Ravenstein, E.G. &nHulley, John - A Handbook of Gymnastics and Athletics

Trubner & Co, 1867. Hardcover. viii+408p. Very many small instructional sketches. A comprehensive instructional book primiarily aimed at gymnastics and athletics clubs. Both authors were very important figures in the development of the modern Olympic Games and founder members of the National Olympian Association in 1866. Hulley also organised a number of Olympic Festivals in Liverpool and Llandudno in the early 1860s before staging the first National Olympian Games in London in 1866. In original mottled boards with gilt titling on the spine faded). fep missing and front gutter exposed.A little foxing and firtst pages well thumbed. p.377-380 badly opend with slight loss not affecting text. Both endpapers have booksellers listings pasted on them (J.R.W.Clarke Booksller, Sydney Australia). See scans and email for more . Fair/Good

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