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Book Condition: Good
Fraser tells the compelling story of "one of the all-time greatest contenders in the history of professional boxing -- Yvon Durelle -- the "fighting fisherman" who brawled his way from obscurity in a remote fishing village in New Brunswick to the top of the boxing world." Mustard boards, black cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 292 pages (including appendix), illustrated. This copy inscribed and signed by Durelle, on behalf of himself and his wife, "To Dr. Jeweett (sic) a man/that will never forgotn (sic)/Yvon & Theresse (sic)." This is presumably the same Dr. Jewett of whom Theresa Durelle says, on page 224, "If it hadn't been for Dr. Jewett, I don't know where he [Durelle] would have landed," and of whom Durelle says, on page 225, "Eventually I got cured, but not a hundred percent...not perfect. I was cured by Dr. Jewett of Fredericton after eight months of treatment." Mild slant, light cover soil, general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/slightly faded spine, chipping/tears to corners/spine ends, rubbing, impressions/thin scratches, general wear. Dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve.
Title: THE FIGHTING FISHERMAN, The Life of Yvon Durelle (signed)
Categories: Auto/Biography, Signed (all categories), Sports (boxing, martial arts, wrestling), History -- New Brunswick,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Toronto & Garden City, Doubleday Canada Ltd. / Doubleday & Company Inc.: 1981
ISBN Number: 0-385-15863-7
ISBN Number 13: 9780385158633
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Inscription: Inscribed by Durelle, on title page
Size: Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall
Seller ID: 017710
Keywords: 0-385-15863-7, NOISBN, Yvon Durelle, fighters, boxing, boxers, Baie Ste. Anne, Archie Moore, sweet science, Canadian sportsmen