If you need to know all about this sport, this is your book. The cult of prizefighting meant fighting barehanded as long as the fighters could stand it, often to severe injury and sometimes death. Fascinated attendees and participants included Dr Johnson, Hazlitt, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Byron, and more names we still recognize today. While most fans came from industrial towns and slums of London, princes and dukes also patronised the sport, that had its own jargon and of course, involved heavy gambling. With contemporary drawings. Jacket is worn, book is a little beat up. David and Charles. Newton Abbot. 1971. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00