Opperman, Rudolf W.J. and Lappe Laubscher: Africa's First Olympians. The Story of the Olympic Movement in South Africa 1907-1987

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Opperman, Rudolf W.J. and Lappe Laubscher : Africa's First Olympians. The Story of the Olympic Movement in South Africa 1907-1987

(Johannesburg: Sanoc, 1987) 0620113677

ISBN 0620113677

Limited edition of 500 copies. Folio; original brown rexine with gilt titles; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 68; black-and-white photographs. Dustwrapper a little rubbed. Very good condition. The first part of the book is a pictorial history of South Africa's participation at Olympic Games until 1960, after which South Africa was no longer invited to take part. The second part is the history of the country's struggle to get back into the International Olympic Committee, a goal which was not realised until 1994.

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