I don't know which edition I ordered from Amazon. Doesn't matter--at my age if I get to the rarefied point of passing the intermediate level I'll celebrate and buy the newer book! (assuming I ordered the older one--won't know til it gets here...)
I rec'd my Dalby book the other day, and although I haven't had time to examine it closely I can make a few comments:
First off, as a previous commenter pointed out, I managed to buy "Volume One" rather than the newer edition which, I assume goes further up the MIF ladder. My book ends with the Intermediate moves--backward double threes, spiral sequence, brackets in the field, forward twizzles, and the inside slide chasse pattern. As I mentioned before, I doubt that I'll live long enough to learn all the moves from bottom to top, and indeed if I master all of the content of this edition of the book I'll be pleased as Punch. If, on the other hand, you envision loftier goals click wisely, if you use Amazon.com, to insure that you order the extended version--which I assume covers the entire range of MIF.
Second, I'm more than a little disappointed that the book doesn't have a half way decent table of contents. The so called T of C lists exactly two things: "Part One" which starts on page 1 and "Part Two" which commences on page 29. Would it have hurried Mr. Dalby to list the various move elements by page number to make both initial navigating and refresher reading of this book a tad easier for his reader? I think not. As for an index don't even think about it. The author certainly didn't.
Third, now I realize that the vast majority of the takers of MIF tests are very young people. It is never the less, a little disappointing that Peter divides the moves into Pre-Juv, Juvenile and Intermediate without even an over the shoulder attempt to list the various moves elements into the groupings that adults use: Pre-Bronze, Bronze, Silver etc. My second and third reflections leave me wondering "is there an editor in the house?" If so what is (s)he doing to justify his/her existence?
With these distractions aside, I also realize that there is almost a total absence of current books which address any aspect of figure skating technique--Peter, your public is hungry! Most of my books date to the 1960s through the early 1980s. Keeping all that in mind, I plan to read my copy of
Making the Right Moves with great interest. Hopefully I will find much good instruction.