Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf PRIVATELY BOUND PERIOD VELLUM-COVERED BOARDS IN CLOTH CLAMSHELL BOX

by Leni Riefenstahl

$3,500 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

Berlin: Im Deutschen Verlag, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 280, 4 pp. Privately bound vellum-covered boards of the time with Olympic Rings and calligraphed black lettering in ink on cover, housed in tan cloth-covered clamshell box with vellum slip flap. Illustrated with 273 spectacular captioned photogravures, this seminal work in the history of sports begins with the pillars of the Parthenon and ends

• Binding: Hardcover

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