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A DUE PASSI DALLA CIMA
Written by Adriano Favaro.
Stock no. 1606234
Published by Everest 80.
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format. La spedizione italo-nepalese all'everest. Text in ITALIAN. Colour photos. Large format. Blue boards. Corners bumped. Front panel of wrapper has tear from bottom edge to almost top edge, repaired with tape to verso.
- Categorised in:
- MOUNTAINEERING
- ASIA
- NEPAL
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- ITALIAN
- TRAVEL
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY OVERLAND FROM SIMLA TO PEKIN
Written by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce.
Stock no. 1711750
Published by William Blackwood and Sons.
1st
1907.
Almost very good condition.
A journey made by the author, written up for those less fortunate than himself in opportunities they may have had for gratifying that passion for wandering which is inherent in the Anglo-Saxon race, and to afford them a few hours of interest and amusement. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w plates. Folding map to end of volume. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly browned. Corners bumped. Some mottling to covers. Front and rear joints just starting to crack. Name in ink to front free endpaper. A little foxing to contents. All plates present. Map has some edge-creasing and pale fox-spots but generally very good.
SONS OF THE STEPPE
Written by Hans Baumann.
Illustrated by Heiner Rothfuchs.
Stock no. 1808855
Published by Oxford University Press.
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of how the Conqueror Genghis Khan was overcome. White boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Text block a little grubby. Corners bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is covered with publishers clear laminate and has a small '65p' written in ink to lower edge of front flap.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ASIA
- HISTORICAL STORY
A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Salim Ali; S. Dillon Ripley.
Illustrated by John Henry Dick.
Stock no. 1808830
Published by The Bombay Natural History Society; Oxford University Press.
1994.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Map to front endpapers. ISBN: 0195616340. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and faded at spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ASIA
- INDIA
THE INDIAN ARMY
Written by Boris Mollo.
Stock no. 1605311
Published by Blandford Press.
1st
1981.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The history of the Indian army. Colour & b/w illustrations of the more significant uniforms. ISBN: 0713710748. Spine and corners bumped with small split at base of spine. Endpapers browned. Wrapper edge creased and scuffed.
THE SECURITY OF SOUTHERN ASIA
Written by D.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1604801
Published by Chatto & Windus; Institute For Strategic Studies.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Studies in International Security 8. 308 pages. Spine bumped. Wrapper is a little scuffed and edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
AMONG INSURGENTS: WALKING THROUGH BURMA
Written by Shelby Tucker.
Stock no. 1806756
Published by The Radcliffe Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Describing the Kachins, the most important of Burma's "hidden colonies". ISBN: 1860645291.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- BURMA
ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1962.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- CHINA
- BIOGRAPHY
- ASIA
- MEDICAL HISTORY
THE WORLD DISPLAYED OR A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS VOL VIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 560449
Published by T. Carnan.
1762.
Fair condition.
Small format. Full brown calf binding. 9 b/w plates. This volume is concerned with India. 3rd edition. Contents browned but very good with all plates presemt. Spine badly worn with slight loss at top and tail. Corners rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA
- ANTIQUARIAN
INDIAN TRAVELS OF THEVENOT AND CARERI
Written by Surendranath N. Sen.
Stock no. 554392
Published by The National Archives Of India.
1st
1949.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Small stain to corners of first few pages.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA
BANARAS A STUDY IN URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Written by R.L. Singh.
Stock no. 986147
Published by Nand Kishore & Bros.
1st
1955.
Slightly better than good condition.
Large format. Brown cloth. Pages: xv, 184. 8 b/w plates, plus maps and figures. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- INDIA
- GEOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
SOME BENGAL VILLAGES
Written by N.C. Bhattacharyya; L.A. Natesan.
Stock no. 988414
Published by University of Calcutta.
1st
1932.
Very good condition.
Brown cloth. Pages: xii, 225. An economic survey. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps.