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← Two Day Sale of Sporting Memorabilia 13th & 14th May 2013

Six volumes on boxing, comprising: Wilde (Jimmy) Fighting Was My Business, autobiography with original d/j, published by Michael Joseph, 1st edition,

Hammer Price:
£250
Estimated Price:

£300 - £400

Six volumes on boxing, comprising: Wilde (Jimmy) Fighting Was My Business, autobiography with original d/j, published by Michael Joseph, 1st edition, 1938; Miles (Henry Downes) Pugilistica, The History of British Boxing, in 3 volumes with 100 portraits and illustrations, John Grant, Edinburgh, 1906; Bettinson and Outram Tristram's The National Sporting Club Past and Present, Sands & Co., London, 1901; & A F Bettinson & B Bennison's The Home of Boxing, London, 1933; sold together with a collection of 60 flyers for British boxing promotions in the 1970s at the Empire Pool, Royal Albert Hall and York Hall (66)