Chinese Wand Exercise Tapa dura - 1977

Morrow. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. (wand exercises ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

New York: Morrow, 1977. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 220 pages. Chinese Wand Exercise is an obscure ancient exercise system, related to the martial art Kung Fu. The wand in Chinese Wand Exercise is a 48-50 inch long dowel, 1inch in diameter, (wood or bamboo, for example), used as a fulcrum for balance, form and posture.Both book and dust jacket are in good condition. The dust jacket has a 1" tear to top of front panel, 1/2" tear to top of rear panel and chipping to top of rear panel. Creasing to front flap. Red spine/white text... First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo. Hardcover.

Morrow. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977 First edition first printing signed by the author on flyleaf " To Carl - Yours in health - Praise the Lord! Bruce L. Johnson 1 Corinthians 6:19,20" with black sharpie. Full number line on copyright page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Red cloth and black boards stamped in gilt on spine. 8vo. 220 pages. 11 chapters. 17 exercises with many photo illustrations of various exercise positions. Drawing illustrations by Joel Rogers. The author, a Grand Master, studied with Grand Master Dr. Ch'eng in China in 1945. "Chinese wand exercise dates back thousand of years in China when court physicians sought to devise a "perfect" exercising program for the royal family." Flyer with small photos of Johnson's many newspaper articles arranged on one sheet is laid-in. Clean. Tightly bound. Dust jacket in new clear jacket protector. Fine/ near Fine..