Author: Traub, Morris.
Title: Roller Skating Through the Years. The Story of Roller Skates, Rinks and Skaters. Edited by Morris Traub.
Description: New York: William-Frederick Press, 1944. 1944. - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial red wraps titled and illustrated in black & white on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed with minor creasing to the top corner of the front cover. The left edge of the front cover is partially fading along the spine and there are a couple of small stains to the spine. [viii] & 101 pages, with several pages of illustrations. Very good.

First edition in wraps.

Includes a 5-page bibliography of books, periodicals, and pamphlets on roller skating from 1870 to 1936.

From the Skating Library of Arthur N. Foxe, with his stamp on the front endpaper. A psychiatrist and criminologist, Dr. Foxe was an avid collector of skating books and even published a skating bibliography. Good .

Keywords: SPORTS; ROLLER SKATING; MORRIS TRAUB; ROLLER SKATING THROUGH THE YEARS; THE STORY OF ROLLER SKATES; RINKS AND SKATERS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ASSOCIATION COPY; FROM THE SKATING LIBRARY OF CRIMINOLOGIST ARTHUR

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