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Junker, Heinrich F. J. . DIE SPRACHGEOGRAPHISCHE GLIEDERUNG DES YAGHNOB-TALES
Leipzig 1930 S. Hirzel. Abhandlungen der Philologisch-Historischen Klasse der S�chsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Nr. II. Arische Forschungen Yaghnobi-Studien I. In German. The first account of the Yaghnob people and their language. 4to., 131p., 4 text maps, original printed wraps. Uncit. VG, wraps a bit chipped, some light rippling at lower margin of leaves, some foxing on title page. Very scarce, (a84671)
$300.00 Stein, A. (Aurel) . EXPLORATION GEOGRAPHIQUE ET GEOLOGIQUE EN ASIE CENTRALE (1906-1908)
Paris 1909. Article in French. at pp. 225-240 with one text map in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a84329a)
$45.00 (central asia) . THE SILK ROAD AND BEYOND TRAVEL, TRADE AND TRANSFORMATION
2007 University of Chicago. Single issue of Museum Studies in a bound volume of 4 issues with original covers for 2007-2008. 4to., green buckram. Printed title and volume numbers on spine. Institution stamp on issue covers and fore-edges. Donor bookplate. Text and illustrations clean. Near Fine. (a83768)
$40.00 Perowne, J. T. Woolrych . RUSSIAN HOSTS AND ENGLISH GUESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA
London 1898 first edition Scientific Press.Travel on by Railroad in Central Asia from Krashnovoksk to Ashabad and Odessa. Descriptions of Batoum, Baku, Kradsnovodsk, Ashabad, Merv, Bokara, Samarcand, Odessa. Hardcover. Octavo, 198pp., eleven photo plates, 48 text illustrations, large foldout map in rear, gilt printed black paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. Two very faint library blind stamps, one on titlepage, one on a text page. Near Fine condition. Very scarce, to places seldom described in travel books. (a83555)
$750.00 Meignan, Victor . FROM PARIS TO PEKIN OVER SIBERIAN SNOWS
London 1889 second edition Sonnenschein. Edited from the French by William Conn, with supplementary notes not contained in the original edition. Hardcover, Octavo, 428pp., numerous ilustrations from sketches made by Author and others, bright blue cloth with gilt man on horseback pictured on front, gilt lettering and orange background decoration on both board and spine. Residue of numbers at heel of spine, a few internal markings. Good, new endpapers. (a83553)
$125.00 Skrine, Francis Henry and Edward Denison Ross . THE HEART OF ASIA A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN TURKESTAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN KHANATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
London 1899 1st Methuen. Hardcover. Octavo, 19 illustrations from sketches by Verestchagin, many photo illustrations, 2 foldout maps, blue cloth with gilt mosque on front. VG, new endpapers, occasional light foxing. Original edition. (a83458)
$195.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
New York 1899 2nd Stokes. Hardcover. Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original royal blue cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front. Lacks map. Owner bookplate. VG. (a83395)
$39.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Springfield 1899 First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original green cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front. Good plus, new end papers, spine ends frayed. (a83394)
$85.00 O'Donovan, Edmond . THE MERV OASIS - TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES EAST OF THE CASPIAN DURING THE YEARS 1879-80-81 INCLUDING FIVE MONTHS' RESIDENCE AMONG THE TEKKES OF MERV (2 volumes, complete)
New York 1883 1st Putnam. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Octavos, matching green cloth with gilt decoration and letteringand original floral end papers. Volume 1: Portrait of O'Donovan, passport facsimile, ground plans, 502pp. Volume 2: 500pp., 10 illustrations, one large color folding map in rear pocket. VG, end paper torn on inner hinge volume 2, a few tears on outer hinges, corners a bit worn, spine ends a bit frayed. Two volume set. Great reading! (a82767)
$465.00 Fell, E. Nelson . RUSSIAN AND NOMAD TALES OF THE KIRGHIZ STEPPES
NY 1916 1st Duffield. Hardcover. Octavo, 201pp., photo illustrations, dark green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt yurt on front.VG, new front end papers. (a82610)
$75.00 Baskakov, N. A. with comments by Dr. Stefan Wurm . THE TURKIC LANGUAGES OF CENTRAL ASIA: PROBLEMS OF PLANNED CULTURE CONTACT
London. 1952. 4to., 52pp., printed stapled wraps. Good, a bit soiled. Scarce. (a82600)
$120.00 (central asia) . CENTRAL ASIAN REVIEW A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN 14 ISSUES PLU 2 INDEX VOLUMES. VOLUME I NO.1 JANUARY 1953 THRU VOLUME V NO. 1957
Oxford 1953-1957. Published by the Central Asian Research Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford. Fourteen issues of this scholarly journal on Central Asia. Almost an unbroken run, lacks 4 issues: Volume I i No. 4, Volume III Nos. 3, 4, Volume IV No. 1. 4to., about 10pp. per issue, original printed stapled wraps. Included maps, several of which are large foldout. Two additional index volumes. Good plus to VG. 14 issues plus 2 index issues. (a82599)
$600.00 Martonne, Emmanuel de . L'EVOLUTION DU RELIEF DE L'ASIE CENTRALE D'APRES DES PUBLICATIONS RECENTES
Paris 1911 Mason. In French. 4to., pp. 39-58, six text illustrations, removed from the La Geographie, Bulletin de la Societe Geographique and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG. (a78173)
$60.00 (mongolia) . MONGOLIA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 116
Washington 1970 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 256pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76215)
$75.00 Landon, Perceval . THE OPENING OF TIBET
NY 1906 (1905) Doubleday Page. An account of Lhasa and the Country and people of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the mission sent by the English Government in the year 1903-4. 4to., 484pp., color frontis, photo illustrations, green cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Ex-library (spine numbers faintly visible and some light name stamps on text). Good, some wear on cover, new end papers, binding secure. (a73118)
$59.00 MacGahan, J. A. . CAMPAIGNING ON THE OXUS, AND THE FALL OF KHIVA
NY 1874 1st Harper. Author was correspondent of the New York Herald. Large octavo, 438pp., 2 page colored map and many illustrations, original gilt gilt printed blue cloth with original dark brown end papers. VG, light fraying of corners and spine ends. Very Nice copy of excellent and scarce book. (a72252)
$350.00 Huntington, Ellsworth . THE PULSE OF ASIA, A JOURNEY IN CENTRAL ASIA ILLUSTRATING THE GEOGRAPHIC BASIS OF HISTORY
Boston 1907 1st Houghton. Hardcover. Octavo, 415pp., photo illustrations, large color folding map, cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner signed (Blanche D. Woodward). VG plus. Excellent condition. (a72085)
$138.00 (central asia) . ASIAN AFFAIRS (ROYAL CENTRAL ASIAN SOCIETY) - COLLECTION OF 27 ISSUES `(1968-1999)
London 1968-1999. Journal published 3 times a year. 27 issues during this period, not a run. Octavo, original red printed red wraps. Many important and interesting articles including: Balance of Power in Asia after Vietnam, by Alastair Buchan (1969); Report from Bhutan, by E. Burke Inlow (1978); Islam in Central Asia Since Gorbachev, by Marie Broxup; (1987); Kashmir the Past 10 Years, by Alexander Evans (1999). VG-Fine. Group of 27 issues. (a71670)
$295.00 (asian art) . INDIAN, HIMALAYAN, SOUTHEAST ASIAN, ISLAMIC WORKS OF ART AND INDIAN MINIATURES
1982. Christie's Auction Catalogue. Octavo, 30pp., monochrome illustrations, wraps. VG plus. (a71326)
$25.00 Wolff, Rev. Joseph . NARRATIVE OF A MISSION TO BOKHARA IN THE YEARS 1843-1845 TO ASCERTAIN THE FATE OF COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY - VOLUME II
London 1865 2nd, revised. Octavo, 347pp., illustrations, 16pp. (publisher catalogue), boards Previous owner re-attached one illustration. Fair, cover very faded and worn, later end papers. Volume II only. (a71246)
$85.00 Knight, E. F. . WHERE THREE EMPIRES MEET A NARRATIVE OF RECENT TRAVEL IN KASHMIR, WESTERN TIBET, GILGIT AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES
London 1895 new edition, Longmans Green. Hardcover. Small octavo, 528pp., 24pp. (publisher catalogue), 54 illustrations, map, maroon cloth with silver lettering. Owner bookplate. VG, spine a bit faded. (a71132)
$85.00 Burrard, Major Gerald . BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET
NY (1925) 1st Stokes. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 320pp., photo illustrations, 8 maps, original bright blue cloth with gilt lettering. Small blind stamp of University Club on title page and their bookplate (marked discarded twice). No other ownership marks. VG. Nice copy of a great Hunting Classic. (a71055)
$325.00 Carey, William . ADVENTURES IN TIBET, INCLUDING THE DIARY OF MISS ANNIE R TAYLOR'S REMARKABLE JOURNEY FROM TAU-CHAU TO TA-CHIEN-LU THROUGH THE HEART OF THE FORBIDDEN LAND
Boston 1901 1st United Society of Christian Endeavor. Hardcover. Octavo, 285pp., photo illustrations, original yellow cloth with blue and black picture of two yaks and a driver on front. VG, new endpapers, cover a bit worn and lightly soiled. (a70966)
$124.00 Temple, Sir Richard . ORIENTAL EXPERIENCE: A SELECTION OF ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Topics addressed by Temple: Geography of Asia During Last Fifty Years; Central Plateau of Asia, Eastern Tibet, Railway from Indus Towards Candahar; Chinese History; Local Self-government in India, Religious Missions in East, Effect of Religious Thought Among Indian Natives, Palestine in 1883, Indian Forestry, Monetary Practice Amongst Natives of India, etc. Royal 8vo. xx, 518pp., 6 folding maps and many text illustrations, cloth. Owner bookplate. Good, some foxing on end papers, some discoloration on cover. (a70810)
$250.00 Malleson, Colonel G. B. . HERAT: THE GRANARY AND GARDEN OF CENTRAL ASIA
London 1880 1st W H Allen & Co. Hardcover. Octavo, (6), 196pp., ads, gilt printed steel-blue cloth with bevelled board edges. Mercantile Association library name stamp on title page, beginning of text and end of text with ink numbers on title page - no other library marks. Good, hinges beginning to crack, front blank end paper detached, lacks front free blank free and half title, lacks map. (a70424)
$495.00 Navoi, Alisher (edited by Aibeka and Leicha) . NAVOI IZBRANIYE PROIZVEDENIE (NAVOI SELECTED WORKS)
Moskow 1966. In Russian. Octavo, 443pp., a few illustrations, hardcover. Owner signature on title page o/w Near Fine in VG DJ. (a70358)
$90.00 Hedin, Sven . DURCH ASIENS W�STEN - DREI JAHRE AUF NEUEN WEGEN IN PAMIR, LOP-NOR, TIBET UND CHINA - ERSTER BAND
Leipzig 1899 1st Brockhaus. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 512pp., illustrations, gilt printed pale tan cloth. Owner signed. Good, new endpapers, one 3 inch closed tear on large folding map in rear. Volume I only. (a70332)
$125.00 Loewenthal, Rudolf . THE TURKIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OF CENTRAL ASIA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
's-Gravenhage 1957 Mouton. Octavo, 212pp., original wraps. VG, wraps a bit faded. (a70195)
$80.00 Stein, M. Aurel . ANCIENT KHOTAN 2 VOLUMES (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
NY 1975. Hacker reprint of original 1907 edition. Detailed report of archeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan. 2 volumes in one. Lg.4to., 621pp. (text), 119 plates, map, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. Like New, Unused. (a69845)
$590.00 Sinclair, Gordon . KHYBER CARAVAN THROUGH KASHMIR, WAZIRISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, BALUCHISTAN AND NORTHERN INDIA
NY 1936 1st Farrar. Octavo, 316pp., orange cloth hardcover. Owner signed. Near VG, light fading and soiling, no DJ. (a69694)
$39.00 Scott, John . EAST OF SUEZ, A REPORT TO TIME'S PUBLISHERS, JAMES A LINEN, ON AN EXTENSIVE TRIP THROUGH SOUTH & SOUTHWEST ASIA SUMMER 1956
1956. Israel, Iraq, Iran Pakistan, Bahrain, India, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Kashmir. 4to., 119pp., plastic spiral wraps. VG. (a67879)
$79.00 Chonnelier, Jules . DICTIONNAIRE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ASIE CENTRALE
Paris 1869 Maisonneuve & cie. Imp. Lith et Augo le Callet. Offrant par ordre alphabetique les transcriptions en caracteres mandchoux et Chinois, desnoms geographiques donnes en langue nationale de chaque contree, accompagnees de notices extraits ou traduites des ouvrages choinois et autres ourages originaux de l'Orient musulman le tout publie annote et ornee de cartes levees sur les originaux. In French. Small folio, 53pp., original printed green wraps. Good, some wear on all cover edges and corners, some chips on spine. (a66209)
$350.00 Berghaus, Heinrich . PHYSIKALISCHER ATLAS. GEOGRAPHISCHES JAHRBUCH ZUR MITTHEILUNG ALLER WICHTIGERN NEUEN ERFORSCHUNGEN - I 1850; II 1850; III 1851
Gotha 1850, 1851 Justus Perthes. In German. The first 3 issues of this journal bound in one volume. 4to., 64pp., 66pp., (8), 15pp., (foldout chart), tables, charts and maps, some foldout, original paper covered boards with mounted handwritten spine label and contemporary institution label at heel of spine. Interesting and important articles include: Forschungen im Ostlichen Homalayah von Dr. Joseph Dalton Hooker; Der Sprachen von Abessinien von Charles Beke (includes color outline map); Dr. Hooker's Karte von Sikkim; Dr. A Wislizenus Geologische Skizze das Nordliche Mexico (includes map and chart); Bercketten und Fluss System in Afrika; Chneelinie im Himalaya; R. Strachey - Bschreibung der Glatscher am Pinduer und Kuphinie im Himalaya; Gold Platina Diamanten in den Vereinigten Staaten und in Californien; Hutton von des Westlichen Himalaya; Hodgson - Die Physikalische Geographie des Himalaya etc. Three contemporary institution stamps and ink numbers on title pages. Good, edges chipped and worn, slight bit of worming in inner hinges. Very Scarce. (a66178)
$950.00 F�rer-Haimendorf, Christoph Von . HIMALAYAN BARBARY
New York 1956 1st Abelard Schuman. Octavo, 241pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a65993)
$30.00 Cumming, C. F. Gordon . IN THE HIMALAYAS AND ON THE INDIAN PLAINS
London 1901 new edition, Chatto & Windus. Octavo, 608pp., 32pp., 42 illustrations, origina pictorial grey cloth - men walking along a mountain pass on front and prayer wheel on rear board. Good plus, front hinge tender, light cover wear and rubbing, light foxing on fore-edges. In later protective glassine jacket. (a65529)
$140.00 Landon, Perceval . THE OPENING OF TIBET
NY 1906 (1905) Doubleday Page. An account of Lhasa and the Country and people of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the mission sent by the English Government in the year 1903-4. Large 4to., 484pp., color frontis, many photo illustrations, green cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. Faint residue of numbers at heel of spine, a few institution stamps on titlepage and in text. Good, new endpapers, several tiny chips on spine. Binding very secure and text bright and clean. (a65510)
$52.00 Norman, Henry . ALL THE RUSSIAS TRAVELS AND STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN RUSSIA, FINLAND, SIBERIA, THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
New York 1902 1st Scribners. Sm.4to., 476pp., photo illustrations, mpas, original black cloth with gilt lettering and gilt soldier on fron. Good, some fraying on edges and corners. (a65485)
$49.00 Olufsen, O. . THROUGH THE UNKNOWN PAMIRS (VAKHAN AND GARAN) - THE SECOND DANISH PAMIR EXPEDITION 1898-99
London 1904 1st Heinemann. Octavo, 238pp., photo illustrations, 2 folding maps, one foldout diagram, index, red cloth hardcover with black lettering. Good, spine faded, some discoloration and slight staining on front, end papers brown-speckled. (a61761)
$245.00 Haslund, Henning . MEN AND GODS IN MONGOLIA (ZAYAGAN)
NY 1935 1st (stated) Dutton. Translated from Swedish by E. Sprigge and C. Napier. Sm.4to., photo illustrations, map, nubby browned textured cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. VG plus, light browning of end papers, no DJ. (a61627)
$64.00 (india) . DARJEELING AND ITS MOUNTAIN RAILWAY, A GUIDE AND SOUVENIR PUBLISHED BY THE DARJEELING-HIMALAYAN RAILWAY CO.
1921 1st Darjeeling-Himalyan Railway. Sm.4to., 106pp., photo illustrations, maps, bright salmon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front. VG, some light cover wear and light cover staining. The Very Scarce first edition. (a61541)
$165.00 Lansdell, Henry . RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA INCLUDING KULDJA, BOKHARA, KHIVA, AND MERV (VOLUME 2)
Boston 1885 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Large octavo, 732pp., woodcut illustrations (several doublepage), grey hardcover with black silver and gilt picture and design on front (of wagon with rider and driver and 3 horses.) Important and lengthy bibliographical information on Central Asia at end. Very pale stamp of hospital on inside of covers. Good, front hinge tender, small closed tear on front end paper, light wear and light soiling. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a61313)
$198.00 Merrick, Henrietta Sands . IN THE WORLD'S ATTIC
New York 1931 1st Putnam. 8vo., 259pp., illustrations from photos by author, colour prints by Mrs. A E Berry, large foldout map, gilt printed red cloth hardcover. Owner stamps and address label on end paper. VG, small crease on front, no DJ. (a60814)
$32.00 Strong, Anna Louise . THE ROAD TO THE GREY PAMIR
Boston 1931 1st Little Brown. 8vo., 289pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Signed by Strong in presentation to Ellen Starr Brinton with Brinton's bookplate. Good, corners and spine ends a bit worn, no DJ. (a59724)
$55.00 (bokhara) . BOKHARA...FROM THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA NINTH EDITION
London 1878. 4to., pp.1-3 (printed in double column), removed and rebound in later wraps. VG, one or two short closed tear in the margin. (a59526)
$25.00 Field, Henry . BIBLIOGRAPHY 1926-1964
1965 Author. Bibliography of anthropology in Central Asia, Russia, Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Sinai, China, etc. 4to.. 112p., original printed. Good, new tape spine. (a58999)
$45.00 Dawson, Christopher (editor) . THE MONGOL MISSION: NARRATIVES AND LETTERS OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES IN MONGOLIA AND CHINA IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
London 1955 1st Sheed and Ward. Translated by a Nun of Stanbrook Abbey. 8vo., 246pp., red cloth hardcover. A volume with translations of a number of important sources not available elsewhere. Fine in VG DJ, a bit browned. Scarce. (a58573)
$162.00 Brotherus, V. F. . CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BRYOLOGICAL FLORA OF THE NORTH-WESTERN HIMALAYA
Helsingfors 1898 Finnish Literary Society. 4to., 46pp., original printed wraps. VG, text lightly browned. (a56428)
$85.00 Hambly, Gavin (editor) . CENTRAL ASIA
NY 1966 1st Delacorte. Sm.4to., 388pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a55677)
$50.00 Graham, Stephen . THROUGH RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA
NY 1916 first edition Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 298pp., photo illustrations, pictorial cloth. VG plus, light wear on edges and corners, end papers lightly toned; Excellent condition, binding secure and text clean . no dj. (a47073)
$95.00 Wrylaand, John . THE TRAVELS OF JOHN WRYLAND BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS JOURNEY TO TIBET, OF HIS FOUNDING OF A KINGDOM ON THE ISLAND OF PALTI, AND OF HIS WAR AGAINST THE NE-AR-BIANS
London and Allentown 1903 1st International News and Equitable Publishing. Sm.8vo., 236pp., original red cloth with white trim and lettering. VG, light uneven fading on cover, spine lettering partly worn off. VG. Very scarce. (a44751)
$200.00 Manchen-Helfen, Otto . REISE INS ASIATISCHE TUWA
Berlin 1931 Der Bucherkreis. German exploration near USSR-Chinese border. In German, 8vo., 172pp., 28 photobildern, printed paper covered boards with cloth spine. Date stamp on inside front board. VG, end papers browned, cover somewhat worn, no DJ. Scarce. (a43474)
$300.00 Herrlich, Albert . LAND DES LICHTES
Munchen 1938 Knorr & Hirth. Deutsche Kundfahrt zu unbekannten Volkern im Hindukutsch. Afghanistan, Himalayas, Hindu Kush. In German. Lg.8vo., 177pp., photo illustrations, wraps with DJ. VG, light wear, in Good DJ, somewhat worn. (a43071)
$50.00 Leynse, James P. . GOBI PRINCE OF MOVING SAND
Westchester (Illinois) 1973 1st Good News Publishers. Mongolia. 8vo., 208pp., monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author. Good, soiling on titlepage and fore-edges, in Good DJ. (a43048)
$20.00 Kingdon Ward, Captain F. . FROM CHINA TO HKAMTI LONG
London 1924 1st Edward Arnold. Important classic in botanical exploration. 8vo., 317pp., monochrome photo illustrations, general index and plant index, black cloth. VG, some foxing on fore-edges, slight staining on rear end papers, no DJ. (a42803)
$585.00 Tuladhar, Jayanti M. et al . THE POPULATION OF NEPAL STRUCTURE AND CHANGE
Berkeley 1977. Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, Berkeley, California. Research Monograph 17. 4to., 103pp., wraps. Good plus. (a42128)
$24.00 Shelton, Flora Beal . SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ON THE TIBETAN BORDER
Cincinnati 1912 1st Foreign Christian Missionary Society. Hardcover. 8vo., 141pp., monochrome photo illustrations, boards. VG, new endpapers. (a41667)
$195.00 Wright, George Frederick . ASIATIC RUSSIA
NY 1902 1st McClure, Phillips. Russia colonization of Siberia, etc.2 volumes, complete. Roy8vo., 637pp., fine photo illus., 5 maps of which 3 are large folding maps and 2 of these are in color (all present). Chocolate brown cloth with mounted orange leather spine labels. VG plus, extremely light cover wear. Superior book in excellent condition. Set of 2 volumes: (a40431)
$245.00 Langer, Paul F. . THE MINOR ASIAN COMMUNIST STATES: OUTER MONGOLIA, NORTH KOREA, NORTH VIETNAM
Santa Monica 1964. Rand Corporation, P-2981. 4to., 53 leaves mimeo on rectos only, stapled wraps. VG, light soiling. (a39203)
$45.00 Bonvalot, Gabriel . ACROSS THIBET BEING A TRANSLATION OF "DE PARIS AU TONKIN A TRAVERS LE TIBET INCONNU 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1891 Cassell. Translated by C. B. Pitman. 2 volume set complete. Lg.8vo., 218pp., 230pp., with illustrations from photographs taken by Prince Henry of Orleans, and a map of the route. Several private library blind stamps in text. No other library markings except inch-in-diameter circle in middle of each backstrip where circular spine label once attached and removed taking part of spine color away. Good plus, light wear and soiling on cover. New glassine covers. Set: (a38960)
$500.00 Bristowe, W. S. . SPIDERS COLLECTED BY THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTH GEORGIA
Cambridge 1931. Discovery Reports Volume III. Lg.4to., pp. 261-66, text illustrations, wraps. VG. (a38844)
$25.00 Stephens, Ian . HORNED MOON AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY THROUGH PAKISTAN, KASHMIR AND AFGHANISTAN
London 1954 Chatto and Windus. 8vo., 288pp., color and bw photo illus. Hardcover. Good, light foxing on initial and final pages, no DJ. (a38715)
$30.00 Gatteyrias, Andre . A TRAVERS L'ASIE CENTRALE
Paris n.d (c.1884). Bibliotheque de Vulgarisation. In French. Sm.8vo., 280pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, cloth soiled, old dry water stain affecting most pages. (a38445)
$50.00 Sungorkin, Vladimir . DALNIY VOSTOK (FAR EAST) FOTOALBUM
Moskow 1989. Text in Russian. 4to., color photo illus., illustrated boards. VG. (a37785)
$45.00 Kudat, Ayse et al (editors) . SOCIAL ASSESSMENT AND AGRICULTURAL REFORM IN CENTRAL ASIA AND TURKEY
Washington 2000. World Bank Technical Paper No. 461. 4to., 302pp., wraps. VG. (a36500)
$39.00 Alloworth, Edward . CENTRAL ASIAN PUBLISHING AND THE RISE OF NATIONALISM
NY 1965. An Essay and a List of Publications in the New York Public Library. Lg.8vo., 100pp., wraps. Good, wraps amd spine chipped, top corner bumped. (a36191)
$35.00 Bookwalter, John W. . SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Springfield 1899 First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 548pp., illustrated with photos taken by the author, original blue cloth with gilt trident horse-drawn buggy on front board. VG, light wear, corners bumped. (a33167)
$115.00 Zlobin, A. . THE BAIKAL MERIDIAN
Moscow 1961. Translated from the Russian. Sm.8vo., 191ppp. Stories about Soviet Central Asia. VG in Good DJ, light wear. (a32770)
$40.00 Sakya, Jnan Bahadur . SHORT DESCRIPTION OF GODS, GODDESSES AND RITUAL OBJECTS OF BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM IN NEPAL
Nepal 1999 Handicraft Assoc. of Nepal. 8vo., 77pp., wraps. Good, a few page roughly opened. (a32127)
$25.00 Koto, Bundjiro . THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARCS IN EASTERN ASIA
Tokyo 1931. In the Journal of Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Vol. III Part 3, March 31, 1931 at pp. 133-182, maps charts. In English. This is the complete issue. 4to., wraps. Kurils, Kamchatka etc. VG. (a31754)
$75.00 Bell, Major Evans . THE DISPUTED SUCCESSION IN AFGHANISTAN
London 1874. Removed from the Journal of the East India Association, Vol. VIII, at pp. 81-120. Sm.8vo., rebound in later wraps. VG. (a31414)
$45.00 Klass, Rosanne . LAND OF THE HIGH FLAGS A TRAVEL-MEMOIR OF AFGHANISTAN
NY 1964 1st Random. Author spent two years in Afghanistan as a teacher of English. Intelligent and well-written-- a fine introduction to Afghanistan and her people. 8vo., 319pp., original hardcover. VG, slight soiling on front end papers, no DJ.. (a29898)
$20.00 Taylor, Bayard (comp.) . CENTRAL ASIA TRAVELS IN CASHMERE, LITTLE THIBET AND CENTRAL ASIA
NY 1893. Revised by Thomas Stevens. 8vo., 294pp., hardcover. VG. (a29600)
$50.00 Bouvier, Rene and Edouard Maynial . LES DERNIERS DES GRANDS MOGULS VIE D'AURENG ZEB
Paris 1947. In French. 8vo., 312pp., illus., wraps. Unopened. Good, spine chipped at base. (a28878)
$40.00 Jha, Dr. Hit Narayan . THE LICCHAVIS OF VAISALI
Varanasi 1970 Chowkhamba. Hardcover. Octavo, 247pp., index, cloth. Good, some cover soiling. (a28193)
$35.00 Zeitlin, Ida . GESSAR KHAN A LEGEND OF TIBET
NY 1927 B edition, Doran. 4to., 203pp., illustrated by Theodore Nadejen, orange cloth hardcover with attractive end papers. Owner bookplate. VG, no DJ. (a26271)
$20.00 Kazami, Takehide . THE HAMALAYAS A JOURNEY TO NEPAL
Tokyo 1969 Kodansha. This Beautiful world series. 12mo., 154pp., over 100 color photo illus., wraps. VG. (a26167)
$320.00 Bonney, T.G. . ON ROCKS AND MINERALS COLLECTED BY MR. W.M. CONWAY IN THE KARAKORAM HIMALAYAS
London 1894. Offprint from the The Proceeding of the Royal Society, Vol. LV, No. 335, August 11, 1884, at pp. 468-487. 8vo., wraps. Good, leaves a bit chipped, front and rear wraps chipped and detached. (a25310)
$45.00 Leifer, Walter . HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS OF DESTINY A STUDY IN GEOPOLITICS
London 1962 1st (stated). 8vo., 176pp., photo illus., index. Owner bookplate. VG, minor soiling, in VG DJ. (a25083)
$35.00 Mussio, Giovanni . GHIACCIAI E FENOMENI GLACIALI DEL BACINO DEL RAVI E DELLA VALLE DELL'UHL (BACINO DE BEAS) HIMALAYA DEL PUNJAB
Milan 1962. Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. 8vo., photo illus., foldout maps, wraps. Glacial formation in the Himalayas. Unopened. VG. (a24214)
$50.00 Cutting, Suydam . THE FIRE OX AND OTHER YEARS
NY 1947 1st (A) Scribners. Travel to Nepal and Tibet. 4to., 393pp., photo illustrations and color drawings, hardcover. Half page ink drawing of man on elephant by Cutting, and inscription to Ambassador and Mrs. Kirk signed by Cutting. VG, small spot on front cover and corners worn, no DJ. (a24024)
$125.00 Heden, Sven . A CONQUEST OF TIBET
National Travel Club 1934. Octavo, illustrations, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a23568)
$25.00 Atkinson, Thomas Witlam . TRAVELS IN THE REGIONS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER AMOOR AND THE RUSSIAN ACQUISITIONS ON THE CONFINES OF INDIA AND CHINA WITH ADVENTURES AMONG THE MOUNTAIN KIRGHIS; AND THE MANJOURS, MANYARGS, TOUNGOUS, TOUZEMTS, GOLDI AND GELYAKS; THE HUNTING AND PASTORAL TRIBES.
NY 1860 Harper. Nerhood 239: This book continues the author's coverage of his journey of 1848-55 and in particular, in this volume, alerts the British to Russian ambitions in the area. Hardcover. Octavo, 448pp., map, engravings, original cloth. Owner signed and stamped on end paper (Katherine Manson). VG, minor wear to cover, one tiny break in front cloth at top edge. (a23214)
$245.00 Mishra, Shanti . VOICE OF TRUTH THE CHALLENGE AND STRUGGLES OF A NEPALESE WOMAN
Delhi 1994. 8vo., 483pp., index. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a22589)
$45.00 Koie, M. and K.H. Rechinger . SYMBOLAE AFGHANICAE II. ENUMERATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED BY L. EDELBERG AND M. KOIE ON THE 3RD DANISH EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL ASIA AND BY W. KOELZZ, H.F. NEUBAUER, O.H. VOLK AND OTHER I AFGHANISTAN II. K. H. RECHINGER: COMPOSITAE
Copenhagen 1955. Det Kongeliske Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter bind 8, Nr. 2. 4to., 214pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, slight vertical fold. (a22150)
$45.00 Etherton, Colonel P. T. . ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EQUATOR
NY no date (mid 20thc) Roy. Himalayas. Octavo, 253pp., photos, index, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a21015)
$24.00 Holmes, Peter . MOUNTAINS AND A MONASTERY
London 1958. 189pp., index. Buddhist monastery in Tibet. VG in VG DJ. (a20767)
$30.00 Hagen, Toni . NEPAL
New Delhi 1961. Lg.4to., 117pp., photos. Long owner inscription on rear fly refers to dinner meeting with Hagen at Asia House in 1967.Good, some minor soiling, in Good DJ, a bit chipped. (a19151)
$40.00 Haenich, Erich . SINOMONGOLISCHE GLOSSARE. DAS HUA-I IH-Y�
Berlin 1957 Akademie. Abhandlungen der Deutschen No. 5. 4to., 37pp., wraps. Good. (a18238)
$36.00 Hamond, Captain Robert . THROUGH WESTERN TIBET IN 1939
London 1941. Article in The Geographic Journal Volume at pp. 1-16. Included in a complete issue of this journal. Octavo, wraps. VG plus. (a17877)
$45.00 Finckh, Elisabeth . GRUNDLAGEN TIBETISCHER HEILKUNDE BAND 1
Uelzen 1975 Medizinisch Literarische.Tibetan medicine. In German. 8vo., 107pp., foldout charts, hardcover. VG, no DJ. Volume 1. (a17512)
$39.00 Dupree, Louis . SHAMSHIR GHAR: HISTORIC CAVE SITE IN KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
NY 1958. Anthropological Papers of American Museum of Natural History. 4to., pp. 141-311, 31 photo illustrations, foldout chart, wraps. VG, small wrinkling on lower cover corner. (a17215)
$29.00 Gorer, Geoffrey . HIMALAYAN VILLAGE AN ACCOUNT OF THE LEPCHAS OF SIKKIM
NY 1967 1938) 2nd. Revised and corrected throughout with a new foreword by the author. Octavo, 488pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Includes quite a bit of info on sexual customs. Fine in VG DJ. (a14768)
$20.00 Pallis, Marco . CIMES ET LAMAS
Paris 1955 Albin Michel. Translated from English to French by G. Sellier-Leclercq. Travel in Northern India, Ladakh and Tibet. Octavo, 334pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Appears to be presentation copy, unsigned, from translator. VG. (a13189)
$25.00 Thodol, Le Bardo . LIVRE DES MORTS TIBETAIN OU LES EXPERIENCES D'APRES LA MORT
Paris 1933 Adrien Maisonneuve. Suivant la version anglaise du Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup. Editee par le Dr. W.Evans-Wentz. Traduction Francaise de M. La Fuente. Precedee d'une preface de M. Jacques Bacot. Octavo, 227pp., illustrations, wraps. Some pen underlining on initial pages. Owner signed. Good. (a12266)
$44.00 Myers, P.V.N . REMAINS OF LOST EMPIRES: SKETCHES OF THE RUINS OF PALMYRA, NINEVAH, BABLYON AND PERSEPOLIS, WITH SOME NOTES ON INDIA AND THE CASHMERIAN HIMALAYAS
NY 1875 Harper. Hardcover. 8vo. 531pp., illustrations, cloth. Good plus, spine ends and corners worn and a bit frayed. (a11308)
$99.00 Sis, Vladimir and Josef Vanis . DER WEG NACH LHASA BILDER AUS TIBET
Prag 1956 Artia. 4to., 55pp. of text in German plus 224 color and sepia-tone photo illustrations of Lhasa, hadrcover. Fine in Fair DJ, split at spine and worn. (a11108)
$29.00 Clark, Leonard . MARCHING WIND
NY 1954 Funk and Wagnalls. Author's adventures in Tibet. Hardcover. Octavo, photo illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a10611)
$20.00 Fellowes, P.F.et al . DER ERSTE FLUG UBER DEN MOUNT EVEREST DIE HOUSTON-MOUNT-EVEREST-EXPEDITION 1933
Berlin 1934 Fischer. In German. 8vo., 299pp., 46 flugbilelrn und 6 karten, planen und tabellen, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a10567)
$29.00 Sekelj, Tibor . WINDOW ON NEPAL
London 1959 1st Robert Hale. 8vo., 190pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, top inch of front free blank cut away, in Fair DJ, chipped and worn. (a10404)
$28.00 Keel, John . JADOO
London 1958 1st Allen. Much about snake charmers and Indian fakirs and mysteries of the east. Author travels from Egypt to Iraq to India, Tibet and Singapore. 8vo., 347pp., photo illustration frontis, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a10349)
$27.00 Fisher, Welthy Honsinger . TOP OF THE WORLD
NY 1926 1st Abingdon. 8vo., 178pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, small burn on front cover, no DJ. (a6924)
$20.00 Migot, Andre . TIBETAN MARCHES
London 1955 Rupert Hart-Davis. Translated from the French by Peter Fleming. 8vo., 288pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, no DJ. (a6923)
$22.00 Foss, Cyrus . FROM THE HIMALAYAS TO THE EQUATOR
NY 1899 Easton and Mains. Letters, Sketches and Addresses, Giving Some Account of a Tour in India and Malaysia. Author a Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Hardcover. Octavo, 266pp., printed boards. Good, cover rubbed. (a6916)
$33.00 Kunitz, Joshua . DAWN OVER SAMARKAND THE REBIRTH OF CENTRAL ASIA
NY 1935 International. Hardcover. Octavo, 348pp., printed hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a84974)
$35.00 Kunitz, Joshua . DAWN OVER SAMARKAND THE REBIRTH OF CENTRAL ASIA
NY 1935 International. Hardcover. Octavo, 348pp., printed hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a84974)
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