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The Snowy Torrents Avalanche Accidents In the United States 1910 - 1966 --- First Edition 1967
by Dale Gallagher
The Greatest Show In the Arctic the American Exploration Of Franz Josef Land 1898-1905 -- First Edition 2016
by P J Capelotti
Skiing Books & Ephemera
Bugaboo Dreams A Story Of Skiers, Helicopters & Mountains
by Donahue, Topher
Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in new condition with now marks or writing, very clean, tight binding, no foxing, basically new and unread. The just jacket is flawless with no tears, no chips, very clean. The book measures 248mm tall x 167mm, and has 296 pages, 52 color & many b/w photos, bibliography. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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SGD 20.68
Our Life In The Swiss Highlands
by Symonds, John Addington
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original dark green cloth with gilt lettering and rules cover and spine. The book measures 200mm tall x 138mm, and has 366 pages, b/w frontis photo + 3 b/w plates, 1 b/w photo in the text. The book has some general wear to covers (not bad, see photo), bright gilt on front and spine, no previouw owner marks or writing on any pages, minor foxing to first three pages and last page...
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SGD 55.15
The Book of the Climbing Year
by McNeish, Cameron
Patrick Stephens, 1988. 1st ed VG in VG dw. large format, a number of writers introduce their favourite time of year with essays on climbing and skiing on various ranges around the world
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SGD 20.70
Cold Regions Science And Engineering Part III: Engineering Section A3: Snow Technology AVALANCHES -- 1968 FIRST EDITION
by Mellor, Malcom
Hanover NH: U.S. Army Material Command Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1968 FIRST EDITION. Original orange wrappers with black lettering front cover. The book has clean covers, sharp corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 266mm tall x 204mm, and has 215 + [2] pages, several b/w photos, graphs, tables, 134-item bibliography. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK...
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SGD 103.40
Tears in the Snow
by Wilson, Arnie
Blake, 1996. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. a couple decide to ski every day of the year, taking in 240 resorts around the world, sadly a short while after completing their quest she was killed when trying to ski a steep couloir in the Alps
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SGD 17.25
Skisters, Story of Scottish Skiing
by Simpson, Myrtle
Landmark Press, 1982. 1st ed VG in VG dw signed by Myrtle Simpson. Yes. a history of skiing in Scotland from 1892 to 1982, signed by Myrtle Simpson
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SGD 68.99
American Ski Annual And Skiing Journal 1956 Convention Issue
by Roger Langley (editor)
Barre Massachusetts: National Ski Association Of America, 1956. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Light cover wear, old owner address sticker pasted to top area of front cover, no writing or marks on pages, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 221mm tall x 146mm, and has 31 pages, 4 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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SGD 48.25
Manual for Ski Babies
by Heinrich, Fritz
Oxford University Press, 1935. 1st ed VG no dw. small guide published for "the National Union of Students of the Universities and University Colleges of England and Wales" teaches you to ski 1930's style
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SGD 8.62
Boundless
by Darke, Karen
Akreative, 2012. 1st ed VG+ pb signed by Karen Darke. Yes. recounts crossing Greenland on ski-sled and climbing El Cap, after she was paralysed in a climbing accident. She later went on to win silver at London 2012 Paralympic hand-cycling but the Olympics isn't covered here. Signed by Karen Darke
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SGD 12.94
Angel On Skis
by Cavanna, Betty
New York: William Morrow And Company, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Israel Dawson. Scarce First Printing of First edition. The book is in near fine condition with previous owner name and date "1957" penned to upper corner of first blank page, no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, a few tiny foxing spots on the top edge of text block, tight binding. The dust jacket is in nice condition with minor rubbing at the tips of the corner, clipped flap corner,...
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SGD 62.04
Parry Of The Arctic The Life Story Of Admiral Sir Edward Parry 1790 - 1855 ---- FIRST EDITION 1963
by Ann Parry
London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1963. Original teal cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in very good condition with clean covers, rubbing at spine ends, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has some rubbing at edges, small loss at spine ends, scuff to spine title, clipped front flap corner, no tears. The book measures 223mm tall x 145mm and...
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SGD 55.15
American Ski Annual And Skiing Journal. Volume XXXIII No. 3 February 1949 -- Committee Issue
by Roger Langley (editor)
Barre Massachusetts: National Ski Association Of America, 1949. 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, VG condition. The book measures 23cm tall x 15cm, and has 32 pages. This issue describes the various committees around the country. No b/w photos in this issue. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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SGD 48.25
Men, Women and Mountains: Days in the Alps & Pyrenees
by Schuster Sir, Claud
Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1931. 1st ed VG no dw. a collection of 10 essays by Schuster, previously published in the Alpine Journal or the Year book of the Ski Club of Great Britain [Neate S26]
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SGD 34.50
American Ski Annual And Skiing Journal. Volume XXXV No. 4 June 1951
by Roger Langley (editor)
Barre Massachusetts: National Ski Association Of America, 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Light cover wear, faint soiling, crease mark upper outside corner rear cover, no writing or marks on pages, solid binding, VG condition. The book measures 23cm tall x 15cm, and has 44 pages, b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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SGD 48.25
Innocents In The Arctic. The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition -- 2005 SIGNED First Edition
by Colin Bull
Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 2005 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition, inscribed and signed to another Greenland explorer on the recto of the short-title page. Original black cloth with gilt lettering front cover and spine. The book is in superior condition with clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, two penned comments by Wallerstein correcting text, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (apart from author's signed...
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SGD 34.47
Western Ski Annual Official Yearbook Of California Ski Association 1940-41
by William McKinley Stansaas (editor)
Bellows Falls Vermont: Western Ski Annual Publishing Company, 1940. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original pictorial wrappers. Light cover wear, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, light rubbing spine corners, generally nice condition. Very uncommon ski periodical. Schwartz notes in his bibliography of skiing literature that only two issues were produced. Production stopped due to WWII and it was never resumed. Lots of content on early...
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SGD 379.14
Pilote des Glaciers
by Geiger, Hermann
Arthaud, 1967. 1st ed VG pb. Geiger was a Swiss pilot who specialised in Mountain Rescue, initially in a plane equipped with skis, then a helicopter - text in French [Neate G10]
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SGD 8.62
Boy Scouts On Katahdin
by Eaton, Walter Prichard
Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1924. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Likely early reprint of First Edition. The books listed on the dust jacket flap end with this title; however, the list of Eaton's books in the advertisement at the end of the book have two other title following this title. Also there is a little "26" printed below the copyright information on the verso of the title page. The book is in very nice condition: clean, no rubbing, tight binding, no...
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SGD 103.40
Bering's Search For The Straight. The First Kamchatka Expedition 1725-1730 -- FIRST EDITION 1990
by Evgenii G. Kushnarev and E.A.P. Crownhart-Vaughan (editor)
Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1990 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original dark red cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in great condition with clean covers, 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 book measures 260mm tall x 155mm and has 214 pages + [4] pages of publisher ads, a few b/w illustrations and...
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SGD 13.79
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
by Miura, Yuichiro
Harper & Row, 1978. 1st ed VG in VG- dw (as spine a little faded by sunlight). account of the first attempt to try to ski down Everest [Neate M123]
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SGD 37.95
Ski Mountaineering in Scotland
by S.M.C.(ed Bennet, D. & Wallace, B.)
1st ed VG 122 page hardback guide to over 170 hills and mountains in Scotland, with suggested ski routes, along with maps and photos.
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SGD 38.81
High Level Route
by Roberts, Eric
West Col, 1973. 1st ed VG card covers. small format guide to skiing the High Level Route from Chamonix to Zermatt and Saas [Neate Q534]
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SGD 34.50
Mountain Jubilee
by Lunn, Arnold
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. 1st ed G++ as spine faded from original red, internally VG no dw. contains chapters on various alpine themes including skiing, Swiss Alps, Yosemite [Neate L74]
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SGD 25.87
Distant Snows: A Mountaineers Odyssey
by Harding, John
Baton Wicks, 2016. 1st ed Fine in Fine dw signed by John Harding. Yes. sixty years of adventures climbing and ski mountaineering throughout the world, signed by John Harding
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SGD 43.12
Cross Country Skiing In Yosemite -- 1985 FIRST EDITION
by Messick, Tim
Denver: Chockstone Press, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1985 FIRST EDITION. Original glossy pictorial paperback. The book is in fine, unused condition. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no rubbing, no loss, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 229mm tall x 152mm and has 65 + [3] pages, several b/w photos, several topos and diagrams. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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SGD 27.57
