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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribners, 1964. EX-LIBRARY copy with card pocket and library stamps. Jacket has taped reinforcements at spine top & bottom.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/EX-LIBRARY/Good/Ex-Library. Illus. by Photographs.

USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. Charles Scribner's Sons 1964 First Edition NAP Good+/Very Good DJ Ex-library with usual markings o/w VG, Bright dust jacket protected in clear dust jacket cover. Four bright photo illustrated sections. 245 pages with index. Size: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches.. First Edition NAP. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good DJ.

London: Macmillan, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Firts printing. Hardcover. 245 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. A tight, fine example in lightly rubbed dust jacket. A rather scarce, British biography of late 19th-early 20th century bare-knuckled heavyweight boxing legend Jack Johnson. Born in Galveston, Johnson rose to prominence in the in the brutal turn of the century prize fighting world, securing the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908. Challenged again in 1910, he defeated Jim Jefferies. Johnson was a colorful, but often controversial figure, married four times (three of his wives were white), outspoken, and notorious. He was a fugitive from justice from 1913 to 1920.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 245pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Owner information on the front free endpaper else near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, shallow chips, and tears.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. DJ in archival cover owner embossed stamp. A-2.64[H] . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1974.

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… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, ( 1964). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 16 photogravures. Octavo, 245pp.; gray cloth; dj extremities lightly scuffed. "This book's importance goes far beyond a simple retelling of how this man won the heavyweight championship, misused it, and finally lost it -Bruce Catton." 16 photogravures.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 246 pages, chipping to edge of dust jacket..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographic Plates. A clean, tight copy in a Mylar jacket cover. Price clipped.

London.: Macmillan. , 1964.. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. 1st. Hardcover. 245 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light chipping on dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 2233350

London: Macmillan Company. Clipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1964.