, MacGibbon UK
£ 6.50 (1976) 1st. UK Ed. (24 x 16) 413 pages. All text Hardback. (1) VG With dustcover. £ 5.00
(2) VG Without dustcover. £ 4.50 (3) G Without dustcover. £ 3.50
Muhammad Ali with Richard Durham --- The Greatest. My Own Story Mayflower UK (1976) (17.5 x 11)
512 pages. Softback. (1) (1976) VG £ 2.00 (2) (1977) VG Reprint £ 2.00 (3) (1977) G Reprint £ 1.00
£ 4.99
Dr. Edith Summerskill --- The Ignoble Art Heinemann UK (1956) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14) 104 pages
Hardback. Some photographs. Mainly text. No dustcover. £ 4.50
Dr. Edith Summerskill --- The Ignoble Art Panther UK (1957) from 1st. Ed. 1956 VG (18 x 11.5)
110 pages. Softback. Some photographs. Mainly text. Including UK postage £ 5.50
£28.50
Hugh McIlvanney --- McIlvanney on Boxing. An Anthology Stanley Paul UK (1990) Updated
from 1st Ed. 1982 VG (23 x 15). 241 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text. Softback.
An anthology of the writings of Hugh McIlvanney from various newspapers and magazines. £ 3.50
Hugh McIlvanney --- McIlvanney on Boxing. An Anthology Stanley Paul UK (1982) 1st Ed.
(24 x 16). 190 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text. Hardback. With dustcover. (1) VG £ 5.50
£ 8.50 An anthology of the writings of Hugh McIlvanney from various newspapers and magazines. (2) F £ 6.50
£ 8.50
£ 6.50 Hugh McIlvanney --- McIlvanney on Boxing. An Anthology Beaufort USA (1982) 1st Ed. VG
(24 x 16). 190 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text. Hardback. With dustcover.
An anthology of the writings of Hugh McIlvanney from various newspapers and magazines. £ 5.50
Hugh McIlvanney --- McIlvanney on Boxing Mainstream UK (1996) 1st Ed. (24 x 16). 320 pages.
£ 6.50 Hardback. With dustcover. An anthology of the writings of Hugh McIlvanney from various newspapers
and magazines, a substantial number of pieces written after the appearance, in 1990, of the second of
two previous collections. Book is fine except that the title page has been replaced. ^ £ 6.50
Geoffrey Beattie --- On the Ropes. Boxing as a Way of Life Gollancz UK (1996) 1st. Ed. (23 x 15)
£ 8.50 277 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Geoffrey Beattie is Professor of Psychology at
Manchester University. He writes on the low life of boxing. (1) M £ 6.50 (2) VG £ 5.50
Geoffrey Beattie --- On the Ropes. Boxing as a Way of Life Indigo UK (1997) from 1st. Ed. 1966
M (19.5 x 12.5) 277 pages. Softback. Illustrated by photographs. Geoffrey Beattie is Professor of
Psychology at Manchester University. He writes on the low life of boxing. (1) VG £ 3.00 (2) M £ 5.00
£ 5.50
Phil. Berger --- Blood Season Macdonald / Queen Anne UK (1990) 1st. UK Ed. F (23.5 x 15)
318 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. Illustrated by photographs. A biography of Mike Tyson. £ 7.50
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Elliot J. Gorn --- The Manly Art. Bare Knuckle Prize Fighting in America Cornell USA / UK
(1986) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 317 pages. Mostly text. Hardback. With dustcover.
A social history of American Bare - Knuckle fighting. The rare USA Ed.
Nat Fleischer --- John L. Sullivan. Champion of Champions Panther UK (1956) from 1st. Ed. 1952
VG G (18 x 11.5) 144 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. A biography of John L. Sullivan.
Cellophane cover. Including UK postage. £ 5.00
Charlie Rose --- Life's a Knock - Out Hutchinson UK (1953) 1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 14) 208 pages.
Illustrated by a few drawings. Mostly text. Hardback. Charles Rose wrote this book aged 82.
The book is about his memories of boxing. He was a successful manager.
(1) With dustcover, slightly torn. £12.50 (2) Without dustcover.
Lennox Lewis with Joe Steeples --- Lennox Lewis The Autobiography of the WBC Heavyweight
Champion of the World Faber & Faber UK (1993) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 205 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
(1) G Cover slightly torn £ 4.50 (2) VG £ 5.50 (3) F Autographed copy.
Nat Fleischer and Sam Andre --- A Pictorial History of Boxing Hamlyn UK (1978)
Revised and updated from 1st. Ed. 1959 VG (28 x 21.5) 384 pages.
Hardback. Without dustcover. Very well illustrated by photographs and drawings.
Nat Fleischer and Sam Andre --- A Pictorial History of Boxing Hamlyn UK (1) (1982) (2) (1981)
(3) (1987) Revised and updated from 1st. Ed. 1959 VG (27 x 21.5) (1) & (2) 384 pages.
(3) 399 pages. Softback. Very well illustrated by photographs and drawings.
Joe Robinson --- Claret and Cross-Buttock or Rafferty's Prize-Fighters Allen and Unwin UK
(1976) 1st. VG (22 x 14). 151 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Mainly text.
(1) Hardback with dustcover slightly soiled. Prize fighting in the nineteenth century.
(2) Hardback without dustcover.
Joe Louis Barrow and Barbara Munder --- Joe Louis. The Brown Bomber Arthur Barker UK (1990)
1st. UK Ed. from 1st USA Ed. 1988 F (24 x 16). 270 pages plus 16 pages with photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. A biography of Joe Louis. £10.50
Joe Louis Barrow and Barbara Munder --- Joe Louis. The Brown Bomber
Weidenfeld and Nicolson UK (1990) VG (19.5 x 13) 279 pages plus 16 pages with photographs.
Softback. With dustcover. A biography of Joe Louis. Including UK post.
Don Wood [Editor] --- Great Moments in Boxing [Park Drive Leisure Library] Queen Anne
(1973) 1st. Ed. VG (18 x 11). 128 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Softback.
Stories of famous fights from 1897 to 1971. Including UK postage.
Kevin Mitchell --- War Baby. The Glamour of Violence Yellow Jersey UK (2001) 1st. Ed. M
(19.5 x 13). 1841 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Softback.
The story of Nigel Benn and Gerald McClellan and the fight on 25 February 1995.
Jonathan Rendall --- This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own. A Journey to the End of Boxing
Faber and Faber UK (1997) An uncorrected proof copy. VG (20.5 x 14.5) 183 pages. All text.
Softback. With dustcover. A look at boxing as "show business with blood". Owners name on fly page.
^ Including UK post.
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W. Buchanan - Taylor and James Butler [Collaborator] --- What Do You Know About Boxing?
Heath Cranton UK (1947) 2nd. Impression (22 x 14) 244 pages. Hardback. No dustcover. Illustrated by
£24.50 photographs. Contains stories and facts on boxing from the early days of bare knuckle boxing to 1945.
(1) VG £ 8.50 (2) Reading copy. Lacks back fly page. Book intact. Drawing on back of front cover. £ 3.50
Reg. Gutteridge --- The Big Punchers Stanley Paul UK (1983) 1st. Ed. F (21.5 x 14.5). 223 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text. Hardback. With dustcover. Among the boxers mentioned are
Jimmy Wilde, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ted Kid Lewis, Terry Downes, Sugar Ray Robinson,
Randy Turpin, Archie Moore, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Henry Cooper. ^ £ 7.50
Reg. Gutteridge --- The Big Punchers Stanley Paul UK (1989) Revised Ed. from 1st. Ed. 1983 VG
£11.50 (21.5 x 14). 244 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text. Softback. Among the boxers
mentioned are Jimmy Wilde, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ted Kid Lewis, Terry Downes,
Sugar Ray Robinson, Randy Turpin, Archie Moore, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Henry Cooper. £ 4.50
John Harding --- Lonsdale's Belt. The Story of Boxing's Greatest Prize Robson UK (1994) (1) £10.50
£10.50 1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 351 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. (2) Owners name tippexed out on fly page. £ 9.50
Bill Hughes and Patrick King [Editors] --- Come Out Writing. A Boxing Anthology Macdonald /
Queen Anne Press UK (1991) 1st. UK Ed. F (25 x 19). 256 pages. All text. Hardback. With dustcover.
£ 9.50 An anthology of writing on boxing about boxers from Tommy Farr to Muhammed Ali to Mike Tyson by
many boxing writers from the USA and the UK. The 26 contributors include:- Paul Gallico, E. Hemingway,
A. J. Liebling, Norman Mailer, Peter, Joyce Carol Oates. The 30 boxers described include:- Muhammed Ali,
Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey, Roberto Duran, Tommy Parr, G. Foreman, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard,
£ 8.75 Joe Lewis, Rocky Marciano, Gene Tuney, Mike Tyson, Joe Walcott. £ 7.50
F. C. Avis --- Boxing Dictionary Avis UK (1955) 1st. Ed. G (13.5 x 11) 127 pages. Board cover.
Contents are fine but the board cover has been affected by water. Including UK post £ 5.50
£ 8.50
£ 7.50 Ferdie Pacheco --- Fight Doctor Stanley Paul UK (1978) Revised and enlarged edition from 1st. Ed.
1977. VG (22.5 x 14). 262 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mostly text. Hardback. With dustcover.
Dr. Pacheco has worked in a corner of the ring with hundreds of boxers including Mohammed Ali.
(1) G Dustcover torn £ 3.50 (2) VG £ 8.50 (3) G Ex. Lib. £ 3.00
Randy Roberts --- Jack Dempsey. The Manassa Mauler Robson Books UK (1987) 1st. UK Ed. F
(22 x 14). 314 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text. Hardback. With dustcover.
The biography of Jack Dempsey. £ 8.50
£ 5.50
Randy Roberts --- Papa Jack. Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes Robson Books UK
(1992) from 1st UK Ed. 1986. M (21.5 x 14). 174 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text.
Softback. A biography of Jack Johnson. £ 7.50
£ 3.50
Norman Giller and Neil Duncanson --- Crown of Thorns.
The Bitter History of a Century's Heavyweight Championship Boxing Tiger UK (1995)
from 1st. Ed. 1992 (28.5 x 23) 192 pages. Illustrated by photographs, some in colour.
£ 4.50 Hardback. With dustcover. A look at the heavyweight champions of the last 100 years. (1) VG £12.50
Winning was not as it may seem. ^ (2) M £14.50
John Murray [Editor of Boxing] --- Ring Strategy and Tactics Ewart Seymour UK (1914) 1st. Ed.
VG (18 x 12) 58 pages, plus 6pages of adverts. Illustrated by photographs.
£ 4.50 Hardback. [Boards. Never had dustcover]. Boxing technique. Rare.
A little foxing. Owners plate on inside cover. [Cancelled]. Including UK postage. £28.50
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Peter Wilson --- More Ringside Seat Sportsmans Book Club UK (1960) from 1st. Ed. 1959 VG
(20.5 x 13) 230 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Peter Wilson on boxing.
(1) Without dustcover. £ 4.50 (2) With dustcover.
John Ford --- Prizefighting. The Age of Regency Boximania David and Charles UK (1971) 1st. Ed.
VG (22.5 x 14) 208 pages. Hardback. With dustcover.
The story of bare fist boxing in Regency England. £12.50
James J. Corbett --- The Roar of the Crowd Phoenix UK (1954) from 1st. Ed. 1925
VG (20.5 x 13) 207 pages. Few illustrations. Hardback. Without dustcover. Autobiography.
Ian Stafford --- Born to Be King. The Rise of Prince Naseem Hamed Weidenfield and Nicolson UK
(1996) 1st. Ed. F (29.5 x 24) 96 pages. Illustrated by photographs in colour. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 6.50
Georges Carpentier --- Carpentier by Himself Hutchinson UK (1955) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14.5)
208 pages. Illustrated by photographs. The story of the life of Georges Carpentier.
Hardback. Without dustcover. Writing on fly page. ^
Frank McGhee --- England's Boxing Heroes Bloomsbury UK (1988) 1st. Ed. F (26 x 19) 191 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. The story of English boxers from Bob Fitzsimmons to 1980's.
Frank McGhee --- England's Boxing Heroes Bloomsbury UK (1988) 1st. Ed. F (27 x 20)
191 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. The life story of English boxers from Bob
Fitzimmons to Frank Bruno. £ 8.50
Brian Donald --- The Fight Game in Scotland Mainstream UK (1988) 1st. Ed. F (25 x 19.5) 240 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. Boxing in Scotland from 1887 to the 1970's. £ 9.50
Jack Dempsey --- Massacre in the Sun Heinemann UK (1961) from 1st. UK Ed. 1960 VG (21.5 x 14)
240 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover. Autobiography. ^ £ 8.50
Harry Carpenter --- "Where's Harry" My Story Pelham UK (1992) from 1st. Ed. 1992 F
(25.5 x 19.5) 176 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. (1) Without dustcover.
The 50 year career of radio and television commentator Harry Carpenter. (2) With dustcover.
Ian Morrison --- Boxing. Records. Facts and Champions Guinness UK (1988) 2nd. Ed from 1st. Ed. 1986
M (26 x 19) 160 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Includes profiles from Bob Fitzsimmons to Mike Tyson. £ 6.50
Ian Morrison --- Boxing. Records. Facts and Champions Guinness UK (1988) 1st. Ed. 1986 VG (26 x 19)
160 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Includes profiles from Bob Fitzsimmons to Mike Tyson. £ 5.50
Harry Gibbs with John Morris --- "Box On" The Autobiography of Harry Gibbs Pelham UK
(1981) 1st. Ed. P (22 x 14.5) 155 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. Ex. Lib. ^
Professional boxing referee. Fly page and title page missing. Reading copy only. Including UK post.
James R. Fair --- Give Him to the Angels. The Story of Harry Greb Summerdale UK
(1997) from 1st. Ed. 1946. F (21.5 x 13.5) 158 pages. All text. Softback
Harry Greb, former world boxing champion, a lightweight who fought with only one eye.
Larry Bortstein --- Ali Scholastic USA / UK (1976) 1st. Ed.? VG (17.5 x 10). 92 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. A biography Muhammad Ali. Including UK postage.
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Boxing. How to Box
J. T. Hankinson and R. G. B. Faulkner --- Boxing Allen and Unwin UK (1952) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14)
72 pages plus 88 pages with photographs. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback.
£ 5.00 With dustcover but in poor condition. Boxing technique book for schoolboys. £17.50
J. T. Hankinson and R. G. B. Faulkner --- Boxing for Schools Allen and Unwin UK (1952) 1st. Ed.
VG (22 x 14) 72 pages. Hardback. With dustcover. A book on boxing technique for boys.
Illustrated by photographs. Ex. Lib. but book is very clean. £10.50
Viscount Knebworth and W. Childs --- Boxing. A Guide to Modern Methods
£ 8.50 (The Lonsdale Library Volume XI ) Seeley UK (1931) 1st. Ed. 1931 VG (22 x 14.5) 287 pages.
Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Hardback. With dustcover. Writing on fly page.
All aspects of boxing technique. Attack, defence, ring craft, refereeing, judging etc. £35.50
Bobby Neill and Bill Martin --- Instructions to Young Boxers Museum UK (1961) 1st. Ed. VG (22 x 14)
128 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover. Fly page replaced. Title page replaced.
Pages 63 /64 part missing but no text lost. Boxing techniques and training. £12.50
£10.50
Donald K Silks --- Your Book of Boxing Faber and Faber Ltd. UK (1954) 1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 15.5).
48 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. With dustcover, slightly torn. A book on boxing for boys. £ 5.50
£ 7.50
R. G. Allanson - Winn --- Boxing [The All England Series] Bell UK (1889) 1st. Ed. G (17 x 12) 92 pages.
Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Hardback. Never had a dustcover. Spine repaired.
Cover of book faded. Lost adverts to the front and rear of book. A boxing textbook. Includes Savate. £29.50
Thomas Inch --- Boxing Pitman UK (1952) from 1st. Ed. 1948 VG (19 x 12) 187 pages.
Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. Without dustcover. New fly page added. Boxing textbook. £18.50
Thomas Inch --- Spalding's Book on Boxing and Physical Culture Gale and Polden UK (1945)
1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 14) 236 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Boxing techniques, exercises, ju jutsu, self defence, Fly page replaced. Ink lines on page 16. £27.50
Thomas Inch --- Spalding's Book on Boxing and Physical Culture Gale and Polden UK (1945)
£ 6.50 1st. Ed. VG (21.5 x 14) 236 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. Without dustcover.
£ 7.50 Boxing techniques, exercises, ju jutsu, self defence, £27.50
Editor of " Boxing News" and Jim Kenrick --- How to Box. All the Modern Moves War Facts UK
(c1950) 1st. Ed. VG (18 x 12.5) 94 pages. Softback. Cover creased. Illustrated by drawings. £16.50
Thomas Inch --- Boxing for Beginners. From Novice to Champion. World's Works UK (1955)
from 1st. Ed. 1951 VG (18.5 x 12) 176 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Softback. £18.50
Henry Cooper --- Henry Cooper. Boxing [Pelham Pictorial Sports Instruction Series] Pelham UK (1975)
1st. Ed. VG (25.5 x 19.5) 58 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Never had a dustcover.
Henry Cooper on how to box. £ 8.50
£ 1.25
Barney Ross --- Fundamentals of Boxing Little USA (1942) 1st. Ed. 1942 G (17 x 12.5) 127 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. No dustcover. Textbook on boxing. Rare.
Owners name on fore page. £18.50
£ 5.00
Ian Oliver --- Boxing Fitness. How to Ger Fighting Fit Snowbooks UK (2006) 1st. Ed. F (18.5 x 13)
160 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Boxing fitness exercises and boxing drills.
£ 3.50 Including UK postage. £ 3.00
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Physical Culture and Training Methods
Harry Roberts --- The Practical Way to Keep Fit Odhams Press UK (1930’s ?) 1st. Ed. VG (18 x 11)
320 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. With torn dustcover. A wide ranging book of fitness.
Nutrition, problems of exercise, the home [Town planning], the air, dress, emotion, holidays, sleep,
ages of man, the care of eyes, ears, teeth etc. posture alcohol, tobacco.
More of a historical text as some of the concepts have been updated. £ 3.50
Eric Taylor --- Strength and Stamina Training. A Guide to Training with Weights, Circuit Training
and Isometric Exercise Murray UK (1970) 1st Ed. VG (15 x 20.5) 218 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Weight training for men, women, boys and girls. £ 4.50
William P. Knowles --- New Life Through Breathing Allan and Unwin UK (1965) 1st Ed. ? P (19 x 12.5)
144 pages. Illustrated by a few drawings. Hardback. No dustcover. Poor because title page is missing.
The lungs in health etc. The Knowles breathing method. Including UK postage.
Michael Brander --- The Essential Guide to Highland Games Canongate UK (1992) 1st Ed. F
(19.5 x 12.5) 141 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs and drawings. Softback. Origins. Rules.
Background. Directory of where the Highland Games are held. Including UK postage.
Board of Education --- Syllabus of Physical Training for Schools 1933 HMSO UK (1948)
from 1st. Ed. 1933 VG (22 x 14) 338 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback.
A few pages have some notes written in ink. Without dustcover. [Never had one.] ^
John Lear --- Weight Lifting [EP Sport Series] EP Publishing (1980) 1st. Ed. F (20 x 20) 113 pages.
Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Softback. Techniques of weightlifting. £ 3.50
Board of Education --- Syllabus of Physical Training for Schools 1933 HMSO UK (1937)
from 1st. Ed. 1933 VG (21 x 13.5) 352 pages. Illustrated by drawings and photographs. Softback.
Board of Education --- Syllabus of Physical Training for Schools 1933 HMSO UK (1) (1947) (2) 1949
from 1st. Ed. 1933 VG (22 x 14) 338 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. Without dustcover. ^ £ 4.50
Joe Weider --- Joe Weider's Body Building System Welder Health and Fitness USA (1988)
Revised from 1942 M (28 x 21.5)108 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Body building techniques and exercises. Consists of a book and eleven charts. Boxed. ^
Rob Rowland - Smith and Harry Hodge --- Fit for Business. The Ultimate Competitive Edge
Blue Group Australia (1999) 1st. Ed. VG to F (21 x 14.5) 127 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Softback. Exercise techniques for keeping fit. Includes seven wall charts.
David Prokop [ Photography by Michael Neveux ] --- Pumping Iron Maga UK (1994) 1st. Ed. ? F
(31 x 23) 80 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs. Mostly photographs of physique.
Hardback. No dustcover. May not have had a dustcover.
Richard Laliberte and Stephen C. George --- The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning
Rodale Press USA (1997) 1st. Ed. F (28 x 21.5) 352 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Softback. Exercises using weights. Aerobic exercises. Cross training. Flexibility.
Mental conditioning. Workouts and routines. Fitness for sports.
Exercises for different age groups. Injuries and massage.
Roger L. Turner --- Body Culture. Weights. aerobics. Stretch Patrick Stephens UK (1988) 1st. UK Ed.
[Published in USA in 1985] VG (28 x 23) 208 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Exercises with weights. Aerobic exercises. Stretching. £ 8.50
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Physical Culture and Training Methods
Robert Kennedy --- Barn Door Shoulders!. [The Musclebuilder's Body Parts Series]
Superstriated Melon Sized Delts! Sterling USA (1988) 1st. Ed. VG (25.5 x 20) 128 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. £ 4.50
Chaz Wilson --- Martial Dance. Total Fitness with Martial Arts Aerobics Aquarian UK
(1988) 1st. Ed. P (21.5 x 13.5) 176 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Keep fit aerobic dance. Cover creased and binding fraying. ^ £ 1.00
Bernard Beverley and Arthur Fairhurst --- Advanced Anabolic nutrition for Bodybuilders,
Power Lifters and Strength Athletics Sports Publications UK
(1986?) 1st. Ed. ? F (21 x 14.5) 124 pages. All text. Softback. Including UK post. £ 4.50
£ 2.50 Bernard Beverley and Arthur Fairhurst --- The Complete Book on Protein and Amino Acids.
An In Depth Analysis of Protein and Amino Acids, as they Relate Specifically to Body
Building, Weight Training and Athletics Sports Publications UK (1987) 1st. Ed. ? F
(21 x 14.5) 121 pages. All text. Softback. Including UK post. £ 4.50
£ 3.50
Wesley Bright --- Weight Training [Play the Game Series] Ward Lock UK (1990) 1st. Ed. VG
(22.5 x 17) 80 pages. Illustrated by drawings and photographs. Softback. Including UK post. £ 2.50
£ 4.50 Charles L. Mee [Editor] --- The Fit Body. Building Endurance Time-Life Holland (1990)
from 1st. Ed. 1987 F (26 x 20.5) 144 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs. Hardback.
No dustcover. Keep fit. Walking, aerobics, running, cycling, swimming etc. Healthy eating. £ 6.50
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins --- Encyclopaedia of Modern Bodybuilding Pelham UK
(1987) from 1st. UK Ed. 1985 VG (28 x 22) 736 pages.
£ 3.50 Illustrated by photographs and anatomical line drawings. Hardback.
With dustcover in crinkled condition. Some water damage to a few pages. Complete information
on exercise programs, training principles, competition strategy, diet and nutrition. ^ £19.50
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins --- Encyclopaedia of Modern Bodybuilding Pelham UK
(1995) from 1st. UK Ed. 1985 F (28 x 22) 736 pages. Illustrated by photographs and anatomical line drawings.
Hardback. Without dustcover. Complete information on exercise programs,
£12.50 training principles, competition strategy, diet and nutrition. ^ £20.50
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins --- Encyclopaedia of Modern Bodybuilding Fireside /
Simon and Schuster USA (1995) from 1st. Ed. 1985 VG (27.5 x 21.5) 736 pages. Illustrated by photographs
£ 3.50 and anatomical line drawings. Softback. Complete information on exercise programs,
training principles, competition strategy, diet and nutrition. ^ £15.50
K. S. Wootten --- Gymnastics With and Without Apparatus Gale and Polden UK (1934) 1st. Ed.
£ 3.50 Reading copy. Pages loose. (22 x 14) 162 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. £ 1.00
H. B. Wright [Editor] --- The Complete Manual of Fitness and Well Being Macdonald UK
(1984) 1st Ed. F (26 x 18) 312 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Hardback.
Keeping fit. Healthy eating. Whole life programmes. Growing old. Retirement. Stress. Massage.
Taking care of the body. Healthy treatments. Fit mind etc. £ 5.50
£10.50
Christopher M. Norris --- Weight Training. Principles and Practice Black UK (1993) 1st. Ed. F
(23.2 x 15.5) 154 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Softback. £ 7.50
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Physical Culture and Training Methods
F. J. MacDonald --- Physical Culture for Beginners without the Use of Appliances Thorsons UK (1957)
6th. Ed. VG (18 x 12.5) 48 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Softback. Including UK post.
Sam Wilson Fussell --- Muscle. Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder Poseidon USA (1991)
1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 253 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Mainly text.
Hardback. With dustcover. Story of bodybuilder Sam Fussell.
Royal Air Force --- Principles of Anatomy and Physiology for Physical Training Instructors
HMSO UK (1959) 3rd. Ed. G (24.5 x 15.5) 158 pages. Illustrated by anatomical drawings.
Hardback. Without dustcover.
Donald Norfolk --- Farewell to Fatigue. 28 Step Vitality Programme Guild UK (1985)
from 1st. Ed. 1985 VG (24 x 18) 219 pages. Illustrated by a few drawings and graphs. Mainly text.
Hardback. With dustcover. Fatigue - the modern plague, exercise, breathing, stress, relaxation etc.
Thomas Dickey [Editor] --- The Gym Workout. Body Sculpting Time-Life Holland (1989)
from 1st. Ed. 1988 F (26 x 20.5) 144 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs. Hardback.
No dustcover. Exercises for the body with weights or apparatus. Healthy eating.
Kevin Pressley --- Practical Weight Training. Workouts, Weights and Equipment Chartwell USA
(1995) 1st. Ed. VG to F (30.5 x 23.5) 96 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Topics include:
Training with weights, Warm ups and Stretch, Training for competition, Using a Fitness Club. ^
Kevin Pressley --- Practical Weight Training. Workouts, Weights and Equipment Parragon UK
(1995) 1st. Ed. VG (30.5 x 24) 96 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover, creased and slightly torn. Topics include:
Training with weights, Warm ups and Stretch, Training for competition, Using a Fitness Club. ^
Ann Goodsell --- Your Personal Trainer. Planning Your Personal Fitness Programme and
Keeping To It Boxtree UK (1994) 1st. Ed. F (21.5 x 14.5) 224 pages.
Illustrated by colour photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover. Topics include: Eating for health.
Assessing your fitness. Endurance programmes. Exercises for strength and flexibility.
Diagram Group --- The Complete Encyclopaedia of Exercises. Select and Vary Your Individual
Fitness Routine with this Illustrated Step by Step Guide to More than 350 Different Exercises
Paddington UK / USA (1979) 1st. Ed. F (28 x 21) 353 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Softback.
Full of exercises for different sports, ability, age, sex and interests.
Deborah Hutton [Editor] --- Vogue. Complete Diet and Exercise Book Club UK (1984) from
1st. Ed. 1984 VG (28.5 x 22) 248 pages. Illustrated by drawings and photographs. Hardback.
Without dustcover. What to eat with lots of exercises mostly for ladies.
Bob Anderson --- Stretching. For Everyday Fitness and for Running, Tennis, Racquetball, Cycling,
Swimming, Golf and Other Sports Shelter USA (1980) 1st. Ed. 1980 F (27.5 x 21.5) 194 pages.
Illustrated by line drawings.
Many different types of stretches given for all parts of the body. Softback. Spiral bound. ^
Thomas Dickey [Editor] --- The Trained Mind. Total Concentration Time-Life Holland (1988)
1st. Ed. F (26 x 20.5) 144 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs. Hardback.
No dustcover. Exercises for the body, moving meditation, relaxation, yoga. Healthy eating.
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Physical Culture and Training Methods
Ron Marchini and Leo Fong --- Power Training in Kung-Fu and Karate.
£ 3.50 Supplementary Exercises for Developing Explosive Power for Championship Form Ohara USA
(1979) from 1st. Ed. 1974 VG (22.5 x 15) Illustrated by photographs. 224 pages. Softback. ^
Back cover has some small holes. £ 6.50
£ 7.50 Robert Delmonteque --- Man's Common Sense. Guide to Physical Fitness Hippocrene USA
(1972) 1st. Ed. VG (24 x 16) 153 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover.
Has a few words underlined in ink. Keep fit exercises. Exercise for obese and elderly. Healthy foods.
Exercise for the heart patient. Aching back. Isometrics. £ 5.50
£ 7.50
Alan Fleet --- Physical Excellence Fleet UK (1980's?) 1st. Ed. F (21 x 14.5) 36 pages.
Illustrated by a drawings. Softback. Fitness and weight training. Including UK post. £ 2.00
£ 7.50 Brian Inglis --- The Book of the Back Ebury UK (1978) 1st. Ed. F (22 x 13.5)
192 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Hardback. With dustcover.
Where to seek help for back aches and pains: treatments from acupuncture to yoga. £ 4.00
Mrs Bagot Stack --- Building the Body Beautiful The Bagot Stack Stretch - and - Swing System
£ 6.50
Chapman & Hall UK (1936) 1st. Ed. VG (24.5 x 19) 71 pages plus 42 pages of photographs.
Hardback. No dustcover. Illustrated by photographs of the exercises. £15.50
John Anderson --- The Official Gladiators Training Programme. Shape Up to Play, Get Fit to Win
Vermillion UK (1995) M (24.5 x 19) 144 pages. Well illustrated by colour photographs. Softback.^ £ 1.50
£ 8.50
Ester Fairfax --- Help Yourself to Health. Exercises That Really Work for Men and Women
Leisure Circle UK (1978) 1st. Ed. VG (25 x 17.5) 128 pages
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 2.00
£ 5.50
Ken Sprague and Bill Reynolds --- The Gold's Gym. Book of Body Building Contemporary USA ^
(1983) 1st. Ed. VG (27.5 x 21.5) 310 pages. Softback. Bodybuilding techniques and personalities. £10.50
Ken Sprague and Bill Reynolds --- The Gold's Gym. Book of Body Building Contemporary USA ^
(1983) 1st. Ed. G (27.5 x 21.5) 310 pages. Softback. Bodybuilding techniques and personalities.
£ 5.00
Cover creased and some water damage to rear ages. £ 7.50
Joe Weider and others --- The Best of Joe Weider's Muscle and Fitness.
Building Arms for Mass and Power Contemporary USA (1983) 1st. Ed. G / VG
(27.5 x 21.5) 103 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Bodybuilding the arms. £ 5.50
£ 9.50
Alistair Murray --- Modern Weight Training. The Key to Physical Power Kaye and Ward UK /
Barnes USA (1978) from 1st. Ed. 1963 VG (21.5 x 14.5) 126 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings.
Hardback. With dustcover. Weight training techniques. £ 4.50
£ 8.50
Tony Lycholat --- Weight Training for Men. Thorsons UK (1985) from 1st. Ed. 1985 VG (20.5 x 13.5)
64 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Weight training exercises.
Writing on title page. Including UK postage. £ 2.50
£ 8.00 Joanna Hall --- The Exercise Bible. The Definitive Guide to Total Health and Wellbeing
Kyle Cathie UK (2002) 1st Ed. F (26.5 x 23.5) 256 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Practical exercise programmes for fitness levels, body shape, in the home,
at the gym, at work or in the car etc. Whole body health, the link between mind, body and spirit.
£ 6.50 Recipes and sample menus to boost energy. £11.50
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 Boxing, Wrestling and Fencing
John F. Gilbey --- Western Boxing and World Wrestling. Story and Practice North Atlantic USA
(1993) from 1st. Ed. 1986 F (23 x 15) 149 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Softback.
Episodes in the history of boxing and wrestling. £10.50
Alfred E. T. Watson and the Duke of Beauford [Editors] --- Fencing, Boxing, Wrestling.
[The Badminton Library] Longmans, Green and Company UK (1893) 3rd. Ed. from 1st. Ed. 1889 VG
Comprising of three book in one volume.
(1) Walter H. Pollock, F. C. Grove and Camille Provost --- Fencing
with a Bibliography of Fencing by Egerton Castle
(2) E. B. Michell --- Boxing
(3) Walter Armstrong --- Wrestling
(19 x 13.5) 304 pages. Illustrated by photographs and drawings. Hardback.
New fly pages added. Techniques of Boxing, Fencing and Wrestling. £47.50
Hard Men
Carl Merritt and Wensley Clarkson --- Fighting to the Death.
My Life in the World’s Deadliest Fight Game.
Enter the Cage with Me and Only One of Us Will Escape Alive Blake UK (2003) 1st. Ed.
NEW (24 x 16) 262 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Autobiography. Underground cage fighter.
Reginald Kray --- Villains. We Have Known N. K. UK (1993) 1st. Ed. VG (21 x 14.5) 88 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Short biographies of villains known to the Kray’s.
David Courtney --- Dave Courtney’s Heroes and Villains. Meet My Top Twenty Gangsters
Virgin UK (2005) 1st. Ed. NEW (29 x 23.5) 176 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
Characters, real and fictional who have influenced David’s Courtney’s life. Photographic book.
Peter Gerrard --- Lenny McLean. The Guv'nor. A Tribute Blake UK (2002) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 15.5)
256 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover - price clipped.
Charles Bronson and Stephen Richards --- Silent Scream. The Charles Bronson Story
Mirage UK (1999) 1st. Ed. G (23.5 x 15.5) 212 pages. Illustrated by photographs.
Hardback. With dustcover. Good because a page containing book adverts has been cut out from
rear of the book otherwise the book is fine.
Billy Cribb --- Tarmac Warrior. The Violent world of Extreme Fighting Mainstream Publishing UK
(2001) 1st. Ed. VG (24 x 16) 240 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback.
With dustcover. The secret world of bare knuckle fighting.
Magazine
WARRIORS DREAMS Issue No. 2 NEW
Contains an interview with Roy Shaw by Graham Noble £ 1.50 plus 50p UK postage.
Submission Fighting
Ken Shamrock and Richard Hanner --- Inside the Lion's Den. The Life and Submission Fighting
System of Ken Shamrock Tuttle Japan / USA (1997) 1st. Ed. F (23 x 15) 211 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Autobiography and submission fighting techniques.
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Hard Men
Lenny Mc Lean with Peter Gerrard --- The Gov'nor Blake UK (1998)
1st. Ed. but 2nd. printing M (24 x 15.5) 226 pages. Illustrated by photographs. (1) M £ 9.50
Hardback. With dustcover. Lenny McLean - bare-knuckle fighter. (2) F but writing on fly page. £ 7.50
Roy Shaw with Kate Kray --- Prettyboy Blake UK (1999) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 15.5) 218 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. Lenny McLean - bare-knuckle fighter. £ 8.50
Roy Shaw with Kate Kray --- Prettyboy Blake UK (1999) 1st. Ed. VG (24 x 15.5) 218 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. Without dustcover. Lenny McLean - bare-knuckle fighter. £ 5.50
Nosher Powell with William Hall --- Nosher. Blake UK (1999) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 15.5) 291 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. Boxer, bouncer, minder, stunt man.
(1) M £ 9.50 (2) VG £ 6.50
Laurie O'Leary --- Ronnie Kray. A Man Among Men Headline UK (2001) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 15.5)
280 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 9.50
Carton Leach with Mike Fielder--- Muscle Blake UK (2002) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 15.5) 226 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. London hard man. £ 9.50
£ 4.99 Kate Kray --- Hard Bastards Blake UK (2000) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 15.5) 252 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. Stories of 24 hard men such as Roy Shaw,
Johnny Adair, Vic Dark, John Daniels, Cornish Mick, Charie Bronson, Freddie Foreman, Glen Ross etc. £ 8.50
£ 2.50
Charles Bronson with Robin Ackroyd --- Bronson Blake UK (2000) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 15.5)
353 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 9.50
£ 8.50 Craig Goldman --- Natural Born Fighters. The Real Fight Club. Inside the Violent Underground
of Bare - Knuckle Fighters, Unlicensed Boxers and No Holds Barred Gladiators
Mainstream UK (2002) 1st. Ed. (24 x 18) 191 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs.
£ 8.50 Hardback. With dustcover. (1) NEW £10.50 (2) VG £ 6.50
Charles Bronson and Stephen Richards --- Legends Volume 1 Mirage UK (2003) 1st. Ed. M
(23 x 15) 324 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback.
A "Who's Who" of the criminal underworld. £ 4.50
£ 5.50
Mark Brandon Read --- Chopper Blake UK (2001) 1st. Ed. F (24 x 15.5) 245 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover with price clipped. Streetfighter etc. £ 8.50
£ 5.50 Mark Brandon Read --- Chopper Blake UK (2002) from 1st. Ed. 2001 VG (19.5 x 13) 282 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Streetfighter etc. £ 3.00
Joe Lee and Rita Smith with Peter Gerrard --- Inside the Kray Family. The Twins' Cousins tell
Their Story for the first Time Carlton UK (2001) 1st. Ed. M (24 x 16) 256 pages.
Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover. £ 9.50
Valerie McLean and Peter Gerrard --- Married To the Guv'nor Sidgwick and Jackson UK (2003)
1st. Ed. F (24 x 16) 314 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Hardback. With dustcover.
Valerie McLean watches Lenny McLean fight for money, from the early bouts in fairground booths and
gypsy camps to the famous 'third' fight with Roy Shaw. £ 8.50
£ 9.50
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 Rare Books Reprinted by Combat Arts Archive
Spiral Bound. Printed to Order Books.
Boxing
BOX TO WIN by S. K. Vorres
First published in 1931. Boxing techniques and training methods
shown in detail. A comprehensive classic boxing instructional book.
121 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Spiral bound. Softback. £15.50
THE SCIENCE OF BOXING. Rules and Articles on Training.
Generalship in the Ring and Kindred Subjects by Mike Donovan.
A rare boxing manual first published in 1893 containing 70 instructional
photographs that feature Professor Mike Donovan. The book has been
reformatted with the script and photographs placed in sequence for
easier reading.
54 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Spiral bound. Softback. £12.50
HOW TO BOX.
LARRY FOLEY’S METHOD AND THE STORY OF HIS
WORLD FAMOUS PUPIL “GRIFFO” by Dick O’Farrell
First published in 1944. Larry Foley’s boxing methods, an Australian
boxer of the 1880’s.
Part 1. Reminiscences of Larry Foley
Part 2. How to Box. The Science as Taught by Larry Foley. Boxing
techniques and training methods.
Part 3. Two Great Fights.
[Larry Foley v Abe Hickman, Jem Mace v Sam Hurst “Griffo”.
51 pages. Illustrated by drawings with a few photographs.
Spiral bound. Softback. £ 5.50
PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SELF DEFENCE
by Robert Fitzsimmons.
First published in 1901. Basic keep fit and boxing techniques and
training methods shown by Bob Fitzimmons.
175 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Spiral bound. Softback. £17.50
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NEW BOOKS
Boxing
R. Michael Onello ---
BOXING. ADVANCED TACTICS AND STRATERGIES.
A collection of drills, tips, exercises and strategies for the novice boxer. Ring tactics include hitting
with movement, blocks, slips, feints, draws and punch variations. Offence, defence, punch progression
and shadow sparring drills are includes. Conditioning exercises and ring generalship.
139 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Turtle Press. USA. £ 9.99
Bohun Lynch --- KNUCKLES AND GLOVES. [Reprint]
Knuckles and Gloves, first published in 1923, covers this fascinating era in the history of boxing,
the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Describing in a number of legendary bouts in chronological order,
Bohun Lynch gives an examination of the period when the sport transitioned from the use of bare fists to
gloves, as well as snapshots of the great fighters of the day. Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Robert
Fitzsimmons and James Corbett are all familiar names to modern boxing fans, but here you will also
read about Frank Slavin, Jem Belcher, Tom Spring, Tom Sayers and other early combatants of the ring.
Lynch's commentary about the development of boxing during this important period makes Knuckles and
Gloves a thoroughly enjoyable read for any enthusiast of the sport. Bohun Lynch observes, "There was a
delightful simplicity about the old boxing matches." The men fought to the finish, that is, when one failed
to meet his opponent in the centre of the ring. A round ended with a knockdown or a fall from wrestling,
and only thirty seconds were allowed for rest and recovery.
252 pages. Illustrated by a few photographs and prints. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £25.99
[Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief Naval Operations, U. S. Navy] --- BOXING
“Boxing” originally published in 1943, was compiled by boxing champions and coaches to teach
World War II cadets to box, take a punch and fight back calmly. It is a classic boxing book and
still remains one of the best presented and informative boxing texts on boxing technique ever written.
286 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. [Reprint.] £ 21.50
Dick Johnson [Illustrated by Teresa Brunton] ---
BARE FIST FIGHTERS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH. CENTURY. 1704 – 1861.
The life and times of legendary characters like Bendigo, Ben Caunt, Jack Broughton, Tom Sayers,
James Figg and Bill Perry, the Tipton Slasher.
165 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Hardback. Book Guild. UK. £ 9.50
Robert Mee --- BARE FISTS. A World of Violence Where Only the Brutal Survive.
A look at the world of bare knuckle prize fighting of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Jem Belcher,
Henry Pearce, John Gulley and Tom Cribb, etc. The book also examines the arrival of “underground”
fighters like Lenny McLean and Roy Shaw in the 1970’s and the development of the Ultimate Fighting
Championships.
241 pages. Illustrated by a drawings and photographs. Collins Willow. UK. Hardback. £ 4.99
Ronald Wharton --- FIGHTING MEN OF THE NORTH
The story of boxing in the North East of England. Starting with Will Curley, George Chrisp and Jack
Palmer fighting in Newcastle and Gateshead. Then leading to the First World War with Spike Robson of
North Shields and Johnny Summers of Middlesbrough. The thirties with Benny Sharkey and Jack Casey.
Hartlepool after 1945 where Jack London and Teddy Gardner Became British champions.
Lately Billy Hardy and Glen McGrory.
160 pages. Illustrated by a photographs. Tempus. UK. Softback. £ 6.99
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Terry McGovern, James Corbett, J. Gardner Smith, Gus E. Keeley and Artie R. Keeley ---
HOW TO BOX. [Reprint]
Collected from a series of boxing articles in the New York Evening World, this reprint is four books in one:
"How to Box to Win” by Terry McGovern. A fearless bantam and featherweight champion who was
one of the first boxers to use persistent body blows to set up an opponent for a knockout.
"How to Build Muscle” by James “Gentleman Jim” Corbett. Widely considered of the best
heavyweights of all time, Corbett was the perfect blend of brain, brawn, speed and science, and is
credited with innovating the counter punch, the feint, defensive tactics and fast footwork.
"How to Breathe, Stand, Walk, or Run” by J. Gardner Smith. A medical doctor and early
proponent of using YMCA boxing gyms to develop strong leaders.
"How to Punch the Bag” by G. E. and A. R. Keeley. Self taught “Champion bag punchers of the world”.
How to Box originally appeared in 1899 and was regularly reprinted throughout the next three decades.
The advice it offers on boxing, muscle development, nutrition and fitness and punching reflects the
training practices adhered to by the great boxers of the early twentieth century. How boxing champions
of the past trained to make themselves strong, quick and accurate so they could take on all comers and win.
192 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £11.50
Dick Johnson --- THE BARE – KNUCKLERS. The book is of the early, brutal days of bare - knuckle
fighting. Includes sections on Jack Broughton, Dan Medoza, Dan Donnelly, Jem Ward, Tom Molineaux,
Nat Langham as well as a section on Irish born fighters.
202 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Softback. D. Johnson. UK. £ 7.50
BOXING. Complete Illustrated Instructions in the Art of Self Defence. [Reprint]
Reprinted from Spalding’s Athletic Library, this 1929 textbook provides expert instruction in attack
and defence, including lessons as the art of judging distance, protecting the stomach without blocking
and achieving a variety of knockout blows. More than fifty period photographs demonstrate key techniques.
190 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press USA. Softback. £11.50
Medical
Michael Kelly [Dr.] --- FIGHT MEDICINE.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Combat Sports Injuries for Boxing, Wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts.
“Fight Medicine” explains what medical professionals, fighters, trainers and managers need to know about
diagnosing and treating combat sports injuries. Injured boxers, wrestlers and mixed martial artists who
ignore injuries or fail to seek health care often pay for it with pain, frustration and lost training time.
Fighters require specialized medical care from appropriately trained medical professionals.
Dr. Kelly has packed “Fight Medicine” with information on the diagnosis and treatment of a wide array
of injuries and ailments suffered by fighters, including bone, joint and soft tissue injuries, neurological
and cardiac conditions, pulmonary conditions and infectious diseases.
274 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £12.99
Trish Bare Grounds [PhD.] --- [Second Edition]
BARE ESSENTIALS GUIDE FOR MARTIAL ARTS INJURY CARE AND PREVENTION.
This book is a reference for martial arts athletes, coaches and instructors. Written in easy to understand
language, the guide addresses important self care issues for the martial arts athlete including: Stretching:
Over fifty exercises for building flexibility, preventing common injuries and rehabilitation; Conditioning.
Weight training. Running. Strengthening. Resistive bands. Total Gym. Exercise ball. Nutrition.
Step-by-step instructions, including photographs, for taping techniques: ankles, feet, toes, shins, knees,
elbows, hip, fingers, and hands. Self-care: Ice vs. heat, identifying serious injuries, caring for minor injuries.
Safety in training and competition. Tips on coping with: Blisters; Ankle Injuries; Back Pain; Knee Injuries;
Groin Pulls; Shin Splints; Dehydration; Athlete's Foot; Asthma; Concussions; Head Injuries; Bruises and
Swelling; Lacerations; Facial Injuries; Hyperextensions; Chronic Injuries; Emergencies.
383 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Turtle Press. USA. Softback. £17.50
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Wrestling
Mark S. Hewitt ---
CATCH WRESTLING. A Wild and Wooly Look at the Early Days of Pro Wrestling in America.
Deeply rooted in the Lancashire district of England, catch wrestling made its way to North America in the late
nineteenth century. The anything-goes, no-holds-barred European import merged with the rough-and-tumble
fighting of the American frontier to spawn one of the most lethal fighting arts, North American catch-as-catch-
can wrestling. The book chronicles the exploits of an elite group of wrestlers who could, and often did, really
put their lives and reputations on the line. Tigerman John Pesek, Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Farmer Burns, Frank
Gotch, Charles Olsen and Ad Santel are just a handful of the authentic grapplers in this book who took on all
comers in packed arenas, carnivals, circuses, county fairs, vaudeville theatres and dirt lots all across America.
Mark Hewitt, describes in detail the bone-breaking locks, brutal submission holds, strangleholds and deadly
moves that characterized this sport. Not all the action was on the mat, however, and Hewitt explains how the
private side bets by fighters, managers, promoters and the audience contributed to the degeneration of
professional wrestling from sport to spectacle. The book also contains chapters on mixed matches featuring
wrestlers, boxers and jiu-jitsu practitioners; a superb collection of old photos, posters and ads from wrestling’s
glory days; and forewords by old-time catch wrestler Dick Cardinal and modern no-holds-barred grappler Mark
Hatmaker. Find out why catch wrestling, which is now enjoying a resurgence as a realistic self-defence system,
is referred to as “America’s martial art” in this meticulously researched, colourfully recounted history of the
wild-and-wooly early days of professional wrestling.
296 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £ 12.95
Archie Potts ---
HEADLOCKS AND HANDBAGS. WRESTLING AT NEW ST. JAMES’S HALL.
Headlocks and Handbags is an account of wrestling at New St. James's Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Hall
was a purpose built boxing stadium opened in May 1930. However in the Spring of 1931 the Hall was also
used to stage all-in wrestling bouts and these promotions continued until January 1968 when St. James was
converted into a bingo hall. Many of wrestling’s most colourful figures appeared at the Hall. In the 1930’s
and 40’s there were skilful wrestlers such as Dave Armstrong and Vic Hesselle, alongside the villainous
Jack Pye and the mysterious Blue Mask, followed in the 1950’s by the television personalities Jackie Pallo,
Mick McManus, Steve Logan and Kendo Nagasaki. World wrestling champions Jack Sherry, Lou Thesz
and Primo Carnera fought at the Hall in their time. Local historian Archie Potts tells the story of wrestling at
the stadium in Gallowgate, and recalls the wrestlers who provided many evenings of colour and excitement.
80 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Back Cat Publications. UK Softback. £ 4.50
George Hackenschmidt --- COMPLETE SCIENCE OF WRESTLING by [Reprint.]
George Hackenschmidt was one of a group of illustrious “strongmen” who dominated the rough world of
professional wrestling at the turn of the century. Originally published in 1909, the text provides an in-depth
discussion of many of the moves that Hackenschmidt applied so effectively to overpower opponents throughout
his renowned career. Strangleholds, leg holds, arm rolls, nelsons, hammerlocks and many more. Variations on
the techniques, escapes from common problems and photographs illustrating key points make this a complete
wrestling tutorial from one of the sport’s greatest practitioners.
156 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £12.99
D. H. Luijendjik --- ZOOR KHANE. History and Techniques of the Ancient Martial Art of Iran.
Iranian soldiers of the past traditionally honed their famed physical strength and combat techniques by
practicing zoor khane, a comprehensive martial system with training exercises designed to develop the power
and agility needed for fighting with the sword, bow and arrow, club and shield. Though its origins are shrouded
in mystery and legend, zoor khane is perhaps among the oldest extant martial arts in the world. In this book,
D. H. Luijendijk, uses photographs of each technique to transport the reader into a traditional training hall of
zoor khane, revealing the age old knowledge of this revered art. He also examines the vital link between zoor
khane and wrestling, which has always been an important part of the Iranian martial arts.
128 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £ 10.50
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Guy Jaouen and Matthew Bennett Nichols --- CELTIC WRESTLING. THE
JACKET STYLES.
History of an Old Sport. Techniques of Breton and Cornish Wrestling. Winners
1928-2006.
The book is divided into three parts:- 1. Historical 2. Technical
3. The list of winners of the Celtic wrestling championships for the years 1928-2006.
The historical section is a well researched and highly informative section into Celtic
Jacket Wrestling. The literature cited in this research spans more than five hundred
years of European literary history with photographs and illustrations from the old
texts. Much new information is given.
The technical section of the book treats the two cousin styles, Cornish wrestling and Gouren, as styles with
common roots and this section can be used to learn both styles. The Breton jacket is used in all of the
photographs but the contemporary Cornish jacket could easily have been substituted. The techniques contained
in this book constitute only the core techniques found in Cornish - Breton wrestling. Lastly, the book records
the winners of the Celtic wrestling championships. The book is highly recommended and will become a classic
text.
184 pages. Illustrated by photographs. FILA France. Softback. £12.95
U.S. Naval Institute --- WRESTLING. [Reprint] [Revised]
The U.S. Naval Aviation V-5 Physical Training Manuals were published during World War II to
provide the best standardized instruction in wrestling, boxing, hand to hand combat, physical
conditioning to men training to be combat pilots. “Wrestling” represented the results of years of study,
research and coaching by the best wrestling minds the USA. Champion wrestlers from all levels tested
all the techniques and only those that proved to be feasible and fundamentally sound were included in
this manual. All techniques are described and illustrated in clear, step by step detail.
183 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £18.99
Ned Beaumont --- KILL-AS-CATCH-CAN. Wrestling Skills for Streetfighting.
Sure, you know how to punch and kick, but how well can you fight at shorter range? Can you defend
yourself when the fight turns to grappling? When both you and your opponent are rolling around and
wrestling on the barroom floor, are you confident that you can win the fight? If you doubt your chances
at close quarters, then you are not prepared for the reality of street fighting. That's because, as Ned
Beaumont points out here, in the real world, fights frequently begin with or turn into bouts of wrestling,
and the antagonist with the greater expertise in wrestling is most often the victor. The truly tough
customer is the person who thoroughly conditions himself, diligently studies and practices wrestling
holds and techniques, and then makes full use of them in rough-and-tumble situations.
200 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Breakout Productions. USA. Softback. £11.95
Guy Jaquen and Henry Beon ---
GOUREN. BRETON AND CELTIC WRESTLING. The Basic Throws of Breton Wrestling.
Some history and basic throws illustrated.
80 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Softback. Federation of Gouren France £ 4.50
Earle Liederman --- SCIENCE OF WRESTLING AND THE ART OF JIU JITSU. [Reprint]
American strength training pioneer Earle Liederman published this book on grappling for competition
and self defence in 1923. It covers catch-as-catch-can wrestling moves including head locks, arm bars,
leg dives, trips, nelsons, grapevines, scissor holds etc. as well as Ju Jutsu self defence methods.
223 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin Press. USA Softback. £18.95
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Wrestling
Mike Chapman --- LIFE AND LEGACY OF FRANK GOTCH.
King of the Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestlers. “The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch”
chronicles Gotch’s rise to the pinnacle of the wrestling world before his death in 1917.
It provides details about his earliest matches, his trip to Alaska to hone his wrestling
skills, his training under Farmer Burns, his contests with the Tom Jenkins and his
two epic bouts against the “Russian Lion”, George Hackenschmidt. Mike Chapman
offers intriguing speculation about how Gotch may have matched up against
some of the other top wrestlers of all time, and he has unearthed fascinating
accounts from wrestling legends, promoters and sports writers, during and after
the Gotch era, who all weigh in on why Gotch was the greatest of them all.
Close to eighty photographs, many of which are being published for the first
time in nearly a century, round out this portrait of one of the most influential figures in the history
of professional wrestling. 161 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Paladin USA. Softback. £12.99
Randy Couture, Erich Krauss, Glen Cordoza --- WRESTLING FOR FIGHTING. The Natural Way.
Wrestling techniques for mixed martial arts. Includes basic take downs, basic tie ups, controls, sprawling,
Greco Roman wrestling including takedowns, arm drags, body locks head locks and arm throws.
Wrestling for fighting section includes closing the distance, the clinch, cage tactics, ground tactic
and submissions. Clear colour photographs with detailed descriptions.
214 pages. Illustrated by colour photographs. Victory Belt USA. Softback. £19.99
Steven Scott --- CHAMPIONSHIP SAMBO. Submission Holds and Ground Fighting.
Sambo is a Russian style of wrestling that emphasises practical submission holds. Steven Scott teaches the
fundamental holds, breakdowns, arm locks and leg locks of the sport of Sambo. Techniques for breaking
down an opponent from a stable to an unstable position so to can apply a hold or submission technique.
The most practical holds for controlling an opponent and setting up an arm lock or leg lock to finish him off.
Twenty two arm locks. Ten ankle and knee locks that have a high rate of success in finishing a match.
159 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Turtle Press. USA. Softback. £12.99
Henry A. Stone --- WRESTLING. Intercollegiate and Olympics.
Reprint from 1st. Ed. 1939 Classic textbook on wrestling techniques. Standing techniques and ground work.
323 pages. Illustrated by photographs. Kessinger USA. Softback.. £16.99
WRESTLE TO WIN. [VOL UME 1] by S. K. Vorres.
First published in 1930. the first part of “Wrestle to Win” by S. K. Vorres
Wrestling techniques and training methods. A comprehensive classic wrestling instructional book.
145 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Spiral bound. Softback. £15.50
European Martial Arts
R. C. Allanson - Winn and C. Phillipps – Wolley --- BROADSWORD AND SINGLESTICK
With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking Stick, Umbrella,
and Other Weapons of Self Defence. [Reprint.]
Published in England in 1890, this book is an early book to discuss the use of everyday items as
weapons of self defence for, in the words of the authors, “those ‘tight places’ where men care
nothing for rules, but only want to make the most out of that weapon which the chance of the
moment has put into their hands.” The book contains many useful insights into effective training
in armed combat and how such training relates to real world self defence.
122 pages. Illustrated by drawings. Paladin Press. USA. Softback. £10.50
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