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, good paperback copy. This book contains the personal accounts of 20 Tibetans who survived the trials and tribulations of growing up outsife their homeland. Their moving stories reveal their humour and compassion, their enduring faith in Tibetan..... 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 1 only. Folding maps, black and white illustrations, colour frontispiece, 413pp, appendix, index, foxed edges and first and last leaves, dustjacket worn and creased, a sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159281). 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. 1978. Volume 3 only. Folding maps, black and white illustrations, colour frontispiece, 385pp, appendix, index, foxed edges and first and last leaves, dustjacket worn, a sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159283). 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 indexes of plants and mammals and birds, neat signature of..... 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
Shimla. Directorate of Economics and Statistics. 1981. v + 78pp, foxed covers, pen mark upper cover, a sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159406). 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 obliterated front free endpaper, cloth little flecked in a few places, minor wear dustjacket, now protected. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66266). 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
London. Nelson. 1967. Black and white photographic illustrations, 488pp, appendices including "A Note on the Lepcha Language" and a "Vocabulary of Lepcha Words", index, dustjacket extremities little worn with sunned spine, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157452). 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. Joseph. 1989. Maps, colour photographic illustrations throughout, 242pp, index, good copy in dustjacket, oblong octavo. In the course of making a film on the effects of deforestation for a British TV company Mike Harding made several treks through the mountains of northern India and Nepal. (When referring to this..... More
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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
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1981. Maps, black and white illustrations, 225pp, index, foxing page edges, dustjacket worn and soiled, stamp front free endpaper, a sound hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 158906). 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
United States: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 286pp, appendices, bibliography, index, foxed upper and fore-edge, covers light wear edges, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159263). More
New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1997. Fifth Impression. Maps, many colour photographic plates, black and white illustrations, xxx + 580pp, glossary, index, paperback, endpapers a trifle soiled. Supplement: Map, colour photographic illustrations, 85pp, paperback. Both volumes lightly soiled and trifle worn at extremities but generally very good. This work helps..... More
New Delhi. Manjusri. 1971. Folding map, 4 folding plates, 235pp, index, name and address front paste down neatly obscured, good copy in trifle chipped dustjacket. Bibliotheca Himalayica Series 1 Number 14. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64642). More
Solan. Kumar Press. 1965. Monotone illustrations, 143pp, notes, wrappers worn and foxed with torn loss spine, a sound copy. Includes articles such as: Polyandrous Partnership in the Himalayas, The Riddle of the Kangra Art, Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Himachal Pradesh, Ghosts in Himalayas, Agricultural Development of the Hills; amongst..... More
116pp, name contents page, spine chipped with loss, a sound copy in original wrappers. Contains articles including: Tunda-The Himalayan Demon, Kangra District, To the Shrines of Badri and Kedar, inscribed Metal Mask discovery on the occasion of Bhunda ceremony at Nirmand, Rewalsar, etc. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
