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Skiing for the Millions

Author: Harper, Frank
ISBN #: 
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: VG-
Dust Jacket Condition: G
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1945
some fraying to rear cover edge, small bookstore label to rear ep; jacket largley intact with creasing, tips worn, few short closed tears to edges, two large chips to top and bottom front panel, price-clipped. A lot of skiing ephemera, including 1940's post cards from Lake Placid and Yosemite, laid in. Harper, a European skier and mountaineer, the author of The Military Ski Manual, includes a chapter on military skiing, with a brief history of the legendary 10th Mountain Division. Harper was working on a longer history of the 10th when this book was published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.