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COUBERTIN (Baron Pierre de) (1863-1937) Alamo, Chicago, Athens 1896, Corfu/. Two bound books, in EO, with Arthur Moulton bookplate: a) Universités Transaltlantiques", by Pierre de Coubertin, 1890, 380p, 19x12.5); b) "Souvenirs d'Amérique et de Grèce" by Pierre de Coubertin, 1897 (18.5x12.5), Hachette. In this essential volume, we discover an unknown Coubertin (the Tesson of the time), with a) in the first part (America) and over 100 pages, his passion for the United States (Chicago, the West, Universities, barefooters, and ice sports. Alamo and Bourget are there...b) in the second (p 100 to 189), it's quite simply the first Athens Games that we relive...in detail and from the inside (p 101-159)...The King, Father Didon, Bréal, Mauras are part of the party...From March 26 to April 24, we are at the heart of the premiere...It's all there, the American students (see issues on Connolly and Hoyt), the anthem played twice (see Samara)...A short, enchanting stay in Corfu (p 160-190) completes this ambitious loop. 13X18. EO. TBE.

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COUBERTIN (Baron Pierre de) (1863-1937) Alamo, Chicago, Athens 1896, Corfu/. Two bound books, in EO, with Arthur Moulton bookplate: a) Universités Transaltlantiques", by Pierre de Coubertin, 1890, 380p, 19x12.5); b) "Souvenirs d'Amérique et de Grèce" by Pierre de Coubertin, 1897 (18.5x12.5), Hachette. In this essential volume, we discover an unknown Coubertin (the Tesson of the time), with a) in the first part (America) and over 100 pages, his passion for the United States (Chicago, the West, Universities, barefooters, and ice sports. Alamo and Bourget are there...b) in the second (p 100 to 189), it's quite simply the first Athens Games that we relive...in detail and from the inside (p 101-159)...The King, Father Didon, Bréal, Mauras are part of the party...From March 26 to April 24, we are at the heart of the premiere...It's all there, the American students (see issues on Connolly and Hoyt), the anthem played twice (see Samara)...A short, enchanting stay in Corfu (p 160-190) completes this ambitious loop. 13X18. EO. TBE.

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