No Picnic on Mount Kenya. An Escape from a Wartime Prison, an Epic Ascent, an All-time Classic of Mountaineering Literature
by Benuzzi, Felice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/G+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Kimber, 1952 VG/G+. 8vo. original red cloth gilt (slightly rubbed, headcap sunned) in dustwrapper priced 15s. net (rubbed & a little frayed, headcap chipped, some toning); pp. i-x, 11-232 (last blank), with 2 plates, text figures & an endpaper map. A very good copy in a worn dustwrapper. [Neate B90: Classic mountaineering adventure. Benuzzi was an Italian diplomat, climber and international swimmer in a prisoner-of-war camp in East Africa. With two companions he broke out to make a remarkable attempt to climb Mount Kenya, with only makeshift equipment and hoarded rations].. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. VG/G+.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025641
- Title
- No Picnic on Mount Kenya. An Escape from a Wartime Prison, an Epic Ascent, an All-time Classic of Mountaineering Literature
- Author
- Benuzzi, Felice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- William Kimber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Felice Benuzzi No Picnic on Mount Kenya East Africa Mountaineering War Stories Italy Italian POW Escapes
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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