BOXING BOOKS - [DOWLING, Vincent George] Fistiana; or, The Oracle of the Ring, London: Wm. Clement, 1841, 8°, half title, line-engraved frontispiece after J. F. Herring and 4 plates (frontispiece soiled, with long closed tear, and laid down, G1 with laminated repair, some soiling and staining of text), later calf, flat gilt spine with green morocco label (scratch marks to covers), g.e. FIRST EDITION of the first work devoted to boxers' records which ran to at least 26 editions. [Hartley 539] -- Henry Downes MILES. Pugilistica. The history of British Boxing, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906, 3 volumes, 8°, plates (some spotting, occasional pencil scribbles to plates and text), original pictorial cloth (upper joints of vol. III cracking), t.e.g., others uncut. First published in 1863. [Hartley 1365] -- Bohun LYNCH. The Prize Ring, London: Country Life, 1925, 4°, number 42 of 750 copies, plates, some coloured, original boards backed in vellum (spine rather soiled and stained, extemities worn). [Hartley 1270] (5)