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Sullivan (James E.) Spalding's Official Athletic Library The Olympic Games of 1906 at Athens, SCARCE: containing an Official Report Of The Olympic Gam

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Sullivan (James E.) Spalding's Official Athletic Library The Olympic Games of 1906 at Athens, SCARCE: containing an Official Report Of The Olympic Games of 1906, American Sports Publishing Company, New York, rebound in boards covered with red cloth stamped gilt FRED WENCK, original wrappers preserved This book was the personal copy of Fred Wenck who was the champion swimmer of America between 1898 and 1902 and a member of the gold medal winning water polo team at the 1904 Olympic Games in St Louis. At the time of the Athens games he was a sportswriter and later became head of the New York State Athletic Commission. not illustrated