signed first edition Hardcover
1933 · New York
by GRIFFIN, Marcus
New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Foreword by Damon Runyon. Offsetting from a small clipping about Johnston's death on the endpapers, general wear, a sound, good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by Johnston to a sportswriter: "To Tony Marevey hi Newark's 'Boy Reporter' and my very good friend. Jimmie Johnston 3/27/33." The inside story of the fight game by a longtime promoter, and the premiere Madison Square Garden matchmaker of his time. (Inventory #: 87209)