Boxing - Egan, Pierce, SALEROOM NOTICE: Famous Fights in the Prize Ring lacks final leaf.
£220
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism. London: volume 1: G. Smeeton, 1812; [volume 2: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1818]. 2 volumes, 8vo, additional engraved title and frontispiece in volume 1, and 23 plates (4 folding, of which 2 laid down), EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 9 hand-coloured engraved plates by Henry Alken, contemporary half calf gilt; Fitchett, W.H. Fights for the Flag. 1898, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates of C.F.S. Chambers; Famous Fights in the Prize Ring. Great International Fight between Tom Sayers and Heenan. Large 8vo, folding frontispiece, pp.1-238, 19th century cloth, some browning; Sparrow, W.S. British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring. 1922. First edition, 4to, plates, some coloured, original bright green cloth gilt; Sabin, V.P. An Illustrated Catalogue of a Fine Collection of Old English Sporting Prints, Drawings & Paintings. 1933. 4to, plates, original wrappers; Greenwood, J. Wild Sports of the World. 1862, 8vo, 10 coloured plates printed by W. Dickes (Ostrich plate misbound at p.321), 5 folding maps, later cloth (7)