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189312808London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. origi.Leinenband, 8°, 452 Seiten.
189662320Toronto: William Briggs Wesley Buildings 1896. 8vo. 160 pp. Photo frontisp. preserving original tissue guard numerous woodcut-engraved plates text illustrations photo plates. Cobalt-blue publisher’s cloth over beveled boards gilt lettering & lozenge illust. of swimmer and life preserver front cover a.e.g. minor darkening to fore-edges minor bumping to corners slight uniform interior toning still VG copy. Second edition substantially expanded & revised of this important Progressive Era handbook feeding the growing enthusiasm in Victorian Canada and the U.S. for embracing recreational and sport swimming water sports life saving activities and the vital importance of everyone being instructed on how to swim. Andrews was a swimming instructor at the Wiman Bath Trust and formed the Toronto Harbour Life Saving Service in 1883 with Constable Ward and encouraged in their recruits physical training development importance of lighthouses. Of particular importance are his emphasis on encouraging women to learn how to swim locating suitable swimming places as well as swimwear. In addition he also addresses how no physical disability should interfere with a person’s buoyancy or swimming ability. The 19th-Century Canadian version of water polo featuring players riding wooden barrel “horses†with paddles pushing a large floating rubber ball apparently proved to be short-lived. See: Kossuth Dangerous Waters: Victorian Decorum Swimmer Safety and the Establishment of Public Bathing Facilities in London Canada Aug. 6 2006. William Briggs, Wesley Buildings, hardcover
190050344- Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
190051080- Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
190051824- Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
190050600Couverture rigide. Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
190051522Couverture rigide. Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
190051884Couverture rigide. Photographie 4 x 7, 5 cm. Notice biographique collée au dos.
18960055681896 Paris, Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1896. Grand in-quarto (245 X 192 mm) demi-maroquin havane à coins, filets dorés sur les plats, dos quatre nerfs filetés or, grand compartiment central orné en long de filets, fers dorés et petites mosaïques de maroquin vert foncé, titre doré, tête dorée, plats de la couverture conservés (Albert Valat) ; (3) ff., 322 pages, (1) f.
1837ABE-17549188718 PAGES-SANS COUVERTURE-BURGOS/GRAVURE-LES PARASITES-LES DEUX ECOLIERS DE WESTMINSTER-LA GROTTE DE NEPTUNE/GRAVURE-REGLES DE L'ART DE NAGER/4P/GRAVURES BRASSE
1869275341869 Garnier frères, [1869]., Paris, - gravure coloriée sur papier fort, d'après Grandville, gravée sur bois par Desperet et coloriée. Dimensions de la feuille : 27 x 17 cm environ; couleurs fraiches.
