London. Jonathan Cape. 1991. Map, black and white illustrations, xviii + 238pp, page edges browned, notes, index, dustjacket spine faded, upper edge foxed, otherwise a good hardback copy. Based on the post-graduate research of Professor Anthony Verrier, this book proposes a radical departure from the previously accepted history behind the... More
London. Century. 1983. Reprint. Introduction by Robin Hanbury-Tenison. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxxiii + 384pp, index, appendices, minor wear paperback extremities, small crease lower cover, a good paperback copy. Isabella Bird's travels through the Malay Peninsula in the 1870s. Originally published in 1883. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161133). More
Illinois. Northwestern University. 2006. Maps, black and white line illustrations as well as colour plates, xvi + 316pp, notes, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. In 1774, British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet... More
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1990. Maps, black and white illustrations, i + 121 pages, glossary, paperback covers rubbed and worn in places, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161131). More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1990. Maps, including endpaper maps, black and white illustrations and figures, xxii + 829pp, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, foxed upper edge, very good hardback copy. "Mesocosm is a study of Hinduism in its most fully realized form as a symbolic system for organizing the... More
Dharamsala. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. 1989. xv + 176pp, note, indices, edges foxed, paperback extremities light wear, a good copy otherwise. Hagiography of Kr̥ṣṇācārya, 7th cent., a tantric adept. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161128). More
Boston. Shambhala Publications Inc, 2013. 158pp, upper edge faintly foxed, a very good paperback copy. The Kalachakra, or "Wheel of Time," is one of the most profound and sublime of the Buddhist tantric systems. It is an intricate interweaving of astrology, eschatology, physiology, and yoga into a meditational path system... More
Boston. Shambhala. 1987. Reissue. Black and white line drawings, index, 250pp, foxed edges, paperback spine and cover edges discoloured, a good copy otherwise. "The now classic Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism is the record of two series of lectures given by Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970-71. "First discussed are the various ways... More
Dharamsala. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. 1983. xix, 128pp, notes, bibliography, upper right corner bumped, foxed upper edge, spine faded, a good paperback copy otherwise. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161125). More
Memoirs of the Kern Institute No. 1. Brill. Leiden. 1955. Folding map, illustrations, xiii + 121pp, pictorial upper cover, paper covered boards marked and worn at corners and head and tail of spine, cloth spine torn with a little loss along joints, backstrip laid down. A clean secondhand copy. From... More
United Kingdom. Thames & Hudson. 1997. 298 illustrations, 81 in colour, 248pp, glossary, index, bibliography, a very good cloth bound hardback copy. "The Padshahnama (History of the Emperor)", written by Abd al-Hamid Lahori, is one of the greatest works made for the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, the builder of the... More
Ulan-Bator. State Publishing House. 1986. Text in four languages (Mongolian, English, French and Spanish) followed by 192 full page colour plates, dustjacket, upper corners lightly bumped with some foxing, otherwise a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161121). More
United States: China Books & Periodicals. 1988. Maps, colour illustrations, 362pp, appendices, index, some light wear dustjacket extremities with small closed tear upper edge, a very good hardback copy. 33 x 26cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161119). More
Italy: Jaca Books. 2006. Map, 112 colour illustrations, 240pp, bibliography, appendix, index, dustjacket little rubbed, a very good hardback copy. 31 x 24cm. The subtitle of this book is Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals and Art in Tibet 600-2000 A.D. and in it Amy Heller places the artwork within... More
Geneva. Nagel. 1963. Colour and black and white illustrations, 58pp, foxed edges and endpapers, dustjacket extremities soiled and worn, inside a good copy. 34 x 26cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161117). More
United States: Himalayan Academy Publications, 1993. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxxv + 968pp, bibliography, indices, a very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161112). More
London. Heinemann. 1972. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, bibliography, index, dustjacket spine faded, foxed edges, stamp from previous owner front free endpaper, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161111). More
Macdonald. 1951. Third impression. Black and white and colour illustrations, 238pp, appendix, index, dustjacket worn chipped edges, now protected; some foxing edges, a good hardback otherwise. Account of author's experiences and observations while on a trek to Lhasa. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161110). More
Karachi. Oxford University Press. 1987. Fourth impression. Folding map, black and white illustrations by A.D. McCormick, xx + 658pp, dustjacket few small closed tears, now protected; some light foxing edges and front free endpapers, a good hardback copy. Originally published in 1896. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161109). More
New York. Simon & Schuster. 1968. Reprint. Illustrations, 352pp, minor damage dustjacket, now protected, pages and endpapers foxed, a good hardback copy otherwise. History, religion & people of Tibet by Dalai Lama's elder brother. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161108). More
Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1982. 217pp, page edges little foxed, dustjacket single closed tear upper edge with overall some soiling, a good hardback copy otherwise. Translation of: La puissance du néant. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161107). More
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Tokyo. 淡交新社. Showa 43 [1968]. Profuse black and white illustrations with a few in colour, 230pp, some faint foxing upper edge, dustjacket protected with original plastic wrapper, a very good hardback copy. This title presents the social life and customs of the Ainu people living in Hokkaido. Shown through excellent... More
Boston. Wisdom Publications. 1991. Colour illustrations, 511pp, appendices, bibliography, notes, lightly foxed edges, a very good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161105). More
Dharamsala. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. 1981. 174pp, foxing edges, paperback covers some light wear, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161104). More
