Lot 120 , Lemoine, Henry - Modern Manhood; or, the Art and Practice of English Boxing. or, the art and practice of English boxing. Including the History of the Science of Natural Defence; and Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Practit

Lemoine, Henry - Modern Manhood; or, the Art and Practice of English Boxing. or, the art and practice of English boxing. Including the History of the Science of Natural Defence; and Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Practitioners of that Manly Exercise. Folded engraved frontispiece. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt rules and lettering, marbled endpapers. 8vo. London, Printed for the editor, and sold by J. Parsons, No 21, Pater-noster-row; A. Cleugh No 23, Ractclif-Highway; J. Sudbury, Tooley-Street; and H. Lemoine, No 56 Crispin-Street, Spitalfields, and No 28, Minories. [1788].
£1,500-1,800

Condition:
without half title as is often the case (see Welcome and BL copies). pp. folding frontis, title page, preface iv,vii-x,v-viii,[1],16-88 with 29 misnumbered 26, final leaf dated Feb 4th, and advertising a reissue of Parkyn’s Inn play. offsetting to plate, some minor spotting to title and to margins, light scuffing to corners and spine. Hartley 1214.