[LITERATURE] THE ATHLETE’S CONQUEST. THE ROMANCE OF AN ATHLETE

Bernarr Macfadden

New York: Physical Culture Pub. Co., 1901.

Hard Cover. Early Reprint. 12mo; in dark blue boards, with titling to the upper board and the spine in black; the boards have silverfishing; the binding is shaken with some signatures a bit loose.~~First published in 1892, this tales is Bernarr Macfaddens first novel. He went on to pen a number of stories and novels, including ghost stories. ~~Our concern thinks of Macfadden as primarily a proponent of physical culture and, to our mind, eccentric health reforms.~~Uncommon, with but a scant hnadful of institutional holdings and no copies in commerce.

Good binding.
Item #298760

Price: $350.00