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
- F-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Readers Union, 1953 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (slightly rubbed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. i-x, 11-214 (last blank), with text figures & an endpaper map. A near fine 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].. Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026413
- 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 - F-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Readers Union
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Felice Benuzzi No Picnic on Mount Kenya East Africa Mountaineering War Stories Italy Italian POW Escapes
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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