Strength and How to Obtain It

Strength and How to Obtain It by Eugen Sandow (London: Gale & Polden Ltd, revised edition [1900]*).

A self-help book to improve health and strength by strongman Eugen Sandow [Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (1867-1925)]. Originally published 1897, this copy being the revised edition published 1900* (also the second edition: "…nearly two years since the first edition").

Hardback. Publisher's red cloth over bevelled boards; black titling to spine and illustration to front board; pale yellow endpapers. pp viii, 148, [12] adverts, including b/w illustrations plus a large fold-out chart to rear. Size: 7.25 x 5 inches approx. (185mm x 128mm).

Cloth dusty and grubby in places; light wear to corner tips and spine ends, especially head of spine; sunned/faded to spine and with uneven fading to boards; boards a touch knocked to corner tips. Free endpapers dusty and spotted, especially to rear where chart is placed; pages dusty and with occasional stain or mark, some thumbing and wear/creasing in places, but generally clean throughout; fold-out chart detached and showing some light wear – splitting to folds, occasional short tear, dusty, &c. – but present!!

Overall, showing wear commensurate with age and handling but otherwise remaining a reasonably nice copy.

*ref. British Library

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