2005-09-09T08:18:00.000-07:00

Hello,
My name is Clay Moyle and I am collector of boxing books. I also sell duplicate boxing books and other miscellaneous boxing memorabilia on my website www.prizefightingbooks.com . My direct email address is cmoyle@aol.com. I have just recently completed a manuscript for my own book, a full-length biography about the life and career of Sam Langford, a.k.a. "The Boston Tar Baby". At this time I am looking for the following books for my personal collection and would be interested to hear from anyone who might have any of these titles available for sale:

* Whitehead Paul - The Gymnasiad or Boxing Match , 1744
* Goldrey Capt. John A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of…1747
* J.T.R. - Art of Self Defence, 1780
* Pupil of Broughton- Art of Defence, 1780
* Amateur of Eminence – The Complete Art of Boxing 1788
* Anstey,Christopher – The Complete Art of Boxing 1788
* Lemoine, Henry – Modern Manhood 1788
* Sabine,T. – Athletic Exercise of the Science of Boxing 1788
* Mendoza,Daniel – The Art of Boxing 1789
* Mendoza,Daniel – The Modern Art of Boxing 1790
* Amateur,An - Sword and Hand 1801
* Booksellers – A Treatise on Boxing 1802
* Eminent Pugilist,An – The Art and Practise of English Boxing 1807
* Mendoza,Daniel – Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza 1808
* Amateur,An – The Battle 1810
* Amateur,An – Recollections of Pugilism 1811
* O’Rourke,Samuel – The Art of Pugilism 1812
* Smeeton,George – Observations on the Practice of Self Defence 1814
* Celebrated Pugilist, A – The Art and Practice of English Boxing 1819
* Bailey,J. – The Improved Art of Self Defence 1820
* Crookes,C. – A Monody on the Death of Dan Donnelly 1820
* Egan,Pierce – Sporting Anecdotes 1820
* Experienced Pugilist - The Improved Art and Practice… 1820
* Hazard,T.G. – The Life of Dan Donnelly 1820
* Septimus,Miles – A Lecture on Pugilism 1820
* Egan,Pierce – Bill Neat v. Tom Hickman 1822
* Badcock (Jon Bee) – Prize Ring Companion 1824
* Operator,An – The Fancy, Vol. # 2 1826
* Bailey,J. – The Art and Science of Self Defence 1830
* Celebrated Pugilist,A – The Art and Practice of Self Defence 1830
* Nicholson,Renton – Boxing 1837
* Spring,Tom ‘Whole Art of Boxing’ 1841
* Clark,W.M. ‘The Great Fight’ 1842
* Egan,Pierce ‘A Lecture on the Art of Self Defense’ 1845
* Dowling,Francis ‘Fistiana, or the Oracle of the Ring’ for years 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, & 74.
* Swift,Owen – The Modern English Boxer 1848
* Pupil of the Late Tom Cribb – The British Boxer 1850
* Dipple,Edwin – The Guide to British Boxing 1852
* Shaw,James – The Guide to British Boxing, or Pugilistic Pocket Book 1852
* DeWitt – Life of William Poole 1854
* Winch,A. ‘Life and Battles of Yankee Sullivan 1854
* Walker,Johnny ‘The Life and Adventures of the Renowned Johnny Walker 1857
* Sayers,Tom ‘Memoirs of Tom Sayers, Champion of England 1858
* Brady, F.A. - Career of the Champions 1860
* Clark,W.M. – British Pluck 1860
* DeWitt – The Lifes and Battles of Tom Sayers and J.C. Heenan 1860
* Dipose and Batement – The Authentic History of the Prize Ring 1860
* Noel – The Fight Between Sayers and Heenan 1860
* Holtzman,Afred – Championship Sketches 1862
* J.E.W. – The Great Fight, or America Versus England 1863
* Landseer,Thomas – The Gorilla Fight 1863
* MacDonald,R. – The Handbook of Boxing 1863
* May,H. ‘The British Boxer, or the Art of Self Defence 1863
* Coeburn,Joe ‘Eliot’s Guide to the Art of Boxing 1864
* Deakin,A. ‘Hints to Pugilists on Training 1865
* Illustrate Police News – The Life, Death and Funeral of Tom Sayers 1865
* Miles,Henry – Pugilistica Vol. 1 1866
* Sowdens,S – The Heenan and Sayers Fight 1869
* James,Ed – The Life and Battles of John Morrissey 1871
* Champion,A. – The Noble Art of Boxing 1874
* Pugnus – History of the Prize Ring 1876
* Old Judge – Boxing Made Easy 1878
* Trainer,George – Ben Hogan: The Wickedest Man in the World 1878
* James,Ed - The Life and Battles of John C. Heenan 1879
* James,Ed - The Life and Battles of Tom Hyer
* James,Ed - The Lives and Battles of the Champions... 1879
* James,Ed - The Life and Battles of Jack Randall 1880
* James,Ed - The Life and Battles of Yankee Sullivan 1880
* Fox,Richard K. - John Morrissey, His Life and Battles 1881
* Harding,W.E. - Life and Battles of Joe Collins (Tug Wilson) 1882
* Mingaud,Edward - Life and Adventures of James Ward 1882
* Fox,Richard - Famous Fights in the Prize Ring 1883
* Hyer,T - Prize Ring Heroes 1885
* Fox,Richard K. - The Life and Battles of John C. Heenan 1888
* An Expert - Boxing 1889
* Doran - Science of Self Defence 1889
* Harding,W.E. - Boxing 1889
* Harding,W.E. - Tom Sayers, Englands Great Pugilist 1889
* Thorburn,Horace - How to Learn Boxing Without a Master 1889
* Connors,Tom - The Modern Athlete 1890
* Dick & Fitzgerald - Dick's Manual of Boxing 1890
* Harding,W.E. - The Black Champions of the Prizering 1890
* Harding,W.E. - John L. Sullivan, Ex-Champion Pugilist... 1891
* Johnstone,F. - Romance of a Boxer 1891
* Mitchell,Charles - Art of Boxing 1891
* Connors,Prof.James - Illustrated History of the Great Corbett Sullivan Ring Battle... 1892
* Fox,Richard K. - Life and Battles of James J. Corbett 1892
* Irvine, Leigh - Our Jim, The World Champion 1892
* Sullivan,John - Life and Battles of James J. Corbett 1892
* Dixon,George - A Lesson in Boxing by George Dixon 1893
* Dublin Evening Herald - The Prize Fighters of Princes Street 1893
* Innes,Nelse - Ring Record and Fistic Facts 1893, & 94
* Mitchell,Charlie - Manual of Boxing 1893
* Poole Bros. - Making Ring History 1893
* Dick,William 'Manual of Boxing for Amateurs and Professionals 1894
* Lanpher,F.K. - Little Boxer 1894
* Benton,B.H. - Little Fistiana 1895
* Fox,Richard K. - Police Gazette Sporting Annual 1897, 98, 99, 1901, 1905 & 1910.
* Siler,George - The Battle of the Century 1897
* Siler,George - The Fight of the Century 1897
* Earl,J.C. - Boxing, Attack and Defence 1898
* Lumley,Arthur - Bob Fitzsimmons. The Life, Battles, and Records... 1898
* Duncan,William - Bag Punching 1904
* Egan,Pierce - Life in London 1904
* Michell,E.B. - Boxing 1904
* Wilson,Ishmael - Career and Battles of Patsy Clay
* Bartram,George - Lads of the Fancy 1906
* Building Printing Works - Souvenir of the Burns-Squires Boxing Contest
* Duke Cigarette Co. - The Life of Jake Kilrain
* Johnson,Jack - How to Swing a Left and a Right
* Mace,Jem - Fifty Years a Fighter 1908
* Bradley,Frank - Jim Driscoll, His Life, Fights and Experiences 1909
* Bradley,Frank - Johnny Summers 1909
* Health&Strength - Life and Fights of Robert Fitzsimmons 1909
* Health&Strength - Life and Fights of Jack Johnson 1909
* Health&Strength - The Life and Fights of Tommy Burns 1909
* Health&Strength - Life and Fights of Packy McFarland 1909
* Sporting Life - Sayers v. Heenan 1909
* Beach,Rex - The Jeffries v. Johnson Fight 1910
* Bradley,Frank - Life and Fights of Owen Moran 1910
* Jones,Reginald - Full and Authentic Account of the Great Battle (Johnson v. Jeffries) 1910
* Royal Publishing Co. - How to Box 1910
* Pemberton - Way of the World 1912
* Barnett,Charles - Barnett's Boxing Book for 1913
* Robson,Spike - How to Box Six Rounds 1913
* Wilde,Jimmy - How I Won One Hundred Fights 1913
* Athletic Publications - Boxing Book of Records 1914
* Edgar,George - The Pride of the Fancy 1914
* Murray,John - First Lessons in Boxing 1914
* Oxberry - A History of Pugilism and Memoirs... 1914
* Wells,Billy - How a Boxer Should Train 1914
* Wilson,Ishmael - Career and Battles of Arthur Soles 1914
* O'Keefe,Pat - The Whole Art of Boxing 1915
* Professional Boxer - Science of Self Defence 1915
* Bishop,Geo. W. - Life and Battles of Billy Weeks 1916
* Westerman,O.S. - Counter Back on a Counter 1916
* Clark,Norman - A Technical Comparison of Two of the Greatest Fighters..1918
* Marriot,A.E. - Hand to Hand Fighting 1918
* Geer,A. - Manual of the Fist and Self Defence 1918
* Ellis,Major - How to Win Fights 1919
* Geer,A. - Boxing and Self Defence 1919
* Knox,H.J. - Boxing Lessons and Studies of Famous Boxers 1919
* Lawless,Will - Records of Australian Boxers 1919
* Black,Ladbroke - Seconds Out of the Ring 1920
* Ewart Seymour & Co. - How to Become a Boxer 1920
* Ferry,Joseph - The Primal Urge 1920
* Breeden,Marshall - Dynamite Gorman Prize Fighter 1921
* Shaw,Bernard - The Great Fight 1921
* Sports Pictures - Boxing Handbook 1921
* Hardy,Arthur - Gentleman Jim 1922
* Carpenter,Tom - Ball Punching 1922
* Hooper,Stanley - The A.B.C. of Boxing 1923
* Levy-Simpson - Notes on Boxing 1923
* Wignall,Trevor - Thus Gods are Made 1923
* Dean,T. - What Our Boxers Struck 1924
* Griffith,J.L. - Fundamentals of Boxing 1924
* Boy's Friend - Book of Boxing 1925
* Leonard,Benny - Benny Leonard's Home Course of Muscle and Body Building 1925
* Stone,Harry - The Life and History of Harry Stone 1925
* Coffroth,James - A History of the Coffroth Family 1926
* Murray,Charles - Buffalo Boxing Record 1926
* Waugh,Bobby - My Life in teh Prize Ring 1926
* London,Haskell - Why I Quit the Boxing Ring 1927
* Clarke,Willie -How to Box in 20 Lessons 1928
* Maxwell,Alan - Tom Heeney, His Meteoric Career 1928
* Read,Jack - Australian Boxing Records 1928
* Rolins,E.W. - The Life of Starlight 1928
* Tunney,Gene - Boxing and Training 1928
* Casper - Complete Guide to Boxing 1929
* Holland,Fritz - Uppercuts 1929
* Maloney,Thomas - The Value of Boxing to the Police 1929
* Tunney,Gene - Gene Tunney Shows the Way 1929
* Eliott,W.J. - Cameos From the Prize Ring 1930
* Wilson,Ishmael - Potrait and Battles of Bendigo 1930
* Forester,C.S. - Two and Twenty 1931
* Vorres,S.K. - Box to Win 1931
* Romano,John - Fifty Years at the Ringside 1932
* Howard,John - Fighting Frank Fury 1933
* Lambton,Arthur - The Galanty Show 1933
* Murphy,W. - Boxing for Amateurs 1933
* Rivers,Joe - Ringside Reviews 1933
* Thomas,Clyde - How to Train and Box 1933
* Turner,E.C. - The Life Story of Bobby Blay 1933
* Hernon,Robert - Short Cuts to Good Boxing 1934
* Hussey,George - The Champions Chart 1934
* McClure,J.W. - Boxing 1934
* Sullivan,Eddie - Fabulous Wilson Mizner 1935
* Member of Tattersals - Tales of the Turf and the Ring 1936
* George,W.H. - The Left Hook 1937
* Mancour Publishing - The Parade of Champions (pictures from Figg to Braddock) 1937
* Runyan,Damon - More Than Somewhat 1937
* Walters - Boxing for Character 1937
* Odets,Clifford - Golden Boy 1938
* Staughton,George - The Roped Ring Racket 1938
* Phillips,Thomas - Cheap Glory 1939
* Flynn,Brian - They Never Come Back 1940
* Frye,Clayton - Practical Boxing 1940
* Keeping,James - The Pulse of Life 1940
* Wilton,Hal - The Boxing G-Man 1940
* Gerson,Richard - Joe Louis, The Man v. The Fighter 1941
* Jones,Claudia - Lift Every Voice for Victory (Joe Louis's war effort) 1942
* Norton,Pete - Boxing Builds Bums 1942
* Sterling,Leonard - Boxing Fundamentals... 1942
* Ward,F.T. - Boxing 1943
* Burton,Edmund - Fists of Fortune 1945
* Alpha Power - Boxing 1946
* James,Roy - Ring Review 1946
* Treharne,E.R. - Conditioning for Fighting 1946
* Golding,Louis - Bare Knuckle Lover and other Short Stories 1947
* M.E.P. Bookshop - Boxing Self Taught 1947
* Masterman,Harland - The Challengers Come Back 1947
* Seller,Nat - My Road to Boxing Stardom 1947
* Enterkin,Hamilton -Dames Out of the Ring 1947
* Bell,Leslie - The Fight Racket 1949
* Chandley,H.G.H. - The Instructors Guide to Amateur Boxer's Textbook 1949
* Critchley MacDonald - Punch Drunk Syndrome 1949
* Doran,Jack - History of the World's Heavyweight Championship Since 1882 1949
* Meyers,Carlton - An Evaluation of Boxing as a Sports Activity... 1949
* Rightly,A. - The Complete Instructor in Boxing 1949
* Singh,Benny - Champions Past and Present 1949
* Van Deusen, John - Brown Bomber: The Story of Joe Louis 1949
* Murphy,John Cullen - Learn How to Box with Big Ben Bold plus Tips on Training by Gene Tunney 1950
* Magriel,Paul - Tom Molineaux: Career of an American... 1951
* M'Cracken,Mike - The Black Hammer 1951
* Pastore,Edward - What are the Facts About Boxing? 1952
* Miller,Tommy - How to Box 1954
* Mahoney,J.W. - New Zealand Boxing Year Book 1959
* Knights,Henry - A Handbook on Sparring 1960
* Singh,Benny - My Baby and Me 1960

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