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An account of military campaigns on ski in Finland, Russia, Norway, the Alps, and the Balkans during World War II. The author served as an instructor for the British Olympic Team in the 1950's.

158pp with black and white photos. In original blue cloth with illustration of skiers in white on the upper cover. Light cloth fading in places. Interior is clean and unmarked. No inscriptions.

£ 15

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Firsoff, V.A.

ON SKI IN THE CAIRNGORMS.

W.R. Chambers.

1965

First edition.

Classic companion to ‘On Foot in the Cairngorms’.

98pp with 17 illustrations by the author with photographs, maps and line drawings. No inscriptions or other blemishes. Fine in fine complete and unclipped d/w.

£ 15

Lang, Otto.

DOWNHILL SKIING.

Arthur Baker.

1937

First edition.

Attractive copy. Foreword by Hannes Schneider.

Vg+ in vg+ unclipped d/w. No inscriptions.

£ 60

Lunn, Arnold (ed)

THE BRITISH SKI YEAR BOOK OF THE SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE ALPINE SKI CLUB. Volume IV. (1929 & 1930) Numbers 10 and 11.

Ski Club of Great Britain

1930

Volumes 10 & 11

Contains articles by Rickmers, Lunn and Smythe.

828pp with many illus. Both volumes bound together in black cloth with gilt decoration. Very light cloth rubbing in places. Overall, vg+ contents / cloth.

£ 60

Lunn, Arnold (ed)

THE BRITISH SKI YEAR BOOK OF THE SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE ALPINE SKI CLUB. Volume IV. (1927 & 1928) Numbers 8 and 9.

Ski Club of Great Britain

1928

Volumes 8 & 9

Contains articles by Caulfeild, Lunn and Smythe.

586pp with many illus. Both volumes bound together in black cloth with gilt decoration. Very light cloth rubbing in places. Overall, vg+ contents / cloth.

£ 50

Lunn, Arnold (ed)

THE BRITISH SKI YEAR BOOK OF THE SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE ALPINE SKI CLUB. Volume IV. (1931 & 1932) Numbers 12 and 13.

Ski Club of Great Britain

1932

Volumes 12 & 13

Contains articles by Seligman, Cauleild and Schuster.

604pp with many illus. Both volumes bound together in black cloth with gilt decoration. Very light cloth rubbing in places. Overall, vg+ contents / cloth.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1969

Volume 50

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1954

Volume 35

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 26

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1935

Volume 16

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 20

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1938

Volume 19

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 20

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1939

Volume 20

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 16

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1940

Volume 21

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 16

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1941

Volume 22

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 26

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1930

Volume 11

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1957

Volume 38

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1958

Volume 39

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1966

Volume 47

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1971

Volume 52

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 7

Lunn, Arnold. (ed)

British Ski Yearbook

Ski Club of Great Britain.

1963

Volume 44

Paperback.

Individual volumes as part of set between 1920 & 1971.

£ 40

Lytton, Neville (ed)

WINTER SPORTS.

Seeley Service.

1930

First edition.

A fine copy in scarce vg d/w, which is near complete but has dulled and darkened spine. No inscriptions.

254pp with 59 plates and 32 text illustrations. In original brown cloth with gilt titles.

£ 225

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Rickmers, W.R.

SKI-ING FOR BEGINNERS AND MOUNTAINEERS.

Fisher Unwin.

1910

First edition.

This scarce early work tries to connect skiing as an athletic sport with the science of mountaineering.

In original binding with the black silhouette retaining most its colour. 175pp with b/w photographs by A. Hacker as well as in-text drawings. 10 advertisement pages of ski products and resorts in rear. No inscriptions. Light spotting to page ends. Overall in very good+ condition.

£ 135

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Roget, F.F.

SKI RUNS IN THE HIGH ALPS

London, Fisher Unwin

1913

First edition

312pp with colour frontispiece, 24 monochrome illustrations, 6 folding maps, text illustrations and 4 pages adverts. In original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Page ends have scattered light foxing. Small inscription on rear of front board. F.F. Roget was a Swiss academic who was a pioneering and outstanding ski-mountaineer. Ski-runs in the High Alps is the principal book on the subject in English.

Near fine contents / cloth.

£ 35

Schneider, Hannes and Fanck, Arnold.

THE WONDERS OF SKI-ING. A Method of Correct Ski-ing and Its Applications to Alpine Running.

Allen & Unwin.

1933

First edition.

Cloth spine lightly worn on top edge and book has slightly shaken feel. Contains previous owner inscription. Overall, Good+ cloth with vg contents. No d/w.

In original blue cloth with white lettering. 232pp with 242 b/w photos plus a section of 1100 cinema reproductions over 54 additional pages at the rear of book.

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