THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE
by W.E. Bowman
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE - W.E. Bowman - Max Parrish, London, First UK edition, 1956, Hardback, in scarce dustjacket with spine piece missing, tape marks on both endpapers. Time-honoured classic of the first ascent of Rum Doodle, in the fashion of the true mountaineering epics of the 1950s. A parody of the Himalayan expedition stories documenting the ascent of Rum Doodle, estimated at somewhere around 40,000 feet, complete with confessions about the mountaineers' failures at romantic relationships, horrible camp cooking, lousy navigation and all the physical hardships of mountaineering at impossibly high elevations. Illustrations mainly from magazines/books of the day With the bookplate Ex Libris John Nankervis. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED
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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- Bookseller
- Barking Mad Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BMB#180
- Title
- THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE
- Author
- W.E. Bowman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Max Parrish
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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With 32 seasons in Antarctica and 26 Himalayan expeditions behind him, Colin Monteath also maintains a large polar / mountain / exploration reference library. Researchers, authors, publishers are welcome to use this service...see also hi-resolution image galleries on www.colinmonteath.nz
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