Item #009526 An Illustrated History of the Olympics. Dick Schaap.

An Illustrated History of the Olympics

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Hardcover. Third Edition, Enlarged. ix, [3], 388, [2],, vii, [3] p., 8 p. of color illustrations: many black-and-white illustrations; 28 cm. Blue and white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. "This spectacularly handsome book captures all the drama of the Olympics, from the days of Corebus of Elis, a cook who won the first recorded Olympic event (a sprint) in 776 B.C. to the summer of Mark Spitz of California, the swimmer who collected seven gold medals in the 1972 Games." -- dust jacket. Include a complete roster of winns from 1896 to 1972, and an index. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. Book is in Very Good Condition: illustrations on dust jacket have left white shadows on cover; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed and scratched; loss at ends of spine and lower corner of front cover; clean and bright. Very Good / good. Item #009526
ISBN: 0394487575

Price: $18.00

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