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Steedman, Charles.
A Manual of Swimming.
Publisher: Lockwood & Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1879
Stock Code: 14162
First English Edition. Duodecimo, pp., xvi, 270, [32] of publisher’s catalogues, with the 9 lithographic plates, as called for. Original publisher’s pictorial brown cloth, vignette of swimmers gilt and black-stamped to upper board, titles gilt to spine, ornamental frame blind-stamped to lower board, brown endpapers, edges speckled red. Corners bumped, spine cocked, top edge dusty. Lacks one leaf: pp. vii-viii, contents otherwise clean and rather bright. A good copy. A rare Victorian manual on the art of swimming, with illustrative plates demonstrating various historic techniques. £250.00