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pp. (13) [Catalogue Spalding's Athletic Library], 61, (20) [Illustrated Advertisements] + portrait frontis of A. G. Spalding. Numerous full page drawings. 16mo. Original pictorial wraps. Spine and lower front cover torn with some loss. Good copy of a scarce early book on tumbling. GAMES BOX 4
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
Accompanied by: Olympia heroes: Sport in the Greek and Magna Graecia society. 12 p. ; 24 cm. Tipped in. Very minor shelfwear to wraps. ; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches; 119 pages
9.2 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 240 pages
11.7 X 9.1 X 0.6 inches; 205 pages
Very faint shelfwear. ; 9.4 X 8.9 X 1.1 inches; 349 pages
Originally published in Greek 1976 as "He Historia ton Olympiakon Agon" with contributions by prominent Greek archaeologists and experts. It describes the site of the Games, the athletes and the different sporting events and the importance of athletics and competitions in Greek culture. All of this lavishly illustrated with hundreds of images from ancient works of art- sculptures, bronzes, pottery and photographs of the archaeological site. It includes an index of all the known Victors in the ancient Games 302p. illus [col] bibliography. index, NOTE : A very heavy [1.3 kg] and oversized volume. [28x22x3cm] Book
160 pages. Practical, basic and accurate. Contains the information needed by every coach of beginning softball players. Emphasizes the teaching of fundamental skills to beginners. Provides the progressions for teaching basic skills. Contains seasonal plans, daily practice plans, and more than 50 drills. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Solid copy. Book
Small tear near head of spine (1 cm). Light edgewear to wraps. Small stain to rear wrap. Small paperclip stain to titlepage. ; Accademia Polacca Di Scienze E Lettere. Fasc. 12; 139 pages
Very faint shelfwear to DJ. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 296 pages
Small tear to head of spine. ; Xviii, 202pp, illustrated. A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. ; Beiträge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 146; 202 pages
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 92pp. The history of one of Yorkshire's premier cycle racing clubs. Extremely scarce.
Inscribed by Walter Wilson on front end paper. A separate note says this was written in 1994 when Walter was eighty-eight years old. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 158pp. A detailed illustrated history of Sale Harriers by Club President for over thirty years Walter Wilson. Tucked in are two typescript pages of biography by Walter's brother Harold, also a Life Member of Sale Harriers.
Digitally reprinted. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Cambridge Classical Studies; 8.5 X 5.6 X 1.2 inches; 340 pages
Creasing along top edge of DJ. DJ spine sunned. ; 9.4 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 416 pages
53 pages. Student publication with these features: Lucky Freddie; On Card-Indexing One's Friends; Royal Weddings; Two Days in the Woods; Principal's Page; Students' Duties to Chaperons; Staff Page; Editorial Page; The Last Lap; The Recent Lecture Course; The Service of Our Exchanges; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Alumni Notes; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes; Many great local ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Student publication with the following features: Dorothy's Disappointment; Life in Cuba; Principal's Page; Learning by Doing; Brain and Backbone; Staff Page; Editorial Page; Student Council; Spring Fever; An Appreciation; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes. Many nice ads for local businesses. Pencilled name atop first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Minor edgewear to wraps. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). ; Grazer Altertumskundliche Studien: Band 4; 8.2 X 5.9 X 0.6 inches; 263 pages
Very light creasing along top edge to DJ. ; Part I: Competition in comparative perspective: 1. Rivalry in history: an introduction (Hans van Wees) 2. Fame and prizes: competition and war in the Neo-Assyrian empire (Karen Radner) 3. Levels and strategies of competition in the Aztec Empire (Frances F. Berdan) Part II: Competition in Greece: 4. Ancient Greek competition - a modern construct? (Christoph Ulf) 5. Conflict and community in the Iliad (William Allan and Douglas Cairns) 6. Peer-polity interaction and cultural competition in sixth-century Greece (Sara Forsdyke) 7. Competitive delights: the social effects of the expanded programme of contests in post-Kleisthenic Athens (Nick Fisher) Part III: Competition in Rome: 8. Lotteries and elections: containing elite competition in Venice and Rome (Henrik Mouritsen) 9. Keeping up with the Joneses: competitive display within the Roman villa landscape (Hannah Platts) 10. Competitiveness and anti-competitiveness in Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists (Jason Konig); 320 pages; Ancient peoples, like modern, spent much of their lives engaged in and thinking about competitions: both organised competitions with rules, audiences and winners, such as Olympic and gladiatorial games, and informal, indefinite, often violent, competition for fundamental goals such as power, wealth and honour. The varied papers in this book form a case for viewing competition for superiority as a major force in ancient history, including the earliest human societies and the Assyrian and Aztec empires. Papers on Greek history explore the idea of competitiveness as peculiarly Greek, the intense and complex quarrel at the heart of Homers Iliad, and the importance of formal competitions in the creation of new political and social identities in archaic Sicyon and classical Athens. Papers on the Roman world shed fresh light on Republican elections, through a telling parallel from renaissance Venice, on modes of competitive display of wealth and power evident in elite villas in Italy in the imperial period, and on the ambiguities in the competitive self-representations of athletes, sophists and emperors.
Gift inscription from author in pen to half-title. Minor edgewear and creasing to wraps. ; 78 plates at end. ; 272 pages
10.6 X 7.5 X 0.4 inches; 150 pages
Faint shelfwear. Very light scuffing to spine. ; De L'Archéologié à L'Histoire; 9.4 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 386 pages
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Former reference copy. ; 9.4 X 6.3 X 0.7 inches; 208 pages
Light shelfwear to wraps. Spine creased. ; Academisch Proefschrift; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 458 pages
