[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce biog of World's Heavyweight Champ, Jim Braddock, signed by author

[Bob Petrilla]

Shabazian, Ludwig. RELIEF TO ROYALTY: THE STORY OF JAMES J. BRADDOCK,
WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: By Lud [Ludwig Shabazian], Sports Editor,
Hudson Dispatch, Union City, New Jersey. Foreword by Damon Runyon. Union
City: Published by the author, 1936. First Edition. pp: v, 191, erratum
slip at back; two photo-portraits and 19 illustrations by the author. Cover
gilt flaking.  7.75" x 5.5" Very Good. Original Cloth.
This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the blank flyleaf: "To my friend
/ Jim McMahon / Lud-- / Sept 8th 1936." ~~ Braddock went from being on
financial relief during the Depression in North Bergen, New Jersey, to
winning decisions over John Henry Lewis, Art Lasky and Max Baer in 1934 and
1935, becoming World Heavyweight Champion.      $150.00

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