上海. [Shanghai]. 上海辞书出版社.[Shanghai ci shu chu ban she]. 1979. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Two-volume set, which forms part of the Chinese large dictionary/encyclopedia Cihai. 2292 + 85pp. Hardback set in paper covered boards, a trifle worn in places, with contrasting cloth spine lightly marked. From the library of Professor Pierre..... More

Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 2000. 366pp, title page signed by prior owner, two leaves creased within the book, corners rubbed, spine faded, still a good paperback copy. 17.5 x 12cm. "There are in existence no doubt excellent Sanskrit-English dictionaries compiled by eminent scholars like Monier Williams, H.H. Wilson, V.S. Apte and..... More

Calcutta. Firma KLM. 1986. xxxvi + 562pp, prior owner mended worn dustjacket tears with tape, dustjacket adhering to lower cover, covers a little soiled, otherwise good and internally clean hardback copy. English-Tibetan dictionary compiled by British Political Officer and Tibetanist Charles Bell who wrote a number of works on Tibet..... More

北京.[Beijing]. 中国对外翻译出版公司. [Zhongguo dui wai fan yi chu ban gong si]. 1992. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. x + 1003pp, very light occasional foxing fore-edges, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Text in Chinese and English. 19.1 x 14cm. Includes more than 17,000 entries. When referring to this item please quote..... More

Hong Kong. Reader's Digest. (circa 1988). Bilingual English/Chinese visual dictionary, illustrated throughout with black and white line illustrations, 823pp, index, bibliography, very good in hardback. 23.8 x 18cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172218. More

Leiden. Brill. 2014. Colour photographic illustrations. Yellow illustrated boards, xiv + 383pp, index. As new - very good copy. 25 x 16cm. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/14. A Grammar of Prinmi represents the first in-depth description of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the..... More

北京. [Beijing]. 商务印书馆.[Shang wu yin shu guan]. 1963. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 956pp, a little light shelf wear, covers a trifle marked, good in hardback. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175067. More

北京.[Beijing]. 机械工业出版社.[Ji xie gong ye chu ban she]. 1988. Black and white illustrations, 767 + [20]pp, good hardback. Text in traditional Chinese. 13.3 x 9.5cm. Special dictionary of Chinese input method invented by Mr. Huang Jinfu. It was awarded the Governors Award for Hong Kong Design Competition in 1988. When..... More

Beyrouth. L'Imprimerie Catholique. 1951. Original wrappers printed in red & black, 205pp + 2 page addendum. Text in French and Arabic. Wrappers a little marked, archival repairs to the head & tail of the spine and neat prior owner name on the cover, but a very good copy. 24.5 x...... More

Leiden. Brill. 2010. Black & white illustrations in volume two. Vol. One - xxiv + 1076pp. Vol. Two: xii+ 553pp.Yellow illustrated boards. As new - very good copies. 25 x 16cm. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/11. A thorough documentation of this main language..... More

New York. Columbia University Press. 1966. xviii + 155pp, appendices, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, paper covered boards browned edges with lightly bumped corners and insect damaged spine, corrigenda, addenda, and substituenda in small pocket sleeve loosely inserted, a very sound hardback copy. "The..... More

St Leonards. Allen & Unwin. 2001. [Reprint]. xix + 1155pp. Spine somewhat creased, upper cover neatly inked, otherwise a very good paperback copy. Features include thousands of illustrative sentences, extensive cross-referencing, topic lists which group the dictionary's words according to 42 'common usage' areas. When referring to this item please..... More