New series of boxiana : being the only original and complete lives of the boxers ... / by Pierce Egan.
Published / Created:
London : Published by George Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, Bath Street, Brisol, and St. Vincent Street, Liverpool, 1828-1829.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1121 .E333 1828Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes indexes.Engravings by J. Rogers and R. Cooper; after C. Ingham and George Sharples."C. Baynes, printer, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields."--Volume 1, foot of page 676.BEIN NLn33 823ea: Garvan Sporting Collection.BEIN 1994 336: From the collection of Herbert B. Lazarus; original wrappers bound in which are variant of NLn33 823ea.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary maroon three-quarter morocco, and maroon cloth. Original wrappers bound in. Bookplate: Henry C. Taylor. Publisher's advertisements: [2] pages at end of volume 2. Uniformly bound with volumes 1-3 of Boxiana, or, Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism (1823-1829). Spines numbered: IV and V.Hartley has a very clear description of the relation of these volumes to Egan's first three volumes of Boxiana published 1818-1821.Includes index.Hartley, R.A. Boxing books, 587Magriel, P.D. Boxing, 18C
Subject Terms:
Boxing -- England -- Biography. | Boxing -- England -- History. | Boxing matches -- England. | Boxing -- History. | Boxing -- Biography. | Taylior, Henry C. -- Bookplate. | Lazarus, Herbert B. -- Ownership. | Garvan Sporting collection.