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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Illustrated Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 82 Pp. Large Format Softcover,1965. Touch Of Wear, No Folds Or Creases Or Marks.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 230 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.48 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An 'unauthorized' yet sympathetic biography, by a prominent African-American sportswriter (A.S. 'Doc' Young), of the heavyweight boxing champion who was famous for being infamous. Written in 1963 shortly after Sonny Liston took the title away from then-champ Floyd Patterson with a stunning first-round knockout on September 25, 1962, this biography takes a look at Liston's long ascent to the pinnacle of boxing.Liston had to overcome a hard and unguided childhood which led him into extensive criminal activity (he served a two-year prison sentence for armed robbery in the early 1950s), and his boxing career was clouded by persistent links to organized crime, as well as the perception (right or wrong), that he was an 'unsavory' character.His battles both in and out of the ring can be taken in a new context within today's current society. His struggles with the law and the constant harassment he had to undergo, early on and even lasting later in his life are unfortunately a story that still resonates today.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An 'unauthorized' yet sympathetic biography, by a prominent African-American sportswriter (A.S. 'Doc' Young), of the heavyweight boxing champion who was famous for being infamous. Written in 1963 shortly after Sonny Liston took the title away from then-champ Floyd Patterson with a stunning first-round knockout on September 25, 1962, this biography takes a look at Liston's long ascent to the pinnacle of boxing.Liston had to overcome a hard and unguided childhood which led him into extensive criminal activity (he served a two-year prison sentence for armed robbery in the early 1950s), and his boxing career was clouded by persistent links to organized crime, as well as the perception (right or wrong), that he was an 'unsavory' character.His battles both in and out of the ring can be taken in a new context within today's current society. His struggles with the law and the constant harassment he had to undergo, early on and even lasting later in his life are unfortunately a story that still resonates today.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Sonny Liston | The Champ Nobody Wanted | A S Doc Young | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2022 | Budoworks | EAN 9781958425442 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Very nice book in a very poor dustjacket. (see picture) Book has edgewear and page browning, aging.All pages are tight and clean.Dustjacket has many tears, nick, and rubbing.Front inside flap has seperated from the front cover.Flap is inside the front cover,unclipped.16 pages of pictures.Not Ex-Lib,

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An 'unauthorized' yet sympathetic biography, by a prominent African-American sportswriter (A.S. 'Doc' Young), of the heavyweight boxing champion who was famous for being infamous. Written in 1963 shortly after Sonny Liston took the title away from then-champ Floyd Patterson with a stunning first-round knockout on September 25, 1962, this biography takes a look at Liston's long ascent to the pinnacle of boxing.Liston had to overcome a hard and unguided childhood which led him into extensive criminal activity (he served a two-year prison sentence for armed robbery in the early 1950s), and his boxing career was clouded by persistent links to organized crime, as well as the perception (right or wrong), that he was an 'unsavory' character.His battles both in and out of the ring can be taken in a new context within today's current society. His struggles with the law and the constant harassment he had to undergo, early on and even lasting later in his life are unfortunately a story that still resonates today. Englisch.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages toned, otherwise very good in a nearly very good unclipped dust jacket with some edgewear. 8vo. 248 pp. Hardcover, gray cloth, green spine title.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. 2nd printing. [moderate external wear, a little fading along top edge of rear cover; binding still completely intact]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) An "unauthorized" yet sympathetic biography, by a prominent African-American sportswriter, of the heavyweight boxing champion who took the title away from then-champ Floyd Patterson with a stunning first-round knockout on September 25, 1962. Liston's long ascent to the pinnacle of boxing was fought both inside and outside of the ring, as he had to overcome a hardscrabble childhood which led him into extensive criminal activity (he served a two-year prison sentence for armed robbery in the early 1950s), and his boxing career was clouded by persistent links to organized crime and a general perception that he was an unsavory character. He held the heavyweight title for exactly 17 months, during which his single fight was a rematch with Patterson in which he again prevailed; on February 25, 1964, he found himself on the losing end of another stunning upset, by the young Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay). This biography, although it appeared just five months into his reign, appears to have been pretty deeply researched; at any rate, it wasn't until more than 20 years after Liston's death from a heroin overdose in 1970 that another major biography was published. (This book was issued simultaneously in hardcover and softcover editions; the present example is the second printing of the paperback, from March 1963; a scarce book in any printing.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Used: Good. 1st ed. Unclipped DJ, lightly worn at edges, tiny chips rear wrap & head.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 224 pages. d/j wear head and tail of spine scans available.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 1st Edition. Sonny Liston: The Champ Nobody Wanted BY A.S. (Doc) Young. Publisher: Johnson Publishing Co.; USA, 1963, first edition. Good hardback in tatty torn jacket. Red boards are heavily rubbed at edges with some creasing and compression to spine. Binding firm, ffep has been removed, no inscriptions, foxing to paste-downs, end-papers and edges, pages lightly tanned with minor marks, deep creases to bottom corner of first two pages. Jacket is rubbed, chipped, marked, foxed, and torn with loss to spine ends. 224 pages, illustrated. A sympathetic biography, by a prominent African-American sportswriter (A.S. "Doc" Young), of the heavyweight boxing champion who was famous for being infamous. Written in 1963 shortly after Sonny Liston took the title away from then-champ Floyd Patterson with a stunning first-round knockout on September 25, 1962, this biography takes a look at Liston's long ascent to the pinnacle of boxing. Liston had to overcome a hard and unguided childhood which led him into extensive criminal activity (he served a two-year prison sentence for armed robbery in the early 1950s), and his boxing career was clouded by persistent links to organized crime, as well as the perception (right or wrong), that he was an 'unsavory' character.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Some edgewear, near very good in about very good dustwrapper with shallow nicking at the spine ends. Biography of Liston by a noted African-American sportswriter. To some of his contemporaries Liston, a particularly dark-skinned ex-convict, embarrassed a sport that had been trying to gentrify its image. Issued simultaneously in both soft and hardcover editions, both are very uncommon, the hardcover verges on being rare. A presentable copy.

Photos, 8 x 5.5, boards, 224 pp, covers rubbed, top edge of text block soiled, extremities badly bumped, spine cocked, hinges loose, contents soiled, in worn, soiled dust jacket. Scarce in hardcover.