R1,500 - R2,000
SOMEBODY RING THE BELL! (INSCRIBED BY WILLIE TOWEEL) by Willie Toweel & Peter McInnes
London: Stanley Paul, 1961
8vo, 202pp. Original hardcover binding with gilt and black lettering to the spine. With dust jacket. Also with frontispiece and various fine monochrome plates.
Inscribed by Willie Toweel on full title page, and includes a loosely inserted postcard, inscribed and dated by Willie Toweel.
Willie Michael Toweel (6 April 1934 – 25 December 2017) was a boxer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, FInland. Toweel retired from boxing at age 26, with a career record of 46 wins, six losses and two draws, with 23 knockouts. Toweel trained Charlie Weir, and world champions Brian Mitchell and Thulani Malinga. (wikipedia.com)
*Location: Johannesburg branch
Condition: Dust jacket in fair condition, with rubbing, edgewear, small open and closed tears. Dust jacket has been covered with protective Brodart plastic sleeve. One very small stain to tail of spine. Text is clean, and copy is well bound.
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