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Lot 30:
Description
A collection of vintage physical culture correspondence course pamphlets from the UK edition of the Charles Atlas Dynamic-Tension system. The lot consists of multiple softcover lesson booklets in landscape format, published by Charles Atlas Ltd. from the 2, Dean Street, London, W.1 headquarters. The booklets, titled Health and Strength, include instructional text and black-and-white photographic plates of Charles Atlas, notably in Lesson 7 titled The True Tonic of Life. Each booklet features a stapled binding and manual numerical notations on the front covers corresponding to the course sequence, including numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13. Included with the pamphlets is a typed introductory welcome letter on official Charles Atlas letterhead, which features a printed facsimile signature and describes the student’s enrolment in the physique building course. The letterhead identifies Atlas by his famous title as the World’s Most Perfectly Developed Man.
Width: approximately 23 cm.
Condition report:
All items show significant age-related tanning and uniform yellowing of the paper stock. Widespread foxing and brown spotting are present on the covers and internal pages. The typed introductory letter has a rectangular mark of old adhesive tape residue in the top left corner. There are handwritten numbers in ink or pencil on the upper margins of the pamphlet covers. General edge wear, light creasing, and minor surface soiling are visible throughout the collection.
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