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DAS OLYMPIA-BUCH

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A history of the Olympic Games published just prior to the 1928 games in Amsterdam. Text in German.

4to. 352pp. Numerous colour plates and text illustrations. Original black cloth, gilt tooling to spine. Front and back hinges very worn with webbing exposed and staining to front endpapers. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Boards bumped and rubbed with fraying to top of spine. Internally good. A heavy book. A fair copy.

Date
1927
Publisher
Olympia-Verlag
Author
Kurt DOERRY & Wilhelm DORR

£75.00 (Code: 32537)

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