Search Results: Titles starting with W from Barking Mad Books

A WALK THROUGH BLUE POPPIES - The letters of Eric Shipton to Margaret Bradshaw 1934-1974 - edited and signed to title page by Jan Allen (daughter), 160 page large format softbound, privately published Australia, 2004, B&W plates, as new - a rare opportunity to gain an understanding of one of the 20th Century's most famous mountaineers...a window into a by-gone era of Himalayan exploration. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

WANDERINGS IN ARABIA, One volume abridgement of the two volume Arabia Deserta - Charles Doughty, 600 page VG hardback VG jacket, Duckworth, London, 1949, fold-out map in rear. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

WHITE LIMBO - The First Australian climb of Mt Everest - Lincoln Hall, 1st edn. 2nd imp 1987 Kevin Weldon, Sydney, VG+ in VG+ dustjacket - richly illustrated account of the 1984 ascent of the Tibetan North face without oxygen, still unrepeated 39 years on. - signed by four expedition members Greg Mortimer, Tim Macartney-Snape, Andi Henderson & Colin Monteath . THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

WILD SWANS - Three daughters of China, signed by author Jung Chang on title page, harper collins, London, VG+ 1991 1st edn., 522 pages hardback with VG+ jacket - truly remarkable story of a family during the most turbulent era in recent Chinese history. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

WITH THE AURORA IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911 -1914 - John K Davis, Andrew Melrose, London, 1919. Original blue cloth with gilt ship design and titles, spine titles pale. Overall VG+ some foxing, Scarce account by JK Davis, captain of Aurora that supported Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 expedition to the Home of the blizzard base at Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

With the Russians in Mongolia - HG Perry-Ayscough & RB Otter-Perry, The Bodley Head, NewYork, 1915- 344 page hardback in original brown cloth with gilt titles and design in Mongolian writing, mottled covers, one corner bumped, sl soiled, B&W plates...and fold-out map of Mongolia in rear - an early and scarce travelogue and history of Russian involvement in Mongolia with comments on Chinese influence - very hard to find...a reasonable copy despite faults. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Penguin books, one volume edition, 1948, VG+ 568 page softbound, pages very clean, previous owner's signature on fep. This edition comes with introduction written by Cherry-Garrard in 1937. The classic account of Scott's Last Expedition 1910-13, graphic description of the winter journey to Cape Crozier, Scott's polar journey and the subsequent search for the overdue SP party, plus the diaries of those who took part. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED