Schonheit im Olympischen Kampf
by Riefenstahl, Leni
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1937). FIRST EDITION, in an outstanding fine D/W together with the extremely rare original glassine (almost always missing). Riefenstahl's classic monument to the athletes of the 1936 Olympics. Profusely illustrated with nearly 300 black-and-white photographs. Quarto, publisher's original copper cloth boards with gilt lettering to the front board. With picture captions in English, German, Spanish, and French. An absolutely fine copy (no foxing to the page block edges) in like D/W with no edgewear whatsoever. The rare glassine has a little edgewear but is entirely original. Exceedingly uncommon with these attributes and an outstanding copy. A REALLY FINE COPY IN D/W WITH THE ORIGINAL GLASSINE. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490718321
- Title
- Schonheit im Olympischen Kampf
- Author
- Riefenstahl, Leni
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
We can personally take Visa, Mastercard and debit/Maestro cards. All books are are returnable if found not to be as described, please contact us first. James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...