About this title: First published in 1956, The Ascent of Rum Doodle quickly became established as a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, many thought it inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on the flavour and tone of earlier adventures, of Bill Tilman and his 1937 account ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pimlico
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780712668088ISBN:071266808X
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pimlico
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780712668088ISBN:071266808X
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Edition: First Separate
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pimlico
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780712668088ISBN:071266808X
Description: Fine. FINE 2001 PIMLICO SMALLER FORMAT PB, LOVELY COVER AND BILL BRYSON INTRO. AN ENDURING HUMOROUS CLASSIC. Worldwide Shipping IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pimlico
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780712668088ISBN:071266808X
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Uk Ltd
Date Published: 2001-10-01
ISBN-13:9780712668088ISBN:071266808X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780712668088. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780712668088ISBN:071266808X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 192 pages. (192 pages) a funny spoof about the ascent of a 40, 000-and-a-half-foot peak. many thought on first publication in 1956, that it was inspired by the conquest of everest in 1953. bowman had in fact drawn on the earlier adventures of bill tilman and his 1937 nandi devi expedition. 16pp b&w illustrations edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pimlico, London
Date Published: 1980
Description: 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. xx (last blank), 172 (last blank), with 16 illustrations. A fine copy. [Neate X39: Satirizes Himalayan expedition books. The illustrations are mostly taken from nineteenth century magazines]. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dark Peak, Sheffield
Date Published: 1980
Description: 8vo. original printed paper wraps (spine lightly faded, paperstock a little browned, else clean & crisp); pp. 142 (last blank), with 16 illustrations. A fine copy. [Neate X39: Satirizes Himalayan expedition books. The illustrations are mostly taken from nineteenth century magazines]. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780965365772ISBN:0965365778
Description: As New. ISBN: 0965365778. [8vo] xiv.171p. ill. (b/w_photos & drawings). As new in custom cut and fitted Brodart Archival Clear Mylar Dustjacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Max Parrish, London
Date Published: 1956
Description: VG-/G+. 8vo. original brown textured paper boards gilt (FFE excised, spine a trifle slanted) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, extremities worn with tape repair to headcap); pp. 142 (last blank), with 16 illustrations. A good copy. [Neate X39: Satirizes Himalayan expedition books. The illustrations are mostly taken from nineteenth century magazines]. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Max Parrish
Date Published: 1956
Description: 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. 141pp with sixteen illustrations in photogravure. Neat owners name on front endpaper. Brown covers with gilt title on sunned spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Max Parrish, London
Date Published: 1956
Description: VG+/F-. 8vo. original brown textured paper boards gilt (prev. owner's rsm to FFE, top edge a little spotted) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, extremities a trifle rubbed, a few discrete spots); 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]. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Max Parrish
Date Published: 1956
Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustwrapper, a modicum of conservation to spine ends. A really nice-looking copy of this wonderfully entertaining book about Totter's expedition to climb the 40, 000-foot eponymous mountain, despite the worst that Pong, the expedition cook could do. A true masterpiece of English comic writing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Max Parrish
Date Published: 1956
Description: 1st edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper of this wonderful slice of English comic writing, in which Totter's expedition scales the eponymous 40, 000-foot mountain, propelled by the urge to flee the services of Pong, the expedition cook, and owing much to ' inspired though modest leadership '. A superb copy, rarely found in this condition today. read more
Description: Very good. Appearance of only slight previous use. Cover and binding show a little wear. All pages are undamaged with potentially only a few, small markings. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"You will find this book promnently on the front shelf of every bookstore in Thamel, the neighborhood of Kathmandu where all the mountaineers stay when in town, going to- or coming-back. Wonderful parody."
"Really great short fun book especially if you have ever read a climbing account... I kept snorting at restaurants and hand to read in my room so people wouldn't think I was crazy."
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