New York. Facts on File. 1984. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 248pp, appendices, bibliography, index, dustjacket spine little sunned, some foxing first leaves, remainder mark lower edge, a good hardback copy. 27 x 20cm. Traces the formation of the Himalayas through to the explorers, scientists and climbers of..... More

Balmain. Pearlfisher. 1994. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, vii + 217pp, glossary, very good paperback copy. This book contains the personal accounts of 20 Tibetans who survived the trials and tribulations of growing up outside their homeland. Their moving stories reveal their humour and compassion, their enduring faith in..... More

New Delhi. Light & Life. New Delhi. 1978. Volume 2 only. Folding maps, black and white illustrations, colour frontispiece, 372pp, appendix, index, foxed edges and first and last leaves, dustjacket worn, binding starting following contents page, a sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159282). More

New Delhi. Light & Life. New Delhi. 1980. Volume 5 only. Folding maps, black and white illustrations, colour frontispiece, 421pp, appendix, index, foxed edges and first and last leaves, dustjacket worn, a sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159284). More

London. Collins. 1947. 3 coloured maps,illustrated with 3 colour plates by Alezandre Iacovleff and many magnificent black and white photographs showing the various peoples described in the text at work and in their local dress, xviii + 393pp, indices including indices of plants and mammals and birds, endpapers patchily browned..... More

Wiesbaden. Otto Harrassowitz. 1972. Maps, one folding, tables, graphs, one folding, 506pp, bibliography, index, minor insect damage upper corner first eight leaves, dustjacket worn, small tear head of spine, dustjacket now protected, otherwise good. Text in German. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 52936). More

London. Hutchinson. 1964. Foreword by Edgar Snow. Endpaper maps, colour and black and white illustrations, 248pp, appendices, index, name and address front free endpaper, minor wear dustjacket, now protected. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66268). More

Berkeley. University of California Press. 1990. Map, tables, xx + 214pp, glossary, index, bibliography, notes in text, occasional marking of text in pencil, upper corners bumped, a good copy in dustjacket. "The core of the book contains a historical and comparative analysis of forest-based protests in two distinct state structures..... More

London. Jonathan Cape. 1953. Reprint. Translated from the original French with an introduction by Eric Shipton. Maps, including one folding sheet with both a map and a black and white photographic panorama showing The Great Barrier Seen from Camp II, colour frontis, black and white illustrations, dustjacket very worn. (When..... More

London. SAGE Publications. 1996. Maps, black and white illustrations, 254pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, foxed upper edge, dustjacket extremities little worn, review copy bookplate and stamp, a good hardback copy. This work describes how the Bhotiyas have coped with the forces of modernization whilst continuing to maintain their identity, cultural..... More

New Delhi. Himalayan Books. 1985. Maps, mostly black and white illustrations with some colour, 219pp, bibliography, appendices, index, stamps title page and lower endpapers, some foxing edges, dustjacket minor closed tears at head of spine and lower corner upper cover, otherwise a good copy inside. (When referring to this item..... More

United Kingdom: Haynes Publishing Group, 1988. Maps, black and white illustrations, 240pp, glossary, bibliography, edges little foxed, a good hardback copy in dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160920). More

London. Collins. 1962. 319pp, name and address front pastedown, a few marks edges, spine sunned, internally clean and sound. Novel set in the Himalayas. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 76419). More