Search Results: Authors starting with F from Barking Mad Books

THE ALPS, Prof F Umlauft, Kegen Paul, London, 1889 1st edn., 2 fold-out maps, 110 illustrations, original decorated boards darkened, some foxing on tissue guards 7 plates but overall pretty good, Scholarly description of each region in The Alps - scarce THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, Reginald Farrer, Edward Arnold, London, 1926, 3rd imp., fold-out map Kansu province, original blue cloth with gilt titles, some staining to spine, B&W plates - botanical exploration to Chinese Alps in Kansu, 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

TOUR OF MONT BLANC & Monte Rosa - James FORBES, 1855, Adam and Charles Black, London, A poor copy in shaky binding,,,reading copy only, text complete...but map missing. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

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

VINSON MASSIF & THE SENTINEL RANGE, ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA 1: 50,000 topographical map produced by the Omega Foundation. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL ASIA, Royal Geographical Society and The Mount Everest Foundation, Macmillan London, 1987, 100 page gazetteer of the mountains, bibliography and history of central Asia. Softbound in plastic covers with 1:300,0000 large, fold-out map detailing the physiography and mountain ranges (superb) THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.

MAKALU - Jean Franco, Jonathan Cape, London, 1st English Edn., 1957, VG+ no internal marks, VG jacket -on tiny hole in jacket spine, Account of the French expedition that made the first ascent of Makalu in 1955....a remarkable story in that all expedition members reached the summit on successive days - a very scarce book in English especially in this condition. 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

ROUND KANGCHENJUNGA, Douglas Freshfield, Edward Arnold, London, 1903, 1st UK edition, 366 page hardback in original red cloth with gilt titles and gilt chorten on front cover, spine sunned, illustrated with Vittorio Sella's B&W plates, two large fold-out maps - an important expedition journeying around Kangchenjunga both in Sikkim and Nepal - an inspirational book and an important one for any serious mountain library.
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EARLY NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS - F. W. Furkert, AH & AW Reed, Wellington, 1953, 1st edn., 300 page hardback with VG jacket, foxing, one fep small triangle cut, B&W plates, portraits, maps - covers early New Zealand engineering projects region by region plus biographies of all the principle players from early 1800s onwards - Hard to find, especially in this condition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED