Category: Sports (boxing, martial arts, wrestling)

CAGED!, Greatest Steel Cage Matches in World Wrestling Federation History, Volume 1

Price: $10.00

Publisher: TITANSPORTS Inc. : 1994

Seller ID: 017741

Binding: Magazine

Contains "The Greatest Steel Cage Matches in World Wrestling Federation History," including accounts of battles between Bret "Hit Man" Hart and brother Owen, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty, the Steiner Brothers and Money Inc., the Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude, Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy, and others. Unpaginated (32), illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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THE FIGHTING FISHERMAN, The Life of Yvon Durelle (signed)

By: Fraser, Raymond

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Toronto & Garden City, Doubleday Canada Ltd. / Doubleday & Company Inc. : 1981

Seller ID: 017710

ISBN-13: 9780385158633

Binding: Hardcover

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 Durel...
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MASTERING TAEKWONDO, A Korean Martial Art

By: Lee, Tae E.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Tae Eun Lee : 1989

Seller ID: 018453

ISBN-13: 9780969429708

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The author presents numerous techniques to help "any person, old, young, male, female, big or small who wishes to master an art." Blue cloth w/gilt lettering to spine/front cover, 498 pages (including footnotes, picture references, bibliography, index), illustrated. A bit of sag, light soil to bottom edge, in dust jacket w/edgewear, unattractive 2.5" uneven tear to top edge of front panel, 1" and 1/2" tears to bottom edge of rear panel, chipping to corners/spine ends. The 2nd edition seems to be readily available, this 1st edition less so.
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The Joe Louis Story

By: Louis, Joe

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap / G&D

Seller ID: sp.00036

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Originally published in hardcover, in 1947, by Duell, Sloane and Pearce, under the title, 'My Life Story.' The autobiography of one of boxing's most famous names, from his youth on an Alabama farm, to world champion. Salmon-coloured tweed, 197 pages, four black-and-white illustrations. Bumped and worn corners/spine ends, tanned edges, small bookseller's sticker to bottom of front pastedown, the notation "Xmas 1956" to top left corner of front end paper, some minor scrapes to fore-edge, some light foxing to top edges of a few pages. Dust jacket w/edgewear, several short tears along edges, jagge...
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BEYOND GLORY, Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

By: Margolick, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 2005

Seller ID: 015317

ISBN-13: 9780375411922

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

The story of the 1936 and 1938 Louis/Schmeling fights, "sporting events that galvanized and symbolized the hopes, hatreds and fears of a world facing the threat of war." 348 pages. An uncommon uncorrected proof. Light general wear. An unread copy, internally tight and clean.
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The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, The Canadians (signed)

By: Oliver, Greg

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Toronto, ECW Press : 2003

Seller ID: 018496

ISBN-13: 9781550225310

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"--Oliver catches up with the Canadian stars of the past and present and celebrates the country's unique contributions to the King of Sports. Over 200 photos -- including some fabulous one-of-a-kind shots from the personal collections of the wrestlers themselves -- only add to the mix, a perfect complement to this landmark retrospective." In addition to the author's signature, the inside front cover bears an inscription from twin brothers Maurice and Robert Grimbly, who wrestled as Cyclone and Hurricane Smith, respectively. The inscription reads, "To/Morgan--Pat--/Taylor & Maya/Love/Cyclone & ...
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CASSIUS CLAY, toujours le plus grand?

By: Severin, Kurt

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Marabout Service MS 163 : 1971

Seller ID: 005339

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good

Updates and reissues the 1967 German edition, and translated here from that language by Jean Noel. A look at the man who would one day be considered by many to be the greatest fighter of all time (certainly *he* thought so). Rubbing, impressions, small area to front cover where apparent sticker removal took a little finish with it, moderate edgewear. Internally tight and clean.
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Category: Sports (boxing, martial arts, wrestling)

CAGED!, Greatest Steel Cage Matches in World Wrestling Federation History, Volume 1

THE FIGHTING FISHERMAN, The Life of Yvon Durelle (signed)

MASTERING TAEKWONDO, A Korean Martial Art

The Joe Louis Story

BEYOND GLORY, Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, The Canadians (signed)

CASSIUS CLAY, toujours le plus grand?