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Cross Country Skiing
by Gillette, Ned & Dostal, John
Diadem, 1983 2nd edition. 2nd edition VG pb. a good instructional guide to cross-country and telemark skiing
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£6.00
Australia's Alps
by Mitchell, Eylene
Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1942. 1st ed G++ as sunned spine a little torn at foot no dw. Skiing and other adventures in Kosciusko country, Australia [Neate M119]
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£10.00
Zermatt Saga
by Williams, Cicely
Brig: Rotten-Verlag. 1988. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Foreword by Sir Arnold Lunn, Annotations and Epilogue. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 215 pages. . 2nd Edition. Hardback.
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£11.64
The Meek Mountaineer. A Climber's Armchair Companion
by Jacobson, Frederick
New York: Liveright, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING OF FIRST EDITION. The book is in fine condition with old owner name on FFEP, no other marks or writing, no foxing, tight binding, clean. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no chips, no tears, clean. The book measures 215mm tall x 14cm, 192pp, 40 b/w photos, 1 map. Author's (from Vermont) climbing experiences of mostly guided climbing in the Alps & 27 page account of skiing the Haute Route. PHOTOS...
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£8.10
Race Skills for Alpine Skiing
by Ellen Post Foster
1994 softcover as pictured. A skills manual covering slalom, giant slalom, super G and downhill racing. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show minimal wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. Includes many photographs and illustrations. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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£14.57
Icebound. The Jeannette Expedition's Quest For The North Pole -- 1988 FIRST EDITION
by Guttridge, Leonard F
Norman: Airlife Publishing, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1988 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original brown boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition but has some clear glue (publisher's?) residue to upper front cover, otherwise the covers are very clean without fading or rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has faded spine, no tears, no chips, no loss, clean. The...
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£8.10
Snow Structures and Ski Fields
by G Seligman
Second edition. (First edition 1936.) "This book is an attempt to describe and explain the prime causes of snow phenomena so that the reader will be able to understand them when he meets them, and thus, by thinking out the sequels for himself, acquire experience with greater ease and in a manner hitherto impossible for him."This book originates from the personal library of the late Arnold J. Heine QSM, ONZM, Polar Medal.The dustcover is not present.The covers are blue cloth, the colour is still good but...
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£21.67
American Ski Annual 1938-1939
by Nathaniel Goodrich [Editor] and National Ski Association members
Bellows Falls VT: Stephen Daye Press for the National Ski Association, 1939. Softcover. Very good with some soiling and general wear. Comprehensive guide.
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£60.71
Pacific An Ocean Of Wonders -- 2019 FIRST EDITION
by Hatfield, Philip J
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 2019 FIRST EDITION. Original glossy pictorial boards with blue spine lettered in white. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no rubbing, tight binding, no foxing. The book measures 225mm tall x 285mm, and has 223 + [1] pages, many color and b/w illustrations and maps, bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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£16.19
Physical Properties Of Alpine Snow As Related To Weather And Avalanche Conditions. USDA Forest Service Research Paper RM - 64 -- FIRST EDITION 1971
by M. Martinelli JR
Fort Collins CO and Washington D. C.: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station & U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1975 FIRST EDITION. Original stiff paper semi-glossy wrappers with blue tinted photo illustration on front. The book has minor soiling covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 267mm tall x 202mm, and has 35 + [2] pages, 11 b/w photos, many...
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£28.33
American Ski Annual 1937-1938
by Nathaniel Goodrich [Editor] and National Ski Association members
Bellows Falls VT: Stephen Daye Press for the National Ski Association, 1938. Softcover. Very good with some soiling and general wear. Comprehensive guide.
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£68.81
American Ski Annual 1950-1951
by Roger Langley (editor) & National Ski Association members
Barre Massachusetts: National Ski Association, 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original pictorial wrappers. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, small crease mark upper front corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 230mm tall x 153mm, and has 256 pages (including many pages of ads), several b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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£36.43
Avalanches And Snow Safety -- 1978 FIRST EDITION
by Fraser, Colin
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 1978 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1978. This is the fully rewritten and updated version of what was published as THE AVALANCHE INIGMA in 1966. Not a reprint, but a total rewrite. Original light grey boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, a couple of light smudge marks on covers (see photo),...
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£8.10
A Little Walk on Skis
by Wilberforce-Smith, Peter & Wilberforce-Smith, Beryl
Dickerson, 1987. 1st ed VG pb . account of a long ski tour through the Alps, split over several years, sadly the husband died before the traverse could be completed but his wife went on to complete.
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£15.00
American Ski Annual 1948
by Roger Langley (editor) & National Ski Association members
Hanover New Hampshire: W.T. Eldrid & National Ski Association, 1947. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Original pictorial wrappers. Crease marks covers, rubbing along edges, crease marks covers, some lifting and tiny loss at spine ends, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 230mm tall x 153mm, and has 336 pages (including many pages of ads), several b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED..
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£36.43
Tales of a Cross Country Skier
by Sheridan, Guy
Oxford Illustrated Press, 1987. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. recounts expeditions by ski in many varied parts of the world including Iceland, Himalaya, Iran, North America
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£15.00
British Ski Year Book 1939 Volume X No. 20
by Lunn, Arnold (editor)
London: The Ski Club Of Great Britain, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1939 issue in original light gray wrappers with black lettering covers and spine. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no foxing, solid binding. The book has 318 pages + xx pages of ads, a few b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL JOURNAL BEING OFFERED.
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£28.33
Alpine Climbing on Foot and with Ski
by Wedderburn, Ernest A
Open Air Publications, 1936. 1st ed VG no dw. small format 120 pages, instruction manual [Neate W31]
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£10.00
The Ski and the Mountain
by Paynter, Thomas
Hurst & Blackett, 1954. 1st ed G++ only as messy inscription deleted on FEP in Poor dw. ski mountaineering instruction and reminiscences including the Alps and the Canadian Rockies [Neate P26]
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£12.00
The Art of Ski-ing
by Josef Dahinden
1928 hardcover as pictured. A classic text on cross country and telemark skiing, worn but still very readable. Binding is intact. Embossed green cloth boards with black stamping on spine are rubbed with water spots at fore. Cloth is split at front hinge and lifting from spine. Boards show wear at edges. Inscription on FFEP. Text is tanned at edges but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes many photographs and diagrams. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our...
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£102.81
Northwest Greenland A History --1991 FIRST EDITION
by Richard Vaughan
Orono: University of Maine Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1991 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers, rubbing at spine ends, crease marks to upper corner of about 10 pages, 5 small corrections in red pencil(?) to pages, otherwise no previous owner writing or marks on pages, two small brown spots on blank FFEP, solid binding, no foxing. From the collection of George Wallerstein, a researcher who...
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£16.19
Kampf und Sieg in Schnee Und Eis Winterolympia 1936. Verlauf der IV. Olympischen Winterspiele vom 6.-16. Februar 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
by Harster, Hermann & peter Von Le Fort
München: Verlag Knorr & Hirth, 1937. Third Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. THIRD Edition "3. Auflage (20. Tausend)" same size, format and contents as the first edition. The book is in nice condition. It has previous owner name and address stamped on first blank page and on title page. No other previous owner marks or writing on any pages. This is NOT ex-library. The stamp is that of a private owner. The book is clean, no foxing, complete with all photos and pages, tight...
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£60.71
Cold Injury. Transactions Of The Second Conference November 20 and 21, 1952, New York, New York --- 1954 FIRST EDITION
by M. Irene Ferrer (editor)
New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1954 FIRST EDITION. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in clean condition with minor rubbing to tips of corners (= some loss of color), solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tiny foxing to fore-edge of text block but no foxing to page faces. The original dust jacket has some browning to spine, clean, very minor edge wear. The book measures 2235mm tall...
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£24.28
Green Cognac (SIGNED) The Education of a Mountain Fighter
by Putnam, William L
American Alpine Club. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0930410505 . Hardcover. 1991. American Alpine Club. 242 pages. SIGNED. Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition. ; 10.20 X 7.20 X 0.90 inches; 242 pages; Signed by Author .
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£60.71
Scottish Mountain Climbs
by Bennet, Donald
Batsford, 1979. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. well illustrated, selected Scottish mountains with rock, snow & ice, walking and ski touring routes [Neate B85]
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£8.00
