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KILIMANJARO John Reader 1982 1st US ed Large format Hardcover DJ Fine
By Reader, John
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New York, 1982, 1st edition. 84 pp, color photos. Large format hardcover with dust jacket. Fine. Loosely inserted is a b/w map and guide on 2 sides of one sheet that was a handout at Kilimanjaro National Park.

Book is large and heavy, so extra postage will be requested for Priority Mail or International Mail.

Excellent description and history of the climb and the mountain. John Reader does a good job of combining historical, contemporary and naturalist perspectives in a sometimes comical summary of his photographic experience on Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Not being a mountaineer, his story includes many amusing anecdotes that anyone who has climbed the mountain can relate to. The photographs add just the right amount of tangibility and perspective to elicit fond memories from those that have already climbed it, or a strong desire in those that are thinking about it. 
 

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