Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0939482118I3N00
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Vendeur : Hidden Shelf Books, Vancouver, WA, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown, Michael H. The Strength of Samson. Costa Mesa, California: The Noontide Press, 1988. First Noontide Press printing, August 1988. Softcover. 120 pages. Octavo (8vo), approximately 8.5 × 5.75 inches. ISBN 0-939482-11-8. A scarce vintage physical-culture manual combining bodybuilding, strength development, exercise technique, nutrition, dietary theory, biblical interpretation, and the author's unconventional approach to personal health and physical performance. Michael H. Brown presents a training and lifestyle system intended to help the average reader develop substantially greater physical strength. Drawing upon his experience as a bodybuilder, practical nutritionist, inventor, biblical researcher, and health advocate, Brown discusses resistance training, exercise equipment, diet, attitude, recovery, and what he regarded as the health implications of selected biblical passages. The book includes particularly ambitious claims concerning rapid strength development and very heavy lifting, along with a prominent safety warning cautioning that ordinary Olympic-style barbells may not be designed for the extreme loads contemplated by some of the methods described. The text reflects the independent and occasionally iconoclastic physical-culture literature of the late twentieth century. This copy is the First Noontide Press printing, August 1988, as stated on the copyright page. Earlier copyright dates are also listed, so this copy should not be described as the first edition of the work. A publisher-applied label supplies an updated Noontide Press mailing address. An uncommon title with crossover interest for collectors of vintage bodybuilding books, strength-training manuals, alternative nutrition literature, biblical health systems, independent-press publications, and American physical-culture history. Condition Description Near Fine. Clean, tight, and well-preserved softcover with bright pictorial wraps, a square spine, and a firm binding. The text block is clean and unmarked, with no writing, highlighting, underlining, staining, or significant creasing observed. Pages show only mild, uniform age-toning consistent with the paper stock. Publisher's updated-address label affixed to the copyright page. No notable condition defects. An exceptionally attractive example. Seller's Note Offered for collectible, historical, bibliographic, and research purposes only. Hidden Shelf Books does not endorse or verify the claims, legal theories, political views, or instructions contained in this publication. Not legal, tax, financial, or professional advice. N° de réf. du vendeur HSB-1038
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