Signed book: K. O. by Walter Anthony Merrill. First edition, limited issue, numbered 47/1000. USA: Keystone Publishing, 1933. Hardcover, 9 x 9, 98 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, “Jas. J. Jeffries.” Also signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Angus Morgan, Because you throw a lot of grand leather! Sincerely always, Walter ‘Tony’ Merrill, April 13-1933,” and “Stick it to Angus and you will be a ‘champion,’ Belle Martell.” Autographic condition: scattered toning to signed page, otherwise fine. Book condition: VG/None, with moderate foxing to cover. Martell was the first woman boxing referee in the country, and Morgan was a boxer who fought in a few bouts during 1934 at the Olympic Auditorium in California.
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