Memorable Memories of Bhutan. Land of the Drukpas.
New Delhi. LiFi Publications. 2021. 104pp, notes and references. Hardback with dustjacket, in very good condition, 21.2 x 15cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215323. More
New Delhi. LiFi Publications. 2021. 104pp, notes and references. Hardback with dustjacket, in very good condition, 21.2 x 15cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215323. More
Beijing: China Pictorial Publishing. 2003. Coloured illustrations throughout, 207pp, all edges gilt, very good copy in little marked dustjacket. 29.5 x 22.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 155221. More
Kathmandu. Mandala Book Point. 1993. Translated by Margaret Stein. Maps, black and white line illustrations, 194pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, neat pencil notes throughout text, covers little shelf worn and marked, a sound secondhand paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179285. More
Lausanne. La Guilde du livre. 1974. Profuse black and white and colour illustrations, 160pp, index, bibliography, pen inscription half title, endpapers and edges foxed, head of spine two closed tears, otherwise a sound paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161144. More
Dharamsala. Library of Tibetan Works & Archives. 1983. Black and white illustrations, 75pp, foxing endpapers, wrappers little worn and foxed around edges, a sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 158866. More
India: Vision Books Pvt.Ltd ,India, 2007. 232pp, appendices, bibliography, index, very good in dustjacket with very slightly faded spine. When referring to this item please quote stockid 128230. More
Oslo. Norwegian University Press. 1986. Black and white plates and frontispiece, 312pp, margin one leaf heavily creased, dustjacket faded, a good hardback copy. Papers include: Development of mental complexity as suffering in Samkhya and Buddhism - Jens Braarvig; A Kafir on the Kafir life cycle - Knut Kristiansen; The 'Water-Miracle'..... More
Kathmandu, Mandala Book Point. 2009. Revised Edition. Black and white colour illustrations, xv + 603pp, bibliography, indexes, very good paperback copy in dustjacket. "The book opens with some studies of previously unknown royal edicts that shed light on early Buddhist practices testifying to the expansion of the Tibetan Empire (Part..... More
New Delhi. Himalayan Books. 1985. Maps, mostly black and white illustrations with some colour, 219pp, bibliography, appendices, index, stamps title page and lower endpapers, some foxing edges, dustjacket minor closed tears at head of spine and lower corner upper cover, otherwise a good copy inside. When referring to this item..... More
London. John Murray. 1996. Maps, black and white illustrated plates, xv + 571pp, bibliography, index, light shelf wear to covers, spine a little creased, good paperback copy. First published as 'When Men and Mountains Meet' (1977) and 'The Gilgit Game' (1970). When referring to this item please quote stockid 212772..... More
Berkeley. Parallax Press. 1991. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 382pp, appendices, corners bumped edges rubbed, a good paperback copy. An "International Year of Tibet" book. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152097. More
Leiden. Brill. 2009. xv + 612pp plus 3 pages of publisher's adverts. Unread and as new . A very good copy. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/8. "The present work, a grammar of Dhimal, fills an important void in the documentation of the vast..... More
San Francisco. HarperSanFrancisco. 1993. Maps, xx + 405pp, bibliography, list of sources, very light wear dustjacket, very good hardback copy. "This first-ever English translation of the major Gnostic texts from Asia is a vital discovery that reveals a new expression of Christianity as it blended with the mystical religions of..... More
Leiden. E.J. Brill. 1978. Black and white photographic plates, ix + 28 + xlviiipp, selected bibliography, paperback, edges a little worn, corners creased, few spots in text but generally good. 26 x 18.5cm. Looks at the religious icons of Nepal with a focus on symbolism and architecture through photography. When..... More
Quebec. World Heritage Press. 1997. Black and white line illustrations, viii + 230pp, index, slightly sunned spine, very good paperback copy. "Constructing Tibetan Culture provocatively explores the numerous ways in which Tibet has been represented to the outside world in the past and present." Publisher's description. When referring to this..... More
Delhi. The Jayed Press. 1973. Reprint. 204pp + 40pp, appendix, edges trifle browned and foxed, cloth boards little shelf worn with a slightly faded spine, a good hardback copy. 28.5 x 22.2cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179914. More
Kathmandu. Vajra Books. 2018. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 242pp, bibliography. Bright green ribbon bookmark, tail of spine little bumped, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215521. More
New Delhi. All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet. (c. 1994). Map, 249pp,, spine worn, small quarto, a sound paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152108. More
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1981. Maps, black and white illustrations, 225pp, index, foxing page edges, dustjacket worn and soiled, stamp front free endpaper, a sound hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 158906. More
Canberra. Australian National University Press. 1973. Maps, xi + 113pp, spine and section of upper cover faded, a good paperback copy. 15.3 x 23.5cm. Asian Publication Series No. 3. "This book contains detailed studies of two aspects of the history of the Sino-Indian border. The first shows how some historical..... More
London. William Heinemann. 1898. 2 volumes, Large colour folding map of Southern Tibet showing author's route and return journey. Volume I: xx + 320pp; Volume II: xvi + 263pp, each volume with photogravure frontispiece, 8 colour plates (including frontispiece volume II), 45 black and white plates and text illustrations throughout..... More
London. The Cresset Press. 1963. ix + 241 pp, black and white photographic illustrations, foxing to front and back free endpapers and edges, price-clipped dustjacket worn with loss, otherwise a good copy. An account of a visit to Tibet and the author's views on how to reconcile the ancient culture..... More
Paris. Missions Étrangères de Paris and Les Indes Savantes. 2001. 2 volumes. Volume I: vii + 470 pp. Volume II: Map, 440pp, appendix. Father Launay's work on the Foreign Missions in Tibet, retracing the history of European attempts at evangelising in the region. An invaluable record of the customs and..... More
London. Hay House. 2011. xi + 249pp, glossary, very good in paperback. 21.2 x 13.6cm. "Tucked away in the eastern end of the Himalayas lies Bhutan - a tiny, landlocked country bordering China and India. Impossibly remote and nearly inaccessible, Bhutan is rich in natural beauty, exotic plants and animals..... More
London. Secker & Warburg. 1970. Maps, 350pp, bibliography, index, torn dustjacket little faded along spine as usual now protected, edges lightly foxed, a good hardback copy. The author discusses the history of Central Asia describing, among other things, the Silk route, the building of the Great Wall, the fall of..... More