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Book shows a medium amount of wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 229 pages, some b&w photos. Collection of essays, contents include: Are athletics making girls masculine? Memoirs of a would-be swim champ, Confessions of an ex-cheerleader, A radical ethic for sports, Desegregating sexist sport, etc.
pp. xx, 620. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. GAMES BOX 3
19392091502135421547Tokai Student Athletics Federation 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Tokai Student Athletics Federation paperback
Signed 'To Jamie - Geraint Thomas' on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions - appears unread. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 373pp. Autobiography and the thoughts on cycling of multiple World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist - Welshman Geraint Thomas - who later went on to win the Tour de France.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked black cloth boards with gilt lettering and very minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with indent to front and traces of storage. 144pp. A celebration of the Commonwealth Games and a showcase for Manchester and its sport.
pp. xiii, 219 + Portrait Frontis. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Reprint of the 1967 edition. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
2019x-1682830470Texas Tech Univ Pr 2019. Hardcover. New. 207 pages. 12.00x12.00x1.25 inches. Texas Tech Univ Pr hardcover
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily illustrated with b&w photos of a lot of naked dudes playing. Contents include: Ball playing, weight lifting, Palestra and training, Misc. activities and games, Attitudes toward athletics, Nudity in Greek athletics, Women in Greek athletics, etc.
Minor shelfwear. Small chip to spine. Gift card to R. E. Fantham affixed to titlepage. ; In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. A large, detailed model based on modern research and excavation reconstructs the site of ancient Olympia, where alongside religious and civic buildings there grew an elaborate sports complex with a stadium for 40,000 spectators, indoor and outdoor training facilities, hot and cold baths, a swimming pool and a race-course. Later chapters cover the diet and medical treatment of athletes, sponsorship, patronage, propaganda and revivals of the Games and a brand new chapter, based on the lateste research discusses the literary sources for the Olympic Games. The expanded final chapter on the modern Games is written in collaboration with Stewart Binns, an expert in this field who has worked closely with the International Olympic Committee over many years, and has been revised to bring the story up to the preparations for the London 2012 Games. Illustrated with gorgeous, full-colour photography and covering thousands of years of Olympic history, this fascinating book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Olympic Games. ; 9.6 X 7.5 X 0.6 inches; 120 pages
Minor shelfwear. Small chip to spine. Gift card to R. E. Fantham affixed to titlepage. ; In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. A large, detailed model based on modern research and excavation reconstructs the site of ancient Olympia, where alongside religious and civic buildings there grew an elaborate sports complex with a stadium for 40,000 spectators, indoor and outdoor training facilities, hot and cold baths, a swimming pool and a race-course. Later chapters cover the diet and medical treatment of athletes, sponsorship, patronage, propaganda and revivals of the Games and a brand new chapter, based on the lateste research discusses the literary sources for the Olympic Games. The expanded final chapter on the modern Games is written in collaboration with Stewart Binns, an expert in this field who has worked closely with the International Olympic Committee over many years, and has been revised to bring the story up to the preparations for the London 2012 Games. Illustrated with gorgeous, full-colour photography and covering thousands of years of Olympic history, this fascinating book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Olympic Games. ; 9.6 X 7.5 X 0.6 inches; 120 pages
Two Volumes. Inked ownerships of Paxton Parkin, 1884, on both title pages. P.W.P, 1884, on front paste downs. Slight age staining. 8vo. Original full red buckram bindings. Volume II lacks half spine. Hardbound. A comprehensive history of dueling throughout the world. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! . GAMES BOX 1
Very faint shelfwear to DJ. ; Additional ISBN: 9607064461. Heavy book. ; 302 pages
89p. Profusely illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
308p. Numerous game illustrations. Damp stained. Age stained. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Binding worn with some loss at extremities. Hardbound. GAMES BOX 1
Creasing along spine; 64 pages
159p. Numerous illustrations. 16mo. Dell paperback. Very nice copy. GAMES BOX 1
Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches; 149 pages
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 105pp. An illustrated survey of football, cricket, rugby, lacrosse, athletics, bowls, racing, golf and Fred Perry in Stockport from 1764 onwards. Scarce.
194874632Couverture souple. Revue complète. 184 pages.
187p. + Photographs. An Archway Paperback. Fourth printing. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 2
Faint yellowing to wraps. ; 91 pages
pp. xi, 189. Illustrated with cartoons by Willard Mullin. 12 mo. Original full cloth binding. Original pictorial dust jacket only slightly chipped, with Barnes' publisher's advertisements on the verso. Authentically SIGNED inscription from Al Schacht: "To Bob - Can you pitch? If you can't then the hell with you - Sincerely, Al Schacht." Seventh printing. A very good autographed copy of the classic book of humor and sport by the "Clown Prince of Baseball." GAMES BOX 2
Ink and pencil underlining and light notes to about 20 pages. Else VG. ; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 468 pages
Sticker residue to front wrap. Minor shelfwear. ; 10.9 X 8.5 X 0.8 inches; 142 pages
8vo . 35 pp introduction by Scanlon, and then approx 1650 entries. 142 pp.
