Belmont, Justin DanielMareMagnum
387 résultats
2005No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 351pp. A splendid authoritative collection of poems about bicycles and cycling including many not previously published. Scarce in the UK.
1984pp. xiii, 219 + Portrait Frontis. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Reprint of the 1967 edition. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
2011Minor 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
2008Minor 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
1866308p. 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
1988No 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. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing/creasing to edges and minor traces of handling. 213pp. The story of Stephen Roche, the Dubliner who was only the second person ever to win cycling's three greatest prizes of the Giro D'Italia, the Tour de France and become World Champion in the same year.
2002around 120 pages, illustrated, map,signed dedication by Brian Holdich on the title page. eng
réf. 2082402113507274Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1962123p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 1
1996No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 223pp. Biography of Paralympic Champion and London Marathon wheelchair winner Tanni Grey Thompson.
1912194p. + Color Frontis. Illustrated with full page plates. Inked ownership of Carl Keefer, Christmas 1913. Square 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front board gold lettered and decorated with a football and goal post. Extremities slightly worn and spine slightly darkened. Hardbound. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
1947With Index. 333 pages. A couple of marks on front cover.
1905pp. 63-103. Full page illustrations. 8vo. Modern wraps. Nice copy. Very scarce. GAMES BOX 1
1938réf. 2110502150414968Mainichishinbunsha 1938. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Mainichishinbunsha paperback
1982Small 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
2004Minor shelfwear and rubbing to wraps. ; A special supplement to the exhibition organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past. ; 64 pages
1998Light pencilling to a couple of pages. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Creasing to 2 corners of wraps. ; Stadion Zeitschrift Für Geschichte Des Sports / Journal of the History of Sport / Revue Internationale...sport XXIV, 1; 206 pages
196289p. Profusely illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 3
1985Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has laminate lifting to front panel and some scratches to rear panel. Some staining to reverse of rear panel of DJ. ; 11.2 X 8.4 X 0.8 inches; 207 pages
1960No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and a little bumping to corners. 416pp. A very comprehensive work covering sixty-five different sports from air records to wrestling. Statistics and results since the first events ever played in many sports. Illustrated in black & white photographs.
2003DJ has creasing along top edge. ; 9.4 X 6.3 X 0.7 inches; 208 pages
2003Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Former reference copy. ; 9.4 X 6.3 X 0.7 inches; 208 pages
1972Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Small tear to DJ. Tape stains to boards. ; Reprint of the 1972 ed. 288pp, ill. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 288 pages; Sporting activity in Greece and Rome, from the first Olympic Games in 776 BC to chariot racing during the Byzantine era. The book treats not only sports history, but its philosophy and psychology as well.
20109.0 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 210 pages
2009No 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.
