Kitroeff, Alexander. Wrestling With the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics. 8vo cloth. NY: Greekworks, 2004. First edition; 276pp; illustrations. A study of modern Greece's relationship to the Olympic movement from the mid-nineteenth century to the first modern games held in Athens in 1896 to the Athens Olympiad of 2004, by the Greek-born professor of history at Haverford College. Clean. Very fine in Fine jacket. Wraparound band present. [GR $45.00]
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