Description: [BOXING MEMOIRS]. NELSON, BATTLING. Life, Battles and Career of Battling Nelson, Lightweight Champion of the World by Himself. Hegewisch, IL: 1909. Second printing. Signed by the author / boxing champion, Battling Nelson. Inscribed: ‘To Charie Eyton, Battling Nelson, L.A., June 9, 1909.” at the printed text reading: “Compliments of Author, Life, Battles and Career of Battling Nelson, Lightweight Champion of the World, Hegewisch, Ill.” Illustrated with photos and with drawings by Tad and Edgren. Very good lightly used copy with some minor edge wear and dust soiling to the cloth without dust jacket. The memoirs of Oscar Mathæus Nielsen, also known as Battling Nelson (1882 - 1954), a Danish-born boxer who held the world lightweight championship on two separate occasions. He was nicknamed "the Durable Dane" and was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.
Price: 350 USD
Location: Santa Barbara, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
California Prop 65 Warning: no
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Signed
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Illustrator: various
Topic: Sports
Year Printed: 1909
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Hardcover
Origin: American
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Hegewisch, IL
Modification Description: signed
Language: English
Author: Battling Nelson
Publisher: Hegewisch
Signed: Yes
Personalized: Yes
Character Family: Boxing Battling Nelson
