Published by C. Scribner's Sons, New York, 1933
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Rare Early book on Skiing : Profusely illustrated] Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Head & tail of spine lightly worn, one corner bumped. Clean, unmarked pages. 2 preliminary leaves, 7-234 pages. 29 cm. Crease on half title. "242 photographs, 1100 cinema reproductions." Arnold Fanck was a German film director best known for his mountain films, emphasizing man's struggle with nature. Sepp Allgeier was Fanck's assistant and and later worked on "Triumph of the Will" and other propaganda films. Translated by George Gallowhur from the 1928 German "Wunder des Scheeschuhs").