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Sports Illustrated; Tax, Jeremiah.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF BASKETBALL. By the Editors of Sports Illustrated.
89p. Profusely illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
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Stampolidis, Nicholas C. & Yorgos Tassoulas
MAGNA GRAECIA Athletics and the Olympic Spirit on the Periphery of the Hellenic World
Very faint shelfwear to DJ. ; Additional ISBN: 9607064461. Heavy book. ; 302 pages
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Steinmetz, Andrew.
THE ROMANCE OF DUELING. In All Times And Countries. Two Volumes.
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
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Swaddling, Judith
THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
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
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Swaddling, Judith
THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
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
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Sweet, Waldo, E.
Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook with Translations
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.
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Texas Tech Athletics (Corporate Author)
Raider Power – Texas Tech`s Journey from Unranked to the Final Four
Texas Tech Univ Pr 2019. Hardcover. New. 207 pages. 12.00x12.00x1.25 inches. Texas Tech Univ Pr hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : x-1682830470 ISBN : 1682830470 9781682830475
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Thayer, E. L.; Gardner, Martin.
THE ANNOTATED CASEY AT THE BAT. A Collection of Ballads about the Mighty Casey. Second Edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner. Second Edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner.
pp. xiii, 219 + Portrait Frontis. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Reprint of the 1967 edition. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
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The Editors
Manchester Moods 2002
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.
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Thomas, Geraint
The World of Cycling According to G (Signed By Author)
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.
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Tokai Student Athletics Federation
7th Tokai Student Athletics Inter-School Championships
Tokai Student Athletics Federation 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Tokai Student Athletics Federation paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2091502135421547
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Turkin, Hy; Thompson, S. C.
THE OFFICIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BASEBALL. Jubilee Edition.
pp. xx, 620. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. GAMES BOX 3
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Twin, Stephanie (ed.) Ann Crittenden, M. Hart, Arabella Kenealy, Paul Weiss, Pat Jordan, Lucinda Franks, Frances E. Willard, Ann Geracimos, Althea Gibson, Louise Bernikow
Out of the Bleachers: Writings on Women and Sport
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.
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Tyrrell, William Blake
THE SMELL OF SWEAT Greek Athletics, Olympics, and Culture
Faint crease to 1 corner of wraps else book is fine. Includes CD-Rom ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches; 377 pages
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Ueberhorst, Horst
GESCHICHTE DER LEIBESÜBUNGEN BAND 2: Leibesübungen Und Sport in Der Antike. Bei Den Frühen Reitervölkern, Im Klassischen Griechenland, Bei Den Etruskern, in Der Römischen Antike, in Der Hellenistischen Zeit, Im Frühchristentum
Foxing to top of textblock. Light edgewear to boards. ; Geschichte Der Leibesübungen 2; 347 pages
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University of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office
1995 MInnesota Football Yearbook.
MInneapolis. Minn.: University of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office 1995. 4to. 208 pp. packed with player biographies photos records stats etc. for the rabid Golden Gophers fan. Features good ol' Chris Darkins on the cover. Very good in spiral-bound wraps. MInneapolis. Minn.: University of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office, 1995. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11-1203
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University of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office
1995-96 MInnesota Basketball Yearbook.
MInneapolis. Minn.: University of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office 1995. 4to. 128 pp. packed with player biographies photos records stats etc. for the rabid Golden Gophers fan. Features good ol' Coach Clem Haskins on the cover. Very good in spiral-bound wraps. MInneapolis. Minn.: University of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office, 1995. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11-1195
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Valavanis, Panos
HYSPLEX The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia: a Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology
Light edgewear to wraps. Spine sunned. ; UC Publications In Classical Studies; 9.9 X 6.8 X 0.5 inches; 183 pages
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Vanhove, D. , (Ed. )
LE SPORT DANS LA GRÈCE ANTIQUE Du Jeu à La Compétition. 23 Janvier - 19 Avril 1992
Minor edgewear to wraps. Minor crease to front wrap. ; Heavy book. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 424 pages
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Varney, Harold L.; Oliver, Revilo P.; Muhlnbeck, Jack; Goff, Rev. Kenneth; Oyaas, Joann; Hearst, Allen L.
American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", June 1960, Volume XC No. 437 - Castro's War on Cuban Capitalism / Is There Free Speech?
160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Varvitsiotis, Orestes G
Ancient Greek Athletics : Myths, History and Culture
" Although the book gives a detailed history of the Olympian Games and describes the organization, rules and kind of events that took place during the eleven centuries of their life, Varvitsiotes' book gives greater emphasis to the cultural aspects of athletics in ancient Greece, and how athletics influenced the Greeks' overall culture and, they in turn, were influenced by it. " 143p. illus bibliography.[8 copies in WorldCat] Book
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Viet Vincent
Running: Tous les conseils d'un coach pour bien démarrer et tenir la distance
Marie-Claire 2018 159 pages 16 8x22 8x1 4cm. 2018. pocket_book. 159 pages.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500125397
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VIVES Jean
L'athlétisme N°3, hauteur, longueur, triple saut, perche.
Paris, Editions Bornemann, 1982. 13 x 19, 64 pp., 15 figures, 7 planches, broché, bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16373
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Wallner, Christian
SOLDATENKAISER UND SPORT
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
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Ward, Tony
Athletics : The Golden Decade
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to foot of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor tracesof storage. 246pp. The full story of athletics in the 1980s with all its amazing performances and its political problems.
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Weber (Ern)
L"Athlétisme
1910 édition Nilson 1910 In12 broché 122 pages nombreuses illustrations dans le texte
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7239
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Weiler, Ingomar & (Christoph Ulf)
DER SPORT BEI DEN VÖLKERN DER ALTEN WELT Eine Einführung. Mit Dem Beitrag 'sport Bei Den Naturvölkern'
Very faint shelfwear. ; 7.6 X 5.1 X 0.8 inches; 305 pages
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Wilcockson, John
23 Days in July : Inside Lance Armstrong's Record-Breaking Victory in the Tour de France
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with very faint creasing to upper edge. 310pp. The story of Armstrong's sixth Tour de France win. Illustrated in colour.
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Wilson, Walter
Sale Harriers : 75 Years of Athletics (Signed By Author)
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.
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Woods, Paula
Usborne Book of Athletics
1st edition, 4to, 48 pages, illustrated. Very good condition in pictorial paperboards. ISBN 0746002475 41489. eng
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Written by Hiromi Kokuguchi; Edited by Monthly Athletics
Like weeds: Even if you turn over or get stepped on get up!
Geijutsu-sha 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 247p Size: 19cm Number of books: 1 Geijutsu-sha paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2080202104504474
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Yalouris, Nicholas F.
ANCIENT ELIS Cradle of the Olympic Games
Very light wear to book. DJ has 1 small tear to upper edge. ; 221 pages
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Yalouris, Nicolaos & (Intro. by Manolis Andronicos)
THE ETERNAL OLYMPICS The Art and History of Sport
Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has some tears mostly along upper edge. DJ laminate lifting in places. DJ spine sunned. ; 12.3 X 10.0 X 0.9 inches; 303 pages
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Yalouris, Nikolaos (Ed)
The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
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
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Yates, Richard
Ascent : The Mountains of the Tour De France
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tear to upper front corner and light creasing to edges. 160pp. A beautifully illustrated study of the places where the greatest battles of the Tour de France have been fought and where the champions are made - the mountains. With tales of Christophe, Coppi, Bahamontes, Merckx, Anquetil and many more.
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Young, David C.
THE OLYMPIC MYTH OF GREEK AMATEUR ATHLETICS
Includes a couple of photocopied articles by David C. Young tipped in. Gift inscription to W. J. Slater from author to ffep. A bit of creasing to wraps and top of spine. Includes typed letter from W. J. Slater to Carl & Elaine [Fantham? ] promoting book. ; Library Of Ancient Athletics; 8.1 X 5.4 X 0.6 inches; 203 pages; Signed by Author
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Zafiropoulou, Diana (Ed. ) ; Ministry Of Culture, Volos Archaeological Museum
GAMES AND SPORTS IN ANCIENT THESSALY
10.6 X 7.5 X 0.4 inches; 150 pages
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Zschietzschmann, Willy, Prof. Dr.
WETTKAMPF- UND ÜBUNGSSTÄTTEN IN GRIECHENLAND [2 VOLUMES] Stadion-Palästra-Gymnasion Eine Übersicht. I. Das Stadion II. Palästra - Gymnasion
Very minor shelfwear to vols. ; Vol. I: (1960) 73 pp & Vol. II: (1960) 134 pp; Beiträge Zur Lehre Und Forschung Der Leibeserziehung, Band 5 & 8; Vol. 1/2/2022; 134 pages
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