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[BOXING]. JOHNSON, Jack (1878?1946). Jack Johnson in the Ri...

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[BOXING]. JOHNSON, Jack (1878?1946). Jack Johnson in the Ring and Out. Chicago: National Sports Publishing Company, 1927. 8vo. 16 plates from photographs and paintings. Original gilt?lettered red cloth (some darkening to joints and covers, tiny stain on top edge of text block, else fine. FIRST EDITION. An autobiography of the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion. [Together with:] an original unused postcard (ca. 1910) with a photo printed image of Johnson (light stain to front, small tear at corner).