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ATHLETIC AND GYMNASTIC EXERCISES

ATHLETIC AND GYMNASTIC EXERCISES
ATHLETIC AND GYMNASTIC EXERCISES

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The classic mid-Victorian instruction manual for the use of then-popular pieces of gymnastic apparatus, including parallel bars, horizontal bar, suspended ropes (rings) and Indian clubs, illustrated with over 70 engravings.

8vo. 95pp. Blue morocco boards. Marbled endpapers and edges of text block. Boards rubbed to edges and completely detached but retained. Prize label for Mr Long's Fencing and Gymnastic Classes (City Hall, Glasgow), dated 1867, pasted to front pastedown. Stamps of King's College Newcastle to front and back endpapers. Pages clean and bright. A good copy.

Date
1860
Publisher
Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
Author
John H. HOWARD

£140.00 (Code: 104037)

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