The Ascent of Rum Doodle
by Bowman, W.E. [William Ernest]
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F-
- ISBN 10
- 0950627216
- ISBN 13
- 9780950627212
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sheffield: Dark Peak, 1979 8vo. original printed paper wraps (spine slightly sunned, paperstock a little tanned, else clean & crisp); pp. 142 (last blank), with 16 illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate X39: Satirizes Himalayan expedition books. The illustrations are mostly taken from nineteenth century magazines]. The Dark Peak edition was the first and largest of the modern reprints.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. F-.
Synopsis
The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a short 1956 novel by W. E. Bowman (1911-1985). It is a parody of the non-fictional chronicles of mountaineering expeditions (notably Maurice Herzog's book Annapurna chronicling the first ascent of Annapurna in Nepal) that were popular during the 1950s, as many of the world's highest peaks were climbed for the first time. A new edition was released in 2001 with an introduction by the contemporary humorist Bill Bryson. It has been critically well received.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010672
- Title
- The Ascent of Rum Doodle
- Author
- Bowman, W.E. [William Ernest]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Edition
- First Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0950627216
- ISBN 13
- 9780950627212
- Publisher
- Dark Peak
- Place of Publication
- Sheffield
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- William Ernest Bowman The Ascent of Rum Doodle Mountaineering Fiction Humour
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