Collard John M (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. large print edition. 84 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.19 inches. This item is printed on demand.

London, privately printed, 2015. Tall 4to. Original blue flexible cloth, spine and front cover lettered in silver; pp. 252.First edition, privately printed, the soft-cover issue. A very good ski-historical study of the early years of the winter sport, magisterially researched by John Collard, ski historian and author of the first monograph of the skiing pioneer Arnold Lunn, published one year before this highly legible reference work, equipped with useful appendices, containing a reference list of skiing literature of the period, a chronology, an annotated list of resorts, ski poetry, a bibliography covering periodicals and other bibliographies, as well as an index. The work contains substantial translations (from German and French) of the expedition accounts of Swiss and German pioneers. This is their first appearance in English.- The first edition of this book of 2007 is virtually unobtainable now, which made this second, and revised, edition necessary.…

London: [privately printed for the author]. 2017. 4to. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated dust-wrapper; pp. 130; highly illustrated with colour plates.First edition, one of 102 copies printed in this limited second print run (the first printing had been limited to 50 copies). The established ski and mountaineering historian John Collard has produced - again - an intriguing book, this time with rarely seen pictorial material illustrating the 'heroic' age of skiing."Through the adventures and ambitions of some twenty leading pioneers - German, Swiss, French, Austrian and British - the author brings the first three decades of ski-ing to vivid life. He draws on a sure foundation of detailed research undertaken for two earlier books [which we stock as well]. Sixty-seven illustrations in colour and black and white, many of them hardly known till now, add to the reader's enjoyment and understanding. We belive that this volume offers one of the finest possible introductions to a miraculous moment in sporting history" (inside front flap). "An absorbing and beautifully illustrated history" (review by Arnie Wilson in Inside Edge). …

London, privately printed, [2023]. Tall 4to. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in silver; pp. 151, with four plates.First edition, second printing, after the first printing of 2014, one of 100 copies produced. The first full-length monograph of the British skiing pioneer, inventor of the slalom race (1922), founder of the Alpine Ski Club (1908) and the Kandahar Ski Club (1924), writer on skiing, Alpine sports, and critical commentator of materialist tendencies in the 20th century. - With bibliographical appendices and index. 'As a boy, Arnold Lunn explored on ski the spacious untouched snows of belle epoque Switzerland, finding a life-long love of ski-ing and mountains. His abilities as author, editor and public intellectual ensured that his exploits on ski were well documented - but the story of this first quarter century, driven by a ski-mountaineering career, was dispersed amongst many sources; only now has this story been presented so that it can be comprehended in one volume. In Arnold Lunn Ski-mountaineer Extraordinary it is possible to follow all his major skiing expeditions, such as: his first ski-tour, at Grindelwald; his baptism on the snows of Adelboden; his dangerous freedom at Montana; his discoveries in the Bernese Oberland; his final High Alpine achievements: and all of these sowing the seeds of his parallel creation of Alpine racing. Extracts from his books and articles bring to vivid life his exploits and the supporting cast of his fellow pioneers and family; wit and humour are constant elements of his engaging prose. Many anonymous journal articles have now been identified as Lunn's work; some little-known biographical material has been unearthed. Happy skiers! The genius of Arnold Lunn flourishes anew in this unique volume' (publisher's flyer). - A note from the author: 'In respect of this book, I remember visiting Muerren, in the Bernese Oberland, to show it to Peter Lunn - Sir Arnold's son, doyen of the ski-ing world, 96 years old, still ski-ing every morning! He declared that this book, with its chronological format, was just what was needed, I am so glad that you brought it here for me to examine' (email from the author). - The first printrun of only 24 copies sold out quickly.…