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
Central Asia
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 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
Gandhari Dharmapada.
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
The Gobi Desert.
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
The Silk Road on Land and Sea.
Beijing. China Pictorial Publishing. 1989. Maps, profuse colour photographic plates, 31.7 x 23.5cm, 303pp, colour photographic pictorial boards with clear plastic wrappers a little browned. 32 x 23.5cm. Looks at the history of the Silk Road and the different routes that were favoured over the years. Includes the central route..... More
The 'Overland' to China.
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
On the Trail of Genghis Khan. An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads.
London. Bloomsbury. 2013. Endpaper and in text maps, colour photographic plates, viii + 509pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. "The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth..... More
On the Trail of Genghis Khan. An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads.
London. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2013. Maps, colour photographic plates, viii + 509pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the..... More
Some Remarks on the Dating of the Secret History of the Mongols.
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
Religions of the Silk Road. Premodern Patterns of Globalization.
New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2010. Second Edition. Map, xiii + 190 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback covers little faded, a very good copy. "Drawing on the latest research and scholarship, this newly revised and updated edition of Religions of the Silk Road explores the majestically fabled cities and exotic peoples..... More
The Lost Camels of Tartary. A Quest into Forbidden China.
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
Genghis Khan. Conqueror of the World.
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
Der Wandernde See.
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
Genghis Khan.
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
Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China 1844-1846.
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
The Desert Road To Turkestan.
Methuen & Co., 1928. First Edition. Endpaper maps, Black and white photographic frontispiece and 47 illustrations, xiv + 331pp and 8 pages of publisher's adverts, appendices, index. Tan cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine and in blind on the upper board some faint mottling, head & tail..... More
The Great Wall Revisited From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head.
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
The Secret History of Genghis Khan.
London. Peter Davies. 1969. Endpaper maps, frontispiece, xxii + 232pp, notes, bibliography, index, coloured pencil markings on endpapers, dustjacket very worn with notable loss and markings, a sound secondhand hardback copy. Largely based on the account of Genghis Khan's life written some years after his death by Shigikutuku. When referring..... More
The New Great Game. Blood and Oil in Central Asia.
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
Free from All Curses. The Story of Kublai Khan.
Sydney. Wolseley House. 1983. Map, frontispiece, 419pp, prior owner's inscription front free endpaper, a little soiling fore edge, dustjacket little shelf worn and faded, still overall a good hardback copy. Biography of Kublai Khan. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179755. More
Xanadu. Marco Polo and Europe's discovery of the East.
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
The Life and Times of Genghis Khan.
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
Big Tiger and Christian.
London. Jonathan Cape. 1966. Reprint. Introduction by Peter Fleming. Translated. Map, black and white line illustrations by Rafaello Busoni, 558pp, glossary, covers trifle shelf worn, prior owner's name front free endpaper, a good hardback copy. A novel set in the Gobi Desert. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Murder in Samarkand. A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of a Tyrannical Regime Within the War on Terror.
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