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Glaciological Data Report GD-16 Soviet Avalanche Research Avalanche Bibliography Update: 1977-1983 --- FIRST EDITION
by R. G. Barry (director)
Boulder CO: World Data Center For Glaciology [Snow And Ice], 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1984 FIRST EDITION. Original light blue wrappers with black lettering front cover & spine. The book has clean covers, some curling at corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 279mm tall x 215mm, and has 300 pages, many graphs, 100 page bibliography of avalanche papers & books. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK...
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CA$48.40
The U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association Ski Annual 1934
by Nathaniel L. Goodrich (editor)
Bellows Falls VT: U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association, 1934. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. Second Edition" printed on lower front cover. WITH rare SKIER'S MAPS supplement. Original pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Heavy tideline stains to front cover, very faint tideline in margin of upper outside corner of several pages (not bad), no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. INCLUDES the usually missing and RARE SKIER'S MAPS supplement (6...
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CA$172.88
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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CA$19.89
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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CA$48.40
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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CA$24.89
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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CA$27.66
Parallel Skiing
by Brown, Terry & Hunter, Rob
Spurbooks Ltd, 1977. 1st ed? VG pb. a small handbook on how to ski parallels
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CA$5.19
Dark Companion -- 1948 FIRST UK EDITION
by Bradlley Robinson
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1948 FIRST UK EDITION. Original pale blue cloth with black lettering spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book has light soiling to covers, minor rubbing to spine ends and very tips of corners, some fore-edge foxing and foxing on first two and last two pages otherwise no foxing on page faces, solid binding, old owner name dated 1948 penned to upper corner of FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages....
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CA$62.24
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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CA$43.25
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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CA$8.65
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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CA$14.46
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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CA$27.66
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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CA$20.76
An Alpine Journey
by Smythe, Frank
Gollancz, 1934. 1st ed VG no dw. account of a ski tour across Austria and Switzerland [Neate S110]
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CA$41.52
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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CA$43.25
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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CA$48.40
Skiing: Technique - Tactics - Training
by Foxon, Fred
The Crowood Press, 1991. 1st ed VG pb. Large format, 128 pages, well illustrated instruction guide to skiing
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CA$8.65
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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CA$103.72
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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CA$25.95
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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CA$48.40
Explore, Climb, Ski - The Alpine Ski Club 1908-2008
by Alpine Ski Club
Alpine Ski Club, 2008. 1st ed VG pb. small format pb, 86 pages, a celebration of 100 years of the Alpine Ski Club, with extracts from their journal and essays by some members, including such as Frank Smythe, Arnold Lunn and Ed Hillary, covers ski mountaineering in the Alps, Iran, Turkey, Himalaya
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CA$13.84
BELIEVE SKI DVD TANNER HALL
by Hall, Tanner & Seth Morrison & Others
VAS Entertainment / Studio 411. New. 2007. DVD Video. New in shrinkwrap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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CA$19.36
Postscript to Adventure
by Schuster Sir, Claud
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. 1st ed G++ as badly faded spine and cover but internally VG no dw. another collection of essays by Schuster, previously published in the Alpine Journal or the Year book of the Ski Club of Great Britain [Neate S29]
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CA$17.30
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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CA$103.72
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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CA$62.24
