Black Champion: The Life and Times of Jack Johnson
by Farr, Finis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-/G+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Scribners, 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-/G+. Written by "boxing's most authoritative historian,'' this is the definitive biography of John Arthur Johnson, the first Black man to win the world's heavyweight championship. In 245 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos. A First Edition, first printing, from 1964, this hardcover 8vo has soft gray cloth-covered boards stamped with red lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean save for some tiny spots to outside bottom page edges & a light soiled spot to bottom of front board. Binding straight & strong, pages creamy white but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG-/Good+, with minor rubbing to extremities & a triangular tear to front cover through last word in title; else bright & colorful & nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021901
- Title
- Black Champion: The Life and Times of Jack Johnson
- Author
- Farr, Finis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-/G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN BOXERS BOXING PUGILIST
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Sports & Fitness; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / African/Black Americans;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Rubbing
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