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Japan Publications, 1974. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Martial Arts; ISBN: 0870402269. ISBN/EAN: 9780870402265. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 6935. . 9780870402265

Doyelstown, Pennsylvania: Strider Nolan Publishing. New. 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover. 285 pages: 8 x 9 in.: 1.8: Remainder: KB#006611: Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Book has neat black mark on bottom edge of page block (New Remainder Book) and has slight shelf wear at corners. "Jujutsu is an ancient battle-effective fighting art used for centuries by the Samurai and just as effective on the dangerous streets of 21st Century America. This book presents a penetrating look at the origins of this fighting art, delving into the Combat Philosophies and presenting the rarest Jujutsu combat techniques ever published in English! Subjects included in this book: The History and Development of Jujutsu * The Technical Development of the Art * Rare and Never Before Shown Jujutsu Skills * Senjutsu: The Combat Philosophies of Jujutsu * Hadaka Korosu (Art of the Naked Kill) : Use of Commonplace Objects as Weapons * Extensive Reference Material * Japanese Martial Arts Glossary * Overview of Martial… Leer más

N.p.: Veriscope, 1897. Two vintage fragments from a 63mm film print of the 1897 boxing match between "Gentleman" Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. The first fragment consists of six frames depicting the fighters in a clinch, while the second consists of four frames depicting the fighters in the center of the ring about to trade punches. At over 100 minutes, the film is the first feature length release anywhere, and, with an aspect ratio of 1.65:1, the first widescreen film ever produced. Though fragments such as this survive, the film in its entirety is considered lost. A five frame fragment is held the National Media Museum in the UK, and approximately 19 minutes are available for viewing, but OCLC locates no fragments in institutions. The heavy weight title bout took place on March 17, 1897 in Carson City, Nevada, which legalized boxing specifically to host this fight, beginning the long and storied relationship between the Silver State and the sweet science. Boxing was already a popular… Leer más

New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, and dated in ink by Corbett on the recto of the frontis. 8vo, xiv & 329 pp. plus 16 plates. Publishers gilt-lettered green cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
Page 329 roughly opened causing small losses in the margin (text unaffected), otherwise fine in moderately edge worn dust Jacket (including short tears and small loses), lightly browned at the spine and folds, otherwise very good."We cannot help but feel that The Roar of the Crowd will be read as long as the world loves a clean, honest, and courageous fighter, both within the ropes and in those harder battles of life outside the ring." (Excerpted from the dust jacket).

New York: Periodical Publishing Company, 1930. RARE, OCLC locates one copy, at University of Notre Dame Library. Near Fine, faint soiling rear wrapper. 48 pages with numerous black and white photographs. . First Printing. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

1880 Art of BOXING Combat Sports Illustrated Pugilism Self-Defense Ned Donnelly
Ned Donnelly's 'Art of Boxing' is a late 19th-century instructional and training manual on boxing and combat sports. This book includes illustrated sketches depicting various moves, positions, and punches.

Item number: #11999
Price: $399
DONNELLY, Ned
Ned Donnelly's art of boxing : a manual of sparring and self defense : illustrated with forty engravings showing the various blows, stops and guards, and explaining all the modern methods of attack and defense
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, [1880].

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Garden City: Dolphin/Doubleday, 1987. #191 of 250 copies specially bound and boxed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine in Fine slipcase. Photographs by Joe Ranard. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Tokyo: Sugawara Martial Arts Institute [0-87040-887-9] 1993, 1st printing. (Trade paperback) 140pp. Near fine. Photographs. Minor wear to the corners and minor rubbing to the spine. (Martial Arts, Martial Arts, Sinkage-Ryu, Sword Fighting).

12 mo. (7 3/8 by 5 inches) New York: Excelsior Publishing House, 1888. Original hardcover, 111 pages, 16 pages of publishers' advertisements, illustrated with many black and white drawings taken from photographs, demonstrating various boxing positions. Very good condition, quarter cloth binding, with title on spine; decorative paper over boards.

After a short biography of the author, some of the many other subjects covered are: "Breakfast Diet," "Dumb-Bell Exercise," "Ducking," and "The Marquis of Queensberry Rules," to name a few.

New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1997. Third printing. Condition: Fine. Very minor shelf wear to cover, else Like New. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Tokyo: Shin Senshaban, 1956. First edition. Hard cover in publisher's slipcase. Text in Japanese. Published Tokyo: Shin Senshaban, 1956, first printing with errata slip laid in. 8vo., 6 1/4" x 8 1/2", 158pp., illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Blue cloth with gilt cover and spine titles. Wear at the spine ends, tips rubbed, light soil spotting to covers, spine titles faded but legible, mild foxing along fore-edges, else very good in very good slipcase. Kazuo Ito (Kodokan 9th Dan) was a personal student of Kyuzo Mifune, and dedicated his life to promoting Judo and traditional Japanese culture. His work significantly helped to restore Judo to the Japanese national education curriculum following WWII. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

You get one vintage Secret of Wing Chun Butterfly Knives Form by Austin Goh 1985 softcover book published by Paul H. Crompton, Ltd. in London. This is a first edition and is in English. This book is in good condition with some wear to its covers and edges, including some light creases. The binding is tight and there are no loose pages, which are free of writing. This item is 10 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide. These measurements are approximations to give you an idea of the size of the book. Please see all pictures.

BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED IN PERSON BY JACKIE CHAN in both Chinese and English initials directly to the front endpaper. A true first printing in as new gift-worthy condition. Includes a new mylar cover to keep your dust jacket looking terrific. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED IN PERSON BY JACKIE CHAN in both Chinese and English (full name) directly to the front endpaper with "Love U" and dated '98. A true first printing in as new gift-worthy condition. Includes a new mylar cover to keep your dust jacket looking terrific. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED IN PERSON BY JACKIE CHAN in both Chinese and English directly to the front endpaper with "Love U" and date. A true first printing in near fine / very good condition: text is clean and bright (possibly unread), mild wear on boards and dust jacket (fading on spine). Includes a new mylar cover to keep your dust jacket looking attractive. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.