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Another in my Top 3 Vintage Ski Books

‘The Art of Skiing’ by Jenny de Gex is a beautifully produced book featuring a fabulous collection of vintage travel posters. The collection was amassed by a successful American entrepreneur, Mason Beekley, over the latter half of the 20th century. Along with 200 “exquisite paintings & sculptures of skiers”, magazine covers, etchings & lithographs, pins & stamps and a huge library of books, it totals over 10,000 pieces and is reputed to be the largest collection of ski memorabilia in the world. Sadly, the Mammoth Mountain Ski [...]

One of my Top 3 Vintage Ski Books

I have called this my Top 3 books but, to be honest, there aren’t actually that many out there. However, all are highly recommended. And if you’d like to recommend any others, please feel free to do so! Here’s the first,  ”Schuss! Histoire des Sports d’Hiver” by Claude Weill, published in 2008.   I stumbled across this French tome in a newsagents in Briancon. It features local hero & ski legend, Luc Alphand and the overall presentation is a little amateurish - all of which suggested it [...]