Cena: |
Stanje: | Polovan bez oštećenja |
Garancija: | Ne |
Isporuka: | Pošta CC paket (Pošta) Post Express Lično preuzimanje |
Plaćanje: | Tekući račun (pre slanja) Lično |
Grad: |
Novi Sad, Novi Sad |
ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1976
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
U dobrom stanju
Boxiana or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism Folio Society 1976
Folio Society First Impression No. 398
Publisher Folio Society, London; 1976
Quarter Brown Cloth with Printed Paper Sides Hardback, 208 pp
Contemporary coloured etchings and engravings of fighters.
Size 250 x 160mm, 950g
Boxiana or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism from the days of the renowned James Figg and Jack Broughton to the heroes of the later Milling Era Jack Scroggins and Tom Hickman
John Ford
Edition: Folio
Published By: The Folio Society
A selection edited and introduced by John Ford. Quarter bound in tan cloth with decorative paper covered boards in good condition. Pages clean and bright throughout. Housed in a brown slip case with some fading the top. pp. 208. Overall a good copy.
Boxiana is the title given to a series of volumes of prizefighting articles written by the English sportswriter and journalist Pierce Egan, and part-published by George Smeeton in the 1810s.
Egan wrote magazine articles about the bareknuckle forerunner of boxing, which at that time was conducted under the London Prize Ring rules, and was outlawed in England. A devoted follower of boxing, Egan called it `The Sweet Science of Bruising.` Periodically he would gather his boxing articles in a bound volume and publish them under the title Boxiana; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism. The first volume was published in 1813 (although the title page reads 1812, due to the arrangement, common at the time, where the book was sent to subscribers in installments before being released to the public.) Five more volumes followed, in 1818, 1821, 1824, 1828, and 1829. The fourth volume (1824) was by `Jon Bee` (following a legal dispute between Egan and the publishers). The court granted Egan continued use of the Boxiana title provided that he also used the wording `New Series`. Two volumes of Egan`s New Series Boxiana were published in 1828-29.
Egan`s writing was brought back to popular attention by the boxing articles published in The New Yorker from 1950–1964 by A.J. Liebling. Liebling referenced Egan frequently and named his own first collection of boxing articles The Sweet Science in Egan`s honor. (The other Liebling collection is called A Neutral Corner).
Volumes of Boxiana are hard to find today, though the Folio Society issued a reprint of the first volume in 1976.