Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Legkaia atletika dlia zhenshchin [women's track and field athletics]

Vonzblein, Iu. and Mariia Gavrilovna Shamanova

Mockba (Moscow): Fizkultura i sport, 1930. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/5000. Small quarto. 109, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Scarce first edition of this remarkable monograph on women's track and field athletics profusely illustrated with 90 b/w drawings and photographic reproductions. This work was written by Iu. Vonzblein, in collaboration with Mariia Gavrilovna Shamanova who was the first Soviet athlete to win victories in international track-and-field competitions. Shamanova was USSR champion 14 times from 1927 to 1943 in running and broad jump. Wrappers partly damp-stained and slightly creased. Upper front corner bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Russian. Wrappers in overall fair to good-, interior in good to good+ condition. g. Item #34757

Price: $475.00