System Figure Skating Being Theory Practice by Vandervell H E Maxwell Witham (8 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Second edition. Spine faded, faint stain on fore edge of rear board. 1874 Hard Cover. xix, 262 pp. First published in 1869, this work is among the earliest books in English on the subject of figure skating, with engravings and diagrams throughout (124 total). It was written by two members of the famous 'Skating Club' of London. Formed in 1830, it was "the most important [British skating organization] and for many years practically controlled figure skating [in Britain'." (Encyclopedia Britannica) This second edition was prepared for the press by Witham who, according to the preface, "omitted some irrelevant matter, and inserted a description of several new series of combined movements and a great many isolated new figures. I trust that the chapters on Rinks and their Construction, and on Mechanical Skates, will tend to the encouragement of skating.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Victorian manual on skating with numerous illustrations and diagrams. 8vo. xiii + 303pp. 3rd edition. Original green cloth, gilt. fraying to head of spine and cloth rubbed and bumped. A good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Octavo. 262pp illustrated + ads. Inner hinges cracking otherwise a very good copy in brown cloth. Fraying at the spine head. Bookplate.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good+. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, advertisement at end have figure-skating articles pasted over them, rustically rebound with leather spine over paper covered boards with handwritten title label on leather to spine and on paper to front board, the whole decorated with smudges of green and red, light bumps to corners, bookplate to front endpaper, name to half-title, pages lightly browned, otherwise solid, an attractive Good+ copy in half-leather.

Horace Cox, London, 1874. 262 pages, cloth (cover warped/some staining to title)--- 350 Gramm.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1 quire is loose. Spine darkened. Front gutter slightly weak. Ink name to f-fep. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Horace Cox: London 1889. Illus, 7.25 x 4.75", full blue gilt-stamped leather, "College of Agriculture" presentation binding, 303 w/index, inner hinges cracked, sm hole in front fly, covers scuffed. Third edition, revised.

History and instructional that attempts to further refine and establish a formal system for the practice and appreciation of figure-skating. Scarce 1st edition. 12mo. xx, 266pp. plus 40 pages of publisher's adverts to rear and 3 wonderful double page plates of a full bearded gentleman skater in a topper. Illustrations and diagrams in-text throughout. Very good condition. Text block clean and bright betraying only slights marking to one or two leaves and slight rubbing to page edges. ex-libris stamp of Arthur N. Foxe - The Skating Library to lower right of half title. small 6 cm tear to ffep half title join. Rebacked very neatly with original red cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. Some rubbing and mild bumping. A very nice copy of a scarce title.