Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals

No signatures. Moderate stain to rear board. Small 1/8" tear to cloth at top of spine. There is splitting along 50% of the gutter at the rear hinge. Overall a fairly nice copy. ; xxvii, [1], 533, [1] pages + [2] pages advertisements. Maroon cloth boards with gilt decoration on spine and front board. Title on front board: "Handbooks of Archaeology and Antiquities". Top page edges gilt. Page dimensions: 195 x 125mm. With 190 in-text illustrations. Includes a 7 page Bibliography. Selected chapter titles: Athletics in Homer; The Age of Athletic Festivals, Sixth Century B.C.; The Decline of Athletics, 338-146 B.C.; Athletics under the Romans; The Olympic Festival; The Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Festivals; The Foot-Race; The Jump and Halteres; Throwing the Diskos; Wrestling; Boxing; The Hippodrome; The Gymnasium and the Palaestra. ; 8vo

Product Info

Publisher: Macmillan and Co.

Year: 1910

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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