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Training, in Theory and Practice
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Training, in Theory and Practice Gilt decorated cloth - 1866

by Maclaren, Archibald

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London: Macmilland and Co. 1866. 8vo. vi, 202 pp. Full blue cloth with gilt illustration of rowing to front board and gilt lettering to spine; pages uncut. Spine and corners rubbed, with some marks to rear board. Water marks to prelims and one or two tears to the fold-outs, but generally internally clean. Guide to rowing training, with many appendices including training schedules, diet plans, and large fold-out diagrams of rowing boats. Archibald Maclaren was a fencing master, gymnast and educator who, in 1858, opened a gymnasium at the University of Oxford, where he helped to popularise physical eductaion, exercise and training in sport, the military and among the public. While there, he taught fencing and gymnastics to William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and Richard Francis Burton. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1866.
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