Les Sports d'Hiver en Pologne
Varsovie (Warsaw): Sport Y Turystyka, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 88pp. Original decorative dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering on front board. Pictorial endpapers. Fascinating work commissioned by the Polish Olympic Committee, and praising the winter sports in Poland. The numerous photogravures in duo tone illustrate the different sections dedicated to Ski, Ice Skating, Sledge and Bobsleigh, Hockey, Yachting on Ice, Mountaineering and Winter Tourism. Some age wear on dust-jacket with head and tail of spine chipped, lower corner of front cover torn, and minor closed tears and chipping along edges. Text in French. Dust-jacket in overall fair, binding and interior in very good condition. Item #26146
Price: $450.00