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Book of Ralston Culture for Physicians, Professional and Amateur Teachers, Home Entertainments, Classes, Schools, Seminaries, Colleges and Universities (Ralston Natural College Volume 2)
by Ralston University (Edmund Shaftesbury)
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Ralston Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 526pp; Brown cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, front board fore-edge worn, slight wear to spine ends, original decorated endpapers (rear free endpaper missing), pages slightly age-toned, previous owner's name to flyleaf, binding shaken, text unmarked, Good condition. Scarce, quirky, antique tome from Edmund Shaftesbury's Ralston University. Volume 2 of the Ralston Natural College series. Edmund Shaftesbury was the pseudonym for Webster Edgerly (1852-1926) the author of numerous self-help guides and systems. Partial Contents: The Ralston Movement Cure; Music and Exercises; Conservation of Vitality; The Beautiful Minuet; Little Lectures. Also includes at rear the "Gold Form" to be filled out by the applicant to Ralston University. Illustrated with many line drawings & musical notations.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Book of Ralston Culture for Physicians, Professional and Amateur Teachers, Home Entertainments, Classes, Schools, Seminaries, Colleges and Universities (Ralston Natural College Volume 2)
- Author
- Ralston University (Edmund Shaftesbury)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ralston Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- self-help ralston physical fitness music health
- Bookseller catalogs
- Self-Help;
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