Body and Mind in Harmony: T'ai Chi Ch'uan An Ancient Chinese Way of Exercise
by DELZA, Sophia (Sophia Delza Glassgold, 1903 – 1996)
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- very good
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- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
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About This Item
New York: David McKay Company, 1961. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/good. 8vo. Bright lemon yellow cloth, gilt titles to spine. pp. 184. In unclipped dust wrapper, which has edgewear, some small closed tears to edges, slightly darkened. Boards slightly bowed, offsetting to endpapers, very minor spotting to top page edges. Still a clean, firm copy. Delza wrote the first ever account in English of tai chi. With drawings by the author.
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- tinyBook (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00005403
- Title
- Body and Mind in Harmony: T'ai Chi Ch'uan An Ancient Chinese Way of Exercise
- Author
- DELZA, Sophia (Sophia Delza Glassgold, 1903 – 1996)
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- China, Chinese literature;
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