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← Sporting Memorabilia 12th May 2010

Joe Louis' Own Story: Born To Fight, scarce 20-page brochure-style book, self-published by the author Gene Kessler, Chicago, 1935, one of the earliest

Hammer Price:
£100
Estimated Price:

£120 - £160

Joe Louis' Own Story: Born To Fight, scarce 20-page brochure-style book, self-published by the author Gene Kessler, Chicago, 1935, one of the earliest works on Louis with career coverage only up to the Primo Carnera fight at the Yankee Stadium in 1935, numerous photographs and artworks by the illustrator George Sixta, colour pictorial paper wrapper, very good condition; sold together with four 8 by 10in. black & white photographs featuring Joe Louis (5)