336 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Gold On Spine And In Blind On Front Cover, Illustrated Endpapers, Plates. First Printing In Original Cloth. Signed By Jim Thorpe On Page Facing His Photograph; Stamp Of Olympic Village 1932 Los Angeles, U.S.A. On Title Page; Signatures Of 45 Olympic Athletes. Thorpe, One Of The Greatest Of All American Athletes, Once Had Taken $2 For A Sports Performance, And Was Consequently Stripped Of His Own Olympic Medals, Those Being Reinstated Only In 1978, And Never Made A Living From Sports. Book Is Clean, Yellow Lettering Is Strong, Slight Fraying Along Top Edge Of Spine And At Bottom Front Tip, Some Browning To Front Endpapers And Preliminary Pages To Contents Page, Bookplate On Front Free Endpaper. Identifiable Signatures Appear To Us As Sharkey Graham / Usa Water Polo; Charlie Kieffer, Usa Crew; Frank Cooper Usa 1500 M; Luis Sardella, Boxing, Argentina; Chris Saunders, Rowing, New Zealand; Dunc --Ay, Australia; Eddie Pierce, South Africa; H. Daum (?), India; P. Sullivan; ---Gaitolouie, Philippine Islands; Shichi Yoshida, Japan; N. J. Percy, New Zealand; Shigeo Homma, Japan, Gymnastics Captain; Roop Singh, India; Nano Manoni, Italy; Franconetti; S. Lee Shah; Pete Chlentzis, Pole Vault, Greece; Louis Vavoie, 160 Lbs Boxing; E. Merogardo, Greece; Basil Geamci, Swimming Usa; E. Burchan, Argentina, Millard Lang, Usa Lacrosse; R. -----, Japanese Boxing; J---- Ilamera, Philippines; Miguel A. Dicapieli (?), Usa Fencing; Francisco P-----, Pole Vault, Philippines; Dick Degener, Usa Diving; Cal Strong; Gelba Nissen (?); Elias Frim (?), Usa Water Polo; Darius Padilla, Philippines Boxing; M. Padilla, Philippines; --- Peltonen, Finland; Ron Dunbarton, New Zealand; Poilne, Wrestling, France; Benno --- Thispary; --- ---- Yhungarian, Water Polo; Fernando Chasault, Argentina, Xerb Phildranon (???). [Apologies, About Half Of These Identifications Are Unclear.] A Book For Adolescents, With History Of The Games From Ancient Greece To 1932, Conversational And Promotional In Tone, No Scholarly History, With A Few Plates.

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Jim Thorpe's History Of The Olympics (First Edition, Signed By Jim Thorpe And 45 Olympic Athletes)

Publisher

Wetzel Publishing, Los Angeles

Publication Date

1932

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

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Plates

Edition

1st Edition

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Good

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