c1902 Assorted Works on Indian Club Exercises
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Description
Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon
Indian clubs are a variety of exercise equipment used to build strength used by swinging bowling-pin shaped wooden clubs which range in weight. They were named Indian clubs by British colonists upon their finding them. They were extremely popular during the late Victorian era, appearing in the 1904 and 1932 Olympic Games.
Consists of:
'Indian Club Exercises with Hints of Training' by Chas E. Lord, 1902.
'1000 Dumbell Indian Club and Steel Bar Exercises' by F. J. Harvey, undated.
'Spalding's Athletic Library: Indian Club Exercises' by Edward W. Warman, c1915 dated from copies on Jisc.
'The Text Book of Club-Swinging' by Tom Burrows, c1922 dated from copies on Jisc.
All volumes are profusely illustrated with diagrams, with vols I and IV containing full plate photographs.
With a number of publisher's advertisements.
In their original bindings, with lovely coloured covers.
Condition
In paper wraps, boards and two in a quarter cloth binding. Externally very smart, all with minor shelf wear in particular to the spines, a stain to the base of 1000 Dumbell Indian Club and Steel Bar Exercises. Internally, Indian Club Exercises with Hints on Training and Spalding's Indian Club Exercises are both loose from the cover but all parts present, otherwise firmly bound, pages generally bright and clean.
Very Good
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