Naughton,W.W. – Kings of the Queensberry Realm, Every Heavy-Weight Championship Contest Held in America Under the Queensberry Rules, A Sketch of Every Contestant Who Has Taken Part Therein, and an Acc

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Naughton,W.W. ‘Kings of the Queensberry Realm, Every Heavy-Weight Championship Contest Held in America Under the Queensberry Rules, A Sketch of Every Contestant Who Has Taken Part Therein, and an Account of the Invasion of Australian Boxers’ 1902 1st edition, 315 pages. This version includes a 3 1/2″ oval shaped picture of James J. Jeffies in a suit from the waist up on the front cover beneath the title. I have the following copies available of this one: One with mottled worn covers and Jeffries picture badly scratched on the front cover. The illustration page between pages 12 and 13 is loose and the front hinge is weak but intact. Black frontispiece has is misisng a torn chunk. No title on spine. Reading copy only . Another with badly worn covers and loosening front hinge and torn loose pictures page between pages 117 & 118. No title on spine. Another reading copy . Another that is clean and straight with tight binding. Deficiencies with this copy include a thin horizontal scrap across the middle of the spine and across the rear cover, and the title on the spine of this one is rubbed out, otherwise good conditon. . Another that is clean and straight with tight binding. Title on spine is rubbed out, otherwise covers are pretty good. . Another with good+ covers with legible white colored title on the spine, tight binding, clean. A nice book