The Downhill Racers

New York: Viking, (1963). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 308 pp. Original quarter blue cloth over silver paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($4.75) dust-jacket. Jacket shows moderate rubbing and edge wear - particular to tips and spine ends. Rubbing and handling wear present, with trace surface nicks and scratches, wrinkling to flaps. Protected in archival mylar. Book is mostly square and firm. Light handling wear - wear to tips, edges, some spine end curling. Scratch to top-stain edge. A few page corners creased. A few dings to the corners. Scars, remnants to paste-downs from previous mylar. Interior clean and unmarked. A firm and presentable copy.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Good

“The ski world - glory seekers, bums, and bunnies - the hangers-on and the has-beens - the rich patrons and the fading patronesses who move with the snow, trying to make it any way they can. “Downhill Racer” is a 1969 American sports drama film starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman and Camilla Sparv, and was the directorial debut of Michael Ritchie. Written by James Salter, based on the 1963 novel The Downhill Racers by Oakley Hall, the film is about a talented downhill skier who joins the United States Ski Team in Europe to compete in international skiing competitions. Roger Ebert called it "the best movie ever made about sports—without really being about sports at all."