The fancy, or, True sportsman's guide : being authentic memoirs of the lives, actions, prowess, and battles of the leading pugilists, from the days of Figg and Broughton to the championship of Ward /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Published by J. McGowan and Son,
1826.
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| Item Description: | Authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan; John Badcock " ... under the pseudonym of Jon Bee ... described himself as editor of The Fancy"--Dict. of Nat. Biog., volume 1, page 854. First issued in 56 monthly parts, beginning April, 1821. Added engraved title pages in each volume. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Sports/Mitchell Boxing Collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm. |