This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2013
Offered is a lot of approximately 2,400 auction catalogs/price guides/newsletters and 800 books for an estimated total of 3,200 periodicals highlighting the sport of boxing. Featured in the lot is books and other periodicals dating back from the early 1900’s to the present day.
Some of the books featured in the lot include: a 1914 Meine Methode Des Boxens featuring Georges Carpentier, a 1927 book on Boxing by D.C. Hutchison, a 1936 Joe Louis book autographed on the inside by author Edward Van Every, a 1949 The Heavyweight Championship, An Informal History of Heavyweight Boxing from 1719 to the Present Day, 1954 Joe Williams TV Boxing Book, 1960 The Olympics, signed by author John Grombach, a 1961 Mickey Walker, The Toy Bulldog and His Times book, a 1965 paperback copy of Cassius Clay, A No Holds Barred Biography of Boxing’s Most Controversial Champion, 1971 Bucks and Brusiers, Pierce Egan and Regency England, 1972 The Legendary Chamions featuring John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, 1974 Fighter Lady, Bev Will, The Woman Who Changed The Face of Australian Boxing, 1975 A Pictoral History of Boxing, 1976 book titled The Iron Man, a 1980 Peter Corris Lords of the Ring, A History of Prize Fighting in Australia, a 1981 Rocky Graziano – Somebody Down Here Likes Me Too (on cover with Ronald Reagan), a 1982 505 Boxing Questions Your Friend Can’t Answer Book, a 1984 The Greatest Boxers of All Time, a 1985 In This Corner Book, featuring Forty World Champions Telling Their Stories with preface by Muhammad Ali, 1986 Brown’s Yearbook of Champions, signed by Emmanuel Steward on the cover, 1990 Jack Johnson and His Times, 1991 Black Lights, Inside The World of Professional Boxing, a 1991 In the Corner, Great Boxing Trainers Talk About Their Art, 1993 The Champions of The American Prize Ring featuring a Complete History of the Heavyweight Champions of America, 1996 Boxing, The Definitive Illustrated Guide To World Boxing, 1996 Boxing Shorts, 1,001 of the Sports Funniest One-Liners, 1996 'Smokin Joe', The Autobiography of Joe Frazier, 1996 Mike Tyson The Release of Power, 2002 Philadelphia’s Boxing Heritage 1876-1976 singed by Tracy Callis, one of the authors of the book, 2006 The Fighting Irishmen, a Celebration of the Celtic Warrior, a 2006 book on John L. Sullivan “The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion, 2007 The Master of the Ring featuring Jem Mace, Father of Boxing and the First Worldwide Sports Star, 2009 Ultimate Tough Guy, The Life and Times of James J. Jeffries, autographed by author Jim Carney Jr., an undated Sting Like a Maccabee featuring The Golden Age of the American Jewish Boxer 1910-40 and many more books spanning different generations of boxers. Also featured in the lot are catalogs from Christies, Southebys, Heritage Auctions, SCP, LeLands, over 1,000 issues of Boxing Collectors News and others. (F0110)