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
- Condition
- Nice Copy
- Seller
-
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wellingborough: P. S. L., 1989. 3rd edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 231pp., b/w pls., ep maps, ÔBenuzzi 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 rationsÕ. Paper beginning to tone o/w a nice copy
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68110
- 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
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice Copy
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- Publisher
- P. S. L.
- Place of Publication
- Wellingborough
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- octavo
Terms of Sale
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
BOOKS MAY BE RETURNED FOR ANY REASON. POSTAGE REFUNDED IF IN THE VIEW OF BIBLIO BOOK WAS INACCURATELY DESCRIBED
About the Seller
Andrew Barnes Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
MELBOURNE, Victoria
About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
We are a general, Internet only bookseller with 25 years experience, specialising in Military & Russian material. We have operated on-line for 9 years
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...