Come Out Smokin': Joe Frazier - The Champ Nobody Knew. de Pepe, Phil - 1972

1972 Coward, MacCann & Geoghegan first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Plus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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NY: Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, nd (1972). Green cloth. Ex-library else VG+/VG (rubbed, small edge tears) dj. 8vo. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos, pictorial endpapers. 3rd impression

Minimal library distinctions, no pocket, else, clean contents in DJ displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown.
Profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Includes appendices: 1- J Frazier's Career Record, 2- History of Heavyweight Championships Bouts.
The first book ever to delve into the life of the legendary heavyweight boxing champion.

Acclaimed sportswriter Phil Pepe explores the iconic boxer "Smokin' Joe" Frazier's early beginnings. From his dirt poor childhood and relationship with his father to his street fights and Olympic boxing championship, Pepe's book follows Frazier's rise, culminating in the "Fight of the Century" with Muhammad Ali. Pepe beat all other writers to the punch in his seminal work on the champ nobody knew.
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Frank Cass Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Hardback with dust jacket in fair condition, pages clean, first page looks like book plate removed, can't see any signs of being an ex-library book, outer cover some wear and marks, dust jacket some scuffs. Can provide photos.

Come Out Smokin' Joe Frazier - The Champ Nobody Knew by Phil Pepe (The Woburn Press, 1st (UK) edition 1973), with a preface by Henry Cooper. Biography of the champion boxer. Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 228pp including b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (222mm x 143mm).A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*