The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952
Helsinki: Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 758 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt Olympic Rings and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Publisher's device on title page. Original three color admission ticket for track-and-field events of July 27, 1952, pasted to front free endpaper. Text by the editor Sulo Kolkka. Translated by Alex Matson. Picture editor Aukusti Tuhka. Printed by Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. "More than two and a half years, however, were needed after the Closing Ceremony of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 for the completion of the present report. The main reason for this delay is that the sifting and condensing of an extremely heavy mass of material was entrusted to a single individual." (Kolkka).
Contains hundreds of b/w portrait photographs, including portraits of the Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi, J. Sigfrid Edström, honorary President of the I.O.C., Avery Brundagem President of the I.O.C. since 1953, Erik v. Frenckell, President of the Organising Committee, and additional photographic portraits of members of the Organising and Executive Committees. Complete official report on the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Beautifully illustrated with an abundance of b/w photographs of the Olympic events, housing, venues, the opening and closing ceremonies, press facilities, restaurants and promotional material, and the various competitions, with complete statistical information on the athletic competitions and their results. PP. 704–712 document the Olympic art exhibition with list of artists and images, followed by the index of competitors at rear. Laid in eight page pamphlet "Auto-Timings 1952 Olympic Games" with complete records of all heats and times of track competitions. Binding with light wear along edges. and lightly rubbed. Spine lightly sunned. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good+ condition. g+ to vg+. Item #47223
Price: $575.00