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Illustrated boxing literature: Sayers (Henry) Fights Forgotten
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Illustrated boxing literatureSayers (Henry) Fights Forgotten: a history of some of the chief English and American prize fights since the year 1788, frontispiece and 9 plates, ink signature to front free endpaper and stamp ‘A. L. Goonan’ to half-title, pictorial cloth gilt, [Hartley 1672], T. Werner Laurie, 1909; Couper (John Robertson) Mixed humanity. A story of camp life in South Africa, Cape Colony, J. C. Juta & Co., et al., frontispiece and 7 plates, the author was a pioneer of boxing in South Africa, [Hartley 427], cloth with gilt lettering, surface marking and rubbing, 1892; Naughton (W. W.) Kings of the Queensberry Realm, Presentation copy, inscribed ‘to Chuck’ for Xmas 1910 on the front free endpaper, some browning, numerous plates, [Hartley 1439], original cloth gilt, Chicago, Continental Publishing Co., 1900; with 4 others similar in cloth bindings, v.s. (7)Provenance:From the Boxing Collection of Pierre and Anna Spake.
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Illustrated boxing literature: Sayers (Henry) Fights Forgotten

Henry Sayers Fights Forgotten 1909 boxing history, frontispiece and 9 plates, A.L. Goonan signature/stamp, pictorial cloth gilt, T. Werner Laurie publisher, Hartley 1672 reference, with South Africa boxing pioneer work.

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349 €(£300)–465 €(£400)

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Lot Details

Lot #
229
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GBP
Lot Ends
1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
Auction Ends
1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
Lots in Auction
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