Lot 4198
Three Books Connected to Olympian Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Eddie Eagan. FIGHTING FOR FUN: THE SCRAPBOOK OF EDDIE EAGAN. London: Lovat Dickson, 1932. Hardcover with purple cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine. 8vo; ix, [1], 278pp. (spine cocked, toned, and with separation from text block; toning and wear to extremities; interior with mild foxing, toning, and handling wear including a small tear to title page and occasional gutter cracking.)
John Kieran and Arthur Daley. THE STORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES 776 B.C. TO 1956 A.D. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957. Revised edition. Hardcover with blue cloth-covered boards decorated and lettered in dark blue, in illustrated dust jacket. 8vo; viii, 520pp. Inscribed and signed by author John Kieran: "To a real olympic champion, / Eddie Eagan / with all the best / from an old friend" and dated 1957; additionally inscribed and signed by olympians Olga Fikotova-Connolly and Harold Connolly: "To a great olympic champion / and nice friend / from two small olympic champs," included with the inscription are two small figural sketches indicating the couple's respective sports (discus throw and hammer throw) (Some toning and wear to extremities; small tear at half-title verso otherwise minimal wear to text block; unclipped jacket with staining, toning, and edge wear.)
William L. Laurence. DAWN OVER ZERO: THE STORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Second edition, enlarged. Hardcover with cloth-covered boards decorated and lettered in red. 8vo; xv, [7], 289, [1]pp. plus illustrations and index. Inscribed by the author to Eddie Eagan: "To my very good friend / Eddie Eagan / With all good wishes / Bill Laurence" and additionally dated "Yale Club, / New York City / March 25, 1948." (Light grime, corner bumped, spine ends rubbed; interior with light toning and mild foxing concentrated at endpapers.)
Largest 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.
From the Collection of Piroska Szabo, a Member of the Wake Audubon Society and the Raleigh Garden Club
Edward (Eddie) Eagan is the only athlete to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in two different sports. He won a gold in boxing in 1920 and a gold in bobsled in 1932.
