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Fighter in a Naphtha Ring
by Samuel Goldberg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Carlton Press, Inc, 1967. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE BOXING MEMOIR: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY SAMUEL GOLDBERG (FORMERLY "YOUNG MCGOWAN", THE LEADING JEWISH LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHTER OF THE TEENS) TO JACK AMIEL, OWNER OF THE 1951 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER "COUNT TURF". A solid copy to boot of the 1967 1st --and almost certainly only-- edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the panel edges and at the spine ends. Octavo, 255 pgs. Very uncommon autobiography of larger-than-life Samuel Goldberg (1892-1980). Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10921
- Title
- Fighter in a Naphtha Ring
- Author
- Samuel Goldberg
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carlton Press, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- rare Judaica, rare boxing, rare autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Americana; Judaica;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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