Exercise and the Will : With a Chapter on Obesity
by Harold Dearden ; Olivette
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well-produced exercise book with many photographs of Miss Olivette, the well-known dancer at one time associated with Murray's Club (see Pathe news clips from the period), in various exercise poses. 101 pages, illustrations. First edition, first printing. Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear to jacket edges, with a couple of small closed tears and some small losses to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006602
- Title
- Exercise and the Will : With a Chapter on Obesity
- Author
- Harold Dearden ; Olivette
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Springhead Books
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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