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London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Whymper, Charles; Alexander, R.M. First edition. Light general wear. 1892 Hard Cover. xiv, 464 pp. CONTENTS: Skating: Introduction; The Origin and Development of Skating; First Principles of Skating, and Suggestions to Beginners; Figure-skating; Skating as Recreation; Holland; Early Racing, and Some Records of the National Skating Association; Modern Racing; Training; Style in Skating; Curling; Tobogganing; Ice-sailing; Bandy; Index.

Longman, Green and Co. London. 1902. Third Edition. Original brown boards, gilt, blue and black to spine with red illustrations to upper board. B/w frontis with tissue guard, diagrams and illustrations. Extremities bumped and rubbed. End papers browned with some foxing throughout. Name of previous owner in pencil to front free end paper but o/w a nice copy. VG-. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. [Winter Sports] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 464. With frequent in-text diagrams and illustrations, as well as a half-tone frontispiece and a vignette title page. Publisher's blue diced half morocco with gilt titles to spine, orange cloth over boards, and Beaufort crest of Badminton village in gilt to upper. Navy endpapers; top edges gilt; others untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Walter C. Parker to front pastedown. Largely unopened, but with extremely heavy spotting throughout. Moderate rubbing to boards, but heavy rubbing and toning to spine, with damage to head and tail. Good.

London: Longmans Green & Co, 1892. Hardcover. F- Cover has general wear, discoloration, corner/edge damage. Spine has top/bottom damage, missing piece of spine at bottom. Leather peeling. Bookblock has age toning and page edge damage, Interior pages have minor age toning, some edge damage, minor tearing.. Orange/brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblock. xv, 464 pp., numerous b/w illustrations. Volumes are from the large paper edition limited to 250 copies. Numbers 115 of 250 copies.