Results for: Boxing Literature


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Slightest hint of spine slant, paper clip marks on several pages, one small stain; else very nice copy indeed. Jacket has just a touch of edgewear else clean and intact. Story of two Stockton, California boxers, one just starting out, the other at the end of career. "Set in an ambiance of glittering dreams and drab realities, it tells of the two fighters' struggles to escape the confinements of their existence." Subject for affecting 1972 John Huston film starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges.
Fat City
Gardner, Leonard
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1969.
Price: $60.00
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Front hinge cracked, but holding, weak binding, FFE missing, general wear and soiling, rear board mottled otherwise intact. Jacket though largely intact shows effects of being removed from old style protector and tape repairs on vesro. Despite considerable flaws presents nicely, with Youngman Carter front panel art of boxer clean and sharp. 3/6 price on jacket spine, 7/6 on front flap. Drawn from personal experience , Tully chronicled the plight of the underclass and was an early inspiration for Charles Willeford. Boxing novel featuring Shane Rory, penniless fighter trying to break into the fight game.
The Bruiser
Tully, Jim
London: Michael Joseph, Ltd., 1937.
Price: $65.00
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Offsetting of gutters, spine creased, mild toning, small tear at head of spine; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has heavy wear and chipping on spine, split on rear spine folds, edgewear. Drawn from personal experience, Tully's work chronicled the plight of the underclass and was an early inspiration for Charles Willeford. Boxing novel featuring Shane Rory, penniless fighter trying to break into the fight game.
The Bruiser
Tully, Jim
New York: Greenberg, 1937.
Price: $195.00
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Corner of FFE clipped, modest toning of textblock, else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has 1/8" nick at head of spine, very light edgwear, else intact. Ghoulish jacket art by Galdone of skeleton draped over the ropes of boxing ring. Features Middleweight Boxing Champion, Luke Pilgrim, who turns slueth after accused of murder. Gault's third novel, one of a number of sports themed mysteries. LA settings
The Canvas Coffin
Gault, William Campbell
New York: Dutton, 1953.
Price: $65.00
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Modest textblock toning else book is clean, tight, square and unmarked. First state jacket with boxing scene on front panel has light wear on spine ends and corners, several small closed tears; else intact. By the author of WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN, an important boxing novel and basis for film of same name, which starred Bogart in his last great role.
The Harder They Fall
Schulberg, Budd
New York: Random House, 1947.
Price: $95.00
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Bookplate on FFE; else flawless copy of book. Extremely clean and fresh. Jacket has spine fade; else intact. Jacket art by H. Lawrence Hoffman. Boxing novel concerning the rise of Mexican American fighter Tomas Cantanios, aka Tommy Kansas, up from LA's mean streets. Shulman wrote a series of novels about the rise of Juvenile Delinquency post WWII, including AMBOY DUKES. Juvenile gang themes.
The Square Trap
Shulman, Irving
New York: Little Brown & Company, Inc, 1953.
Price: $25.00
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Watch Out for Willie Carter
Naidish, Theodore
New York: Scribner's (Scribners), 1944.
Price: $50.00
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