Search Results: Titles starting with N from Barking Mad Books

NANSEN'S FARTHEST NORTH - Fridtjof Nansen, George Newnes, London, 1898 - 2nd edn., two volumes, B&W plates, fold out map of Nansen's drift in Fram across the Arctic in facsimile,dark green leather spine with gilt titles and designs with blue cloth boards, gilt titles, a bright, crisp set, Colin Monteath bookplate inserted.
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NEPAL HIMALAYA - Shiro Shirahata, 1st edn., 1983, Outsize hardback in original slipcase, full page colour plates, map, photographer's notes...VG+ - an outstanding piece of photographic work, years in the making - an ideal present for a Nepal buff.
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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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NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES - Andris Apse, 1994, Potton publishing, Nelson, Introductory essay by Andy Dennis, large format oblong, VG+ as new hardback with VG jacket, small/ minor crease on spine, 119 pages, panorama images from The Coastline, Lowland wilderness, Pastoral Land, High Country, Mountains, Islands, This copy signed by Andris Apse 1994 THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE NORTH POLE - Robert Peary, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1st Uk edn., 1910, large format 310 page hardback with original green cloth, gilt title and gold sticker on front cover, fold-out map at rear, spine v small split, 116 B&W plates, Peary's official account of his journey with dogs that got very close to the Geographic North Pole - he claimed priority.
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NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS - James FORBES Norway and Its Glaciers Visited in 1851. Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne and Savoy. 1st edn., Adam and Charles Black, 1853, beautiful colour plates throughout Norway, original tan cloth large format 340 page hardback, spine frail, binding split inside but holding, overall VG for its age, In its day, a definitive work on glaciology and geography of Norway and parts of European Alps THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED