Description
Santa Barbara, California, Capra Press, 1978
Softcover, 23 x 19 cm, 252 pages, illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Text in English.
Sweat or The Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna, Russian Bania, Islamic Hammam, Japanese Mushi-Buro, Mexican Temescal, and American Indian and Eskimo Sweatlodge. First edition of this cult classic on sweat and sweat houses. With chapters on sweat bathing and the body, Mediterranean baths, the Finnish sauna, the Russian bania, the Japanese mushi-buro, the Native American sweat lodge and of course instructions on how to build various sweat baths.
Upper edges of the pages affected by some old moisture, a bit wavy but not discolored. A very presentable copy. Please inquire for additional pictures.
