London. The Illustrated London News. November 13, 1886. Four engravings on a single newspaper leaf (pp. 535-536), one half page, unrelated text on the verso, marginal browning, in very good condition. Fine wood engravings by the artist William Simpson (1823-1899), famous for his work as an official war artist. The..... More
[New York.]: [Hunt & Eaton]. [circa 1900]. Printed map in colour, railways shown, elevation with hachures, central fold, 28.8 x 23 cm, 32 x 26.8 cm (sheet), Afghanistan and surrounding countries including modern day Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikstan as well as India and China, outer corners creased, slight..... More
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1993. Maps, xiii + 194pp, dustjacket shelf worn, a good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179776. More
Leningrad. Aurora Art Publishers. 1973. Complete set of 16 pictorial cards, information sheet loosely inserted. Good copies in pictorial wrapper which is little browned at extremities. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161872. More
Paris. L'Hachette & Co., (circa 1850s). Lithograph, 28.5 x 40.1cm, old folds, page browned and spotted, two professionally sealed tears, in sound condition. Appealing nineteenth-century view from Darjeeling in the eastern Himalayas. Alexandre de Bar was known for his atmospheric engravings and views and as an illustrator. When referring to..... More
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
United Kingdom. I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd., 2014. Endpaper maps, maps, profusely illustrated with colour photographic illustrations, x + 398pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, indices, quarto, dustjacket. "The Age of the Silk Roads (c 200 BC- c 900 AD) shaped the course of the future. The foundation by the Han dynasty of..... More
London. I.B.Tauris. 2016. Endpaper maps, maps, colour illustrations, x + 382pp, indices, appendices, notes, bibliography, list of maps, hardback in dustjacket. "Between the ninth and the fifteenth centuries, Central Asia was a major political, economic and cultural hub on the Eurasian continent. In the first half of the thirteenth century..... More
New Delhi: Low Price Publications. 2008. Reprint. xlvii + 218pp, some foxing on endpapers, cover a little bumped and worn, some browning, a cheaply produced hardback in fair condition. History of the early life of Hiuen Tsiang and his travels in India. First published in London 1911. When referring to..... More
New York. Knopf. 2001. Reprint. Maps, black and white frontispiece, xi + 352pp, index, light foxing reverse of slightly shelf worn dustjacket, spine of dustjacket little faded, tiny remainder mark lower edge, still a good clean and bright hardback copy. "In 629, the revered Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang set out..... More
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
London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1976. Pictorial endpapers, profuse black and white illustrations, 264pp, chronology, index, endpapers and edges just starting to brown, very good hardback copy in dustjacket with sunned spine. This work "tells the story of the Mongol Empire, from the rise of Genghis Khan to the aftermath of..... More
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
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
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1946. Reprint. Two maps (1 folding), three colour plates, many photographic illustrations, 301pp, light browning, inscription front free and neat label of a prior owner front endpapers, corners a little bumped. Spine a trifle darkened but overall a very good copy in bright original cloth binding..... More
Rainer Ottens. 1723. A most attractive map with early outline hand colour, vertical fold, barely visible diagonal crease upper half of map, few very pale small brown spots, otherwise a clean and bright image. Numbering in red pencil, few annotations in pencil and light number stamp on reverse however not..... More
London. Printed for Sir Richard Phillips. 1823. First English edition. Translated from German. Black and white lithograph plate 'Sepulchral Monument of a Kirgese Chief', iv + 112pp, Modern papercovered boards, leather title label on spine, edges uncut. Some foxing mainly at edges and on first and last leaves, but generally..... More
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
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
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
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
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
Paris. Gustave Barba Editeur. ( 1856.). Lithographed map with original hand colour, central fold, 24.2 x 31.5 cm, marginal toning, plate number in manuscript, in very good condition. Finely engraved Dufour map of Central Asia prepared for his "Atlas Populaire" showing East Turkestan (Petite Boukharie) and Kalmykia (Dzoungarie) Mongolia and..... More
London. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1876. xi + 253 pages and publisher's advertisement, original cloth, gilt title and spine, sunned and a trifle worn, corners bumped, the text with occasional spotting, mainly affecting prelims and fore-edges, in good condition. With the signature of A. Wellesley Farley. James Lewis Farley (1823-1885)..... More
New York. St Martins. 1999. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 186pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket little shelf worn, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213697. More