Anthony J Sansone (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st. 49 pages, chiefly illustrations; 21 cm. A fair-to-good copy with soiling on the front cover. Most of the spine's backstrip has chipped away, but the binding is otherwise reasonably stable. *** Includes numerous homoerotic b/w photos of the nude Sansone, in various poses, with airbrushed genitals. He modeled for the sculptor Arthur Lee, who wrote the Foreword. An Italian American, Sansone operated a bodybuilding gym in Brooklyn. Size: 8vo. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SANSONE, Anthony J. [49] pp. Tony Sansone 1935 8 1/8" x 6 1/4" Tony Sansone (September 19, 1905 January 13, 1987) was an Italian-American bodybuilder and model. Much of Tony Sansone's enduring fame in bodybuilding history was the result of his success as a model. Sansone began modeling when he was still a teenager. During the Depression, Sansone profited by selling pictures of himself through mail-order ads. He became a much sought-after model who posed for paintings, photographs, and sculpture. He was featured on many magazine covers, both American and European. He modeled for statues by James Earle Fraser ("Meriwether Lewis;" Fraser also designed the US buffalo nickel), Arthur Lee ("Rhythm" which was created over five years, 1925 1930), and Malvina Hoffman ("Nordic Type" and "Elemental Man"). Sansone published several photo books, including Modern Classics, Rhythm, Du-ets (sic), and Nudleafs. By 1936, he had sold over 15,000 copies of Modern Classics and Rhythm combined.…

New York, self-published, 1935. Original boards. 52 p. 1st edition. Spine partly missing. Cover a bit soiled. On the first flyleaf a rubberstamp of Chas. T. Trevor in Camberwell, London ('Everything in Physical Culture!'). Price corrected in ink: not two, but one dollar. Last flyleaf largely missing. Sansone was a bodybuilder who managed to make money during the hard 1930s times with his splendidly developed body. Introductory words by Arthur Lee, and several great authors are cited: Shakespeare, Poe and Keats. Publisher / bookseller Charles T[udor] Trevor was a.o. the author of Muscular Manhood and How to Develop Powerful Arms.…