{"product_id":"9781782273196","title":"The Noble English Art of Self-Defence","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book of boxing by one of the nineteenth-century stars, celebrating the 175th anniversary of The London Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNed Donnelly, a former prize fighter turned boxing instructor and author (with a lot of help from his literate friends), was a household name as a one of the most successful, famous, and respected instructors in the history of British boxing. This delightful book - more than an instruction manual, more than an amusing pastime - captures the fighting style from a crucial moment in boxing history right after the Prize Ring had become extinct. With a detailed clarity of expression, and accompanied by charming illustrations of a slightly paunchy boxer, it is a fascinating insight to the man who trained George Bernard Shaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe books in \"Found on the Shelves\" have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over seventeen miles of shelving and more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners and thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom essays on dieting in the 1860s to instructions for gentlewomen on trout-fishing, from advice on the ill health caused by the \"modern\" craze of bicycling to travelogues from Norway, they are as readable and relevant today as they were more than a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050008592624,"sku":"9781782273196","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782273196_p0.jpg?v=1763720519","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782273196","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}