1948; British Boxing; Denzil Batchelor; "With 8 Plates in Colour and 27 Illustrations in Black & White"; smaller hardback; Collins Publishers, London; very good condition with unmarked pages; minor discoloration inside covers; boards good with very minor edge bumping and minor ageing.
 
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"Boxing is the most international of all sports.  The long, long road to the peaks emerges from the uncharted desert of the past a little to the north of Oxford Street, more than two centuries ago.  There you would have found a pleasant eating-house famous for its sillabubs and strawberries..."