Olympic Games/ Coubertin/ Nestlé/ Masson/ Marathon - Lot 159

Olympic Games/ Coubertin/ Nestlé/ Masson/ Marathon Three pieces: a) Album Nestlé-Peter-Cailler-Kohler: "Sports". Superb piece revolving around the 1936 Olympic Games, with an introduction featuring a superb portrait of Baron de Coubertin, which enhances a very fine one-page text. This is followed by double-page spreads presenting 12 Olympic sports, from athletics and soccer to gymnastics, tennis and cycling (text on the left by a prestigious signatory, such as Abegglen or Sechehayé, Dr. Paul Martin, Paul Suter, Zogg, or Lolette Payot for tennis; images on the right, each time 12 images). Complete with all its images, a jewel. b) Le Petit Journal, April 29, 1896, 4th superb full-page color photo of champion cyclist Masson in front of the Parthenon. c) Le Petit Journal, August 2, 1896, with the first marathon outside Greece. The pioneer arrives Superb set