Description
A first edition, first printing published by Simon & Schuster, New York, in 1974. Quarto. 221 pages. Illustrated throughout.
A very good copy in the publisher’s original cloth, lettered to the front board and spine, with light wear to the extremities. Clean internally, without ownership inscriptions or other markings aside from a light stain to the fore-edge. The binding is tight and square. In a very good dust wrapper with light rubbing and wear to the edges and a small tear to the top of the front panel.
Gaines and Butler explore the intensely disciplined world of competitive bodybuilding, combining the novelist’s observations with the photographer’s eye. Following the men pursuing titles such as Mr. America, Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia, they examine the personalities, ambitions and sacrifices behind the quest for the ideal physique.
