Olympia 1964: Innsbruck
Frankfurt am Main: Wilhelm Limpert, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 124, [4]pp. Original tan cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. This work covers the events during the IX Olympic Winter Games which were held in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The Games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics. The Games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and British luge slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski, during training, and by the deaths, three years earlier, of the entire US figure skating team and family members. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions, this volume contains all the official results of each discipline. Text in German. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #37671
Price: $175.00