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
Central Asia
The Mongol Empire. Genghis Khan: His Triumph and his Legacy.
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
Gandhari Dharmapada.
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
The Road to Oxiana.
London. The Folio Society. 2000. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 329pp, index. As new hardback copy with beautifully designed covers in slipcase. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219828. More
The Silk Road on Land and Sea.
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. Looks at the history of the Silk Road and the different routes that were favoured over the years. Includes the central route..... More
On the Trail of Genghis Khan. An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads.
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
On the Trail of Genghis Khan. An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads.
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
Genghis Khan. Conqueror of the World.
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
The Unknown Hsuan-tsang.
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
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丁零， 高车 与 铁勒 [Dingle, Gaoche yu Tiele]. [Dingling, Gaoche yu Tiele].
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
Across the Roof of the World: A Record of Sport and Travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkestan, Mongolia, and Siberia.
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
Genghis Khan.
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
Archaeology of Soviet Central Asia, and the Indian Borderlands. Two Volumes.
Delhi. B. R. Publishing Corporation. 1979. Two volumes. Volume I: Foreword by V. A. Ranov. xxiii + 194pp + xvii black and white photographic plates. Volume II: xxxi + 344pp + xl black and white photographic plates. Both volumes: Black and white maps and illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. 24.5 x...... More
Der Wandernde See.
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
Riddles of the Gobi Desert.
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
Genghis Khan.
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
Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China 1844-1846.
London. Routledge. 1928. 2 volumes. Volume I: Double page map, xliv + 387pp. Volume II: viii + 406pp, publisher's catalogue at rear, index. Spines lightly faded, occasional light foxing, book plate front paste down of volume I, very good. The Broadway Traveller's Series. When referring to this item please quote..... More
Roads and Rivals. The Political Uses of Access in the Borderlands of Asia.
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
The Secret History of Genghis Khan.
London. Peter Davies. 1969. Endpaper maps, frontispiece, xxii + 232pp, notes, bibliography, index, Original cloth lettered on the spine in gilt. A good clean copy in lightly worn dustwrapper. 22 x 15cm. Largely based on the account of Genghis Khan's life written some years after his death by Shigikutuku. When..... More
The Secret History of Genghis Khan.
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
Soviet Tajikistan. Советский Таджикистан.
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
Free from All Curses. The Story of Kublai Khan.
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
The Uighur Empire, according to the T'ang Dynastic Histories. A Study in Sino-Uighur Relations 744-840.
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
Forbidden Journey. From Peking to Kashmir.
London. Heinemann. 1937. [Reprint]. Maps, one folding, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 312pp, notes and index. Some browning and foxing first and last pages and edges, two pages browned, sunned spine, a good hardback copy. An account of her 3500 mile trip from Manchuria to Sinkiang (then known..... More
Xanadu. Marco Polo and Europe's discovery of the East.
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