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

London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Reprint. 2 maps (1 folding), 3 colour plates, many black and white photographic illustrations, 303pp, upper cover of dustjacket and section of text from dustjacket laid down preliminary leaves, a prior owner's bookplate front pastedown, good copy in dark blue cloth. 4 handwritten pages commenting..... More

New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. 1999. 4 coloured foldout maps, 36 black and white Illustrations, xii + 465p, index, hardback with gilt cover, lightly bumped extremities, very good copy. First published in London 1900. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 166845). More

London. Little Brown. 1998. First edition. Endpaper maps, black and white map, photographic coloured plates, xiii + 240pp, index, bibliography, miniscule tear lower bottom dustjacket, slightly faded spine, covers little water marked, good hardback copy in price clipped dustjacket. This narrative reveals the author's experiences on three expeditions to the..... 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. Secker & Warburg. 1970. Maps, 350pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket little faded along spine as usual, 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 Constantinople and the conquest of all..... More

北京.[Beijing]. 民族出版社.[Min zu chu ban she]. Map, colour photographic illustrations throughout, 143pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Text in Chinese, English and Japanese. 29.2 x 22cm. The Niya Ruins are an archaeological site located in the Talamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region along the ancient silk road..... More

New York. American Museum of Natural History. 2011. Fold out coloured maps, fold out illustration, coloured illustrations, 260pp, index, a very good hardback copy with lightly bumped upper spine. 24 x 26 cm. "Globalisation may be a recent phenomenon, but the international exchange of goods and ideas has its origins..... More

London. Thames & Hudson. 1975. Maps, 320pp, notes, index, bibliography, glossary, hardback, dustjacket a little faded with a little light shelf wear, top edge lightly foxed, very good copy. The author concentrates on modern Chinese relations with Inner Asia and for this purpose he devotes the first part of his..... More

Tokyo: Kodansha International. 1992. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xix +219 pages, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket slightly rubbed and browned on extremities, otherwise a very good copy. Toward the end of the thirteenth century, at about the time Marco Polo was being received by the great Khubilai Khan, a...... More

London. Royal Geographical Society. Vol. LXV No. 5. May1925. Folding colour map of Lop Desert and adjacent parts of the Tarim Desert, black and white photographic plates, viii advertisements + 378 - 472pp, original wrappers lightly foxed in places, head and tail of spine chipped with loss. This issue of..... More

Almaty. Vox Populi. 2010. Endpaper maps, colour illustrations, 249pp, a very good but slightly well travelled paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157227). More