London. Jonathan Cape. 1993. Paperback edition. Map, 12pp colour and 4 black & white illustrations, 256pp, bibliography, a good paperback copy with slightly faded spine and rubbing on extremities. Audrey Salkeld crossed Tibet with a television film crew and a party of ambitious young climbers in 1986 to find Mount..... More
London. H.M.S.O., 1976. Second impression. Profuse black and white photographic illustrations, 118pp, index, paperback covers worn, a sound copy. 21 x 13cm. A summary of the Tibetan art collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, featuring Buddhist T'angkas, sculptures of deities, musical instruments and weaponry. Each item is accompanied by..... More
Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. First edition. Duotone frontispiece with bold monotone line illustrations throughout 98pp, lower cover bottom edge and spine little faded with some foxing upper edge of leaves, prior owner's signature half-title, slightly faded covers, some markings upper fore-edge, a good hardback copy. 23 x...... More
United Kingdom: Pan Macmillan. 1998. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 342pp, photographic illustrated endpapers, very good hardback copy. 23.4 x 15.3cm. By the former Chairman of the Conservative Party and the last Governor of Hong Kong, this work offers an analysis of the Asian phenomenon and the future..... More
India. Prithivi Prakashan. 1984. [Reprint]. Black and white photographic illsutrations, 38pp + unpaginated plates, hinge just starting to crack front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, spine of cover rubbed with a little loss, dustjacket covers worn, still a good hardback copy. A reprint od the 1936 publication. (When referring to..... More
New Delhi. Jayaprints. 1983. Black and white maps, 239pp, pictorial endpapers, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, good hardback copy in dustjacket with slight signs of wear. 25 x 18cm. "This book is about the maps of India from earliest times until the accurate surveys of the nineteenth century. In..... More
Cologne. Taschen. 2001. Profuse colour illustrations, 192pp, text in English, French, and German, very good paperback copy with slight rubbing on extremities. Contents include; landscapes, houses, and interiors. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170456). More
New Delhi. Asian Educational Services. 1990. Reprint. 229pp, index, corrigenda, good hadback copy with gilt lettering. First published in 1921. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170455). More
London. Picador. 2002. Paperback edition. xxxiv + 638pp, printer's mark, good paperback copy with a touch of wear on covers. Authors in this volume include: Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Vikran Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Salman Rushdie and many more. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170454). More
London. Oxford University Press, 1965. xix + 217pp, bibliography, dustjacket spine a little faded and closed tear at head of spine, still a good hardback copy. "The first half of this book examines the way in which Edmund Burke became convinced that the East India Company had perpetrated great crimes..... More
Delhi. Aakar Books. 2007. 496pp, index, bibliography, corners lightly bumped, still a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "In the present work, The Foundations of the Composite Culture in India, the focus of the author is the process of establishment of Hindu-Muslim unity as a result of historical, social and..... More
Bombay. Asia Publishing. 1967. 271pp, weakening between gatherings in one place, spine of covers a little faded, price-clipped dustjacket rubbed and a little torn on extremities, internally sound and clean. "The Kashmir issue has now been hanging in the balance for eighteen years. Many people wonder why this should be..... More
Connecticut. Elliot's Books. 1975. [Reprint]. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 209pp, touch of foxing endpapers, good hardback copy with gilt lettering. A reprint of the report by the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations in Rome, 1957. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Edinburgh. Birlinn. 2016. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 288pp, index, notes, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "In 1947, when India achieved independece, Britain portrayed the transfer (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170448). More
London. Thames & Hudson. 1996. Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographic plates, 142pp, very good in dustjacket with slight rubbing on extremities. This most attractive book offers an overview of the gold jewelery of Tibet and Nepal - a luxury reserved for the wealthy and powerful..... More
Cologne. Taschen. 2003. Map, profuse coloured full-page and double-spread illustrations, 320pp, bibliography, glossary, slight ink offset from illustration title-page, slight rubbing on extremities with tear on lower cover left-hand corner. Still a good to very good copy. 26.5 x 20cm. "...a work that incorporates the myriad cultures, religions and lifestyles..... More
London. John Murray. 2008. 471pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. The first book in the Ibis triology. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 168713). More
United States. Privately Printed. 1939. Line illustrations, 93pp, inscription front free endpaper, Author's name written on spine, good hardback copy. 17.5 x 12cm. A compilation of translated Tibetan chants. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 168020). More
c1904. Full original colour map measuring 50 x 34cm. Excellent condition. In the upper left corner is Bhotan, now Bhutan, described as an " Unsurveyed country inhabited by native tribes." Anam is a former kingdom and French protectorate along the East coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam. (When..... More
London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. 1st Edition. Folding map of a portion of Kashmir and adjacent states, b/w frontispiece with browned tissue guard and 26 full-page illustrations, as well as numerous illustrations throughout the text. Dark green cloth covered boards with titles in gilt and elaborate pictorial gilt stamped..... More
New York. Rubin Museum of Art. 2012. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 320pp, endnotes, bibliography, index, hardback, 31 x 23.5cm, very good copy. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition on the Tenth Karmapa (1604-1674) and his art work at the Rubin Museum of Art. His artistic style is..... More
New York. Rubin Museum of Art. 2014. Map, colour photographic illustrations, xi + 236pp, appendix, bibliography, index, hardback, 31 x 23.5cm, very good copy. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition in New York and Illinois in 2015. The book covers Buddhist art of Kashimir and Western Himalayas..... More
c1896. Full original colour map measuring 50 x 34cm. 2 tiny closed tears on the lower margin, else fine. In the upper left corner is Bhotan, now Bhutan, is described as an " Unsurveyed country inhabited by native tribes." Anam is a former kingdom and French protectorate along the East..... More
Beijing: Morning Glory Publishers. 2000. 5 volumes. Volume I Prehistoric Age and Tubo Period: 224pp. Volume II The Period of Separatist Regimes: 326pp. Volume III Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty: 317pp. Volume IV Qing Dynasty: 277pp. Volume V Qing Dynasty and the Repblic of China: 245pp, index, chrolonogy. All volumes..... More
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上海.[Shanghai]. 上海辞书出版社.[Shanghai ci shu chu ban she]. 2004. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Maps, coloured illustrations, 197pp, minor wears at extremities, overall very good. Text in Chinese. 25.1 x 26.1cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170326). More
