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Boxing Books. Good selection of older boxing books ‘Pugilistica’. The History of British Boxing. Henry Downes Miles. Edinburgh 1906. Volumes 1, 2 & 3. Mixed original decorative covers. Plus a duplicate Volume 3 in poor condition. Also ‘Gladiators of the Prize Ring or Pugilists of America’. Billy Edwards 1895, hardback edition and the 1894 edition with bindings in poor condition, ‘Fights for the Championship’. F. Henning. London circa 1900. Volumes 1 & 2, ‘Boxing in... View full lot details

Boxing Books. Good selection of older boxing books including ‘Round by Round. Jack Dempsey 1940, ‘The Roar of the Crowd’. James. J. Corbett 1926 (2 copies), F. Henning. London circa 1900. Volumes 1 & 2, ‘The Art of Boxing’. Georges Carpentier. 1926, ‘Boxing in Art and Literature’ Edited by William D. Cox 1935 etc. Mixed condition, faults to odd books otherwise in good condition. Qty 36... View full lot details

American boxing Books. Good selection of titles including ‘’The Magnificent Rube, Charles Samuels 1957, ‘Gloves, Glory and God’ Henry Armstrong 1956, ‘Fighting Blacksmith’. Gilbert Odd 1976, ‘The Jacobs Story’. Daniel M. Daniel 1950 etc. Odd American sporting including ‘Annals of The Olympic Club May 6th 1860 to August 6th 1914’. Edited by Theodore Bonnet, baseball etc. Mixed condition, faults to odd books and to dustwrappers otherwise in good condition. Qty 25... View full lot details

The Ring Magazine’ 1936 to 1978. Individual issue for February 1936 to January 1937, February 1947 to January 1949, May 1955 to April 1956, May 1957 to April 1958, May 1950 to June 1962, February 1977 to January 1978. Plus record book 1948 and 1954. Odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Boxing Books. Good selection of modern titles including some coffee table larger books, some biographies including many published in America, odd foreign language books etc. Books include ‘Muhammad Ali in perspective’. Thomas Hauser 1996, ‘Lennox Lewis. Autobiography’. Joe Steeples 1993, The Greatest. My Own Story. Muhammad Ali’. With Richard Durham. 1975, ‘Fight Town’ Les Vegas’. Tim Dahlberg 2004, ‘The Pictorial History of Boxing’. Peter Arnold 1988, Boxing’s Greatest Middleweights’ S. De Cristofaro. 1982, Leroy Neiman.... View full lot details

Jack Petersen. British and Empire (Commonwealth) Heavyweight Champion 1930s. Large original mono studio photograph of Peterson in boxing pose wearing his Lonsdale Belt. Nicely and boldly signed in gold ink by Peterson. Photographer’s signature in pencil to lower right corner for Chas. H. Farmer of Barry. The photograph measures 11”x14”, framed and glazed, overall 14.5”x18”. Slight wear and soiling to extremities, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Signed boxing photographs 1930s onwards. A good selection of sixty original promotional cards, photographs etc. of boxers, the majority signed by the featured fighter. Earlier signatures include Paddy Roche, Willie Hamilton, Sammy McCarthy, Wally Swift, Johnny Pritchett, Ronny Clayton, Henry Cooper etc. Others include Horace Notice, Frank Bruno (3 different), Henry Akinwande, Pat Cowdell, Lennox Lewis, Herbie Hide, Colin Jones, Pat Clinton, Steve Robinson, Mo Hussein, Chris Eubank, Charlie Magri, Duke McKenzie, Terry Marsh, Terry... View full lot details

Signed boxing commemorative covers 1990-1992. An ‘Official Inaugural Induction Cover’ dated stamped Induction Station, Canastota, New York 10th June 1990, signed by Ike Williams. Also three numbered ‘International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Induction Day Covers’, Canastota 7th June 1992, no. 482 signed by Max Schmeling, and nos. 1305 & 1407 both signed by Lou Ambers. Very good condition. Qty 4.... View full lot details

Gus Lesnovich v. Freddie Mills. 1948. Official programme for the Light-Heavyweight Championship of the World. Held at White City Stadium on 26th July 1948. Match results neatly annotated in ink to one page. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details