Ice Skating

NSW Australia: James Fraser Publishing. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. Biographer John Hennessy- former sports editor of The Times- shows Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean as they really are: quiet, unassuming young people with a tremendous talent for ice skating that has taken them all the way to the top, from world-famous sports arenas... Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies, 1956. hardcover. very good/very good(-). 217 pages, large 8vo, blue cloth (uneven fading on the spine), dust wrapper (worn and chipped). London: Peter Davies, (1956). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Inscribed on the dedication page to fellow skater Aja Vzanova: "For Aja - the love of my life!! Dick xoxoxoxo New York, October 8, 1986." Accompanied by a typed letter signed "Dick" on Button's personal letterhead, 1 page,... Read more about this item

Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Iceland, 1950.. Program for performance. The Ice Review of 1950 was written and directed by Maribel Vinson. 16 pp.; black & white illus. Very good with creases.

Milwaukee, WI, 1983. framed. 3.5 x 5.75-inch First Day Cover issued ahead of the 1984 Olympics. Signed in full by Blair and postmarked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 29, 1983. The envelope features two women skating on the left and has a cancelled 28-cent "Olympics 84 USA 28c" stamp on the upper right. Float-mounted below a 4.5 x 4-inch photo of Blair skating. Double-matted in red and white and set in a black frame measuring 16 x 11 inches. Fine condition.<br/> <br/> American... Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Bottom corners very slightly bumped else fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Account of the figure world by a *Washington Post* journalist.