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NUTRITION IN ATHLETICS AND SPORT

NUTRITION IN ATHLETICS AND SPORT

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Illustrated instructional booklet covering diet management, including discussion of vitamins and calories. Also includes letters on headed paper to the Crookes Laboratories from the British rowing crew at the 1948 Olympics and the Cambridge University Boat Club thanking them for supplying vitamin supplements.

8vo. 16pp. Paperback. Minor ageing and rusted staples have been removed. Two typewritten signed letters (printed) and associated material is slipped into pocket at the back. Good condition.

Date
c1950
Publisher
The Crookes Laboratories Limited
Author
CROOKES LABORATORIES LIMITED

£20.00 (Code: 83330)

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