Famous Price Fights; Or Epics of "The Fancy
by FARNOL, Jeffery
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1928. First Edition. Good. Hardcover : pp. [i-iv] v-xii [1-2] 3-260 : 24 pages of plates : Red cloth covered boards with embossed border and lettering in gilt : Gilt lettering on spine.
Corners of boards slightly pushed : Remnant of previous owner's book plate on paste down : Text block toned. "Within these pages I have tried to recall vivid moments of a past age, to glimpse a vision of these old fighters who pounded each ther so heartily in an era so much simpler, in many ways, than this day of ours, and to give some hint of their various methods and personalities". (p.v).
Corners of boards slightly pushed : Remnant of previous owner's book plate on paste down : Text block toned. "Within these pages I have tried to recall vivid moments of a past age, to glimpse a vision of these old fighters who pounded each ther so heartily in an era so much simpler, in many ways, than this day of ours, and to give some hint of their various methods and personalities". (p.v).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1555
- Title
- Famous Price Fights; Or Epics of "The Fancy
- Author
- FARNOL, Jeffery
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Booxing, fist fighting; marital art
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Archives Fine Books
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Brisbane, Queensland
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Archives Fine Books has been serving readers, collectors and institutions since 1985. Located in a heritage listed building in the heart of Brisbane's business district, it boasts a large inventory of fine second hand, collectible and rare books.
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