Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $40.00, new condition, Sold by BARRY'S BARGAIN BIN rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ISLIP TERRACE, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1963.
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New. Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR & RARE------------------THE DOWNHILL RACERS by Oakley Hall 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. About a group of world-class skiers and their attempts to out beat each other in downhill competitions and out-bed each other with the hangers-on that seem to follow them from Aspen to Squaw Valley to the Alps. Narrated by Jack, the tough one, the super-competitor who has an epiphany at the end: "I had wanted to beat everyone in the world at this one thing [downhill racing]. Today that wanting had been cast out of me like a devil exorcised." (He pulled out of a race after he was halfway down the course when a racer in front of him fell. ) He's in love with Georgiana and realizes that maybe now he should settle down with her and do something "useful" with his life. There's nothing especially extraordinary about the plot, but what casts the book beyond the average is Hall's superb writing, especially the dialogue, which is in a league with John O'Hara's: it's fresh and exciting and, most of all, totally believable. Worth checking out for that alone. Oakley Maxwell Hall (July 1, 1920 May 12, 2008) was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were published under the pen names "O.M. Hall" and "Jason Manor." Hall received his Master of Fine Arts in English from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. NOT TO BE MISSED! ! ! A FABULOUS COLLECTIBLE! ! ! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ! ! This is the softcover only stated BANTAM FIRST EDITION from DECEMBER 1963. Other than ex lib markings and binding, the book is in excellent reading condition. There are no rips, tears, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find HISTORICAL FICTION COLLECTIBLE.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $45.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $45.99, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $45.99, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $48.29, fair condition, Sold by BookResQ. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Valley, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $76.50, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Gale Cengage.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $100.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by Viking.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Light foxing on the bottom of the page edges, else about fine in very good or better dust jacket with some fading at the spine, as usual, and three internally repaired short tears. Basis for director Michael Ritchie's debut film, scripted by James Salter, with Robert Redford as an Olympic skier and Gene Hackman as his coach.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $104.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Downhill Racers to cart. $148.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
