Doherty, W.J. In the days of the giants. Memoirs of a champion of the prize-ring
Doherty, W.J. In the days of the giants. Memoirs of a champion of the prize-ring
£24.00
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1931
8vo, 272, 12 plates (4 coloured), blue cloth with black lettering and illustration of gloved boxer, spine faded 220 by 150mm (8¾ by 6 inches).
Doherty styled himself as “the fighting quarryman” one-time middle-weight champion of Africa and heavy-weight champion of Australia.
Hartley says ‘the 19 chapters include: Jem Mace, Peter Jackson, Joe Goddard, Griff, The Middleweight title, Mick Dooley, Nine rounds with Kid McCoy
Bibliography: Hartley 524
