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London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, front cover scroll device lettered in gilt. Very good in fine full red morocco pull-off case by Riviere & Son. 108 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Twelve hand-colored etched plates, the design and etching by Henry Alken, the aquatint by E. Duncan. Apperley had been… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Fine. 246 pages, 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs. A history of the sport. Laid-in a complimentary review copy to Frank Mastro boxing reporter for the Chicago Tribune. 1930-1969.

Stockholm: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Quarter white canvas, beige boards decorated with fish motifs. Teg. Fine in very good backstrip darkened slipcase. Berg, Yngre. 207 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 3 of 1500 signed by Yngre Berg, printed on rag paper by P.A. Norstedt & Soner. Full page black and white lithographs of an early… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black illustrated cloth. Near fine. 303 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs and prints. Appendix of Boxing Rules. Glossary. Index.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white spine lettered in red and dark gray boards. Near fine in worn and chipped dust wrapper. 375 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Signed presentation copy by Graziano "To Frank Mastro the swell fellow" in blue ink. Frank Mastro boxed before he became a boxing reporter for the… Read more about this item

London: Vernor, Hood, And Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme; J. Walker; And J. Harris, 1809. Hardcover. Three quarter black morocco, dark purple cloth. Near fine. 140 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Twenty-nine hand colored engravings by Thomas Rowlandson. Not in ABBEY LIFE or TOOLEY. Originally published, London, 1788 with Bunbury's illustrations. He was a contemporary of Gillray… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1931. First American Trade Edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper with a nick at lower front and head of spine. Rackham, Arthur. 224 pages. 24.5 x 19 cm. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and numerous in text woodcuts. Printed in the UK for the American… Read more about this item

London: William Pickering, 1825. Hardcover. Contemporary brown cloth. Very good. 314 (4) pages. 9.5 x 6 cm. Miniature book. Original spine paper label chipped with loss. Interior contents clean, illustrated with occasional wood engravings.

London: Hannah Humphrey, 1782. Wraps. Near fine. Gillray, James. 27 x 39 cm. Etching with hand coloring on wove paper. Figure with wolf's head says: "Gentleman the Bank is mine. & I will open every Night at the same hour." Chair inscriptions read "John Shuffler" and Sir Grey Parolle quips, "I want a new Master." Most of the… Read more about this item

London: William Pickering, 1836. leather_bound. Contemporary dark green morocco, double gilt cover border panels, gilt paneled raised bands. Aeg. Near fine. 3 Vols. (ccxii) 436 pages (16 pp. Index at rear). 27 x 18 cm. Large Paper copy of the first Nicholas Edition, half titles, titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved head pieces, illustrated throughout, and… Read more about this item

Boston & Cambridge: Pressed Wafer & Kat Ran Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. striated cloth, spine lettered in silver. Fine. Shook, Melissa. 30 pages. 18.5 x 23 cm. Limited edition, one of 45 copies signed in pencil by Melissa Shook, and hand bound by Sarah Creighton and designed by the author. Design and typography by Michael Russem.… Read more about this item

London: Hannah Humphrey, 1810. Wraps. Very good. Gillray, James. 51.5 x 39 cm. Etching with hand coloring on wove paper. "A fantastic scene in Oxford representing Grenville's installation as Chancellor, which took place at Commemoration, 3 July 1810. Grenville rises in a balloon above a vast applauding crowd; his inflated and spherical posterior fits into the shallow bowl… Read more about this item

London: Hannah Humphrey, 1803. Wraps. Near Fine. Gillray, James. 35.5 x 25 cm. Hand colored etching and aquatint. Clean, bright copy with ink number at lower left margin. The Duke of Bedford [Identified in the House of Lords Gillray Collection as Mr Norton.] stands directed to the right., his head in profile, on a mound watching a race.… Read more about this item

London: Hannah Humphrey, 1796. Wraps. Very good. Gillray, James. 40 x 28 cm. Hand colored etching. Note below standing figures, " Cure for Gambling Published by Lord Kenyon in the Court of Kings Bench on May 9th 1796." Lord Kenyon was considered an excellent judge who suffered from an "excess of zeal" in moral issues. Gaming was very… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Three quarter green calf, marbled boards and matching endpapers, spines uniformly faded to brown. Teg. Near fine. 2 Vols. 465 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 111 of 150. 15 "Embellishments," full page tipped-in plates with tissue guards. 74 engravings on wood. General Index. Fresh, clean copy. Raised bands,… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 529 pages. 24.5 x 17 cm. First trade edition with Scribner seal verso of title pages. Illustrated from photographs (all with lettered tissue guards) by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip P. Goodwin. Appendices.… Read more about this item

London: Printed For R. Hunter, 1816. Second edition. leather_bound. Full tan calf, Very good. 324 (22, Index) pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Hand colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson, and five black and white engraved plates. Signed presentation copy on title page: "Presented by the author, Lt. Col and author, to F.W. Kalkbrenner, Esq., in testimony of… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. First edition. leather_bound. Period full brown calf. Teg. Very good. 132 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. Half title, frontispiece and 15 hand-colored plates after Rowlandson. Early, scarce work of Rowlandson. TOOLEY 407. Armorial bookplate, inner dentelles, chipping front endpaper fore-edge, plates clean, text generally bright, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, triple gilt border… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap, 1931. Hardcover. Orig. paneled and lettered vellum. Teg. Near fine. Rackham, Arthur. 224 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Limited edition copy 643 of 750, signed by Rackham. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, 25 black and white illustrations, and pictorial endpapers in cream and brown. The signed, limited editions were in great… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. New Edition, Revised and Corrected. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked, leather spine labels printed in gilt. Very good. 2 vols. 306, 323 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Five plates and twelve vignettes. The UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, said, "If a brilliant fancy, a warm imagination, deep knowledge of the world, consummate insight into character, constitute… Read more about this item