From this Category

Latest News & Items

Jim Thorpe: was he the Greatest Athlete in the World?

14th May 2026

Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953.  He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]

Fitness and Wellbeing in Sportspages’ New Stock Catalogue

12th March 2026

Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]

Sportspages’ New Stock catalogue

15th January 2026

This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58  along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!  

Other Sports » Olympics & Athletics » Olympics & Athletics Books » Olympics History » THE GAMES - BRITIAN'S OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC JOURNEY TO LONDON 2012 (FRANK KEATING'S COPY)

THE GAMES - BRITIAN'S OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC JOURNEY TO LONDON 2012 (FRANK KEATING'S COPY)

THE GAMES - BRITIAN

Click to zoom

SIGNED

A highly illustrated exploration of how the Olympic and Paralympic Games have evolved, with an emphasis on London's previous roles as host in 1908 and 1948 before looking at preparations for 2012.

4to. 288pp. Dust-wrapper. Minor creasing to wrapper at rear, otherwise very good condition. Signed by the author to title-page with a dedication to Frank (Keating), the leading sports-writer from whose collection the item comes. A heavy book. 

Date
2011
Publisher
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Author
Brendan GALLAGHER

£16.00 (Code: 85844)

Add to basket
Adding...