SOMERVILLE, D M M CRICHTON, RICKMERS, W R AND RICHARDSON, E C (ED).
Ski - Running.
1904, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Horace Cox, 1904. 8vo, iv, [3]-76p, 12p adverts, plus 2p adverts on pastedowns. 7 plates, 27 figures in the text & a bibliography. Dedicated to the Ski Club of Great Britain. Inscr, slight offsetting from pastedowns, VG clean copy in original boards. Mounted photograph of two women skiers in long dresses on the front board. Not in Neate or Perret. Arnold Lunn in 'The Story of Skiing' p 181, describes this book as 'the first work on skiing in the English Language'. In the preface "this the first English book about ski". Very Good.
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