The Ascent of Rum Doodle

With Sixteen Illustrations in Photogravure. First edition. 141pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Publisher’s original brown cloth boards with gilt to spine. Very light foxing to head of text block. Jacket with chips and tears and creases to edges; tape repair and reinforcement to reverse. *** 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 that were popular during the 1950s, as many of the world’s highest peaks were climbed for the first time.