New York. Norton. (c.1999). Maps, including colour map lower dustjacket cover, black and white illustrations, frontispiece, 16 colour photographic plates, 240pp, notes, bibliography, index, front free endpaper little marked, very good hardback copy. 24 x 18cm. "In the museums of Urumchi, the wind-swept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region..... 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
New York. Basic Books. 2010. Maps, endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 496pp, index, sources, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. The jagged peaks of the Caucasus Mountains have hosted a rich history of diverse nations, valuable trade, and incessant warfare. But today the region is best..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1937. Endpaper maps, illustrations, viii + 212pp, bright copy in worn dustjacket with a few closed tears. Very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 2648). More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1946. Reprint. 2 maps (1 folding), 3 colour plates, many photographic illustrations, 301pp, some foxing on endpapers, a series of small indentations in the margins of first leaves and a few leaves. Good copy in original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. (When referring..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Reprint. 2 maps (1 folding), 3 colour plates, many black and white photographic illustrations, 303pp, endpapers a little marked with sticker damage, good hardback copy in dark blue cloth with worn dustjacket (now protected). An account of Mildred Cable's travels with Eva and Francesca French..... More
Rainer Ottens. 1723. A most attractive map with early outline hand colour, vertical fold, barely visible diagonal crease upper half of map, few very pale small brown spots, otherwise a clean and bright image. Numbering in red pencil, few annotations in pencil and light number stamp on reverse however not..... 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
Sydney. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013. Map, colour photographic illustrations, black and white line drawings, 91pp, timeline, glossary, notes, bibliography, paperback, square octavo. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from the collection of the Shanxi Museum. The Shanxi Museum holds a...... 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
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 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. 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
London. The Folio Society. 1996. Reprint. Endpaper maps, maps, colour frontispiece and full page colour plates, 310pp, index, a very good clothbound hardback copy in card slipcase. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 170973). 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
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
London. Hamlyn. 1970. Reprint. Profuse colour illustrations, 75pp, slightest foxing reverse of dustjacket, a little rubbed extremities, a good hardback copy in dustjacket. 29.5 x 23.5cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169359). More
Australia. Pan Macmillan. 2011. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 323 pages, index, paperback with some rubbing on extremities. The remarkable story of the world's oldest printed book begins in a meditation cave on the edge of the Gobi Desert. In 1900, a monk who guarded the sacred..... 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
New York. American Museum of Natural History. 2011. Fold out coloured maps, fold out illustration, coloured illustrations, 260pp, index, a very good hardback copy. 24 x 26 cm. "Globalisation may be a recent phenomenon, but the international exchange of goods and ideas has its origins in ancient times. For much..... 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
London. Thames and Hudson. 1975. Maps, 320pp, notes, index, bibliography, glossary, hardback, price-clipped and little faded dustjacket, top edge lightly foxed, a good, internally clean copy. The author concentrates on modern Chinese relations with Inner Asia and for this purpose he devotes the first part of his book to Ming..... 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. Probsthain. (circa 1921). 3 maps, including one folding map in band at rear, black and white photographic plates, lxxxiii + 705pp, few leaves unopened, edges uncut, some foxing first leaves, original wrappers a little chipped, spine and lower cover a little foxed, very good copy. 25.5 x 16.8cm. Dedicated..... More
Varanasi. Gandhian Institute of Studies. 1966. viii + 247pp, neat annotation front free endpaper, fore edges of some leaves creased, dustjacket damaged with loss. Pakistani-Indian relations and the effects of the declaration signed in Tashkent in 1966. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 56809). More
