1877 – A leather commonplace book containing manuscript training instructions, newspaper clippings, a personal note, and a printed boxing manual.
San Francisco: 1877. Notebook. Henry E. F. Williams, a San Francisco bookbinder, printer, and amateur boxer signed the front-free endpaper of this notebook in 1877. It includes: A ten-page manuscript, dated “Oct 11th 1879” and titled “Boxing as Taught by ‘Louis Gerichton’.” It includes sections on Position, Leads, Parries..... More