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Le roman du sport tome 1

Villemot, B

N.p. (Tolmer). 1936
Part 1 (all published). Produced by Villemot on the occasion of the Berlin 1936 Olympics. With plates of Tennis, Atheletics, Sailing, etc.
4to. 4 pochoir colourd plates by Bernard Villemot. Publisher's wrappers with pochoir illustration.
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