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..... 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
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, same year of publication. 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..... 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
New York. Arno Press. 1967. Folding map, black and white illustrations, xiv + 471pp, appendix, index, dustjacket trifle worn, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178104. More
Reprinted from Monumenta Serica. Offprint in original card stapled wrappers, 185 - 206pp. Inscribed by the author to "Otto" [van der Sprenkel] upper corner. Very good. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173498. 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
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 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. Frances Lincoln Limited. 2007. Well presented, colour photographic illustrations including reproductions of old photographs of the wall, fold out panoramas one showing the wall in 1922 (first published in the National Geographic February 1923) and the other the wall in 2005. 291pp, index, dustjacket, oblong hardback. Small barely visible..... More
New York. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2003. Endpaper maps, 287pp, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167682. 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
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
Ireland. Scottish Academic Press. 1983. Maps and plans, black and white illustrations, xix + 239pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, glossary, reverse of dustjacket a little foxed, very good hardback copy. "This account, which brings to life an important, through distressing episode in British Imperial history, is based on Pottinger's letters..... 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
London. Hamlyn. 1967. Colour illustrations, 229pp, page edges lightly browned throughout, foxed upper and lower edge of cloth covers, dustjacket extremities worn, now protected; a good hardback copy. Tales from Central Asia. When referring to this item please quote stockid 159982. More