Olympic Games/ summer, 1924-1928/ Paris/ Amsterdam - Lot 193

Olympic Games/ summer, 1924-1928/ Paris/ Amsterdam Two little-known but fundamental books by Yrjo Halme (in their publisher's bindings, T 1, T2). They're in Finnish, but so lavishly illustrated with engravings and photos (not to mention balance sheets) that they'll blow anyone's mind: a) T1, "Olympialaiset, 1924", with its 5 color plates (the final Bouin-H. Kolehmainen (bib 809) makes the opening). 328 pages (25x19) cover the history of the Games since 1896, and especially the Paris Games. b) T2, "Olympialaiset 1928", with the winter games, the soccer tournament (so important), and of course the surprise victory of El Ouafi (bib 71), 316 pages (25x19). A monument to discover