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Nowhere Near Everest

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An Ascent to the Height of the Ridiculous

By Maurice Dolbier, Illustrated by Virgil F Partch

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Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1955, 1st US Edition, No D/w, cloth slightly mottled, slight rubbing edges, V.G.   Fiction, Humour.  A spoof on expedition books by a man who fails to do many things (his family motto is “J’Avoide”), climaxing in an account of his failure to climb, or even attempt to climb, Mount Everest.  Illustrated by one of America’s most successful cartoonists, Virgil Partch, also known as “VIP”.

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Weight0.4 kg