The Way to Xanadu.
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1993. Maps, xiii + 194pp, dustjacket shelf worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179776. More
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1993. Maps, xiii + 194pp, dustjacket shelf worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179776. More
Hong Kong. Antiques Advisory Board, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau. 1997. Colour photographic illustrations, 78pp. Parallel text in traditional Chinese characters and English. 29.8 x 19cm. A very good copy in stapled wrappers. When referring to this item..... More
Lahore. Government of West Pakistan. 1961. Second Edition. Black and white illustrations, xi + 317pp, appendices. Small annotations in pencil some leaves, prior owner's details front free endpaper, leaves and edges evenly browned, some gatherings protruding slightly but binding is still sound, a good copy in red cloth. When referring..... More
Karachi. Oxford University Press. 1973. Reprint. Three volumes. Volume I: xl + 356pp. Little light pencilling some leaves. Volume II: xvii + 473pp in creased dustjacket. Volume III: Folding map at rear, xix + 357pp, index. All volumes: Black and white pictorial illustrations. A good hardback set in slipcase. When..... More
Karachi. Oxford University Press. 1975. Reprint. Three volumes. Introduction by James Lunt. Volume I: xl + 356pp. Volume II: xvii + 473pp. Rear endpaper adhered to dustjacket flap. Volume III: xix + 357pp. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. All volumes: Black and white frontispiece, edges and endpapers a little browned..... More
Karachi. Oxford University Press. 1973. [Reprint]. Folding map, black and white illustrations, xix + 357pp. Oxford Historical Reprints. Signature and stamps of prior owners front free endpaper, horizontal closed tear one leaf, edges foxed, dustjacket worn and marked, overall a good secondhand copy. Third volume of Alexander Burnes' Travels into..... More
Bangkok. 1985. Reprint. 240pp, lower cover chipped with a little loss to paper covering at upper edge and head and tail of spine, extremities a little rubbed, good hardback copy. 15.5 x 11cm. Text in French. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213018. More
(Circa 1801). Engraving 12.3 x 17.5 cm; 19.9 x 25.1 cm (sheet including plate-mark and caption), lower margins spotted, lower corner creased, in good condition. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178385. More
London. G. Nicol. April 12, 1796. Copper-plate engraving, 24 x 35.3cms (image); 26.7x 36.7cms (sheet), sheet age-toned and margins worn (small chip from lower left corner, not affecting the image) two spots of browning in the sky (very faint), the image in good condition. An elegant composition after drawings by..... More
Delhi. Sri Satguru Publications. 1980. New Edition , Enlarged and Corrected. Volume I only. 127pp + xxviii appendix. 28 x 21cm. Decorated linen covered boards, title page has some light foxing, but a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 216144. More
Sydney. Hordern House for the Australian National Maritime Museum, 1996. Facsimile Edition. Portrait frontispiece, large folding chart of the South Pacific Ocean, 47, (iv), xxxi +103pp, six large folding plates at the rear. Quarter calf with marbled boards, spine sunned else a near fine copy. 21 x 12.5cm. First printed..... More
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press. n.d. (c. 1975). xvi + 399pp, index, notes, fore edge, lower endpaper some neat annotation in ink, and reverse of worn dustjacket a little foxed, good hardback copy. "The confrontation of the world's oldest and most populous society with the task of modernization and..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1977. Reprint. 340pp, index, paperback, minor wear corners. Good copy. Looks at the efforts in China to achieve rapid modernization in the 25 years following 1949. When referring to this item please quote stockid 96858. More
London. G. Nicol. April 12, 1796. Large format engraving 23.7 x 35.4 cm; 35.5 x 45.4 cm (sheet including caption and platemark), spots of browning to the image (affecting the sky) and marginal foxing, corners a little browned, the sheet a little dusty, but a strong dark impression in very..... More
(London.): ( 1796). Large format engraving 23.9 x 35.9 cm; 35.9 x 46 cm (sheet including caption and platemark), spots of browning to the image (affecting the sky) and marginal foxing, old paper abrasions to the verso, the sheet a little creased and dusty, but a strong dark impression in..... More
London. G. Nicol. April 12, 1796. Large format engraving 29.9 x 45 cm; 37 x 50 cm (sheet trimmed to the platemark), spots of browning to the image (mainly affecting the sky ) and marginal foxing, corners a little toned, old paper repair affecting the caption only (no loss), the..... More
(London.): ( 1796). Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cm (plus caption and margins), spots of browning to the image, two sealed edge tears one affecting the caption and the upper edge of the image (without loss), two old paper repairs to the margin, the sheet a little creased and..... More
London. G.Nicol. April 12, 1796. Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cms; 40.3 x 55.3 cms (inc. caption and platemark), margins dusty and spotted and residue from previous backing to the verso, now attractively preserved loose in a window mount, a strong dark impression in good condition. Detailed and elegant..... More
(London.): ( 1796). Large format engraving 30.1 x 45.3 cm (plus caption and margins), a few spots of browning to the image, two sealed edge tears one affecting the caption and foot of the image (without loss), the sheet a little creased and dusty, but a strong dark impression in..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus Press. 2002. Reprint. Foldout map inserted back cover, black and white photographic plates, lii + 302pp, pho language excercises and vocabulary, index, bookseller's chop front free endpaper, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180636. More
London. Dodd, Mead, & Company. n.d. ( 1890). First American Edition. Folding map of South-Western China showing the journeys of Alexander Hosie, black and white photographic frontispiece with tissue-guard and 6 illustrations, xxxiv + 302pp, index, 4 pages of publisher's adverts. Decorated blue cloth covered boards with a design representing..... More
[London]. George Philip & Son. No date. (circa 1937). Very large, handsome coloured linen backed map 167.5 x 114.5cm, folds into cloth boards 29.5 x 24.5cm. Scale 1:3,000,000 or 48 miles to an inch. Marbled front free endpaper creased and torn with some loss. Ribbon ties detached, cloth soiled, corners..... More
London. Dauphin Publishing. 1992. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 112pp, bibliography, glossary, index. 30 x 23.5cm. A very good hardback in dustjacket. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a small label indicating the collection number on the spine. When referring to this item please quote stockid 221712... More
Delhi. The Jayed Press. 1973. Reprint. 204pp + 40pp, appendix, edges trifle browned and foxed, cloth boards little shelf worn with a slightly faded spine, a good hardback copy. 28.5 x 22.2cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179914. More