(1) ROLLER SKATING FOR GOLD, by David H. Lewis. Published by The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD & London, UK, 1997. First edition. Hardcover book in dustjacket, 5.5x8.5 inches, 195 pages. Illustrated with 8 pages of b&w photographs. FINE book in a FINE dustjacket.

SIGNED and with a LONG INSCRIPTION on the dedication page to M.M. Shattuck, the man to whom the book is dedicated: "Dear Mr. Shattuck / Among my most magical childhood Roller Skating Memories is the one private lesson...I took from you at your GREAT AND WONDERFUL SKATELAND-AT-THE-BEACH!..My Warmest Wishes to You upon the publication of this book. / David Lewis / January, 1997."

Laid-in is a TSL dated January 31, 1997, from David Lewis to M.M. Shattuck, thanking him for his positive comments on the book, etc., and exclaiming that it is IMPOSSIBLE that he (M.M. Shattuck) is 80 years old!

A hard-to-find book on the history of roller skating and its push to become an Olympic Sport, made SCARCE with the SIGNATURE, INSCRIPTION, and LETTER to M.M. Shattuck of Skateland-by-the-Beach.

About the Book (from the Back Cover): "Roller Skating for Gold chronicles the sport's history from both the recreational and competitive perspectives, from the invention of the roller skate to roller skat-ing's rise as a wildly popular pastime in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the inclusion of roller hockey as a demonstration sport in Barcelona. David H. Lewis explores the many reasons why roller skating has thus far been unsuccessful in its long effort to gain a place at the Olympics: the prestige and earlier development of ice skating, the lowbrow reputation of roller derby, the political squabbles within the roller skating community, even the rise of in-line skates which, while making skat-ing more popular than ever, actually contributed to the decision not to make roller hockey a regular Olympic event."

About M.M. "Red" Shattuck and his Skateland at the Beach (from Wikipedia and elsewhere on the Internet): "Skateland at the Beach was a famous historic roller skating rink located in San Francisco at the corner of Balboa Street and Great Highway in San Francisco's Ocean Beach neighborhood. It opened in 1947 and closed in 1972. It was owned and operated by M.M. "Red" Shattuck."

(2) ROLLER SKATING - The Barnes Sports Library. By Bob Martin. Published by A. S. Barnes and Company, New York, fourth printing, 1948. Hardcover book, 6x9 inches, 91 pages, no dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with drawings depicting roller skating techniques. VERY GOOD condition, a small, light stain on the front cover, light toning to the pages as normal, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Wonderful ASSOCIATION COPY: Personal copy of M. M. Shattuck, with his SIGNATURE and addresses on the front free-endpaper, and with the INKSTAMPED LOGO of the ROLLER SKATING RINK OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA on the same page.

(3) WORLD ROLLER SKATING CHAMPION NATALIE DUNN, by Gloria D. Miklowitz. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1979. First edition. Small format hardcover book, 4x5.5 inches, 145 pages. Illustrated with some b&w photographs. VERY GOOD condition, inner pages toned, as normal, otherwise tight, bright, clean, and clear. A very presentable copy. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Natalie Dunn Taylor (her married name) on the front pastedown.