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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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$10.13
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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$10.00
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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$30.00
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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$35.00
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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$127.00
With Seaplane And Sledge In The Arctic --1925 FIRST UK EDITION
by George Binney
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 1925 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original navy cloth with publisher's emblem in gilt on front cover, gilt lettering spine. EX-LIBRARY with shadow of spine sticker and spine number, faded spine, rubbed spine ends with loss, rubbed corners, new EPs, faint library blindstamp on title pages, photos plates have same library blindstamp, folding map has library blindstamp. Binding cracked between two or three...
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$35.00
Freestyle Skiing A Complete Guide to the Fundamentals of Hot Dogging
by Wieman, Randy
London: Angus & Robertson. 1980. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Covers lightly rubbed. 156 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition (Australia). Softcover.
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$10.59
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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$18.00
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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$19.00
Haute-Route
by Roch, André
Librairie Jean Marguerat, 1963?. 2nd ed 1963? VG in VG dw . large format, The High Level Route from Chamonix to Zermatt to Saas Fee, 34 pages of text followed by 79 b&w photos - text in French
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$31.67
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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$27.11
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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$20.00
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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$45.00
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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$10.00
Across the Frozen Himalaya: The Epic Winter Ski Traverse from Karakoram to Lipu Lekh
by Kohli, Harish
Indus Publishing India, 2000. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. When Kohli and his team reached the summit of the Karakoram Pass in the afternoon of 17th February 1995, they had been on the move for twelve gruelling hours. As they began the treacherous descent, the light breeze turned into a storm and then into a blizzard, plummeting the temperature to minus 48 degrees. Later that night when they reached their base, after twenty-six horrifying hours, two of the members were frostbitten, one of them losing seven of...
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$31.67
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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$85.00
The Skier's Handbook
by Ski Magazine
Harper & Row, 1965. 1st ed thus, G++ as ex library with stamps and FEP missing in VG- dw. well illustrated guide on how to ski 1960's style
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$6.33
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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$10.00
Ski With Toni Sailer
by Sailer, Toni
Cornerstone Library, 1967 reprint. 1967 reprint G++ pb. good instructional guide to skiing with 'Flip-vision' photographs
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$6.33
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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$75.00
American Ski Annual And Skiing Journal. Volume XXXVIII No. 3 February 1954
by Roger Langley (editor)
Barre Massachusetts: National Ski Association Of America, 1954. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Light cover wear, no writing or marks on pages, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 23cm tall x 15cm, and has 44 pages, several b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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$35.00
Admiral Albert Hastings Markham. A Victorian Tale Of Triumph, Tragedy and Exploration -- 2019 FIRST EDITION
by Battersby, William
Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2019 FIRST EDITION. Original black boards with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is clean with no tears, no rubbing, no chips, complete with original price printed on dust jacket flap. The book measures 24cm tall x 16cm and has 197 pages, 41 b/w...
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$20.00
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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$45.00
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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$15.20
Mountain Skiing
by Vic Bein
Mountaineers Books, The, 1982. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$8.48
