A smart first edition of this illustrated work on American professional boxer, Gene Tunney. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated complete. The life and career of James Joseph Tunney, an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweight title twice between 1922 and 1923. Remembered for knocking out Georges Carpentier and defeating Jack Dempsey twice; his successful title defense against Dempsey remains one of the most famous bouts in boxing history, known as The Long Count Fight. Written by Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer, a noted American boxing writer and collector. With the original advertising order slip for the book. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, sound with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and light discolouration to the boards. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge starti