Search Results: Titles starting with F from Barking Mad Books

FACE TO FACE - OCEAN PORTRAITS - historic images from the world's finest maritime collections - Huw Lewis-Jones - Foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston The Call of the Sea + essays on early photography at sea - 1st edn., 285 page large-format hardback, as new with VG jacket - hauntingly beautiful / powerful portraits in B&W and colour...with succinctly written mini bios. A truly remarkable book that, akin to Polar Portraits, will see you coming back to it year after year.
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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

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

FIVE MILES HIGH - The Story of an attack on the second highest mountain in the world, Robert Bates, Charlie Houston, Paul Petzoldt et al., Robert Hale, 1940. 1st UK edn. 319pp. B&W plates, folding chart. maps as endpapers, bright silver titles, original pink/maroon cloth, Good unfaded jacket with small piece missing and tape repairs -This 1939 expedition set the standards for American Himalayan mountaineering, the book is one of the classics of American climbing literature. More plates than the US edition published in New York the previous year - scarce with jacket, THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE FLIGHT OF THE BIG HORSE - The Trail of war in Central Asia , Sven Hedin, Dutton, New York, 1936 1st USA edition, 250 page hardback, no jacket, maps as endpapers, B&W plates, original green cloth with red titles, minor split bottom edge spine, In 1933 Hedin was commissioned by the Chinese Govt in nankin to recce a motorable road across to the edge of Central Asia in far-western Sinkinag Indirectly, this is the story of the notorious Yakub Beg whose army took Kashgar. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

FORBIDDEN JOURNEY - ELLA MAILLART, 1st UK edn., 1949 edn., Heinemann, London, B&W plates, fold-out map, foxing to page ends, OIriginal scarce jacket with a coiuple of chips missing, Rough journey from Peking to Kashmir undertaken with Peter Fleming - you'd hardly know they travelled together. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

FORESTS OF NEPAL, J.D.A. Stainton, John Murray, London, 2nd imp 1974, (originally published 1972) VG+ 174 page hardback with VG+ jacket, Colour plates throughout, fold out maps in rear, A very detailed botanical description with a great introduction to Nepal.
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Forget Kathmandu - an elegy for Democracy - Manjushree Thapa - Penguin, 2005, 260 page hardback with VG jacket - the tangled and intriguing politics of Nepal during an era when the King and his family were killed by their wn son and the Maoist insurgency swept this Himalayan kingdom - a wonderful writer.
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FROM THE ALPS TO THE ANDES - Being the autobiography of a mountain guide - Mattias Zurbriggen, 1st edn., Fisher Unwin, London, 1899, 290 page hardback in original red cloth with bright gilt titles and designs Fading to spine, rubbing top & bottom of spine, B&W drawings throughout. A tight copy. One of the most sought after biographies of an early guide - Karakoram, New Zealand, Argentina, The Alps - scarce - THIS item is heavy and may require extra postage when sent internationally outside New Zealand. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.

FROM THE OCEAN TO THE SKY- Jet boating up the ganges, 1st edn., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979, 268 page hardback, B&W and colour plates VG+, some foxing on endpapers, some fading to jacket spine Signed by Ed Hillary to title page. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE FROZEN COAST - SEA KAYAKING THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, Graham Charles, Mark Jones, Marcus Waters & Sarah Moodie, Lions Press, USA, 2004, VG+ 120 page hardback, VG+ jacket, great maps & colour plates...a bold sea kayaking venture by three Kiwi adventurers THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED