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Extremely scarce typescript in French, of the unpublished 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games Official Report, 180 pages preceded by an additional 5 pages of t

Hammer Price:
£7,000
Estimated Price:

£6,000 - £9,000

Extremely scarce typescript in French, of the unpublished 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games Official Report, 180 pages preceded by an additional 5 pages of transcripts of speeches made by dignitaries at the Opening Ceremony, folded plan of the Olympic Stadium and plate illustrating medals presented to the Organising Committee tipped in at the end, 4to, half brown cloth, marbled boards and end papers, gilt titling to spine, ex-library copy with annotated library stamp on title page, overall in very good condition The Organising Committee for the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games went bankrupt and as a consequence the anticipated Official Report for the Games was never published, making this comprehensive report with a preface from Alfred Verdyck, General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the VIIth Olympiad, an extremely exciting discovery.