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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PHYSICAL TRAINING

Volume on physical training, first published in 1937. 4th edition 1950. 182pp. No dust wrapper. Very good.

£12.00

COMPETITIVE WEIGHTLIFTING

American instructional guide to competition weightlifting from the 1970s, illustrated throughout. 8vo. 160pp. Pictorial boards. Very good condition. 

£30.00

FIFTY EXERCISES FOR HEALTH AND STRENGTH

Instructional book by the Principal of the London Physical Institute. 8vo. 100pp + adverts. Original boards, in good condition. A few neat pencil diagrams to margins. Good.

£45.00

HEALTH EXERCISES AND HOME GYMNASTICS

Subtitled: "How to train, strengthen, and develop the body without use of dumb-bells or other appliances. With some exercises for women." 19 x 10cm. 128pp. Some internal foxing. Original illustrated boards,

£48.00

HOW TO GET STRONG AND HOW TO STAY SO

Late-Victorian guide to developing a muscular physique and ideas on the benefits of maintaining one, with chapters on the benefits of exercise to women and children and photographic illustrations throughout. 8vo.

£50.00

MODERN WEIGHTLIFTING

Practical and fully comprehensive guide to weightlifting, as practiced in the 1950s. 8vo. 177pp. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Very good.

£7.00

THE NATURAL WAY TO GAIN WEIGHT

Dietary advice and exercise for the underweight. Paperback. 3rd edition. 56pp. Very good.

£3.00

THE PERFECT MAN. THE MUSCULAR LIFE AND TIMES OF EUGEN SANDOW

Biography of the first bodybuilding superstar.  Paperback. 8vo. 283pp. Photos. A fine copy. 

£9.00

PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR MEN

Instructional book including a large section on weight-lifting. 12mo. 92pp. Original owner's name to front endpaper. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. A good copy. 

£8.00

PHYSIOLOGY OF STRENGTH

A rare first edition offering scientific insights into muscular development and advice on building strength through exercises designed for the home, illustrated throughout with diagrams.  8vo. 84pp.

£50.00

THE STRONGEST MAN IN HISTORY - LOUIS CYR "AMAZING CANADIAN"

Illustrated biography of the late-19th century champion weightlifter and strongman from Quebec, whose feats are here chronicled with admiration by a leading authority on muscular development. 8vo. 104pp.

£20.00

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