Fencing. Ducret. Olympic Games. Book : "D'estoc et de taill - Lot 189

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Fencing. Ducret. Olympic Games. Book : "D'estoc et de taill - Lot 189
Fencing. Ducret. Olympic Games. Book : "D'estoc et de taille" by Roger Ducret (1888-1962), illustrated by Monique Lancelot. 1949, 220 pages. First edition numbered on 2592 (on Johannot d'Annonay cloth). Complete with its 24 superb photos (Duels, Massard, Nadi, Gaudin, Maginot, Buchard, Buhan, d'Oriola, etc). This book really written by a triple Olympic champion in 1924, who was also an eight-time Olympic medalist between 1908 and 1928 (!!!!), who became a journalist at the "Figaro", is worth the detour, because his frankness, his talent, his expertise, his joy are communicative. He reframes, cuts, slices, analyzes, it is superb, a real cloak and dagger novel. This copy belonged to a foreign master-at-arms, who couldn't help but annotate it here and there, without this degrading it, fortunately. Sometimes, his experience would almost enrich it (with a small final index). 23,5x18,5. BE.
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