Buy this book on-line Kondoleon, Christine; Herrmann Jr., John J. ; Bill Littlefield : Games for the Gods : The Greek Athlete and the Olympic SpiritMFA Publications / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2004 ISBN 0878466800
Book is in excellent condition with black cloth covers, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save previous owner's sticker in front section of the book. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, wrapped in clear protective cover. Oblong format, 201 pages, heavily illustrated with full color photos moslty of ancient ceramic ware: plates, vases, oil containers, bronze and stone sculpture, intersperced with modern photos of similar events. Map at front, lots of photos of depictions of nude athletes, men, in contests: wrestling, discus, javlin, etc. Section on relations between young and older athletes, pederasty, training, homosexual relations, bathing, oiling, other fun stuff. 207 color and 10 b&w illustrations, often large or full page.. Sports/Fitness. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kondoleon, Christine; Herrmann Jr., John J. ; Bill Littlefield : Games for the Gods : The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirit. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, atlases, rare books, livres illustrées and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |