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COOPER HENRYHenry Cooper. An autobiography. 16 full page blk.& w.
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DEMPSEY JACK with BOB CONSIDINE and BILLSLOCOM Massacre In
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EDWARDS BIILLYLegendary Boxers The Portrait Gallery of Pugilists. Of The
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FLEISCHER'S NATThe Ring. Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia.
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FLEISCHER NATJack Dempsey. The Idol of Fistiana. An intimate
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FLEISCHER NATJohn L. Sullivan. frontis. 19 illus. throughout.
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FLEISCHER NATThe Heavyweight Championship. an Informal History of Heavyweight
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FORD JOHNPrize Fighting. The Age of Regency, Boximania. frontis. 11 blk.&
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FOREMAN GEORGE and JOE ENGEL. By George. the Autobiography of George
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FRAZIER JOE with Phil Berger. Smoking Joe. The Autobiography. illus. with 30
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GOLDING LOUISThe Bare Knuckle Breed. Story of the old-time prize-fighters
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GOLDSTEIN RUBY As told to Frank Granary. Third Man In The Ring. 8 pages of blk.&
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KIEZA GRANTLEE and PETER MUSZKAT Fenech. The Official Biography.
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KIEZA GRANTLEE Australian Boxing. The Illustrated History. profusely illus.
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KLAUS FRANKThe Art Of In-Fighting. A treatise on a too-neglected science.
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LOUIS JOE with DENA and ART RUST JR. Joe Louis.
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LONGHURST PERCYBoxing. illus. with several instructional drawings & ads. to
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MILLER MARGERYJoe Louis American. Many blk.& w. plates throughout. pub.
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MILLS FREDDIEForward The Light-Heavies illus. with frontis. & 14 full page
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ODD GILBERTThe Fighting Blacksmith. The Story of Bob Fitzsimmons. illus. with
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PARK RUTH & Rafe Champion Home Before Dark. The story of Les Darcy, a great
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RING-The. World's Foremost Boxing Magazine, Ed. by Nat Fleischer. Worlds
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ROBERTS KENNETHCaptain Of The Push. When a Larrikin chief ruled the rocks.
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ROSE LIONEL as told to ROD HUMPHRIESLionel Rose :
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SCOTT NEILJoe Louis. A Picture Story of His Life. Foreword by Frank Sinatra.
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SHEED WILFRIDMuhammad Ali. A portrait in words and photographs. profusely
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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARYBoxing - A guide to the Manly Art of Self
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SULLIVAN JOHN L. editor: GILBERT ODD I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in
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TORRES JOSE'Sting Like A Bee. The Muhammad Ali Story. illus. with frontis.
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TOWEEL WILLIE and PETER MC INNESSomebody RingThe Bell. blk.&
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TROTTER J.C.Boxing. illus. with frontis. & two full page plates t/out., text
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TURNER TOMMYHow To Box. Complete Illustrated Course in the Art of Boxing and
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WELLS JEFF Boxing Day: The Fight That Changed the World illus. with 8 full page
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