Leick, E Carl (Artist); [Utah] [Skiing] [Outdoor Recreation] [National Parks] [Airline Travel]Biblio.com
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1980712221980. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 23"h x 15"w. The image depicts a woman skiing a colorful rendering of Monument Valley and a group of male and female river runners in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River. Some faint rippling. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising Utah outdoor recreation and skiing by career art director at Western Airlines E. Carl Leick. unknown
195316440Valley Stream Long Island 1953-1963. Very good. Scrapbook album measuring 15.5” x 11.25” aprox. in rustic likely homemade hinged wood boards scalloped at edges and bound with leather cord. Title reading “Sunrise Ski Club” applied to front cover in wooden lettering. 120 pages; with approximately 250 black and white photographs corner mounted usually 3.5" x 4.75" approx. with several larger. Most pages titled by event and images hand-captioned with several simple ski-related drawings. several pages of newspaper clippings club announcement sheets officer lists event tickets and other ephemera. Title lettering has perished except the “Sunrise” portion leaving adhesive residue. Boards suffer small chips at corners. Pages generally chipped at edges some photographs loose from the corner mounts but images generally fine. Very good overall. <br/><br/>A large album documenting the activities of the Sunrise Ski Club in Valley Stream New York during the 1953 to 1963 seasons. Organized events include a fundraising ball for the Olympic ski team summer camping spring picnics ski outings and competitions and annual dinners. Organized chronologically the album’s author changes with the election of a new recording secretary each year exhibiting a new perspective and style every season. Captions give context to the events often written with humor and some secretaries included narrative accounts to accompany photographs. Newspaper clippings and ephemera such as event invitations round out the album. A thorough document of midcentury recreation. hardcover books
193843492Krakow: Polskiego Zwiazku Narciarskiego 1938. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Octavo 8 1/2 x 8". Unpaginated. 16pp. Original illustrated wrappers by J. Skolimowski. <br /> <br /> Edited by the Polish Ski Association the Tourism Support League and the Polish National Railways this beautifully produced brochure promotes the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Zakopane a lovely resort town situated at the foothills of the majestic Tatra mountains in southern Poland. The event took place from February 11th to the 19th.<br /> <br /> The booklet is profusely illustrated with 15 blue-tone photogravures and illustrations by Polish artist J. Skolimowski. Includes two maps and one plan.<br /> <br /> Minor and sporadic age-toning and slight creasing along cover edges. Text in German gothic script. Wrappers in overall good interior in very good condition. Polskiego Zwiazku Narciarskiego unknown
1997x-041920850XSpon Pr 1997. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 626 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Spon Pr hardcover
195358350Flumserberg Switzerland & UK: Barbara 1953. Oblong 4to. 9.5 x 6.7 in. 36 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 58 photographs sized from 2.5 x 3.25 in. up to 3.5 x 5.5 in. some w/ scalloped edges nearly all w/ white lettered captions 2 real photo postcards nearly all mounted w/ glassine corners 4 pp. of brochure photo clippings 2 lift tickets 32 pp separately numbered leaves of ink manuscript ALS to “Mummy & Daddy†written in cursive w/ fold creases from previous insertion into mailing envelopes originally. Contemporary black textured boards post-binder brass screw posts at gutter margin gilt lettering stamped on front cover hand-lettered title minor rubbing NF exemplar. This excellent photo album records the completely new Ramblers’ skiing center in Switzerland established near Flumserberg in the Swiss Alps following World War II which featured three consecutive chair- and ski-lifts and a wide diversity of ski runs and close by shops. Barbara has included a photo postcard of her Pension Schwendiewiese and listed it as her return address in the letters home. After arriving at the Pension the group rents some skis have them fitted learned her instructor was to be Walter who “speaks a little†English and believes they will be more efficient than the Sr. Anton ski school. She writes while they were training that they “passed a squad of Swiss soldiers on the way down. . . and seem to be in an Alpine training school.†She writes about hearing of the death of Queen Mary of Teck March 24 1953 which is the only indication of dating within the year. She writes about the glorious weather riding the Tannenboden ski lift to Prodkamm slope writes about the skiing the slopes hiking back up and her great progress. Her letters also describe their evening sing-a-longs dances organized by the instructors and staying up way too late before being tired on the slopes the next day. The photos reveal the striking views and the participants in the skiing excursion. Barbara has included photos of the three instructors her intermediate group of skiers the snow-covered road to Tannenboden the snow-covered chapel at Flumserberg and the views from Flumserberg. Also included are images of the ski slopes the Tannenboden ski lift attached to the cable ski-hoist and the Kreuz ski-hut. The group was a mixed skiing group of men and women with most of the participants identified by first name with views in the background. Album ends with photo of the group reaching Victoria station on their route home at the end of the trip. Barbara, hardcover
1991160104Warsaw: Arkady 1991. First edition first printing presentation copy to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher inscribed on the half-title "To Lady Margaret Thatcher Great Prime Minister inspired leader in time of crisis with sincere admiration and best wishes. Charles and Zenina Carroll-Porczynski proud British subjects Warsaw 17-4-1993". The Carroll-Porczy ski Collection was formed in the 1980s and is now on permanent display on Warsaw renamed after John Paul II. The book remained in the possession of Thatcher until her death afterwards dispersed in her estate sale at Christie's 2015. Her posthumous bookplate is mounted to the front pastedown. Quarto. Original white cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket and white card slipcase. A fine copy in lightly rubbed slipcase. hardcover
1980712251980. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 37"h x 24"w. A colorful image of a slalom skier. With light creasing and a shallow closed tear to edge. A vibrant vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing. Western Airlines was an airline based in California which operated in the western United States and eventually merged with Delta Air Lines in 1987. Western Airlines was at its peak in the 1970s and 1980s at the time this poster was created. unknown
1910194941910 Encre de Chine, crayon de couleur bleu et rehauts de gouache blanche, sur calque, titrée et signée, s.d. (1910), 31 x 21 cm.
1960P5483Canada c.1960. Very Good. Notes: A vintage promotional poster for Parc du Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec Canada.<br>Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort as part of the Laurentian mountain chain. Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 607x457 mm 23.90x17.99 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Offset Lithograph Categories: Sports; Posters; Views Canada Quebec; unknown
1938239941938 1 Gouache sur papier, (1938), 45 x 32.2 cm.
190527091905 TÊTE DE COLLECTION de LA REVUE LA MONTAGNE de la première année 1905 à la 24 ème année 1928 dernier volume de la collection La Montagne en ce format in 8. Collection bien complète de tous les numéros, couvertures et publicités conservées. nombreuses photos h.t ; nombreux plans et croquis h.t ; nombreux panoramas photos dépliants , nombreuses cartes dépliantes h.t; avec tables des volumes et tables analytiques.Soit 24 années reliées en 19 forts volumes in 8.du N° 1 ( 1ère année du 20/01/1905 au N° 217 de décembre 1928 ). Reliure pleine toile bleue , étiquettes de titres et tomaisons. titres dorés. TRES BEL ETAT.A noter : décembre 1928 " La Montagne, nouvelle série, paraîtra désormais tous les 2 mois en un cahier de 64 pages de format 26x18,5 cm avec gravures en couleurs ou en noir hors texte et dans le texte. Le prochain numéro paraîtra le 31/01/1929 ".détails des volumes: (1905: 600pp ) ( 1906: 596 pp ) (1907: 596 pp ) ( 1908: 480 pp+8ff n.ch ) ( 1909: 732 pp ) ( 1910: 732 pp ) ( 1911: 732 pp ) ( 1912: 668 pp) ( 1913: 708 pp ) ( 1914: 472 pp ) ( 1915: 244 pp ) ( 1916: 232 pp ) ( 1917: 244 pp ) ( 1918: 248 pp ) ( 1919: 300 pp ) ( 1920: 212 pp ) ( 1921: 228 pp ) ( 1922: 272 pp ) ( 1923: 336 pp ) ( 1924: 368 pp ) ( 1925: 344 pp ) ( 1926: 342 pp ) ( 1927: 360 pp ) ( 1928: 400 pp ).Tous les fascicules avec les couvertures, et publicités conservées.
194561664Whakapapa Motor Camp The Chateau; Laingholme NZ: Ralph & Teddy Harris ca. 1945-1971. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10 in. 68 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 230 silver gelatin and a few colour Kodak paper stock photos sized from 2.5 x 2.5 in. up to 9.5 x 12 in. 1 beautifully hand coloured most mounted w/ corners although some directly tipped-in on pages nearly all w/ annotations in white ink below a couple mounted on boards and several loose images occasional evidence of pin-holes on a few 8x10 and 6.5 x 8.5 photos minor edgewear just a few removed by family several w/ photographer’s imprint on versos. Contemporary black half-calf over silver moire boards rounded corners some pulling at hinges edgewear just a few occasional minor tears still a VG exemplar w/ nearly all the images retaining bright strong contrast. This notable photo album vividly reveals the active post-World War II Mid-20th-Century era documenting the participation and efforts as the Chateau Tongariro in New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park installed new ski-lifts set up new facilities expanded their skiing and climbing operations as well as the activities of Ranger Ralph Harris and his Maori wife Teddy Harris. The album opens with photos of the Mt. Ruapehu eruption in 1945 after if formed a dome of lava emerging from Crater Lake and in an explosion on March 17 1945 the lava dome disappeared with one image showing Alex Salmon in foreground on Ngauruhoe viewing the eruption followed by series of photos in 1953 of climbing equipment Teddy Harris in an ice cave and views of Crater Lake from Taharungi as well as Ngaurhoe and the Putangirau Pinnacles. This scenic National Park later served as the filming location of many scenes in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies including “Mount Doom†“The Paths of the Dead†and others. The couple had an interest in historic Maori sites as they visit the Urewara Country including photos of the last full scale Maori Massacre after the siege at Ngatapa in which Te Kooti escaped but over 100 of his followers were subsequently killed as well as remains of the Te Kooti arsenal. Another photo depicts the old Maorri Whare used as Hospital Maungapohatu Urewara Rua’s House and views from climbing on Mt. Maungapohatu. Additional trips included a mountaineering and hiking trip to Arthur’s Pass Minga Valley Mt. Oates a popular NZ National Park with wide choices of classic climbing routes and the highest pass over the Southern Alps known to Maori hunting parties as route between East and West. Many of the photos capture their climb of Franz Joseph Glacier 1953-1954 views of the Almer Hut on the glacier and even a crashed plane on the glacier amidst the aftermath of a four day blizzard. After their marriage March 13 1954 at the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Ralph & Teddy subsequently are shown climbing Ngaurhoe & Tongariro in 1955 the 1955 eruption on Ngauruhoe in 1955 a blizzard on Ruapehu views of Alex Bivvy “Bivouac†near Ruapehu as well traveling and climbing Tangitoto in 1956 traveling the Havelock River in the Cloudy Peak Range of the Southern Alps as well as climbing Mt. McMillan in the Canterbury region during a blizzard. Teddy worked as the Park photographer at Ruapehu and included are her photos of the Chateau Tongariro at night inspection by the Park Board the year before they turned over control to the newly created Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand and the development of the Whakapapa skifield. Included are photos of the new ski lifts 1956 ski school extending safety fences after a fatal skiing accident in 1956 Harvey Clifford demonstrating his ski rescue sledge and snapshot photo of famed climber Sir Edmund Hillary opening the first Whakapapa chairlift in 1954 wiped out in the 1954 eruption and also a photo captures the second chairlift destroyed by the 1956 icestorm. Harris was an Australian ex-policeman ranger living at the Whakapapa Motor Camp who preceded Alex Peters and Jim Purdy and was an active member of one of the greater Wellington Tramping Clubs. Harris was replaced later by Noel Blackburn and then Bill Hislop who managed the Whakapapa Motor Camp starting in 1961 and became the ranger. After leaving the Tongariro National Park the couple moved to Laingholme a small community in the Waitakere Ranges of West Auckland and subsequently had two children Mark & Maia both depicted in the album along with many photos showing them visiting Teddy’s “Naera†Maori family members placing headstones in Waimamaku Valley as well as depicting Teddy’s grandparents unveiling of mountment to Rahiri at Paekanae and the Meeting House at Waimamaku. The Waimamaku Village known as Te Whakamaharatanga Marae or Waimamaku Marae was a meeting place of the Indigenous Peoples Te Roroa Ngaphui hapu of Ngati Korokor and Ngati te pou. He would later publish in 2011 his “Recollections of Ruapehu.†Sadly the iconic Chateau was closed permanently in Jan. 2023 due to seismic risks and many of the ski clubs on the Whakapapa ski fields have suffered through downturns in participation and challenging conditions. See: Ian Blackmore Two Contrasting Periods at Tongariro National Park Tongariro Journal 2022; Glenn Cullen There She Blows: the Rise and Fall of Cash Torn Mt. Ruapehu Snowbest June 1 2023; Angela Wanhalla In/visible Sight: the Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand 2010. Ralph & Teddy Harris, hardcover
