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Guigniaut, J. D. (introduction) . PROGRES DES ETUDES RELATIVES A L'EGYPTE ET A L'ORIENT
Paris 1867 A l'Imprimerie Imperiale. Chapters include: L'Etat Actuel des Etudes Egyptiennes; Expose Historique du Dichiffrement des Ecritures Cuneiformes; Des Etudes Semitiques; La Litterature Arabes; La Litterature Persane; Des Etudes Armeniennes; Des Etures Chinoises, Tibetaines et Mongoles; LItterature Chinoises; Langes et Litteratures Tibetaines et Mongoles; Etude du Sanscrit, du Zend, du Pali et Grammaire Comparee des Langues Indoeuropeenes. 4to., 240pp., later wraps with original wrap mounted on front. Good plus, occasional very light foxing, light fraying of page edges. (a77149)
$130.00 Glennon, John P. (editor) . FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1949 VOLUME IX THE FAR EAST: CHINA
Washington 1974 1st GPO. This volume deals with Taiwan and the concern of the U. S. regarding possible conquest by Chinese Communists; status of Tibet and Communism in China.Hardcover. Large octavo, 1441pp., maroon cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges and a few internal stamps, residue of label at heel of spine. VG plus, new endpapers. (a75526)
$115.00 (Tibetan) . MENOLOZY FOR 1970
Kangra, H. P. Tibetan Medical Centre, Upper Dharmamaala. Appears to be a calendar or almanac, presumably for 1970. 5 X 3.5 inches, 26pp., written in Tibetan (with title printed in English), stapled binding. VG plus. (a75311)
$35.00 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 Kinloch, Alexander A. A. . LARGE GAME SHOOTING IN THIBET AND THE NORTH WEST 2ND SERIES
London 1876 Harrison. Hardcover. 4to., 64pp., 11 full page photo illustrations, green cloth with head of yak in full gilt in center of front. board. Near Good, hinges just beginning to crack, cover worn and frayed on spine ends and corners, a few page corners creased. (a73056)
$275.00 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 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 Dolkar, Tseten . GIRL FROM TIBET
Chicago 1971 Loyola. As told to John Windsor. Hardcover. Octavo, 164pp., cloth. Near Fine, a few miniscule spots of soiling on title page, in VG plus DJ. (a70042)
$35.00 Rand McNally . RAND-MCNALLY ATLAS OF CHINA CONTAINING MAPS AND DESCRIPTIVE MATTER
1900 1st Rand, McNally. Lg.4to., (14 x 11 inches), 16pp., monochrome photo illustrations, 8 color maps, wraps with later paper spine. VG, wraps a bit chipped on edges. (a68283)
$120.00 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 David-Neel, Alexandra . INITIATIONS LAMA�QUES. DES TH�ORIES, DES PRATIQUES, DES HOMMES
Paris 1930 Adyar. In French. Small octavo, 244pp., photo illustrations, errata, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG. (a65216)
$60.00 Hannah, Herbert Bruce . A GRAMMAR OF THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE LITERARY AND COLLOQUIAL
Calcutta 1912 1st Baptist Mission Press. With copious illustrations and treating fully of spelling,pronunciation and the construction of the verb and including appendices of the various forms of the verb. Large octavo, 396pp., original hardcover. Cancelled library stamp on title page and number stamp on verso, spine numbers removed (no other library markings). VG. (a65172)
$87.00 Stubel, Hans . THE MEWU FANTZU A TIBETAN TRIBE OF KANSU
New Haven 1958 Hraf Press. Octavo, 66pp., (16pp)., original printed wraps. Owner name stamp on front fore-edge. Near Fine. (a63788)
$45.00 Gundry, R. S. . CHINA AND HER NEIGHBOURS FRANCE IN INDO-CHINA, RUSSIA AND CHINA, INDIA AND THIBET
London 1893 1st Chapman and Hall. Octavo, 408pp., two large folding maps (India and Burma, and China), Chapman and Hall catalogue (40pp), original blue cloth hardcoverwith gilt border. Library numbers removed from spine, a few blind stamps in text, no other library markings. Some pages as yet unopened. VG, new endpapers, initial and final pages and fore-edgess foxed. Scarce scholarly book. (a62655)
$300.00 Buxton, L. H. Dudley . THE EASTERN ROAD
London 1924 1st Kegan Paul. Travel in Japan, Northern Japan to visit Ainu, Mongolia, Tibet, China. Octavo, 268pp., photo illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover. VG, new endpapers, occasional light foxing, no DJ. (a61691)
$35.00 Savage Landor, A. Henry . TIBET & NEPAL PAINTED AND DESCRIBED
London 1905 1st A. and C. Black. Hardcover. Large octavo, 233pp., 74 of 75 listed color illustrations, lacking plate No. 3 opposite p. 22 (absolutely no indication of missing page), foldout map, gilt decorated blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Good plus, corners frayed, some wear along outer hinges, end papers toned. (a61567)
$47.00 Bonvalot, Gabriel . ACROSS THIBET BEING A TRANSLATION OF DE PARIS AU TONKING A TRAVERS LE TIBET INCONNU 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1892 Cassell. Sm.4to., 417pp., photo illustrations, large folding map in pocket, light purplish tan cloth with brown and gilt pictorial front. Good plus, map splitting at folds, corners a bit worn, light cover wear and soiling. Excellent travel narrative. (a61561)
$295.00 Pratt, A. E. . TO THE SNOWS OF TIBET THROUGH CHINA
London 1892 Longmans, Green, and Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 268pp., illustrations, foldout map, original gilt printed blue cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, light rubbing on front outer hinge, light soiling. (a61460)
$525.00 Hedin, Sven . ABENTEUER IN TIBET
Leipzig 1910 vierte auflage Brockhaus. In German. Octavo, 414pp., illustrations, maps (onelarge folding map), hardcover with mounted illustration on front. VG, light discoloration on cover, tiny spots on fore-edges. (a58172)
$45.00 Petech, L. . CHINA AND TIBET IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINESE PROTECTORATE IN TIBET (ORIGINAL BOO, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Leiden 1950 1st E. J. Brill. Monographies du T'Oung Pao Volume I. Large octavo, 286pp., wraps. A few pages yet uncut. Good, light wear and spine darkened. (a52086)
$300.00 (auction catalogue) . FINE INDIAN, TIBETAN AND NEPALESE WORKS OF ART
London 1974. Christie's Auction Catalogue. Sm.4to., 132p., 154 lots described with 26 monochrome photo plates, wraps. VG. (a51115)
$20.00 Burang, Theodor . TIBETISCHE HEILKUNDE
Zurich 1957 1st Origo. In German. 12mo., 170pp., wraps. 170p. VG. (a50250)
$30.00 Landor, A. Henry Savage . IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND AN ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY INTO TIBET CAPTURE BY THE TIBETAN LAMAS AND SOLDIERS, IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE AND ULTIMATE RELEASE
NY 1909 (1898) Harper. 2 volumes in one. Octavo, 307pp., 250pp., many small photo illustrations, large foldout map, original red cloth. Inscribed and signed by Henry Savage Landor in presentation to Rev. Minot J. Savag with kind regards and dated New York, June 25, 1910. Good plus, light cover wear, light spine end wear, front hinge tender, slight bit of spotting on fore-edges. Excellent reading! (a49936)
$195.00 Hedin, Sven . A CONQUEST OF TIBET
NY 1934 Fourth Printing, Dutton. Large octavo, 400pp., text illustrations, red cloth. VG, thin stain on front, some foxing and stains on endpapers, light wear, no DJ. (a48157)
$24.00 Newark Museum . CATALOGUE OF THE TIBETAN COLLECTION AND OTHER LAMAIST ARTICLES VOLUME 1
Newark 1971 reprint of 1950 1st ed. With revised Addenda and Errata. 8vo., 62pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. Volume 1 only: (a46090)
$25.00 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Holmes, Peter . MOUNTAINS AND A MONASTERY
London 1958. 189pp., index. Buddhist monastery in Tibet. VG in VG DJ. (a20767)
$30.00 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 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 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 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 Huc, M. . TRAVELS IN TARTARY, THIBET AND CHINA DURING THE YEARS 1844-5-6 (2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
London no date (mid 19th century) Office of the National Illustrated Library. Translated from the French by W. Hazlitt. Two volumes. Hardcover. Small octavos, 293pp., 304pp.,illustrated with 50 engravings on wood, foldout map, embossed yellowish cloth with full gilt decorated spines. Owner bookplate (Wilbur Franklin Howell). A very few very light vertical pencil lines outside of text. Good, inner hinges just starting to crack, covers a bit worn. (a80413)
$165.00 Bacot, J, . A TRAVERS LE TIBET ORIENTAL
Paris 1911. Article on pp. 241-248 with 6 double page color maps and photo illustrations in single complete issue of La Geographie Bullein de la Societe de Geographie. Several additional articles in issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus, light chipping on spine. Text clean and no ownership marks. (a78233a)
$35.00 Stevenson, Paul Huston . NOTES ON THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHINESE-TIBETAN BORDERLAND
1932. Article at pp.599-616, photo illustrations, removed fromThe Geographical Review and rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a77885)
$35.00 (oriental art) . THE MUSEUM JOURNAL VOLUME V, NO. 1. MARCH 1914
1914 University of Pennsylvania. Single issue of this journal. Articles on Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Chinese Ceramics, Tibetan art. Large octavo, original illustrated wraps. Good plus. (a77874)
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