Jeffries (James J.) & Johnson (Jack)

A collection of 6 scarce volumes, including:

Brady (William A.) Life and battles of James J. Jeffries, Champion of the World, and his practical ideas of how to train and how to box, pp. 33-38 with short tears, original pictorial wrappers bound in, some tape to front wrapper and loss to rear, modern cloth, A.G. Spalding & Bros., New York, 1900 § McConaughy (J. W.) Big Jim Jeffries: His Twelve Greatest Battles, pp. 65-72 torn slightly affecting text, original pictorial wrappers bound in, modern cloth, [Hartley Supplement 321], The Sinclair Publishing Co., New York, 1910 § Naughton (W. W.) Heavy-Weight Champions, edition priority unknown in relation to Hartley 1440, 14 photographic plates, loss to upper corner of contents and illustration list, original printed wrapper, some splitting to spine, faded dealer’s stamp to rear panel, Riverside Printing Co., Milwaukee, 1910 § Full and Authentic Account of the Great Battle for the World's Championship. Black v. White, Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries, Fought July 1910, 32pp., original printed wrappers, lower corner of the volume lacking, crudely provided in facsimile, tape repairs, Daisy Bank Print. & Pub., Manchester, [1910] § Life And Battles Of Jack Johnson, text block detached, Fox’s Athletic Library;

with another similar, each with numerous photographic illustrations, browned, v.s. (6)