Search Results: Titles starting with G from Barking Mad Books

GALAPAGOS, Born of Fire, Signed by author and photographer, Tui De Roy, David Bateman, Auckland, 1998, 160 page VG+ oblong hardback, A vibrant window into these famous islands by a remarkable photographer who has spent her life documenting the wildlife.
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THE GLITTERING MOUNTAINS OF CANADA - J Monroe THORINGTON, #655 out of a limited print run of 1500, Lea publishers, Philadelphia, 1925, original blue cloth with gilt titles, 310 page VG+ hardback with large fold-out B&W plates and fold out map of Colombia Icefields - A record of exploration and pioneer ascents in the Canadian Rockies 1914-1924, a near-pristine copy of the scarce limited edition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE GODS ARE ANGRY, Wilfrid Noyce, Heinemann, London, 1st edn., 1957, minor foxing, VG, VG+ jacket, a mountaineering novel about an ascent of Changma. From the jacket flaps "'Joy to behold, and Death to approach,' - so runs the Hindu legend about Changma, 26,410 feet of Himalayan rock, snow and ice. Hindu and Buddhist authorities are against any attempt to climb it, for this is the sacred moutain of North Garhwal, the abode of the gods." THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

GRAPHIC INDEX OF KARAKORUM MAPS Federacion Espanola de deportes de Montana y Escalada, Sabadell, 1996, A very detailed five language index of mapping through the Karakoram mountains, fold-out charts of maps in rear pocket, Illustrated card wrappers, large 8vo, 117 pp, 10 maps in pocket at end. Text in Catalan, Spanish, English, French and German. A bibliographical index of topographical maps and sketches of the Karakorum mountains. Includes some 200 maps with scales up to 1 : 1,000,000. With a general index and a graphic index, Scare, Ideal for expedition planning Ex libris John Nankervis. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

GREAT PEAKS OF NEW ZEALAND - signed by author Hugh Logan, McIndoe, Dunedin, 1990, 1st edn., large 178 page softbound, B&W and colour plates, route diagrams, previous owner's signature on fep, Climbing history of 16 major peaks in Southern Alps, THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

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