Secrets of Strength and Development
by Hoffman, Bob
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
York, Pennsylvania: Strength & Health Publishing Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine and boards worn with abrasions and extensive dampstains. Internally good. ; 240 pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board, black illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 191 x 132mm. Illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations of strong men, including John Grimek. Bob Hoffman was the Editor in Chief of Strength and Health Magazine. Contents: Men Should Be Strong; Can Strength Be Acquired?; Inherited Physical Strength; Bone Size in Regard to Strength; Tendon and Ligament Strength; Importance of Size and Weight; Development of Muscle as a Means to Strength and Perfect Proportions; Strength Through Symmetrical Development; Strength and Development as a Result of Natural Advantages; Strength Through Quality of Muscle; All-Around Development; The Result of Superior Training Methods; Additional Successful Training Principles. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23487
- Title
- Secrets of Strength and Development
- Author
- Hoffman, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Strength & Health Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- York, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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