Laney al jack root (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First edition. Octavo. 334pp. Illustrated. Light heavyweight champion Jack Root's copy, with his ownership signature on the front endpaper and a marked passage in the book concerning him on page 318. Near fine with extremities modestly worn in a good only dustwrapper lacking the rear flap, extremities chipped, neat tape repair inside. Root (1876-1963), a native of Austria who emigrated to the United States, was the first holder of the light heavyweight title, winning it in 1903. Laney describes the Paris of the early 20th century, the heyday of the Herald.…