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"The Fancy Gazette For March 1822" - April 1822

"The Fancy Gazette For March 1822" - April 1822
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"The Fancy Gazette For March 1822"

Issued - April 1822

Sporting publication put out in 1822 with the complete title "The Annals Of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; A Magazine" in monthly sections. Covered the sports of the day. These are the sections of this publication titled "The Fancy Gazette" which were edited by Jon Bee and devoted to Pugilism goings on from the previous month along with in-depth fight reports of the last month or so.

These rare vintage pieces of boxing history appear to have been previously removed from a bound volume.

Some of the Fights covered and subjects include:

Listing of Pugilistic occurrences in the month of April
Dick Acton vs. Massa Kendrick
McLean vs. Miller
Pipes vs. Fighting Philsey
Bishop Sharp vs. the younger Burke
Collins vs. little Lenney "the Cow-boy"
Belton vs. Bill Weaver
Brian vs. Harvey
George "The Groom" vs. Bob Chapman
Benefit for Bill Abbott at the Fives Court with descriptions of sparring exhibitions among many well knowns including Tom Cribb, Dick Curtis and Tom Spring
Benefit for Harry Shelton at the Fives Court with descriptions of over a dozen sparring exhibitions between prominent fighters of the day
Benefit for Hickman and Cy Davis at the Merchant-Tailors Hall in Bristol
and other assorted boxing news of the day

SIZE - About digest sized at 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" inches. 12 pages including covers.

CONDITION - About GD/VG condition. Fragile condition. Some pages may be loose but contents are readable and there are no major rips or tears.

PRICE - $34.95