Ideal Physical Culture by Apollo (Greening & Co. Ltd, 1901) William Bankier
Ideal Physical Culture and The Truth About the Strong Man
by Apollo (William Bankier)
Greening & Co. Ltd, fifth impression October 1901 (1st edition February 1900)
William Bankier (1870-1949), otherwise known as Apollo, the Scottish Hercules and the self-styled challenger to another strongman of the day Eugen Sandow.
Hardback – publisher’s cloth with titles and decoration to spine and front board. pp. [1]-8, [4], 9-141, frontispiece + 14 b/w plates, plus 32pp publisher’s catalogue. 7.25 x 5 inches approx. (186mm x 129mm).
Covers a little dusty and grubby, some marking; darkened to spine; light wear and rubbing to extremities; spine ends and corner tips turned-in. Endpapers very browned with offsetting, name in ink to front; inscription and address in pencil to recto of frontispiece; pages foxed and dusty thoughout with some occasional grubbiness. Publisher’s catalogue on a different paper stock and very tanned. Has a ‘mothball’ odour.
Nonetheless, remains a reasonably nice copy – uncommon.
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