Olympic Games/ summer, 1920/ Antwerp/ - Lot 56

Olympic Games/ summer, 1920/ Antwerp/ Official report. Swedish Olympic report in Italian album form, in gold letters "Olympiska Spelen" (the n has jumped), printed in Stockholm) Skildrade I ord och Bild av Erik Bergwall. With antique athlete's head on cover. Bookplate "Powell Chesterfield", 160 pages. Presented in five well-balanced parts of 32 pages each, dividing up the disciplines with sumptuous iconography, and each time, a magnificent work in color. Part 1 (two hurdlers, one of them French), Part II, an American shot-putter, Part III, the marathon runner with his winning crown, Part IV, the diver, and Part V, the soccer match. 1 covers athletics, tennis, cycling, sailing and skating, etc... Lenglen and Decugis are in 3, boxing in 4, etc... Even if the angle is very Swedish, all the players appear beautifully in this precious but little-known achievement. Size: 27.5 x 36.5 cm