![RIEFENSTAHL, Leni (1902-2003). Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. [Beauty in the Olympic Games.] Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1937.4º (310 x 235 mm). 273 black and white photographs. Original cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt, original pictorial dust-jacket, publisher's slipcase stamped 'Riefenstahl' (some wear to the slipcase).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0270_000(riefenstahl_leni_schonheit_im_olympischen_kampf_beauty_in_the_olympic043510).jpg?w=1)
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RIEFENSTAHL, Leni (1902-2003). Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. [Beauty in the Olympic Games.] Berlin: Deutschen Verlag, 1937.4º (310 x 235 mm). 273 black and white photographs. Original cloth, spine and front cover blocked in gilt, original pictorial dust-jacket, publisher's slipcase stamped 'Riefenstahl' (some wear to the slipcase).
FIRST EDITION. A REMARKABLY FRESH COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Riefenstahl's monument to the 1936 Olympics. 'A lavish photobook' (The Photobook); 'these are such exquisite, such transcendentally beautiful images of athletes, that one almost forgets their context' (101 Books). 101 Books, pp.96-7; The Photobook, vol. I, p.151.
FIRST EDITION. A REMARKABLY FRESH COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Riefenstahl's monument to the 1936 Olympics. 'A lavish photobook' (The Photobook); 'these are such exquisite, such transcendentally beautiful images of athletes, that one almost forgets their context' (101 Books). 101 Books, pp.96-7; The Photobook, vol. I, p.151.
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