Fitzsimmons, Robert. Physical culture and self-defence
Fitzsimmons, Robert. Physical culture and self-defence
with illustrations from poses by Robert Fitzsimmons and George Dawson
London, Gale & Polden Ltd, 2 Amen corner, Paternoster Row, E.C. 1907
8vo, xxii, 121pp including numerous plates in the pagination, orig red wrapps, spine fraying, little loss at foot 180 by 120mm (7 by 4¾ inches).
Contains a series of photographs showing Fitzsimmons demonstrating some training techniques. There are a further 23 photographs showing a series of ‘the famous blows of Robert Fitzsimmons’, re-enacted with George Dawson of the Chicago athhletic club. Pages 94 to 121 are various third party accounts of some of Fitzsimmons bouts
Bibliography: Hartley 676