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THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY - A MANUAL OF THE THERAPEUTICS OF EXERCISE

THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY - A MANUAL OF THE THERAPEUTICS OF EXERCISE

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The great Prussian bodybuilder's seminal work on human anatomy and the multiple benefits of his prescribed exercises for muscular development in men, women and children, including a detailed 5-plate coloured pull-out human figure to inside of pastedown with a key to body parts, plus photographic illustrations throughout and a foreword by Arthur Conan Doyle.

4to. 164pp. Cloth-covered boards. Binding slightly separating in places but all pages fully attached. Plate I of human figure illustration detached but present. A couple of organs from Chart V are also loose - all appear to be present. Covers and spine lightly rubbed and scuffed to edges plus a few minor marks. Foxing to endpapers and minor spotting throughout. A very good first edition copy. Scarce. 

Date
1907
Publisher
John Bale, Sons and Danielsson Ltd.
Author
Eugen SANDOW

£750.00 (Code: 101138)

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