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
London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1976. Pictorial endpapers, profuse black and white illustrations, 264pp, chronology, index, endpapers and edges just starting to brown, very good hardback copy in dustjacket with sunned spine. This work "tells the story of the Mongol Empire, from the rise of Genghis Khan to the aftermath of..... More
India: Motilal Banarsidass. 2001. 24 black and white photographic plates, xxix + 319 + xxivpp, notes, bibliography, indices, spine of dustjacket a little faded, a good hardback copy. The manuscript, written in the first or second century A.D., is generally considered to be the oldest surviving manuscript of an Indian..... More
Beijing. China Pictorial Publishing. 1989. Maps, profuse colour photographic plates, 31.7 x 23.5cm, 303pp, colour photographic pictorial boards with clear plastic wrappers a little browned. 32 x 23.5cm. A look at the history of the Silk Road and the different routes that were favoured over the years. Includes the central..... More
London. Bloomsbury. 2013. Endpaper and in text maps, colour photographic plates, viii + 509pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. "The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth..... More
London. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2013. Maps, colour photographic plates, viii + 509pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. "The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the..... More
London. I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd., 1989. Maps, 230pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket little rubbed, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 159205. More
New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 2006. Paperback Edition. Black and white photographic plates, xxix + 184pp, appendices, bibliography, index. Top edge patchily foxed, trifle rubbed paperback covers, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223441. More
Shanghai. 上海人民出版社. [Shanghai renmin chubanshe]. 1988. Numerous black and white maps, 566pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 18.2 x 13, paperback. Wrappers trifle soiled, endpapers foxed, good copy. The Dingling, Gaoche and Tiele were ancient nomadic or semi-nomadic peoples who inhabited the steppes of Central and Northern Asia. When referring..... More
London. Constable & Company Ltd., 1911. Coloured folding map at the rear, neat repairs on the verso, numerous black & white photographic illustrations, viii + 429pp. Green decorated cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, light foxing to endpapers, edges slightly aged, head and tail of spine tender, a little..... More
London. John Lane The Bodley Head. 1937. Reprint. Two maps one folding map of 'Europe and Asia about 1210', black and white photographic frontispiece and seven plates, xiii + 285pp plus two pages publisher's adverts. Original green cloth covered boards, slightly mottled on the spine, in the original illustrated dustwrapper..... More
Leipzig. F. A. Brockhaus. 1938. 2nd Edition. Folding map at rear, black and white illustrations, black and white photographic plates, 295pp. Edges and margins evenly tanned, boards slightly foxed in places, dustjacket little worn and chipped with slight insect damage, foxed on reverse, protected by a previous owner, overall a...... More
New Delhi. Asian Educational Services. 2002. Reprint. Folding map, black and white illustrations, x + 382pp, index, hardback with pictorial upper cover, gilt lettering spine and upper cover. First published in London in 1933. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213362. More
New York. New Amsterdam. 1990. Translated. Maps, 323pp, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. In this book the author provides a picture of Genghis Khan as not just a barbarian but also a visionary statesman and strategist. The book also provides a fascinating insight into Mongol society and..... More
London. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd., 1989. Maps, xvi + 286pp, notes, bibliography, index, smattering of foxing on edges and reverse of dustjacket, otherwise a very good copy in dustjacket. A scholarly work which examines the critical importance that land routes have played in the strategic, political and economic evolution of..... More
London. Peter Davies. 1969. Endpaper maps, frontispiece, xxii + 232pp, notes, bibliography, index, coloured pencil markings on endpapers, dustjacket very worn with notable loss and markings, a sound secondhand hardback copy. Largely based on the account of Genghis Khan's life written some years after his death by Shigikutuku. When referring..... More
Moscow. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1954. Folding map at the rear, black and white photographic illustrations, coloured map endpapers, 254pp. Text in English. Tan cloth covered boards illustrated in blue and gilt, decorated chapter headings, chip to the head of the dustjacket spine and minor wear edges, now protected, prior..... More
Sydney. Wolseley House. 1983. Map, frontispiece, 419pp, prior owner's inscription front free endpaper, a little soiling fore edge, dustjacket little shelf worn and faded, still overall a good hardback copy. Biography of Kublai Khan. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179755. More
Canberra. Australian National University. 1972. Maps, plans, notes, appendices, bibliography, glossary, indices including handwritten printed characters, xiii + 187pp, typescript. Cover slightly marked, previous owner's name barely visible, signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper. A very tight clean copy in card cover, 25 x 20.2cm. This..... More
United Kingdom. Transworld. 2009. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, viii + 312 pages, index, bibliography, sticker remnants on dustjacket upper cover, otherwise very good hardback copy. "The respected historian and travel writer, John Man, tells the remarkable story of the world's most famous traveller - Marco Polo - and the moment..... More
Helsingfors. Societé Finno-Ougrienne. 1911. Folding map with outline colour, full page plate showing an old Chinese document with chops in red, 5 plates at rear with 35 black and white line and photographic illustrations showing costume, ornament and tools. 72pp including tables of anthropological measurements (7 pages) and a List..... More
Edinburgh. Mainstream. 2006. Map, colour photographic plates, 400pp, notes, bibliography, index. Name and contact details of a prior owner front free endpaper. Good hardback copy in very slightly worn dustjacket. "Craig Murray was the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Uzbekistan until he was removed from his post in October 2004 after..... More
London. Lutterworth Press. 1963. Third Impression. 1 maps, colour frontispiece, 95pp, orange cloth lettered in black on the spine, prelims and edges a trifle foxed, nice bright dustwrapper. 19 x 12cm.. An account of Mildred Cable's travels with Eva and Francesca French around the Gobi desert as itinerant missionaries in..... More
London. John Lane The Bodley Head. 1914. First Edition. Folding sketch map showing the routes followed by the authors. Black and white frontispiece and 49 photographic reproductions. xxii + 344pp, appendices, afterword and index. Brown cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine and Mongolian characters denoting the title..... More
Quetta. Gosha-e-Adab. 1977. Translated by Arthur Baring Brabant, edited by Charles E. D. Black. xxii + 235pp, index. Pakistani bookseller's stamp front free endpaper, edges trifle foxed, corners a little bumped, light wear dustjacket, a good hardback copy. This book describes the competing interests of Russia and England over Central..... More