IX. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964
Berlin: Sportverlag, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 165, [3]pp. Original grey cloth, with gold lettering on spine and olympic rings in gilt on front board. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Title page in blue and black lettering. Published by the Society for the Promotion of Olympism in the German Democratic Republic (DDR), this volume documents the athletes and the most memorable moments of the 1964 Winter Games known as the IXth Olympiad*. This book is illustrated with numerous b/w and color photographic reproductions. Minor soiling on binding. Text in German. Binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #37682
* The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated 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.
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