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    By Stefan Kruckenhauser
    Berlin   Photokino-Verlag Hellmut Elsner
    10.5" by 8" 32pp. 88pl.
    A photobook by Stefan Kruckenhauser, providing an insight into the author's passion for skiing and photography. A beautiful, very scarce copy of this work, the first English edition.
    By Stefan Kruckenhauser

    1937 Snow Canvas: Ski, Men and Mountains with the Leica

    Berlin   Photokino-Verlag Hellmut Elsner
    10.5" by 8" 32pp. 88pl.
    A photobook by Stefan Kruckenhauser, providing an insight into the author's passion for skiing and photography. A beautiful, very scarce copy of this work, the first English edition.
    £75.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 791A58
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

    Stefan Kruckenhauser was a ski pioneer, considered the father of wedelling. A man passionate both in skiing and photography, displayed in this beautiful yet very scarce volume. The first English edition of his work, first published in German. 

    With eighty eight full page plates of photography taken with the Leica camera. With an introduction outlining some photographical tricks and hints to take the best pictures, and pages dedicated to skiing: the ascent, dash, crash, and turn, and more. The theme of the pictures is indicated in the title, being 'ski, men, and mountain.' 

    Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over pictorial boards. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, the spine slightly darkened. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with eighty eight full page plates of photography. Collated, complete.

    Very Good Indeed

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