Paris. L'Harmattan. No date. (circa1999). 382pp, some pencilling first leaves, some highlighter in index. Paperback. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171104). More
Tokyo. Walker/Weatherhill. 1983. Reprint. Black and white and colour illustrations, 87pp, cloth covered boards, colour plate laid down upper cover, hardback. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171109). More
St Lucia. University of Queensland Press. 1983. Map, black and white illustrations, xiii + 382pp, index, a prior owner's name front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy in trifle worn dustjacket. The 15 papers in this volume examine slavery and help to give a clearer picture of South east..... More
Portugal. 1982. Maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 61pp, a very good paperback copy. 24.5 x 20.3cm. Contains four articles: A Short Survey of Luso-Siamese Relations from 1511 to Modern Times - Antonio da Silve Rego; The First Portuguese Documents on Siam - Luis de Matos; A Selection of..... More
Singapore. Oxford University Press. 1991. Second impression. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white photographic images, 86pp, very good copy in hardback. 20 x 14cm. Oxford in Asia Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171106). More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1982. Reprint. xxi + 1019 + 39pp, hardback. Upper edge lower cover little bumped, spine trifle faded, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171105). More
Chiang Mai. Silkworm Books. 2004. Reprint. viii + 305pp, paperback. Spine very lightly faded, leaves evenly browned. This work brings together a collection of eighteen articles by David Wyatt, originally written between 1963 and 1988, cover the early history of Siam up to the origins of modern day Thailand. (When..... More
Bangkok. National Identity Board. 1984. Map, black and white illustrations, 61pp, paperback. Spine faded. Good copy. This work was Sunthorn Phu's first Nirat or travel poem. Written in 1807, when the poet was only 21, it was based on a trip he actually made to Muang Klaeng. (When referring to..... More
Bangkok. White Lotus. 1998. Reprint. Translated and with an Introduction by Walter E. J. Tips Map, black and white illustrations, 171pp, a prior owner's details half title, very good paperback copy. First published in French under the title Bangkok in Le Tour du Monde. (When referring to this item please..... More
Washington D.C. Kenny & Higgins Asian Art. 1983. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic plates, xiii + 48pp, colour plate laid down upper cover, 22.2 x 15.3 cm. Minor foxing to rear endpaper and contents page, bump to upper corner, price sticker mark on front cover, otherwise in very..... More
Washington D.C. Kenny & Higgins Asian Art. 1983. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic plates, xiii + 48pp, 22.2 x 15.3 cm. Minor bumping to upper corner of spine, otherwise in excellent condition. Accompaniment for private art exhibition and sale held in Washington in 1983. (When referring to this..... More
London. Hart Davis. 1953. Reprint. Translated. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Map, colour frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, xiii + 288pp, edges and price clipped dustjacket foxed, name of a prior owner partially erased front free endpaper, a good copy. The author was tutor and confidant of the young Dalai..... More
New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. Black and white photographic illustrations, index, bilbiography, notes, xiii + 334pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket, 240 x 159mm. Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. Raising his..... More
Cambridge. The University Press. 1998. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xiv + 393pp, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "A memorable and sensitive portrait of one of the greatest yet least-known explorers and archaeologists of the twentieth century. Revered in the West as the colossus of Central Asian scholarship, in..... More
Science Press np 1977, 1977. Double page sketch map showing the deserts in China, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, approximately 80pp (unpaginated), paperback, foxing on endpapers but generally very good. 25 x 22.3cm. "China Tames Her Deserts" is a brief true record of the efforts by the people..... More
New York. Kodansha. 1994. 431pp, bibliography, index, very good in dustjacket. First published in Britain in the same year under the title "On Secret Service East of Constantinople". (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171076). More
New York. Norton. 1985. First American edition. Maps, illustrations, 252pp, bibliography, index, edges trifle foxed, dustjacket browned in places, good copy. This book, the last in Peter Hopkirk's trilogy set in Central Asia, tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt between the wars to set the..... More
New York. Kodansha. 1992. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 562pp, index, upper edge a trifle soiled, spine a little faded, very good hardback copy in a dustjacket. A fascinating, and now classic account, of the European powers' fight for supremacy in Central Asia. (When referring to this..... More
Beijing. Foreign Languages Press. 1974. Folding colour map of China in rear, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, 194pp, original card covers, 25.5 x 22.6 cm. Some foxing front endpaper and title page, small closed tear to lower edge of wrapper spine, otherwise in good condition. Ostensibly..... More
New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1999. Map, colour and black and white photographic plates, xii + 212pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Neat chop of a prior owner title page. Very good. Account of the author's travels in the Gobi desert in which he captures the rich and varied culture of the..... More
Berkeley. Santa Barbara Museum of Art. 1999. Black and white full page photographic illustrations, fold out panorama on pp. 54-55, 185pp, bibliography, index, 28 cm x 26.7 cm. Rear lower paperback cover bumped, otherwise in excellent condition. Accompanying the British Army during its decisive foray into China in 1860, Felice..... More
Beijing. Beijing Publishing House. 1995. Profuse black and white photographic illustrations, 308pp, 28.4 x 21.2cm. Bilingual English and Chinese. A little minor wear and browning paperback covers otherwise in good condition. A collection of historical photos with chapters including Folk Customs, Cultures, Religions, Commerce and Industry, Personages, Famous Scenic Spots..... More
Sydney. HarperCollins. 2012. Profusely illustrated throughout with extraordinarily striking photographs, 396pp, pictorial boards, hardback. Features 3D augmented reality. In excellent condition. Published in the United States under the title of 'China: An Intimate Look at the Past and Present'. History is marked by great moments of human achievement, of epic..... More
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济南.[Jinan]. 山东画报出版社.[Shandong hua bao chu ban she]. 2002. Illustrated with reproductions of the European 19th century prints in black and white, 89pp, tipped in plate, minor wears on covers, otherwise very good hardback copy. Text in Chinese. 21.1 x 19.4cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170543)... More
Geneva. Nagel. 1969. Translated from the Russian by James Hogarth. Colour and black and white photographic plates, 250pp, index, notes, bibliography, hardback. Ancient Civilizations series. Noticeable foxing to upper edge and foxing to upper portions of both endpapers, otherwise in very good condition. A survey of the archaelogical treasures and..... More
