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(Boxing Program.) Souvenir of The Tommy Burns - Jack Johnson Boxing Contest. The Stadium, Sydney for The Championship of The World - front wrapper title. (Sydney, Australia), (1908). 8vo, orig. color pictorial wrappers (light edge wear, slightly dusty, minor spotting). Photo 1/2 tone full figure portraits of boxers, adverts. Scattered, generally light, spotting, very occasional old ink annotations, a few small internal abrasions. Expertly repaired. Pagination: i-vii, (2), 6-67 (68), ix-xvi.
The original program & souvenir of the boxing contest in which Jack Johnson became the first man of color to win the heavyweight championship of the world.