Gymnastik. Den Femte Olympiaden Del 8. Olympiska Spelen Stockholm 1912 I Bild Och Ord (Gymnastics. The Fifth Olympiad Part 8. Olympic Games Stockholm 1912 In Pictures and Words)
Stockholm: Jacob Bagges Söners, 1912. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. (1) 114-128pp. Original color-illustrated wraps with black and orange lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated title page. Decorative initial. Part eight of twenty-four documenting the Olympic Games in Stockholm. With an introductory text by Gustaf Moberg entitled "The gymnastics competitions and performances of the Olympic Games." Cover illustration by Arthur Sjögren. Each of the twenty-four part were devoted to different themes.
Illustrated with thirteen pages of b/w photographs introducing the Swedish (two full page photos), Finnish, Danish and Norwegian men and women's gymnastics teams during the opening parade of the games (each with two panorama photographs per page) and various photographs depicting competitions and performances of these teams as well as German, English, Italian and Hungarian teams. Text in Swedish, captions in Swedish and English. Wraps with light wear along edges, some light chipping, small closed tears and rubbed. Title page rubbed. Some pencil numbering of pages. Good condition. Item #48900
Price: $350.00