Editing Figure skating (section)

== Literature ==

* The ''[[Prose Edda]]'' ({{Circa|1220}}), an [[Old Norse]] textbook and compilation of  [[Norse mythology]] that mentions ice skating, written in [[Iceland]] during the early 13th century.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xix}}
* ''The Art of Skating'', [[Robert Jones (artilleryman)|Robert Jones]] (1772), the earliest book about figure skating.<ref name="whoswho">{{Cite book |last=Norton |first=Rictor |title=Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=0-415-15982-2 |editor-last=Aldrich |editor-first=Robert |edition= |location=London |pages=232–233 |oclc=50479290 |editor-last2=Wotherspoon |editor-first2=Garry}}</ref>{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xx}}
* ''Le vrai pattineur'' (''The True Skater''), Jean Garcin (1813), the first book about ice skating published in France.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xx}}
* ''The Art of Skating'', George Anderson (1852), about skating in England and Scotland.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=23}}
* ''The Skater's Manual'', Edward F. Gill (1863), first book about skating written in North America.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xx}}
* ''Figure Skating'', H.E. Vandervell and T. Maxwell Witham (1869), the first book to refer to the sport of "figure skating".{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xx}}
* ''Spuren auf dem Eise'' (''Tracings on the Ice''), 1881. Written by three members of the Vienna Skating Club, it described the Viennese style of skating and was the most extensive technical book about figure skating published up to that time.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xx}} A second expanded edition, which included descriptions of ice dances popular in the 1880s, was published in 1892.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xx}}{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=61}}
* ''The Art of Skating'', [[Irving Brokaw]] (1910). The first of four books about figure skating, all with the same title. Contributors of the first book included leading skaters of the time, including [[Georg Sanders]] of Russia, who wrote about special figures, [[Phyllis Johnson]] and [[James H. Johnson (figure skater)|James H. Johnson]] from England, who wrote about pair skating, and [[Gilbert Fuchs]] from Germany, who wrote an essay entitled, "Theory of Skating".{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=44}}
* ''Modern Figure Skating'', T.D. Richardson (1938). Includes list of jumps created up to that time.{{sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxiv}}
* ''Wings on My Feet'', Sonja Henie (1940).{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=2}}
* ''Ice Skating: A History'', Nigel Brown (1959). First comprehensive history of figure skating.{{sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxv}}
* ''75 Years of European and World Championships'' (1967). ISU publication to commemorate its 75th anniversary.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxvi}}
* ''Our Skating Heritage'', Dennis Bird (1979). History of the National Skating Association in England, to commemorate its 100th anniversary.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxvi}}
* ''Skating in America: The 75th Anniversary History of the United Figure Skating Association'', Benjamin T. Wright (1996).{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxviii}}