Map, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xi + 84pp, bibliography, index, spined sunned, still a good hardback copy with dustjacket. 21.6 x 26.1cm. "North of Tibet, bordering on Pakistan and Afghanistan, lies Xinjiang: a vast 20% of China's area, comprised of the terrible Taklamakan Desert (home to untapped..... More
Lhasa. Tibet People's Publishing House. 1987. Colour illustrations, 196pp, text in Tibetan and English, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 156694. More
Katmandu. Agroforestry, Basic Health and Cooperative. (Circa 2000). 23pp, wrappers little light foxing, a good copy otherwise. When referring to this item please quote stockid 160078. More
New York. Berghahn. 2011. Black and white illustrations, 371pp, bibliography, notes, index, front endpapers a little marked, very good copy in paperback. Epistemologies of Healing. Volume 10. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176434. More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1996. Black & white photographic illustrations, xiv + 304pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Paperback covers slightly worn, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174714. More
Durham. Duke University Press. 2004. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 305pp, notes, bibliography, index, otherwise a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179299. More
Edinburgh. Canongate. 2013. 392pp, slight rubbing on extremities, good paperback copy. "For thousands of years, bards had told the story on the grassland and in farming villages. Jigmed himself had heard it many times - the story of a hero, King Gesar. But they had been poor storytellers, who could..... More
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1993. Maps, xiii + 194pp, dustjacket shelf worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179776. More
Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2000. xvii + 193pp, index, notes, glossary, a very good paperback copy. "Knowing Dil Das is not about peasant culture but about the limits of culture and history. It is also about the moral ambiguity of writing and living in a field of power where..... More
Calcutta. Rupa. 1988. Reprint. Colour photographic plates, 288pp, bibliography, index, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 148837. More
Vercelli. White Star S.p.a., 2006. Map, colour photographic illustrations, 167pp, useful addresses, index, paperback copy in very good condition. White Star Guides series. When referring to this item please quote stockid 180643. More
Paris. The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture. 2007. xix + 706pp, bibliography, indices, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178956. More
London. Joseph. 1984. Endpaper maps, 383pp, index, foxed edges and endpapers, dustjacket little worn, a good hardback copy toherwise. This book is the product of four years travelling through the Tibetan communities of India. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161252. More
London. Thames and Hudson. 1997. Preface by Deepak Chopra, reproduced paintings by Romio Shrestha. Many colour illustrations throughout, 192pp, 31 x 23cm, bibliography. Spine faintly sunned but an excellent paperback copy. This book is a practical guide to the search for physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. The Tibetan scholar Ian..... More
London. Collins. 1969. Maps, decorative endpapers, 224pp, appendix, bibliography. Dustjacket little worn with few small chips, edges trifle foxed, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174010. More
United Kingdom: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 1994. 20 illustrations, maps, 314pp, appendix, index, small split head of spine, otherwise a good paperback copy. Much writing about Tibet and especially on Tibetan responses to Chinese communist rule has been sentimental and highly polemical. Also, many publications on recent development..... More
London. Victor Gollancz. 1990. Map, full-page, photographic colour illustrations, 221pp, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Inside the Treasure House unravels the myth of Tibet, revealing its rich heritage and its modern complexities. It is a moving portrayal of its people, their hopes, their way of life, their memories..... More
London. I.B.Tauris. 2012. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 352pp indices, bibliography, notes, 29 x 23.5cm dustjacket has a few scratch marks on the rear, else a near fine copy. "The epic plains and arid deserts of Central Asia have witnessed some of the greatest migrations, as well as many of the..... More
London. Book Club Associates. 1976. Black and white and colour photographic and line illustrations, 264pp, index, prior owner's name front free endpaper, dustjacket little shelf worn and faded, a good hardback copy. 25.5 x 17.5cm. This work "tells the story of the Mongol Empire, from the rise of Genghis Khan..... More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1996. Reprint. Foreword by the Dalai Lama. Colour photographic plates, vii + 264pp, bibliography. Ex library copy with stamps inked, upper edge trifle browned, dustjacket spine sunned, otherwise a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174020. More
London. Jonathan Cape. (Circa 1987). Maps endpapers, colour photographic illustrations, 328pp, glossary, bibliography, a prior owner's bookplate laid down front free endpaper, dustjacket priceclipped, a very good copy in hardback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 152095. 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 Zealand. Self published. 2012. Black and white illustrations, 182pp, minor wear covers otherwise very good in paperback. Inscribed by the author half titlepage. Autobiographical account of a New Zealand nurse who went to work in Nepal and share her Christian faith. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... 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
