An Athletics Compendium

L 385 - 394 Humour 385 Visions ofsport: celebrating twenty years of Allsport, the international sports picture agency in association with Crosfield Electronics. London: Pelham, 1988. 1 58p; chiefly illus ISBN: 0-7207-1863-5 BL; L.B.37.b.211 Published to mark the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of Allsport Photographic agency in1965 by Tony Duffy, this volume contains an astonishing selection owf ork. Short essayasre included; thosoen athletics are by Patrick ColnlinSsebastian Coe, Neil Wilson on Daley Thompson, and John Rodda on Bob Beamon. 386 Visions ofsport: a celebration of the workthoef Allsport photographic agency, the world's finest sports photography / picture editor: Bob Martin; editorial contributors, Nick Edmund & Peter Nichols. Hexham: Kensington West Productions, 1993. 179p; illus ISBN: 1 -871349-32-X BL: LB.31.b. 12235 A new collection of 140 photographs by members of All Sport UK2;C are athleticssubjects. Profileosf Mike Powell. JackieJoyner-Kersee and Daley Thompson also appear. 387 Sportfolio Allsport/ Chris Beeson anKdate Donovan. London: Carlton, 1998. 136p; illus Spine title: Sportfolio: visions ofAllsport ISBN: 1-85868-624-5 BL; LB. 31.b.17557 This selection of very striking colour photographs includes nine examples from track and field in the seasons 1995-199P7.rominent are Igor Potapovich, Michael Johnson, Daniel Komen, Michael Powell and Colin Jackson. 388 Gold rush: photographs of Olympic athle/teJasson Bell. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2000. 184p; illus ISBN: 1-899235-33-7 Humour 389 Athletics through the looking gla/ss Brian Mitchell; drawings by Tony Sharrad. Tonbridge: Wildlife and Country Photos, 1972. 102p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9500845-1-4 Awaspishly humorous collection pioefces on a number of aspects of athletics. 390 Punch on the Olympic/s edited by WilliamDavis. London: Punch, 1976. 166p; pbk; illus ISBN: 0-905076-02-8 Articles and cartoons. 391 Jog-along-happily and the CindertraKckid / Stan N. Allen. Thornton Heath: Heath Technical Services, 1983? 51p; illus; pbk BL: X.950/34386 Much of the materialhad been published previously in Veterie and Running (formerly Jogging) magazines; twenty-two itemasre included,many relating to the sport at club level. In 'Marathon androad racing', an apocryphal reference to the Cold War is woven in: 'How apout the International marathon that started in West Berlin, was allowed into the Eastern sector between 13and 19 miles, and then finishbeadck in the West. It seems that they had 150 starters and 652 finishers.' 392 Not the 1984 Olympics: an incomplete guide / Tom Hepburn; illustrations Rod Proud. London: Willow, 1984. 39p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-00-218139-8 BL: L.42/3019 The exuberant and colourfiul lustrations are the main feature of this light-hearted look at the Olympic Games. The author states, correctly: 'Statistics, that insidious raieon d'etre of sport, are virtually absent here.' 393 Confessions of barain damaged runner / A. Hacker of Milton Keynes; with cartoons, Bi-Ped. Oxford: B. Forster, 1987. 37 leaves; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9503382-2-2 BL:YC.1988.b.8867 Author's reanlame is Bob Forster. 394 Great sporting fiasco/s edited by Tony Brett Young; foreword byHRH the Dukeof Edinburgh. London; Robson, 1991. 160p; illus ISBN; 0-86051-768-3 BL;YK.1993.a.7211 Among the brief anecdotes are several with relevance to athletics: ri'Aght Poyal disaster' (190fOi>lympic Marathon); 'Thrown by the question' (Bill Toomey); 'Quick off the mark' by Menzies Campbell;'lm-patient [ 188 ]