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ref. 6101689607Springer . Hardback. New. pp. 398 Springer hardcover
ref. 6310964Taylor & Francis Group . Papeback. New. pp. 236 Taylor & Francis Group unknown
ref. 642166729Cambridge University Press CUP . Hardback. New. pp. 688 Index Cambridge University Press CUP hardcover
1930ref. 2090202120809100Not Available 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1991ref. 2111902160304489Shiga Kogen Ski Club Kogyokukan 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 352 pages Size: A4 size Shiga Kogen Ski Club Kogyokukan paperback
1942ref. 028695Berkeley: University of California Press 1942. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Compiled under the Auspices of The National Ski Association Of America. Copyright 1942. Dust jacket in clear plastic cover. Tape ghost on top and bottom of first and last pages. Ink stamp on inside front cover possibly from a community college. Text and illustrations very good. University of California Press hardcover
1984ref. 9832Winston Salem NC: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 1984. Color poster 84 cm x 61 cm / 33" x 24" Some chipping to extremities with minor losses. Lightly worn poster for the event at Mammoth California - March 7th to the 10th in Spring of 1984. These events were downhill bombs where racers would try and break 200 km an hour. "At one time speed skiing was an experience available only to an elite group of daring skiers who blaze down a mountain faster than most people even think of driving a car. Today the sport of speed skiing is open to the recreational skier. The Camel Sprint Series will come to Mammoth Mountain March 7-10. Wednesday through Friday is reserved for clinics and training runs. The competition will be held Saturday March 10. Making a bid for mass appeal International Speed Skiing Inc. the sanctioning body for the sport has set up guidelines to ensure safety." - Mono Herald and Bridgeport Chronicle Union 3/1/1984. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company unknown
2021ref. Adhya-9781284205251JONES & BARTLETT 2021. Paperback. New. JONES & BARTLETT paperback
2021ref. Adhya-9781284205251JONES & BARTLETT 2021. Paperback. New. JONES & BARTLETT paperback
1905ref. 45557London: Horace Cox 1905. Second edition first impression. 8vo. vi 116 18 pp. Publisher's pictorial grey cloth. 14 plates plus numerous illustrations set into the text. Some staining to the rear cover mostly mild rubbing to the edges foxing to the front and rear leaves. London: Horace Cox unknown
1909ref. 45559London: Published by the author 1909. First edition. 8vo. 238 2 xvi pp. Publisher's grey cloth black and white illustration of a skier to the upper board early bookplate featuring an illustration of a dragon and a dragonfly with the name Garnett to the front pastedown a press cutting featuring a humorous illustration on the subject of skiing dated 1910 folded and mounted onto the front free endpaper. 20 plates plus 143 illustrations in the text. Tanning to the spine with the lettering largely but not entirely worn a few minor marks to the upper cover else very good. London: Published by the author unknown
1980ref. P5475Italy c.1980. Very Good. Notes: An advertising poster for Caber featuring legendary alpine skier Franz Klammer. The image shows Klammer using Caber Ski Boots. Franz Klammer known as "The Kaiser" is considered one of the greatest downhill skiers of all time. Caber was a prominent Italian ski boot manufacturer recognized for producing high-performance plastic boots in the 1970s and 1980s favored by racers Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 555x430 mm 21.85x16.93 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Offset Lithograph Categories: Sports; Posters; Advertising; unknown
ref. BN370797La responsabilité civile des usagers des pistes de ski Schriftenreihe zum Obligationenrecht Giger Hans; Honsell Heinrich; Schnyder Anton K and Duc Nicolas La responsabilité civile des usagers des pistes de ski Schriftenreihe zum Obligationenrecht Giger Hans; Honsell Heinrich; Schnyder Anton K and Duc Nicolas La responsabilité civile des usagers des pistes de ski Schriftenreihe zum Obligationenrecht Giger Hans; Honsell Heinrich; Schnyder Anton K and Duc Nicolas unknown
1973ref. 71228United Air Lines Inc 1973. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 40"h x 25"w. Some very light wear. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing at Park City and Snowbird Utah resorts. Also highlights skiing in other Western states such as California Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico the Rockies; Aspen; Crested Butte; Steamboat; Jackson Hole; Taos; Vail; Alpine Meadows; Heavenly Valley; Northstar. United Air Lines, Inc unknown
1980ref. 712221980. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 23"h x 15"w. The image depicts a woman skiing a colorful rendering of Monument Valley and a group of male and female river runners in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River. Some faint rippling. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising Utah outdoor recreation and skiing by career art director at Western Airlines E. Carl Leick. unknown
2005ref. x-0789018357Haworth Pr Inc 2005. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 245 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.00 inches. Haworth Pr Inc hardcover
1938ref. 43492Krakow: Polskiego Zwiazku Narciarskiego 1938. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Octavo 8 1/2 x 8". Unpaginated. 16pp. Original illustrated wrappers by J. Skolimowski. Edited by the Polish Ski Association the Tourism Support League and the Polish National Railways this beautifully produced brochure promotes the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Zakopane a lovely resort town situated at the foothills of the majestic Tatra mountains in southern Poland. The event took place from February 11th to the 19th. The booklet is profusely illustrated with 15 blue-tone photogravures and illustrations by Polish artist J. Skolimowski. Includes two maps and one plan. Minor and sporadic age-toning and slight creasing along cover edges. Text in German gothic script. Wrappers in overall good interior in very good condition. Polskiego Zwiazku Narciarskiego unknown
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1997ref. x-041920850XSpon Pr 1997. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 626 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Spon Pr hardcover
1953ref. 58350Flumserberg Switzerland & UK: Barbara 1953. Oblong 4to. 9.5 x 6.7 in. 36 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 58 photographs sized from 2.5 x 3.25 in. up to 3.5 x 5.5 in. some w/ scalloped edges nearly all w/ white lettered captions 2 real photo postcards nearly all mounted w/ glassine corners 4 pp. of brochure photo clippings 2 lift tickets 32 pp separately numbered leaves of ink manuscript ALS to “Mummy & Daddy” written in cursive w/ fold creases from previous insertion into mailing envelopes originally. Contemporary black textured boards post-binder brass screw posts at gutter margin gilt lettering stamped on front cover hand-lettered title minor rubbing NF exemplar. This excellent photo album records the completely new Ramblers’ skiing center in Switzerland established near Flumserberg in the Swiss Alps following World War II which featured three consecutive chair- and ski-lifts and a wide diversity of ski runs and close by shops. Barbara has included a photo postcard of her Pension Schwendiewiese and listed it as her return address in the letters home. After arriving at the Pension the group rents some skis have them fitted learned her instructor was to be Walter who “speaks a little” English and believes they will be more efficient than the Sr. Anton ski school. She writes while they were training that they “passed a squad of Swiss soldiers on the way down. . . and seem to be in an Alpine training school.” She writes about hearing of the death of Queen Mary of Teck March 24 1953 which is the only indication of dating within the year. She writes about the glorious weather riding the Tannenboden ski lift to Prodkamm slope writes about the skiing the slopes hiking back up and her great progress. Her letters also describe their evening sing-a-longs dances organized by the instructors and staying up way too late before being tired on the slopes the next day. The photos reveal the striking views and the participants in the skiing excursion. Barbara has included photos of the three instructors her intermediate group of skiers the snow-covered road to Tannenboden the snow-covered chapel at Flumserberg and the views from Flumserberg. Also included are images of the ski slopes the Tannenboden ski lift attached to the cable ski-hoist and the Kreuz ski-hut. The group was a mixed skiing group of men and women with most of the participants identified by first name with views in the background. Album ends with photo of the group reaching Victoria station on their route home at the end of the trip. Barbara, hardcover
1937ref. 16790Berlin: Deutscher Verlag 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The 1936 summer Olympic games in black & white photos of athletes by Reifenstahl who is also known for the Nazi film of the games. Captions in six languages. Introduction by Riefenstahl in German. 9-1/2 x 12 inch book bound in orange cloth with gold stamped titles. No dust jacket. On the front free endpaper is a warm inscription in English dated April 15th 1938 thanking an unnamed host of six of the German men who skied in April 1938 races in Aspen Colorado. Signed by each: Richard May Ulrich Beutter Franz Machler Hanns Gunther Riehle Fritz Dehmel and Werner Munig. A one-inch separation at gutter starting on front endpapers and a tiny nick on cloth edge. Large heavy book. Not available for international shipping. Deutscher Verlag hardcover
1991ref. 160104Warsaw: Arkady 1991. First edition first printing presentation copy to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher inscribed on the half-title "To Lady Margaret Thatcher Great Prime Minister inspired leader in time of crisis with sincere admiration and best wishes. Charles and Zenina Carroll-Porczynski proud British subjects Warsaw 17-4-1993". The Carroll-Porczy ski Collection was formed in the 1980s and is now on permanent display on Warsaw renamed after John Paul II. The book remained in the possession of Thatcher until her death afterwards dispersed in her estate sale at Christie's 2015. Her posthumous bookplate is mounted to the front pastedown. Quarto. Original white cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket and white card slipcase. A fine copy in lightly rubbed slipcase. hardcover
1980ref. 712251980. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 37"h x 24"w. A colorful image of a slalom skier. With light creasing and a shallow closed tear to edge. A vibrant vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing. Western Airlines was an airline based in California which operated in the western United States and eventually merged with Delta Air Lines in 1987. Western Airlines was at its peak in the 1970s and 1980s at the time this poster was created. unknown
1960ref. P5483Canada c.1960. Very Good. Notes: A vintage promotional poster for Parc du Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec Canada. Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort as part of the Laurentian mountain chain. Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 607x457 mm 23.90x17.99 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Offset Lithograph Categories: Sports; Posters; Views Canada Quebec; unknown