THE BADMINTON LIBRARY: SKATING and FIGURE-SKATING with contributions on CURLING, TOBOGANNING, ICE-SAILING, BANDY Illustrated by Charles Whymper and Captain R. M. Alexander and from photographs.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback, in original pictorial brown cloth, gilt, binding. 464pp., Indexed, with b/w frontispieces and b/w illustrations and diagrams. Ink gift inscription, dated 1976, to early blank. Light foxing throughout, occasionally heavy, especially to first and last few pages and foredges. Light wear to top and base of spine with slight rubbing to titles and illustration. Small mark to lower board, else a VERY GOOD COPY.