New series of Boxiana
Subtitle: being the only original and complete lives of the boxers : dedicated to the right Honourable The Earl of Eldon, late Lord High chancellor of England
By: by Pierce Egan
Publisher: Published by George Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, Bath Street, Bristol, and St. Vincent Street, Liverpool
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Boxing; Biography; History; Boxers (Sports); Boxing matches
Other titles: Boxiana, or, Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism; Boxiana, or, Sketches of antient and modern pugilism; Sketches of antient and modern pugilism; Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism
Notes: Two different texts occur with signature marks designating them as v. 4 (i.e. v. 1 of this work) of the Boxiana series. This text, by Pierce Egan, has title: New series of Boxiana; printer's imprint of C. Baynes; and title-page imprint: London : George Virtue, 1828. The other text, by John Badcock, with printer's imprint of W. Marchant and title-page imprint of Sherwood, Jones and Co., has title: Boxiana, or, Sketches of modern pugilism; "The art of training" occupies p. [1]-52. Cf. Hartley.

Vol. 1: vi, [2], [vii]-xvi, [9]-676 p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 2: viii, 794 p., [7] leaves of plates.

Added engraved title page, with vignette, in each volume: Boxiana, or, Sketches of antient and modern pugilism.

"Vol. IV." appears in the direction line of the first page of each sheet.

Hartley, R.A. History & bib. of boxing books, 587