Meeting with the XIV Dalai Lama. Environment and Different Cultures with the same Objective of Peace.
Rome: Palazzo Giustiniani. 1993. 23pp, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 159557. More
Tibet
A Survey of Tibet.
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
A Situation Analysis Report on "Girls Trafficking in Sindhupalchowk". Mahankal and Inchowk Village Development Committee.
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
Bhutan. Kingdom in the Himalaya.
New Delhi. Lustre Press. 1999. Reprint. Profusely illustrated throughout, 96pp, dustjacket, very good copy. Quarto. Tucked away in the eastern Himalaya, between the riverine plains of India and the cold, arid Tibetan plateau, Bhutan is the country of dreams, dragons, legends and staggering landscapes. This title aims to bring alive..... More
Bhutan. Kingdom in the Himalaya.
New Delhi. Lustre Press. 2000. Reprint. Profusely illustrated throughout, 96pp, dustjacket little worn at edges, very good copy. Tucked away in the eastern Himalaya, between the riverine plains of India and the cold, arid Tibetan plateau, Bhutan is the country of dreams, dragons, legends and staggering landscapes. This title aims..... More
Medicine between Science and Religion. Explorations on Tibetan Grounds.
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
Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas. An Ethnography of Himalayan Encounters.
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
Beyond Lines of Control. Performing Borders in Ladakh, India.
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
The Kingdom at the Centre of the World Journeys into Bhutan
New Delhi. Aleph. 2013. 213pp, very clean hardback copy in good condition. Dustjacket slightly abraded in one place 22.3 x 14.4cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215112. More
The Song of King Gesar.
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
The Way to Xanadu.
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1993. Maps, xiii + 194pp, dustjacket shelf worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179776. More
Knowing Dil Das. Stories of a Himalayan Hunter.
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
The Festivals of Nepal.
Calcutta. Rupa. 1988. Reprint. Colour photographic plates, 288pp, bibliography, index, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 148837. More
Trekking in the Himalayas.
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
Profusion de la vaste sphѐre. Klong-chen rab-'byams (Tibet, 1308-1364). Sa vie, son œuvre, sa Doctrine.
Paris. The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture. 2007. xix + 706pp, bibliography, indices, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Text in French. An examination of Longchenpa, prominent 14th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178956. More
In Exile from the Land of Shadows.
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
Glimpses of Bhutan.
No Place of Publication. Somali Smruti Smita. 1999. Two colour photographic illustrations, 66pp. Cover worn and endpapers appear to be glue stained as issued. Otherwise in sound condition, hardback with dustjacket, 22 x 14.3cm. A brief overview of many facets of Bhutan; the people, language, dress, judiciary system, religion, social..... More
From the Land of Lost Content. The Dalai Lama's Fight for Tibet.
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
Resistance and Reform in Tibet.
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
Inside the Treasure House. A Time in Tibet.
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
The History of Central Asia. Volume I. The Age of the Steppe Warriors.
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
The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang by the Shaman Hwui Li with an Introduction Containing an Account of the Works of I-Twing.
New Delhi: Low Price Publications. 2008. Reprint. xlvii + 218pp, some foxing on endpapers, cover a little bumped and worn, some browning, a cheaply produced hardback in fair condition. History of the early life of Hiuen Tsiang and his travels in India. First published in London 1911. When referring to..... More
Ultimate Journey. Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment.
New York. Knopf. 2001. Reprint. Maps, black and white frontispiece, xi + 352pp, index, light foxing reverse of slightly shelf worn dustjacket, spine of dustjacket little faded, tiny remainder mark lower edge, still a good clean and bright hardback copy. "In 629, the revered Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang set out..... More
The Mongol Empire. Genghis Khan: His Triumph and his Legacy.
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