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Livres anciens et modernes

Preston Harry

Memories. With a Portrait by Richard Sickert. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Constable, 1928

46,00 €

Island Books

(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1928
Auteur
Preston Harry
Éditeurs
Constable
Thème
mstock, topography, sussex, brighton, hotels, hoteliers, boxing, bare-knuckle, sportsmen, harry preston, h. preston, topography, sussex, memories
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 11 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original red buckram, upper board blocked with author's signature in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sir Harry Preston (1860-1936) was at once a successful Brighton hotelier, keen boxing enthusiast and general all-round sportsman. His autobiography contains much material on boxing luminaries including Jack Johnson, Jim Driscoll, Jack Dempsey and many others. He was knighted in 1933 for services to sport and charity. Preston is buried at Cuckfield. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.