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Lot 177

[BOXING]. A group of 8 titles, including: <p>DEMPSEY, Jack....

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[BOXING].?A group of 8 titles, including: DEMPSEY, Jack. Championship Fighting. New York: Prentice?Hall, [1950]. 8vo. Original maroon cloth lettered in white. FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP. PRESENTATION COPY FROM DEMPSEY TO FRANK MASTRO: ?To my little pal, Frankie Mastro, thanks partner, Jack Dempsey?. Mastro was also the recipient of the publisher?s review slip. ?? GRAZIANO, Rocky. Somebody Up There Likes Me. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 8vo. Original cloth?backed boards; original unclipped dust jacket (heavily chipped). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY GRAZIANO TO MASTRO. And several others. Provenance: From the Estate of Frank Mastro, former boxing writer for the Chicago Tribune.