Jake La Motta – Raging Bull – My Story – La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage – First US Edition 1970 – Production Company’s Copy
£600.00
First US edition, first printing. Published by Prentice-Hall in New Jersey, 1970. This is a near fine copy. The spine faded dust wrapper has some slight rubbing throughout and bumping at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped and shows the original $6.95 net price. The boards, in deep red publisher’s cloth, are free from notable wear. The text blocks are bright and white throughout and the internals free from inscriptions – previous owner’s blind stamp tot he title page and newspaper article affixed to the front endpaper. Overall, this is a near fine copy.
Meet Jake La Motta: thief, rapist, killer. Raised in the Bronx slums, he fought on the streets, was sent to reform school, and served time in prison. At the age of twenty-seven, after eight years of fighting, he became Middleweight Champion of the World. At the peak of his success he fell apart and began a swift, harrowing descent into a nightmare. Raging Bull is the ‘Bronx Bull’s’ brutally candid memoir.
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First US edition, first printing of Raging Bull by Jake La Motta, published by Prentice-Hall in New Jersey, 1970. This is a near fine copy, inscription in black ink to the front free end paper, the boards in deep red publisher’s cloth, tarnished gilt titling to the spine, pushing to head and foot of spine, some staining to cloth on rear panel, text block with browning and spotted top edge. The near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine, slight rubbing throughout and bumping and open tears at the spine tips, open tears at the knuckles of the front and rear flap folds and minor internal spotting. Wrapper illustration by Murray Olderman.
Raging Bull by Jake LaMotta is an autobiographical account of the former middleweight boxing champion’s turbulent life. Published in 1970, the book details LaMotta’s rise in the boxing world, marked by his aggressive fighting style, and his descent into violence, jealousy and self-destruction outside the ring. It explores his struggles with rage, relationships and redemption, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse into the psyche of a man battling his inner demons while achieving boxing greatness.
