Search Results: Titles starting with B from Barking Mad Books

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH - Sally Irwin, White Crane Press, 2000, 380 page softbound, B&W plates, some age-yellowing of pages as is common - excellent biography of Australian climber Freda Du Faur and her climbs in The Southern Alps of New Zealand. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.

BEYOND THE CASPIAN - A naturalist in Central Asia, Douglas Carruthers, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1949 1st edn., original red cloth, bright gilt titles, VG+ hardback, no jacket, B&W and colour plates, fold-out colour map, previous owner's signature on fep - exciting travel-adventure & natural history through high Tartary - scarce THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

BEYOND THE ROARING FORTIES - NEW ZEALAND'S SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS Conan Fraser, Government Printing Office, Wellington, 1986, large format 212 page hardback VG, - still the definitive survey of New Zealand's most precious wildlife and sub-antarctic environments - Hard to find THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

BIG HORSE'S FLIGHT - The trail of war in Central Asia, Sven Hedin, Macmillan, London, 1936 1st Uk edn., Original pale blue cloth, gilt titles, some wear to 245 page hardback, front fep missing, some foxing, very nice B&W plates, large fold-out colour map of Sinkiang China VG+ "In August, 1933, Hedin was commissioned by the Central Government in Nanking to conduct an expedition to Sinkiang in order to mark out two motor roads between China proper and that remote province. the story of the bloody war in Sinkiang1931-1934" THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE BIRDS OF BURMA, Bertram Smythies -Oliver & Boyd, London, Second edn., 1953, VG+, original green cloth with chipped but overall VG dustjacket, 650 pages, 100's colour plates plus fold-out map of Burma, previous owner's signature on fep - still the definitive work on the birds of Burma & SE Asia.
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.

BOLD BEYOND BELIEF, BILL DENZ - New Zealand's mountain warrior, - privately published by Paul Maxim, Maxim Books, Wellington, 2011 1st edn,first print run - signed by the author to title page - a great piece of research to pull together this fascinating biography of Denz, New Zealand's most prolific hard climber. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE BOY FROM AKAROA, signed by author and publisher Wendy Dunlop, privately published in Christchurch in a limited print run, 56 page softbound, beautifully illustrated in colour & B&W plates, lovely colour map of Weddell sea epic...a superbly told account of Akaroa-born Frank Worsley's life and role in the Endurance epic as Shackleton's captain. (Wendy Dunlop wrote the New Zealand Geographic feature on Worsley. She also appears in the feature film/DVD Shackleton's Captain) THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

BREEDING BIRDS OF KASHMIR - Bates & Lowther, 1st edn., 1952 Oxford University Press, 360 page hardback in original cloth, VG in scarce VG jacket (rear jacket flap clipped) - previous owner's name on fep, newspaper item taped inside. Map plus numerous colour plates of bird species - scarce in original THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

BURMA'S ICY MOUNTAINS, Frank Kingdon Ward, Jonathan Cape, London, 1st edn., 1949, 2nd imp, 1949 Vg 285 page hardback in original blue cloth, silver titles, facsimile jacket, B&W plates and fold-out map - The ultimate plant hunter takes you on two hard journeys to remote northern Burma - scarce in this condition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED