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
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
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
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
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
London. Century. 1984. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 248pp, appendices, bibliography, index, edges and lower cover of price clipped dustjacket a little foxed, hardback in very good condition. 27 x 20cm. Traces the formation of the Himalayas through to the explorers, scientists and climbers of the twentieth century..... 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
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
Abingdon. Routledge. 2009. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 196pp, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179159. More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1994. xiv + 243pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, 22.6 x 15.3cm. Paperback covers lightly worn, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172725. 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
London. Penguin Books, 1991. Second impression. Maps, coloured photographic illustrations, xiv + 242pp, index, appendix, paperback copy with slight rubbing on extremities. 19 x 25cm. "In Footloose in the Himalayas, Mike Harding uses his inimitable brand of humour and his considerable skill as a photographer to recount the two journeys..... More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1980. 332pp, prior owner's name written upper edge, good hardback copy in price-clipped and slightly marked dustjacket. "Only the lure of such a strange and challenging mission could have flushed Stirling out of the Victorian gamekeeper's cottage which had been his refuge since his sudden, shattering withdrawal..... More
London. Geoffery Bles. 1958. Two folding maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 191pp, appencices, index, edges considerably foxed, endpapers some sticker stains, cloth hardback spine little sunned, a good hardback copy otherwise. Account of the authors travels in the Himalayas and in particular his experiences on meeting one interesting boy..... 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
Lausanne. La Guilde du livre. 1974. Profuse black and white and colour illustrations, 160pp, index, bibliography, pen inscription half title, endpapers and edges foxed, head of spine two closed tears, otherwise a sound paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161144. More
Oslo. Norwegian University Press. 1986. Black and white plates and frontispiece, 312pp, margin one leaf heavily creased, dustjacket faded, a good hardback copy. Papers include: Development of mental complexity as suffering in Samkhya and Buddhism - Jens Braarvig; A Kafir on the Kafir life cycle - Knut Kristiansen; The 'Water-Miracle'..... 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
London. John Murray. 1996. Maps, black and white illustrated plates, xv + 571pp, bibliography, index, light shelf wear to covers, spine a little creased, good paperback copy. First published as 'When Men and Mountains Meet' (1977) and 'The Gilgit Game' (1970). When referring to this item please quote stockid 212772..... 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