No Picnic on Mount Kenya. An Escape from a Wartime Prison, an Epic Ascent, an All-time Classic of Mountaineering Literature
de Benuzzi, Felice
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- VG/VG
- Librería
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
London: William Kimber, 1952 VG/VG. 8vo. original red cloth gilt (endpapers slightly offset, leaf edges slightly toned & spotted, prev. owner's names to half-title, else internally clean) in dustwrapper priced 15s. net (spine a little sunned & toned, fraying at extremities (internal repairs), rear panel spotted); pp. i-x, 11-232 (last blank), with 2 plates, text figures & an endpaper map. A very good copy. [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].. Second Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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- Librería
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002660
- Título
- No Picnic on Mount Kenya. An Escape from a Wartime Prison, an Epic Ascent, an All-time Classic of Mountaineering Literature
- Autor
- Benuzzi, Felice
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- VG
- Edición
- Second Edition
- Editorial
- William Kimber
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
- Palabras clave
- Felice Benuzzi No Picnic on Mount Kenya East Africa Mountaineering War Stories Italy Italian POW Escapes
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
Sobre Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- VG/VG
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