Search Results: Authors starting with B from Barking Mad Books

THE HIMALAYAN LETTERS - Gypsy Davy & Lady Ba, 1927 1st edn., Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 4 maps including large fold-out map in rear pocket, original green cloth, undecorated, with new name plate on top spine, This curious book, steeped in the music and lore of the Himalayas, relates the experiences of the intrepid Robert LeMoyne Barrett (1871-1969) and his wife, the writer Katherine Ruth Barrett (nee Ellis, 1879-1961) in Baltistan and Ladakh during 1923-24 in a series of letters. Includes an appendix on the "Caravan Vocabulary" of Urdu words the couple employed on their journey. Scarce. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE END OF THE GAME, Peter Beard, Hamlyn, London, 1965 1st edn., 255 page VG+ hardback, VG+ unclipped jacket, The old Africa and new, wildlife in peril, the stark reality of big game hunters from the colonial era till present. The book that made Peter Beard famous, featuring his brilliant images taken in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in the early 1950s to the mid '60s. Photographs in color and b/w. A very nice copy of the rare British first edition THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE FIRST ASCENT OF MOUNT RUAPEHU, NEW ZEALAND, George Beetham, Privately published Harrison & sons, London, 1926, (limited to 500 copies...scarce) B&W plates, George Beetham & Joseph Maxwell climbed Ruapehu in 1879 and this 40 page hardbound book was published by his wife after his death - includes an essay by Maxwell, in original grey cloth binding (no jacket as issued)- one bumped corner - Very hard to find, especially in this condition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

PORTRAIT OF THE DALAI LAMA - Charles Bell, Collins, London, 1st edn., 1946, original orange cloth with gilt titles and embossed design on front board, chipped but near complete jacket, - a richly illustrated and well written biography of the 13th Dalai Lama who Charles Bell knew well during his 20 year tenure in Lhasa. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS, Louis Bernacchi, Hurst & Blackett, London, 1901, 1st edn., ex-lib with stamps, both large fold-out maps plus one plate in facsimile, professionally rebound in maroon cloth and black stippled spine cloth, with gilt titles. Belgian-Australian scientist Bernacchi's very scarce account of his winter at Cape Adare in 1899, the first winter on the continent THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN - Mrs Bishop, George Newnes Ltd., London, 1900, 2nd edition, single volume ( original edn., 2 vols), 56 B&W illustrations, B&W fold-out map in facsimile, gilt edges, original highly decorated cover, gilt titles, A record of travels in the interior, including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Ise - a classic tale of early travel in Japan. Miss Isabella Lucy Bird, later Mrs. J.F. Bishop (1831-1904), left England to seek a better climate for her health in 1878, she returned to Japan in 1894 and 1896. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. - scarce, specially in this condition.
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JOURNEYS IN PERSIA AND KURDISTAN, Isabella Bird ( Bishop), 2 volumes, both 380 page softbound volumes, Vol#1 small crease on cover, Elibron Classics, 2005, maps, B&W plates, unabridged facsimile copies of very scarce originals first published in 1891 - most unusual for a woman to be travelling through Persia in late 1800s - fascinating. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

ON THE HEIGHTS - WALTER BONATTI - 1st UK edn, Hart-Davis, London, 1964, VG+ 250 page hardback in original cloth withVG+ jacket...Bonatti's classic and very hard to find autobiography. THIS COPY inscribed by Walter Bonatti to title page to Kiwi guide and climbing companion in Antarctica - Gary Ball THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

ANNAPURNA SOUTH FACE, signed by Chris Bonington, Book Club Associates, London, first edition 2nd imp, 1971, 334 page hardback, Good jacket with tape glue marks top/bottom, one small tear, now protected in plastic covering, previous owner's name stamp on endpaper. The first big Himalayan wall to be climbed - great story, well written, super expedition photography. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.

FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT - C E Borchgrevink, Newnes, London, 1901, 1st edn., in original red cloth with gilt titles, sl fading on spine, minor fraying to top/bottom of spine, foxing, three fold-out maps complete, Classic account of the first winter on the Antarctic continent at Cape Adare - Scarce. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT - C E Borchgrevink, Newnes, London, 1901, 1st edn., in original blue cloth with bright gilt cover designs, minor fraying to top/bottom of spine, one section inside loose, three fold-out maps in facsimile, Classic account of the first winter on the Antarctic continent at Cape Adare - Scarce THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

NEW ZEALANDERS & EVEREST - L.V. DAN BRYANT - Reed, Wellington, 1953 1st edn., card covers, 48 pages, B&W plates, map, Great history book on Kiwis involved on Everest expeditions through to 1953 British expedition. Bryant was a member of the Shipton / Tilman 1935 trip, effectively paving the way for the involvement of Ed Hillary in 1953.
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GREENMANTLE - John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1939 ( first published 1916) 315 page hardback with scarce jacket - Buchan's famous tale of spy Richard Hannay who works behind the scenes from Constantinople across the face of the Middle East - Central Asia to thwart dastardly plots by Germany. ( John Buchan - Lord Tweedsmuir wrote propaganda for the British during WW1, simultaneously developing his writing career focusing on fiction.)THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SIMLA, past & Present, Edward Buck, Sumit Publishers, Delhi, 1979 - first published 1904, 270 page large format hardback, VG+ jacket, B&W plates, foldout maps - a comprehensive survey and history of this important hill town during the British Raj. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

ALONE - RICHARD BYRD - Putnam, London, 1st UK edn.2nd imp, 1939, original blue cloth, gilt titles, facsimile jacket, sl foxing, previous owner's small stamp prelims, - Byrd's tale of his 1934 solo part-winter inland from Little America station on the Ross Ice Shelf, during which he had to be rescued by his men when it became clear he was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. A nice addition to a polar library - a classic THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED