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12mo, (vii), 8-9, (iv), xiv-xxxv, (i), 133, (11) pp., engraved frontispiece and 9 engraved plates, half-title, single wormhole through lower margins, becoming slightly more prominent on the first four and last few leaves, uncut copy in the original marbled wrappers, backstrip missing and stitching broken, preserved in a full leather box First edition of one of the first English guides to the art of boxing; the few earlier publications are either poetical, or else almost wholly historical. The edition of "1784" mentioned by Hartley appears to be a ghost; examination of the Yale University Library record for an edition of "1784" reveals that their copy has the date cropped from the title-page, the cataloguer having speculated the date of 1784 based on the erroneous entry in Hartley. All editions are rare; the ESTC locates the first only at Yale, the second only at Yale and BL; WorldCat. locates this edition at BL, NYPL, Yale, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Chicago History Museum, and the Central Sports Library in Cologne. Hartley 1578; Magriel 9 (not mentioning the first edition).

12mo, (vii), 8-9, (iv), xiv-xxxv, (i), 133, (9) pp., engraved frontispiece and 9 engraved plates, half-title (with a waterstain in the upper corner), uncut copy in the original marbled wrappers, sometime rebacked in marbled paper, spine a little worn, preserved in a full leather box Third edition of one of the first English guides to the art of boxing; the few earlier publications are either poetical, or else almost wholly historical. It was first published in 1789. The dating of this printing is normally stated to be "1799," but the title-page of a copy at Notre Dame has an ownership inscription dated 1792. All editions are uncommon; the ESTC locates this third edition at BL, Birmingham; Bibliotheque Nationale; Harvard, Huntington (supplied by us), Syracuse and Michigan; WorldCat. adds eight others. Hartley 1578; Magriel 9A (not mentioning the first edition).