Fine Books & Ephemera (1357) January 14, 2010 EDT, Main Floor Gallery Lot 194

Estimate: $300 - $500 (plus Buyer's Premium) Lot. Programs & Ephemera relating to : Official Program. "World's Championship. Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey. Sesqui-Centennial Stadium, September 23, 1926" - cover title. (), (1926). 4to, orig. orange & brown printed pictorial tan wrappers; minor creasing to corners. Photo illus., adverts. * "For The World's Heavy Weight Championship, Official Souvenir. Gene Tunney, Champion. Jack Dempsey, Challenger. Soldier's Field, Sept. 22, 1927. Chicago, Ill." (Chicago), (1927). 4to, orig. color pictorial wrappers; slightly dusty, moderate creasing at bottom fore-edge corner. Photo illus., adverts. Slightly toned, moderate internal creasing at bottom fore-edge corner, some chipping with minor paper loss at foot of several early leaves. Scattered minor internal dust soiling. * Unused tickets (6), Willard-Dempsey, Toledo, , July 4, 1919. * Ticket stub, Jack Dempsey vs. Billy Miske, Harbor, Mich., Sept. 6, (1920). * Ticket stub, Jack Dempsey vs. , (Jersey City, N.J.), July 21, 1921. * Ticket stub, Jack Dempsey vs. Tom Gibbons, Shelby, Montana, July 4, 1923. * Ticket Stub, Jake Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney, (Philadelphia), Sept. 23,1926. * Ticket stub, Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey, (Chicago), Sept. 1927. * Large format slot card, "Photos of famous prize fighters and wrestlers, Jack Dempsey, Salt Lake City, Utah." N.p., n.d. [ca. 1920]. 6 1/2 x 7 inches (165 x 178 mm). Crisp & generally clean. With photo of Jack Dempsey. * Press photo. Dempsey and Tex Rickard sign articles for fight, Ft. Worth, Tex., 4-24- 26, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (165 x 216 mm). * Press photo, Dempsey vs. Willard, Third round, 7 x 9 inches. * Press photo, Dempsey Gibbons fight, 12th round, 7, 7, 23, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. * Press photo, Dempsey knocks out Firpo, Polo Grounds, City, 9/14/23, 7 x 9 inches. * Press photo, Dempsey and Tunney meet in New York, 8, 10, 26,8 x 10 inches. * Press photo, Tunney taking the 14 count, Sept. 22, 1927, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. [All press photos in VG or better condition]. * Small format poster. "Jack Dempsey, Champion of The World, Will Appear at The Base Ball Game This Afternoon, Between The Saranac Lake College Players and The Grogan A.C. of Troy." [ca. 1925]. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (280 x 215 mm). Black ink on green stock. Minor edge wear. * Circus program. "Cole Bros. Circus. Official Route - Program Season, 1941." N.p., 1941. 12mo,orig. wrappers. Photo illus. Light wear. "Featuring Jack Dempsey, The Idol of Millions." * Boxing periodical. International Boxing Blade. , Aug. 21, 1926. 16 pp, orig. folio self-wrappers. * The Sept. 11, 1926 issue of the preceding, 16 pp. folio. Both issues, photo illus. on pink stock, both with features relating to the upcoming 1st Dempsey vs. Tunney fight.