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• The yawara stick and police baton (Thomas, 1963), by James McCauslin Moynahan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet, and Sword Feats: or, How to use a cut and thrust sword, by J. M. Waite (Gutenberg ebook)

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• The mace of the House of representatives of the United States. ([U.S. Govt. print. off.], 1940), by United States House of Representatives and Kenneth Romney (page images at HathiTrust)

• The mace of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina (printed for The Commission by the State Co., 1917), by A. S. Salley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fechtbuch aus dem Jahre 1467 : Gerichtliche und andere zweikämpfe Darstellend (J.G. Calve, 1887), by Hans. Talhoffer and Gustav Hergsell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on bayonet training, no. 2 : adapted from a Canadian publication. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1917), by Army War College (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to out-think your opponent : or, T.N. tactics for close-in fighting (J.J. Newbegin, 1918), by Al Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on bayonet training : compiled from foreign reports. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1917), by Army War College (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand-to-hand fighting; a system of personal defense for the soldier (Macmillan Co., 1918), by Arthur Elmer Marriott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Self defense for the individual ... (United litho. & ptg. cos., 1919), by Billy C. Sandow (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'academie de l'admirable art de la lutte : montrant d'une maniere très exacte non seulement la force extraordinaire de l'homme, mais aussi les mouvemens merveilleux, l'usage singulier, & les souplesses des principales parties ou membres du corps humain : avec une instruction claire & familiaire, comment on peut en toutes les occasions repousser sûrement & adroitement toutes sortes d'insultes & d'attaques (Chez Isaac Severinus ..., in the 1690s), by Romeyn de Hooghe, Isaac Severinus, and Nicolaes Petter (page images at HathiTrust)
• A defense manual of commando jiu jitsu (Wilcox & Follett co., 1943), by Irvin Cahn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kill or get killed : riot control techniques, manhandling, and close combat, for police and the military (U.S. Marine Corps, 1991), by Rex Applegate and United States Marine Corps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand to Hand Fighting : the Use of Bayonet ... (George Banta Pub. Co., 1918), by Haskell C. Billings and Harry B. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Judo, jiu-jitsu, and hand-to-hand fighting: a list of references. (Washington, 1943), by Library of Congress Division of Bibliography and Helen Dudenbostel Jones (page images at HathiTrust)

• L'academie de l'admirable art de la lutte : montrant d'une maniere très exacte non seulement la force extraordinaire de l'homme, mais aussi les mouvemens merveilleux, l'usage singulier, & les souplesses des principales parties ou membres du corps humain : avec une instruction claire & familiaire, comment on peut en toutes les occasions repousser sûrement & adroitement toutes sortes d'insultes & d'attaques (Chez Isaac Severinus ..., in the 1690s), by Romeyn de Hooghe, Isaac Severinus, and Nicolaes Petter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fighter and a woman (Drinking Gourd Press, 2005), by Emmanuel Aryeequaye Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)

• Méthode de Police Pratique, à l'Usage des Agents de l'Autorité: Enseignant les Divers Moyens d'Arrêter, Immobiliser, Terrasser, Conduire ou Emporter un Malfaiteur Même Armé (in French; Paris: J. Rueff, 1909), by Charles Péchard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hrayr zinavarzhakan khumbi zinuorakan girkʻě. (Tp. "Hayrenikʻ"i, 1918), by P. Ayvazean (page images at HathiTrust)
• Do or die : a supplementary manual on individual combat : showing advanced science in bayonet, knife, jiu-jitsu, savate and boxing for those whose duties may lead them into a "tight spot" ([W. J. Dornan], 1937), by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manual del baratero : ó arte de manejar la navaja, el cuchillo y la tijera de los jitanos. (Imp. de A. Goya, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life and Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator (Boston: J. A. Hearn and Co.; London: G. Routledge and Sons, 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (multiple formats at archive.org)
• My fighting life (Cassell and Co., 1920), by Georges Carpentier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The so-called "bow-puller" identified as the Greek myrmēx ([Philadelphia], 1897), by Daniel G. Brinton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten-and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America. (I. Washburn, 1947), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The roar of the crowd : the true tale of the rise and fall of a champion (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925), by James John Corbett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Muldoon, the solid man of sport (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1929), by Edward Van Every (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing simplified. (The Antioch press, 1929), by Clarence E. Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The admirable Bashville, or, Constancy unrewarded : being the novel of Cashel Byron's profession done into a stage play in three acts and in blank verse : with a note on modern prizefighting. (Brentano's, 1909), by Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Knuckles and gloves (Henry Holt & co., 1923), by Bohun Lynch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of boxing. (Brentano's, 1924), by Trevor C. Wignall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten--and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America (I. Washburn, 1936), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (The Macmillan company, 1938), by D. C. Hutchison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin State Athletic Commission law : Chapter 73c of the Statutes. ([Madison?], in the 1st century), by Wisconsin and Wisconsin. State Athletic Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report to the faculty on the study of intercollegiate boxing at the University of Wisconsin. ([Madison], 1950), by University of Wisconsin. Athletic Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Knuckles and gloves (W. Collins sons & co., ltd., 1922), by Bohun Lynch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Roosevelt that I know; ten years of boxing with the President--and other memories of famous fighting men (B.W. Dodge & Company, 1909), by Michael Joseph Donovan and F. H. N. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical enengy, showing how physical and mental energy may be developed by means of the practice of boxing (T. Werner Laurie, 1924), by William Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fighting man (Bobbs-Merrill, 1916), by William A. Brady (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of boxing (Hutchinson & co., 1923), by Trevor C. Wignall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten--and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America (I. Washburn, 1927), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Round by round, an autobiography (Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1940), by Jack Dempsey and Myron M. Stearns (page images at HathiTrust)
• The science of boxing : also rules and articles on training, generalship in the ring and kindred subjects (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1893), by Michael Joseph Donovan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing simplified (Prentice-Hall, 1951), by John J. Walsh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and battles of Jack Johnson, champion pugilist of the world. Together with the complete records of John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Robert Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Tommy Burns, Peter Jackson and Jim Flynn. (New York, 1912), by Richard Kyle Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Crib's memorial to Congress : with a preface, notes, and appendix (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ..., 1819), by Thomas Moore and Hurst Longman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Inside facts on pugilism. (Laird & Lee, 1907), by George Siler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fistiana; or, The oracle of the ring ... (Clement, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fencing (Longmans, Green, and co., 1893), by Walter Herries Pollock, C. Prévost, and F. C. Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists; full reports of their battles from contemporary newspapers, with authentic portraits, personal anecdotes, and sketches of the principal patrons of the prize ring, forming a complete history of the ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the last championship battle between King and Heenan, in December 1863 (J. Grant, 1906), by Henry Downes Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kings of the Queensberry realm (The Continental publishing co., 1902), by W. W. Naughton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ethics of boxing and manly sport (Ticknor and company, 1888), by John Boyle O'Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (A. D. Innes, 1897), by R. G. Allanson-Winn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lives and battles of the champions of England, from the year 1700 to the present time. Containing authentic records, anecdotes, personal recollections ... (E. James, 1879), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Figg to Johnson; a complete history of the heavyweight championship, containing dates and accurate descriptions of every contest for the world's boxing title from the time of the first champion down to the present day. (The Blossom book bourse, 1909), by Barratt O'Hara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hand-book of manly sports (A.G. Spalding & Bros., 1883), by George H. Benedict (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sparring : or, The theory and practice of the art of self defence : a complete guide : classified and explained in a most simple manner (Fisher & Brother ;, 1864), by L. Hillebrand (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the great international contest between Heenan and Sayers at Farnborough on the 17th April, 1860 : including the full reports from The Times ... . (George Newbold, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Art of boxing and science of self-defense, together with a manual of training. (Excelsior, 1888), by William Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing for beginners, with chapter showing its relationship to bayonet fighting (Lea & Febiger, 1918), by William J. Jacomb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Athletics and manly sport (Pilot publishing company, 1890), by John Boyle O'Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of boxing, club swinging, and manly sports (A.G. Spalding & Bros., 1883), by George H. Benedict (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing. (American sports publishing co., 1893), by James Edward Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing; a guide to the manly art of self defense (American sports publishing co., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The admirable Bashville: (Brentano's, 1909), by Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists (J. Grant, 1906), by Henry Downes Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Favourite ring tricks of boxing champions (Ewart, Seymour & Co., Ltd., 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ring strategy and tactics. (Ewart, Seymour & Co., Ltd., 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of boxing, swimming and gymnastics made easy ... (Hurst & co., 1883), by Henry Llewellyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing and self defense taught by the Marshall Stillman principle ... (Marshall Stillman association, 1919), by Alpheus Geer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The complete handbook of boxing and wrestling (E. James, 1878), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Counter back on a counter; boxing without a teacher (Printed by Davis and Ohlinger, 1916), by Orville S. Westerman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Doran's science of self-defense (Press of Shiffer ptg. co., 1889), by Bart J. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jake Kilrain's life and battles (R. K. Fox, 1888), by William Edgar Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law, rules and regulations for the government of boxing in the state of Wisconsin. ([Madison?, 1919), by Wisconsin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of James J. Corbett, the champion pugilist of the world ... (R. K. Fox, 1892), by Richard K. Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Sir Dan Donnelly (Ed. James, 1879), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Tom Hyer. (E. James, 1879), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and battles of Yankee Sullivan. (E. James, 1880), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Yankee Sullivan (A. Winch, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and reminiscences of a 19th century gladiator (J.A. Hearn & co.; [etc., etc.], 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Our Jim" ... the world's champion. (The Crown publishing co., 1892), by Leigh Hadley Irvine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical culture and self-defense (D. Biddle, 1901), by Robert Fitzsimmons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical culture and self-defense (D. Biddle, 1903), by Robert James Fitzsimmons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rules for boxing (Gov't Printing Office, 1918), by United States. Commission on Training Camp Activities (page images at HathiTrust)
• The science of self defence. A treatise on sparring and wrestling, including complete instructions in training and physical development. Also, several remarks upon, and a course prescribed for the reduction of corpulency. (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1867), by Edmund Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientific bag punching (Richard K. Fox Publishing, 1913), by Harry Seeback (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American fistiana : containing a history of prize fighting in the United States. (H. Johnson, 1849), by Patrick Timony (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxers and their battles; anecdotal sketches and personal recollections of famous pugilists (R. A. Everett & Co., 1900), by Thormanby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and battles of Yankee Sullivan, embracing full and accurate reports of his fights with Hammer Lane, Tom Secor, Harry Bell, Bob Caunt, Tom Hyer, John Morrisey ... (A. Winch, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fistina : or, The oracle of the ring : results of prize battles from 1700 to December 1867, alphabetically arranged : old and new rules of the ring : form of articles, duties of seconds, bottleholders, umpires and referees : hints on sparring and boxing : with method of training (Bell's life in London, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fencing (Longmans, Green, 1890), by Walter Herries Pollock, Egerton Castle, Walter Armstrong, E. B. Michell, Camille Prevost, and F. C. Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Crib's memorial to Congress. : With a preface, notes and appendix. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pugilistica: being one hundred and forty-four years of the history of British boxing ... The only complete and chronological history of the ring ... (Weldon & co., 1880), by Henry Downes Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Crib's memorial to Congress. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The champions of the American prize ring : a complete history of the heavy-weight champions of America, with their battles and portraits, executed expressly for this book ... (Published by Richard K. Fox, proprietor Police Gazette, 1881), by William Edgar Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
• La boxe traité français des règles anglaises. ([s.n.], 1899), by C. E. Leclerc (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuel de la boxe française et anglaise, méthode Leboucher. (J. Taride, 1885), by Devost (page images at HathiTrust)
• A professional pugilist. (The Leadenhall press, ltd., etc., 1894), by Harry Arthur James, Kenneth M. Skeaping, Marshall Simpkin, and Leadenhall Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fencing (Longmans, 1889), by Walter Herries Pollock, Walter Armstrong, E. B. Michell, Camille Prevost, F. C. Grove, C. Prévost, and F. C. Grove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shadow boxing, how to train and advice on living, rules of the ring (Marshall Stillman Assn., 1920), by Geer,Alpheus, 1863- (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing : with hints on the art of attack and defense and how to train for the prize ring (R.K. Fox, 1889), by R. K. Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (Outing Publishing Company, 1913), by David Chapel Hutchison (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to box to win, how to build muscle, how to breathe, stand, wald, or run, how to punch the bag : a book of health and strength (Shrewesbury publishing co., 1920), by John T. McGovern, J. Gardner Smith, and James John Corbett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fight : an essay (Elm Tree Press, 1929), by William Hazlitt and Robert H. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions in boxing : both individual and for beginners and those who are advanced in the manly art of self-defence (Cornwall Press, 1928), by William J. Cavanagh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of boxing. (George H. Doran company, 1926), by Georges Carpentier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ring battles of centuries. (Tom Andrews Record Book Co., 1924), by Thomas Stora Andrews and C. R. Diegle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mass boxing simplified for the beginner, the amateur, the professional and the coach. (Simpson publications, 1945), by Max Marek (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fighting sports (Odhams Press Limited, 1921), by L. Fitz-Barnard (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Brown bomber" : the story of Joe Louis (Dorrance and company, 1940), by John George Van Deusen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commission report. ([Providence], 1940), by Rhode Island. Racing and Athletics Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life, battles and career of Battling Nelson, lightweight champion of the world ([s.n.], 1908), by Battling Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Would you call this murder? The truth about boxing, in which the sport defends itself by means of statistics, facts and expert opinion. (C.K. and H.L. Miller, 1951), by Harvey L. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fighting for fun : the scrap book of Eddie Eagan. (The Macmillan company, 1934), by Edward P. F. Eagan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing : a guide to the manly art of self defense, giving accurate instructions for becoming proficient in the science of boxing : hints on training, diet and breathing, advice to seconds : official boxing rules. (American Sports Pub. Co., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten--and out! The complete story of the prize ring in America (I. Washburn, 1943), by Alexander Johnston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Boxing made easy; or, The complete manual of self defence (Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1800), by A pupil of Mendoza and Humphreys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some recollections of the prize ring (Henning and Co., 1888), by Fredrick W. J. Henning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and reminiscences of a 19th century gladiator (J.A. Hearn ;, 1892), by John Lawrence Sullivan and Dudley Allen Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentals of boxing. (Little Technical Library, 1942), by Barney Ross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My sporting memories (R. Holden & co., ltd., 1925), by Bernard John Angle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abe the Newsboy, The life story of (Abe the Newsboy Publishing Co., 1943), by Abraham Hollandersky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The sweet science. (Duffield, 1926), by Trevor C. Wignall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boxing (C. Scribner's Sons, 1928), by Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and S. E. Bilik (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How to judge boxing. ([Chicago?], 1960), by Frank Gilmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 3 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863, by Henry Downes Miles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-1740, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863, by Henry Downes Miles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 1 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863, by Henry Downes Miles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Knuckles and Gloves, by Bohun Lynch (Gutenberg ebook)

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