WRESTLING BOOK – ON THE MAT AND OFF by HJALMAR LUNDIN- 1937 SIGNED – HARDCOPY 1st PRINTING

$350.00

“On The Mat And Off” by Hjalmar Lundin – 1937 – Extremely Rare 1st Printing – Hardbound. In very good condition. Tight binding, solid. All photo plates are intact. some corner bump wear. Clean. This historic extremely rare 1st printing has been beautifully signed and dated by the author. Rare find, for the wrestling historians. I have never seen another. 

Description

Hjalmar Emanuel Lundin (1870–1941) was a Swedish Wrestler and strongman who was for many years the undefeated champion of New York City. 

Lundin was born on 22 September 1870 in Husby-Sjuhundra in the Roslagen area of Sweden. He was one of his country’s wrestling pioneers. He later moved to the  United States where he started out as a professional “giant” in Ringling Brothers circus. Despite his size, Lundin was regarded as a clean and speedy wrestler. On January 21, 1908 Lundin was defeated by World Champion Frank Gotch in Lowell, Massachusetts. In January 1910 Mitsuyo Maeda and Hjalmar Lundin took part in a wrestling tournament in Mexico City.

Lundin fought in mixed style challenge matches in the United States, including Cornish Wrestling in the late 1890s including a match against John Rowett in 1899, who was the world Cornish wrestling champion.