THE TEXT-BOOK OF ROLLER-SKATING, 1909, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED

MONOHAN, G.S. The Text-Book of Roller-Skating. London: Ewart, Seymour, circa 1909. Small octavo, original half cloth. $185.

Early edition of this practical guide, profusely illustrated with photographs of skaters in action.

Roller skates are traditionally credited to Belgian inventor Joseph Merlin in the 1760s, but the first four-wheel skate was designed in 1863 by James Plimpton of Medford, Massachusetts. This is an early manual of roller-skating techniques. Skating brochure circa 1950 laid in.

Only minor soiling to boards. A near-fine copy.