Watson's Manual of Calisthenics:A Systematic Drill-Book Without Apparatus, for Schools, Families, and Gymnasiums
by Watson, J. Madison
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York and Philadelphia: Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co., 1864. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 144pp +4pp ads. FIRST EDITION. Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, text is moderately foxed, binding is tight. Exercises for all parts of the body, including voice. Illustrations for each exercise, and samples of music to accompany the esercises.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004612
- Title
- Watson's Manual of Calisthenics:A Systematic Drill-Book Without Apparatus, for Schools, Families, and Gymnasiums
- Author
- Watson, J. Madison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York and Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1864
- Pages
- 144
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Exercise Fitness Health Workouts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Self-help; Sports;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Foxed
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...