Athletic Training

Methuen, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Svend Holtze. preface by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Svend Holtze. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Svend Holtze, with blue coloured titles to the front panel. "This book is intended especially for the use of teachers and instructors working systematically with the technique of athletic exercises...." -- from the preface page 3. A book of illustrated exercises for all forms of athletics, the exercises are set out in a tabular form. Translated by Norah Holtze. Softening with sunning to the backstrip edges, with rubbing of the book corners and sunning and rubbing of the logbook edges. Aged honing of the textblock edges and pages. A few scattered foxing spots in handling marks to the endpapers with original bookseller's rubber stamp to the lower left hand corner of the three front end paper. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges, and there is a piece missing to the lower left hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel – please see photograph. There is a 0.75 " tear to the lower right hand corner of the rear panel, with associated creasing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 4-59, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Svend Holtze. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Athletics; Inventory No: 0119169. .