Wien: Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk, (1924). Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. vii, 336,[2]pp. Quarter-cloth over printed paper-covered boards with pictorial inlay. White lettering on cover and spine. Rare handbook on gymnastics as taught in Denmark in the mid 1910's. Illustrated with in-text b/w reproductions of photographs and figures showing various..... More
NP, n/d. 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" four leaf fold-out program of the Kreisturnfest by the Nordamerikanischer Turnerbund (North American Gymnastic Union). Includes rules and guidelines for the event. The Turnfest was held in Kansas City from 23rd - 11th July, 1911. Political unrest in 1848/49's Germany brought a few..... More
Berlin: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. 312pp. Illustrated gray cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Detailed work on gymnastics and physical education for girls-schools in 1913's Prussia / Germany. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs showing various exercises and stances. Age wear, scuffing..... More
Berlin: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1895. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,145pp. Quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards. 1895 handbook on gymnastics and physical education for Prussian elementary-schools. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of figures and drawings showing various exercises and stances. Age wear, scuffing and staining on binding. Name of previous owner..... More
New York: The American News Company, 1873. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Hunting guides for the United States, mostly for northern states. Hinges broken on volume one, with some pages separating, but still attached. With article on Frank Forester from the Sun and New York Herald on March..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Hardcover. 12mo. xiv, 214 pp. Brown buckram binding. Illustrated with 24 b&w plates, 45 diagrams, some fold-out. Corners lightly bumped. Light wear to spine. Else in very good condition. More
Dresden: Sachsenverlag, 1959. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 94pp. Stiff wraps in original, attached pictorial dust jacket. Propaganda work on East German sports and sports venues. Part of the series "Unsere schöne Heimat" (Our beautiful homeland). Closed tears along head and tail of spine and on top and bottom of flaps..... More
München: C. H. Beck, 1926. Neue Ausgabe. Softcover. Quarto. 45, [3]pp. Original illustrated wrappers with front cover drawing by Adolf Löhrmann. Scarce work with guidelines and essays on physical education. This book is illustrated with 5 b/w photographic reproductions of gymnasts in action. Age wear on wrappers with head and..... More
NP: NP, (1976). Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Brown cloth binding. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings. Light wear to spine and corners. Else, in very good condition. More
Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 222pp. Tan cloth with pictorial paste-down. Early 20th century work on living a more fulfilled life through various forms of exercise. Illustrated with reproductions of captioned b/w photographs. Head of spine frayed. Top right corner of front and rear board slightly..... More
New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. XI, [7], 538pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. The present work is an attempt to solve one of the chief problems in the history of the horse, the most important of all the animals domesticated by man..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 258pp. Gilt stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and chipped. Corners rubbed. Spine sunned. Bottom page edge untrimmed. Hinges starting. Barcode sticker to front endpaper. Frontispiece. "A discourse on the fox -..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1958. Hardcover. Large 4to. 256 pp. Black cloth binding with dj. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Light edge wear. Dj worn along edges and chipped along spine. Overall, in very good condition with good dj. More
Chicago: The Livestock Press, Inc., (1932). Hardcover. Small 8vo. 194 pp. Black and green decorative cloth binding with dj. With b&w diagrams, illustrations and photographs (some step-by-step). Dj chipped, faded to spine, and stained to front from imprint on the cover binding. Endpapers faded. Corners lightly bumped. Spine slightly angled..... More
Chicago: NTC/Contemporary Publishing, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 230pp. Black cloth binding with dj. Head and tail of spine and corners lightly bumped. Head and tail of spine of dj bumped. Light creasing to edges. 1 inch tear to front hinge. Frontis. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. In..... More
London: The Batchworth Press, (1948). Hardcover. 8vo. 172 pp. Black cloth binding with dj. Illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions. Dj chipped to edges and lightly stained. Spine cocked so that boards do not line up evenly with one another. Signature of former owner present. Else, in good condition. More
Chicago: The Athletic Institute, (1955). Softcover. 8vo. 94 pp. Blue illustrated paper wrappers. Co-authored by wrestling coaches from the University of Pittsburgh and the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. With b&w photographic illustrations. With light wear to cover. Else in very good condition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. Softcover. 12mo. 96 pp. Green paper wrappers. With b&w photographs. Some wear and sunning to wrappers. Else, in good condition. More