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Roget, F. F., Illustrations By L. M. Crisp

Ski Runs in the High Alps

1913

296,10 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1913
Lugar de impresión
London. T. Fisher Unwin
Autor
Roget, F. F., Illustrations By L. M. Crisp
Materia
Travel - Europe Mountaineering
Idiomas
Inlgés

Descripción

8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 312, [iv, ads for skiing equipment including illustrations Burberry ad, ski books, guides] pp, 25 plates from drawings by Crisp including colored frontis, 6 folding maps, other illus. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, top edge gilted, cover light rubbed at edge, small scratch, very good sound copy, interior is clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate R65: 'The principal book in English by a Swiss academic who was outstanding among the pioneers of ski-mountaineering'. A fascinating account of skiing in the Alps, including observations on the culture of skiing, the social aspects, the local people, many ski runs, glaciers, avalanches, military skiing, description and illustrations of the equipment used at that time, the mechanics of ski-bindings, etc.