Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins

Maxwell (Sir Herbert, editor)Fishing at Home & Abroad, number 15 of 750 copies, photogravure portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 60 pla...

Darwin (Bernard)Green Memories,first edition, illustrated, original green cloth, dust-jacket, small chip to head of jacket, bookplate to front pas...

‘A Pupil of Mendoza and Humphreys’, Boxing Made Easy; or The Complete Manual of Self Defence…, first edition of Boxing Made Easy, i.e. the heavily...

‘An Operator’ [Jon Bee], The Fancy, Being Authentic Memoirs of the Lives, Actions, Prowess, Battles and Leading Characteristics of the most Renown...

[Dowling (V.G., editor)]Fistiana, or The Oracle of the Ring… by the editor of Bell's Life in London, 21 volumes, [Hartley 539], including:1842 (pa...

[Egan, Pierce, imitation of] Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall…, 2 vol...

‘One of the Fancy’ Boxiana; or, Sketches of Antient and Modern Pugilism, first edition, illustrated title page and 21 plates, 4 folding, some torn...

The Modern Art of Boxing, As Practised by Mendoza, Humphreys, Ryan, Ward, Watson, Johnson, and Other Eminent Pugilists…, ‘new edition’, signature ...

‘Peter Corcoran’ [Reynolds (John Hamilton)] The Fancy: A Selection from the Poetical Remains of the Late Peter Corcoran…, First Edition, half-titl...

‘Pugnus’History of the Prize Ring…, 2 parts bound in 1, first edition, 3 plates, some spotting to early leaves, lacking the original wrappers for ...

‘Pugnus’History of the Prize Ring…, part 2 only, first edition, one plate, loss to lower corner of B3, original wrappers bound in, contemporary ha...

A Celebrated Pugilist [Henry Lemoine?],The Art and Practice of English Boxing; or the Scientific Mode of Defence…, third edition, [Hartley 331], f...

A Celebrated Pugilist,A Treatise on the Art & Practice of Self-Defence; Or, Instructions How to Obtain a Scientific Mode of Boxing […] To Which is...

A Celebrated Pugilist,A Treatise on the Art & Practice of Self-Defence; Or, Instructions How to Obtain a Scientific Mode of Boxing…, first edition...

A Treatise on Boxing. Including a complete set of lessons on the art of self-defence. With the practice of the most celebrated modern sparrers., h...

An authentic history of the prize ring and championships of England; together with a faithful record of the great international pugilistic encount...

Anstey (Christopher)Sammelband, with titles including:An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters…, third edition, [ESTC T2674], lacking frontispiece, f...

Beach (Rex) The Jeffries-Johnson Fight: The Story, Presentation Copy, front flyleaf inscribed: “To William Muldoon, as a souvenir of an interestin...

Boxers.- SignedA collection of 20 signed volumes, including:Lud, Relief to Royalty: The Story of James J. Braddock, World’s Heavyweight Champion, ...

Boxing & Christianity.-[Unrecorded Pamphlet]Austin (John Valentine, Rev.) A Letter to Benjamin Caunt, of Hucknall Torkard, on Prize Fighting, sign...

Boxing & Christianity.- [Unrecorded Pamphlet]Morris (J., publisher) To the Amateurs of Pugilism, 12pp. unbound pamphlet, 1cm hole to title page, d...

Boxing & Judaica.-A collection of 3 prints, including:Ryley (Charles Reuben) & Grozer (Joseph, engraver) Daniel Mendoza & Richard Humphreys, secon...

Boxing & Judaica.- Three broadside balladsGreat fight between Tom Sayers and Benjamin! For the championship & £400, [Bod7157; Roud V9712], Bill Be...

Boxing & Sport.- MiscellaneousA collection of 8 volumes, including:Breakwindow (Robert, pseud.) Jack Randall's Diary of Proceedings at the House o...

Boxing bibliography and letters.- Neville Weston (G.) A large manuscript boxing bibliography, 253 pp., with supporting letters and ephemera pasted...

Boxing flipbooks.-Kingsland (M) The Fight - Finish, Story Without Words, miniature photographic images, original wrappers, 55 x 40mm., Gies and Co...

Boxing flipbooks.- Jack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier‘The Boxing Match between Dempsey and Carpentier took place on July 2nd 1921’, 43 x 57mm, 28 ...

Boxing manuals.-A collection of 28 volumes, including:‘The Editor of “Boxing”’, The American Style and How It Is Learnt, First Edition, original p...

Boxing manuals.-A collection of 19 volumes, including:Donnelly (Ned) Self-Defence; or, The Art of Boxing, First Edition, advertisements and publis...

Boxing manuals.-A collection of 8 titles, including:Hillebrand (L.) Sparring! Or the Theory and Practice of the Art of Self Defence, First Edition...

Boxing poster.-Bath Pavilion, Wednesday, Feb 23rd, 1949, headlined by Richard Armagh vs Ted Dexter, middleweights, printed in red and green, backe...

Boxing poster.- Langan, the Irish Champion!New Surrey Theatre, Langan, the Irish Champion! Having been prevented by Accident from fulfilling his F...

Boxing record books and annuals.-A large collection, including:S. Andrews’ World’s Sporting Annual Record Book, 1905, 06, 08 - 11, 13 - 20, 22 - 2...

Boxing.-A collection of c. 180 volumes, including:‘The Editor of Bell’s’, Fights For The Championship; and Celebrated Prize Battles…, bookplate of...

Boxing.-A large collection of volumes, including:Fullerton (High) Two Fisted Jeff, photographic frontispiece, 11 photographic plates, some damp st...

Boxing.-A large collection of volumes, including:Nelson (Oscar Matthew "Battling”) Life, Battles and Career of Battling Nelson…, first edition, nu...

Boxing.-A large collection of volumes, including:Read (Jack) Griffo - His Life Story and Record, first edition, browned, original coloured wrapper...

Boxing.- Barry (Edward, Rev., M. D.) Theological, Philosophical, and Moral Essays [...] To these are added, a Letter, (Before published) addressed...

Boxing.- Health & Strength Magazine’s ‘Life’ seriesA collection of 19 copies, including:Jem Mace; Sam Langford, with a duplicate; Jack Johnson; Jo...

Boxing.- Sayers (Tom)Life of Tom Sayers, (Retired Champion of England)..., [Hartley 1448], not including the key plate: 2pp. publisher’s notes at ...

Boxing.- Sayers (Tom) A catalogue of the whole of the valuable trophies, won by, and presented to the late Tom Sayers, comprising silver cups, vas...

Corbett (James J.) Irvine (Leigh Hadley) "Our Jim" The World's Champion, [11]-93p., significant browning, title page with some splitting to joint,...

Cruikshank (Isaac Robert) Going to a Fight. The Sporting World in All its Variety of Style and Costume along the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Mou...

Egan (Pierce)Sporting Anecdotes, Original and selected…, engraved frontispiece, offsetting, 3 advertisements (27pp.) at rear, original printed boa...

Egan (Pierce) Boxiana; or, Sketches of Antient and Modern Pugilism, 5 vols., Egan’s series, Smeeton’s engraved additional title to vol. I, frontis...

Egan (Pierce) Every Gentleman’s Manual. A Lecture on the Art of Self-Defence…, First Edition, [Hartley 597], 7 plates including frontispiece by Eg...

Egan (Pierce) The Bristol Victor!! and the Gas-Light Hero!!! An Account of the Great Fight for the Championship of all England, between Neat, of B...

Fewtrell (Thomas) Boxing Reviewed; or, the Science of Manual Defence, displayed on Rational Principles. Comprehending a Complete Description of th...

Fitzsimmons (Bob)Robert Fitzsimmons: His Life and Battles in the Prize Ring…, seemingly a second edition of Hartley 675 (published in 1895), numer...

Fleischer (Nat, ed.) The Ring Magazine, a broken run from the first issue up to 1983, including: Feb 1922 - Jan 28; Feb 29 - Jan 33; Feb 34 - Jan ...

Gorilla Fight. He awoke the next Morning and found Himself Famous!!, [Hartley 1173], four engraved plates, upper printed wrapper panel only, 3 pla...

Fox (Richard K., publisher)A collection of 3 scarce boxing titles:History of the Prize Ring. With Lives of Paddy Ryan (Champion of the World) and ...

Hodgson & Co. (Publisher) The Art of Boxing [and] The Modern Flash Dictionary, two vols. bound in one, engraved titles and frontispieces, some spo...

Jack Johnson vs James J. Jeffries, The Fight of the CenturyA pair of flipbooks: ‘Jeffries-Johnson Fight, Reno, July 4, 1910’, ‘This book can be ha...

Jeffries (James J.) & Johnson (Jack)A collection of 6 scarce volumes, including:Brady (William A.) Life and battles of James J. Jeffries, Champion...

John L. Sullivan, Heavyweight Champion of the World; James J. Corbett, Challenger of the Title Holder, And Their Great Fight, New Orleans, 1892, L...

Life and Battles of Yankee Sullivan, Embracing full and accurate reports of his fights…, First Edition, matching Harvard’s copy with 4 pp. publish...

Life of William Poole, with a Full Account of the Terrible Affray in which He Received His Death Wound [...] Containing Also Sketches of Tom Hyer,...

Louis (Joe) & Mallory (Edward J., ed.) How to Box, First Edition, original cloth, dust jacket with some loss at head of spine and along edges, str...

Mendoza (Daniel) Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza; Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Various Vicissitudes of His Life…, second edition (...