signed first edition Hardcover
1964 · Los Angeles
by Onyx, Narda
Los Angeles: VION Publishing Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Authorized biography of the Austro-Hungarian-born American competitive swimmer and actor. Best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and '40s, Weissmuller (1904-84) won five Olympic gold medals and set 67 world records. Frontispiece illustration, with textual photographs. This copy is inscribed by Johnny Weissmuller on the title page. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A bit of dust staining and spotting to the top edge. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn, with some unobtrusive staining; otherwise very good.
(Inventory #: 67313)