Search Results: Titles starting with S from Barking Mad Books

THE SCOTTISH HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION, W H Murray, Dent, London, 1st edn., 1951., VG hardback with torn though scarce jacket - protected in archival plastic cover, colour plates, Map/drawing as endpaper, climbs in Panch Chuli peaks - Garhwal/Kumoan region of NW India, Scarce. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SEA FISHING - Multiple authors including TE Donne, The Lonsdale library series, Seeley Service & Co., London, Slightly foxed, VG ( scarce in this condition) dustjacket with minor tear lower spine - 38 essays on the craft os deep sea fishing including chapter on New Zealand by TE Donne. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SEIN LEBEN IN TIBET - Peter Aufschnaiter, Martin Braun publishers, Zurich, 1st Swiss/German edn., 2002, 207 page as new hardback, maps, colour & B&W plates throughout, large fold-out map of Lhasa - Text in German, After 7 years Heinrich Harrer left Tibet, Aufschnaiter stayed on, marrying a Tibetan. There is now an English edn., of this important biography...hence selling my German edn., scarce/small print run.
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THE SELKIRK RANGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2 VOLS - Arthur Wheeler, Government Printing Bureau, Ottawa, 1905, original brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations to both volumes, Vol 1 500 pages - VG+ profusely illustrated - a thorough survey of the geography, history , exploration and mountaineering of this famous Canadian range. Vol2 a wonderful set of fold-out maps and panorama images with all peaks named. A remarkable piece of work.
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THE SEVENTH GRADE, Reinhold Messner, Kaye & Ward, London, 1st Uk edn., 1973, This copy signed by Messner on fep 160 page VG hardback B&W plates, VG+ jacket, fading of red title to spine, previous owner's stamp on fep, Messner's first book...mainly climbs in The Alps, ends with his Nanga Parbat expedition 1970 - scarce, especially signed THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SHACKLETON'S EPIC - Tim Jarvis, ABC books, Sydney, 2013, 1st edn., VG 264 page hardback with VG jacket, the latest recreation voyage of the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia...well done, nice story, good images both by Hurley and UK/Australian team members, period clothing worn on voyage and across SG - This copy signed by the author and expedition leader. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE SHARP END OF A SHORT-ROPE, Graham Langton, privately published by the New Zealand Mountain Guides Association, 2016, 206 page softbound, profusely illustrated in colour and B&W, a 50 year history of NZMGA - very hard to find/small print run. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SIKKIM HIMALAYA - TRAVELS IN THE CLOUD KINGDOM, David Lang, Pomegranate Press, UK 2003, As new VG+ 200 page large-format hardback, VG+ jacket, Super: multiple trekking routes through Sikkim in word and colour image, maps - A passionate lover of Sikkim - a must to study of planning a trip. 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

SNOW STRUCTURE AND SKI FIELDS - Being an Account of Snow and Ice Forms Met in Nature and a Study on Avalanches and Snowcraft. With an Appendix on Alpine Weather by C.K.M. Douglas B.A. - G Seligman, Macmillan, London, 1936 1st edn., 550 pages Good hardback in original blue cloth, some wear to edges, facsimile jacket, richly illustrated with B&W plates - the original 'bible' for anyone working in avalanche/ski field work, Scarce.
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SOUTH, - The Story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917 expedition, Sir Ernest Shackleton, William Heinemann, London, 1st edn 1919,3rd imp March 1920.Four months after the first edition, pages with some browning as is common.Previous owner's name on prelims Original blue cloth unfaded and silver titles and front board decoration of Endurance crisp. All Hurley plates complete, binding sl worn. South is an important polar book that came to define the end of an era of Antarctic exploration.
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SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS - A CELEBRATION - commemorating the fifth World Parks Congress 2003., Edited by Anthony Hall-Martin & Jane Carruthers, photography Horst Klemm, Published by Klemm Publications, South Africa, 2003, 260 page large-format hardback with VG+ jacket, profusely illustrated catalogue of Sth African parks and conservation areas, history and future conservation issues, This copy contains my bookplate and comes with a number of extra magazine articles on wildlife in Africa. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SOUTH POLAR TRAIL, Ernest Joyce, Duckworth London, 1st edn., 1929, VG+/crisp copy 220 page hardback in original blue cloth with facsimile of very scarce jacket - B&W plates, diagrams, This is the only first-hand narrative of the Ross Sea party of Shackleton's Imperial Transantarctic Expedition. While Shackleton and his men in Endurance were trapped in the ice on the opposite side of the continent, the men of the Ross Sea party laboured to set depots from Hut Point to the Beardmore Glacier in anticipation of Shackleton's arrival from the Weddell Sea. Of the ten men of the party three died and it is a story almost unmentioned today. Scarce THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SPORT ON THE PAMIRS AND TURKESTAN STEPPES - Major C Cumberland, Blackwood and sons, London, 1895, - a modern facsimile edition, 278 page hardback VG with gilt titles and decoration, large fold-out map of Turkestan in rear, The book describes Cumberland's journey from India via Kashmir, Chinese Turkestan, the Pamirs and Central Asia -highlighting the game he encountered - wild camel, jeran antelope, ibex, red-deer and more. One the earliest westerners to reach Yarkand - Uncommon, THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SPORT & WORK ON THE NEPAUL FRONTIER - Twelve years sporting reminiscences of an Indigo Planter, MAORI (James Inglis)Macmillan., London, 1878, original green cloth with original spine expertly relaid , gilt tiger on front, gilt titles on spine, minor staining on front, original endpapers, B&W etching plates, 450 page hardback, VG - more than just a hunting book - good cultural insight into life on India/Nepal borderlands. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE SPORTSMAN'S BOOK FOR INDIA - FG Aflalo, 1st edn., Horace Marshall, London, 1904, original decorated green cloth, gilt titles, VG+ B&W plates, large fold-out colour map, extremely scarce first edition of this guide to shooting, hunting, fishing, and other sporting pursuits in India. Includes polo, golf, tennis, yachting, gymkhana, and more in addition to the main subjects. 4 parts: shooting; fishing; sports and games with horses - Scarce especially in this condition.
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THE STEEPEST MOUNTAIN - NEW ZEALAND ANDES EXPEDITION, 1960, Lloyd Warburton - privately published, Invercargill, New Zealand, 1st Edn., 1964 original red cloth with VG+ dustjacket (tape marks inside) - an ascent of Nevado Cayesh 'the steepest mountain' in the Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes - involving Kiwi climbers, Lindsay Stewart, Lloyd Warburton, Lynn Crawford, Dal Ryan etc - hard to find THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE STORY OF ANTARCTIC CO-OPERATION - 25 years of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Gillian Wratt, Published by COMNAP, 2013, 210 page as new softbound, richly illustrated survey of modern science and logistic support carried out by Treaty nations in Antarctica - a very useful backgrounder THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND - CHILTON, 2 vols, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1909 - original dk green cloth with gilt titles and decoration, Profusely illustrated, with colour fold-out map of Antarctica and all subantarctic islands in rear pocket of Vol 2. Vols VG+ some pages have been stuck together as is common with this title due to gloss paper used...hence minor loss to some pages when teased apart, Still, the definitive survey of these magnificent islands. A beautiful set.
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