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It’s official: the Summer holidays are over and we are back! To celebrate, we’ve brought out our new catalogue . It captures some famous sporting moments, such as Botham in 1981, Laker in 1956, England football in 1966,the West Indies cricket team in 2003 and a signed (by James Hunt himself, Graham Hill, Tony Brise, Denny […]

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The History of the Commonwealth Games

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It’s surprising to learn that John Astley Cooper first proposed what has become the Commonwealth Games in 1891: 5 years before the Modern Olympics. The plan was to hold a sports competition every four years “as a means of increasing goodwill and understanding of the British Empire”. Committees were set up throughout the Empire to […]

OLYMPIAN FIELD EVENTS

OLYMPIAN FIELD EVENTS

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The former English javelin champion and prolific athletics author introduces all throwing and jumping events as contested at the Olympic Games, including hurdles and plus tug-of-war, with notes on their technical fundamentals and historical development and with numerous photographic illustrations throughout.

8vo. 128pp. Dust-wrapper. A small closed-tear and tiny loss to top of wrapper at spine. Well preserved within a plastic sleeve. Early owner's name in pencil to flyleaf. A very good copy. First edition. Scarce.

Date
1913
Publisher
George Newnes Ltd.
Author
F.A.M. WEBSTER

£300.00 (Code: 101758)

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