Author: Hjalmar Johannesen [ed.]
Title: Olympic Winter Sports in Norway: The Land of Summer- and Winter Glory
Description: Oslo, Norwegian Ski Association, Oslo and District Travel Association, [1951]. Leather. Announcing Norway's hosting of the 6th Winter Olympics in 1952, in the original publisher's leather binding, lavishly illustrated. A striking book containing the announcement of Norway's hosting of the sixth Winter Olympics of 1952, with articles in Norwegian, English, French, and Spanish. Containing overviews of sporting conditions and tourist information and attractions offered by the country. Lavishly illustrated in black and white in text. Bound in the original publisher's half calf, also seen in full calf variant.Edited by Hjalmar Johannesen and artistic editor Ernst Schwitters. In the original publisher's half calf binding over cloth covered boards. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly rubbed to spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. With numerous black and white illustrations in text. Very Good . Ill.: Ernst Schwitters [ed.]. Very Good .

Keywords: olympics leather binding illustrated leather binding Ernst Schwitters [ed.]


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