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Olympic Games & Sports collectors,
fans, educators & students!


About this site...

This web site contains three sections that are color-coded below
and this page will help you to navigate your way through the many pages.

I am in the process of updating all pages on this site....February 22, 2008

1. HARVEY ABRAMS-BOOKS
2. Olympic Games & Sports History Pages - (scroll down)
3. International Institute for Sport and Olympic History (IISOH) - (scroll down)

1. Harvey Abrams - BOOKS

HARVEY ABRAMS-BOOKS is an antiquarian book business founded in 1979 specializing in rare & out-of-print books on the Olympic Games & Sport History; as well as Olympic posters, medals, collectables & memorabilia. My educational background began in architecture but I became a Physical Education teacher and have a BS, MAT and Ph.D/abd in Physical Education. For my Ph.D. I specialized in History of Sport with a minor in American History. I am a professional Olympic Games & Sport Historian, conducting independent research, writing and publishing in various subjects. I started my antiquarian book business in 1979 in order to build a personal library on the Olympic Games and help my professional colleagues and graduate students develop their research collections. The business grew and today I also serve institutions, libraries and collectors worldwide through mail order catalogs, private treaty sales and auctions. The book business pages are commercial in nature. (All the pages are now being updated and they are being numbered for better webmaster control -- "hab001" is page 1).

  • hab001 FRONT page for this web site -- frequently changed.
  • hab002 Buying, Selling & Services Available
  • hab003 CURRENT SALES LIST - Olympic Games Official Reports, Posters, books
  • hab004 1992 Barcelona Official Report - English edition
  • hab005 1992 Barcelona Official Report - Spanish edition
  • hab006 SITE NAVIGATION page for this web site -- this page. It will be frequently changed and updated. Not all pages link from the front page -- such as the poster pages. This was the original front page in 1996 and has been frequently revised and enlarged.
  • hab007 1992 Barcelona Official Reports - Discount schedule
  • hab094 How to send payments
  • OLYMPIC CENTURY set, 24 volumes
  • CATALOG 15 - Olympic Games Library Auction
  • CATALOG 19 - Olympic Games & Sports literature
  • CATALOG 19 - Catalog Schedule
  • Consignments
  • Books & Posters on Gymnastics
  • Books & Posters on Wrestling
  • hab025 Track & Field Posters and Art
  • Books & Posters on Fencing
  • Books & Posters on Fencing, page 2
  • Books & Posters on Duelling
  • Munich 1972 Diary by Richard Mandell
  • 1972 Munich Olympic Posters:ART SERIES & VENUE POSTERS
  • hab013 1972 Munich poster by Allen Jones
  • 1972 Munich Olympic Posters- ART SERIES
  • 1972 Munich Olympic Posters - VENUE POSTERS
  • Olympic Posters
  • OFFICIAL PIN GUIDE of the 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES
  • 1936 Jeunesse Olympique poster / Riefenstahl
  • 1924 Paris Poster
  • CATALOG 11 - EXPOSITIONS & WORLD FAIRS
  • SHEPPARD'S BOOKDEALER DIRECTORIES...Titles available now
  • WRESTLING POSTER Ringen Plakate - Affiche de Lutte
  • ROSE BOWL 1995, Penn State vs Oregon -- Official Souvenir Program
  • How to Pay
  • Penn State Alumni
  • Relocation Consultant & Guide to Central PA
  • Physics Book Library
  • Physics Journals
  • hab090 Central HS of Philadelphia Class 226
  • HUMOR PAGEjust for fun....


  • 2. Olympic Games & Sports History Pages
    Educational resources and links in my subject specialties -- Olympic Games, History of Sport,
    Physical Education, Sports & Athletics, Wrestling & Fencing, Sport in Art, Expositions & World's Fairs.
    These pages are designed for school students, university students, researchers and the general public. In order to promote the Olympic Movement and Sport History in general I expanded my web site with pages on the Olympic Games - ancient & modern, Physical Education, Sport History and many related subjects with numerous links.
    These pages are purely educational in nature with no commercial advertising.

  • Olympic History Pages
  • Ancient Olympic History & Sources, Links
  • Modern Olympic Games
  • Questions and Answer Page
  • NOC Directory Page 1
  • NOC Directory Page 2
  • NOC Directory Page 3
  • NOC Directory Page 4
    Sport History pages:
  • Henry VIII and Sport

    These pages are under development....

  • History of Sport Pages
  • History of Physical Education Pages
  • History of Wrestling Pages

  • 3. International Institute for Sport and Olympic History (IISOH) - Library & Museum

    Incorporated March 19, 2001 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a non-profit educational, literary and research corporation under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code in order to operate a Library and Museum devoted to the History of Sport, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, Sport in Art and the Olympic Games.


    The IISOH (International Institute for Sport and Olympic History) is temporarily hosted here. These pages are non-commercial. The pages will be moving soon to the new website at: http://www.iisoh.org - check it out.

  • Directory to all IISOH pages.

  • PRESS RELEASE of MAY 16, 2003.
  • ROCKY statue & the Boxing Endowment.

  • Public Announcement & Mission Statement - IISOH incorporated March 19, 2001.
  • Articles of Incorporation.
  • IISOH Bylaws.
  • Board of Directors.
  • Membership; join or donate money now!
  • Endowment Program.
  • Sports Philanthropy.
  • How to Donate Books or Collectables.
  • Ancient Roman Sport & Dance Endowment.
  • Archery Endowment.
  • Athletics or Track & Field Endowment.
  • Baseball Endowment.
  • Basketball Endowment.
  • Boxing Endowment.
  • Fencing Endowment.
  • Football Endowment.
  • Golf Endowment.
  • Gymnastics Endowment.
  • Rowing Endowment.
  • Soccer Endowment.
  • Swimming Endowment.
  • Tennis Endowment.
  • Water Polo Endowment.
  • Wrestling Endowment.
  • Yachting Endowment.
  • Building Plans.

  • Contact Information - How to place an order - How to Pay
      You can write, call, fax or send email to ask a question, place an order, pay for purchases, inquire about catalogs,consignments, appraisals, research services, etc.

      Mr. Harvey Abrams
      HARVEY ABRAMS-BOOKS
      PO Box 732
      State College, PA USA 16804-0732

      Telephone: (814) 321-4018
      email: Olympicbks@aol.com


      Payments should be made in US Dollars ($) via:

      • Checks drawn upon a US bank
      • Money Orders
      • CASH via registered mail
      • Direct Bank Transfer (Bank details will be sent upon your request)
      • Letter of Credit drawn upon a New York bank (see your banker for details)
      • Credit cards - VISA - MASTERCARD - AMERICAN EXPRESS &
        e-payments via MONEYBOOKERS (UK)

        click here to pay via MONEYBOOKERS

      International payments via checks & money orders must be drawn upon a US bank in Dollars, and should be computer encoded along the bottom of the check. All bank fees are paid for by the buyer.

      Pennsylvania residents & deliveries pay a 6% sales tax.



    WEBSITE HISTORY:

    Latest updated pages were made on July 18, 2008

    This page was my original 1996 front page entitled "index.html".
    It was replaced with my new, fancier front page on September 15, 2000.
    This page has been re-designed and is now designated as the Site Navigation page.

    My original web URL in 1996 was http://www.connectec.com/~olympic/ but they went out of business
    Until January 2003 the URL was http://www.vicon.net/~olympic/ but then they went out of business
    The new web URL since January 2003 became http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com
    Please bookmark the new pages at http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com
    In February 2007 the IISOH pages began moving to its own URL at http://www.iisoh.org

    July 18, 2008
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