![RIEFENSTAHL, Leni (1902-2003). Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. [Beauty in the Olympic Games.] Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1937. 4° (310 x 235 mm). 273 black and white photographs. Original cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt, original pictorial dust-jacket, early, probably original glassine, publisher's slipcase stamped 'Riefenstahl' and complete with the flap (slipcase with some wear, glassine with small chips and light wear at extremities). Provenance: Leni Riefenstahl (presentation inscription to:) -- Ludwig Tügel (1889-1972, author; presentation inscription, dated Christmas 1946, to:) -- 'Wolf' (presentation inscription to another dated 27 May 1950).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0293_001(riefenstahl_leni_schonheit_im_olympischen_kampf_beauty_in_the_olympic084155).jpg?w=1)
![RIEFENSTAHL, Leni (1902-2003). Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. [Beauty in the Olympic Games.] Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1937. 4° (310 x 235 mm). 273 black and white photographs. Original cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt, original pictorial dust-jacket, early, probably original glassine, publisher's slipcase stamped 'Riefenstahl' and complete with the flap (slipcase with some wear, glassine with small chips and light wear at extremities). Provenance: Leni Riefenstahl (presentation inscription to:) -- Ludwig Tügel (1889-1972, author; presentation inscription, dated Christmas 1946, to:) -- 'Wolf' (presentation inscription to another dated 27 May 1950).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0293_000(riefenstahl_leni_schonheit_im_olympischen_kampf_beauty_in_the_olympic083754).jpg?w=1)
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RIEFENSTAHL, Leni (1902-2003). Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. [Beauty in the Olympic Games.] Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1937. 4° (310 x 235 mm). 273 black and white photographs. Original cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt, original pictorial dust-jacket, early, probably original glassine, publisher's slipcase stamped 'Riefenstahl' and complete with the flap (slipcase with some wear, glassine with small chips and light wear at extremities). Provenance: Leni Riefenstahl (presentation inscription to:) -- Ludwig Tügel (1889-1972, author; presentation inscription, dated Christmas 1946, to:) -- 'Wolf' (presentation inscription to another dated 27 May 1950).
FIRST EDITION. AN EXCELLENT COPY COMPLETE IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE AND THE DUST-JACKET PROTECTED BY THE ORIGINAL GLASSINE. INSCRIBED BY RIEFENSTAHL TO THE WRITER LUDWIG TüGEL. 'A lavish photobook' (The Photobook); 'these are such exquisite, such transcendentally beautiful images of athletes, that one almost forgets their context' (101 Books). Signed copies of Riefenstahl's most famous book are distinctly uncommon. 101 Books, pp.96-7; Auer 255; The Photobook, vol. I, p.151.
FIRST EDITION. AN EXCELLENT COPY COMPLETE IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE AND THE DUST-JACKET PROTECTED BY THE ORIGINAL GLASSINE. INSCRIBED BY RIEFENSTAHL TO THE WRITER LUDWIG TüGEL. 'A lavish photobook' (The Photobook); 'these are such exquisite, such transcendentally beautiful images of athletes, that one almost forgets their context' (101 Books). Signed copies of Riefenstahl's most famous book are distinctly uncommon. 101 Books, pp.96-7; Auer 255; The Photobook, vol. I, p.151.