THE ART OF SKATING; CONTAINING MANY FIGURES NEVER PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS, AND PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR THE ACQUIREMENT OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND ELEGANT MOVEMENTS

George Anderson, long-time president of the Glasgow skating club, first published this handy guide in Glasgow in 1852 and it was soon translated and published in German and Swedish.

Second edition. Slim 8vo. 72pp. 3 uncoloured litho plates, 5 full-page diags., a few contemporary pencilled notes in the margins. Original limp cloth, gilt lettering a hanging-skates motif to front. Sime minor wear to extremities, overall a good copy.