Item HT 40948 Book - 'Official Report of The Organizing Committee For the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne 1956', W. M. Houston Government Printer, Melbourne, 1958

Summary

Book issued in 1958 by the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne 1956, providing a detailed account of every aspect of hosting an international sporting event: from organisational charts to financial reports, stadium facts & figures to seating reservations, medical services to fine arts, etc. A report for every sport represented at the 1956 Melbourne games is provided, with as accurate a list of participants, results and officials as the editorial team could gather from the various international bodies.

Physical Description

Hardcover volume bound in dark green textured leather embossed in gold. Extensive text and black and white photographs within. Colour dust jacket depicting the Melbourne Cricket Ground grandstands filled with spectators, and Olympic flame in the foreground. Dust jacket is covered with plastic film.