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Blofeld John by; Chakrabongse Prince Chula foreword By Major General His Royal Highness of Thailand
People of the Sun: Encounters in Siam
London: Hutchinson of London 1960. Former owner's inked name on ffep inked inscription on By The Author page. Tape remnant stains and peeling on fep/bep penciled check-marks on contents page shaken rear hinge remains safely intact overall clean and tight. Minimally sun toned spine light fraying to corners and some character wear. Lacks dust jacket; 192p. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Hutchinson of London Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB9052
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Blunt Wilfrid
The Golden Road to Samarkand
NY: The Viking Press 1973. Dark gold endpapers small tear on foot of front gutter otherwise textblock is extremely clean and tight! Light bumping to head and foot of spine on red cloth binding bumped corners. Faded red top edge. Price-clipped dust jacket light wear to head and foot of spine and to corners in mylar. 280pp. including bibliography and index. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine in mylar. Illus. by Plates/maps. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hardcover. The Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB9118 ISBN : 0670344389 9780670344383
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BOLTS (Wiliam)
Histoire des conquêtes et de l'administration de la Compagnie Anglaise au Bengale
Paris, Levy Frères, 1858 in-12, LIX-246 pp., broché. Quelques rousseurs.
Bookseller reference : 90365
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BONVALOT, Gabriel
Du Caucase aux Indes à travers le Pamir...
Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie 1889 In-4 28,5 x 19,5 cm. Cartonnage éditeur pleine percaline rouge, plats biseautés, report auteur & titre dorés sur le premier plat de couverture orné d’une plaque argent, tranches dorées, XII-458 pp., illustré de 250 dessins et croquis par Albert Pépin, & carte repliée in fine, table des matières. Cartonnage terni et sali, rousseurs marginales, accrocs en pied et en tête de dos, gouttière très régulière.
Bookseller reference : 130833
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BONVALOT (Gabriel)
L' Asie inconnue. A travers le Tibet et la Chine
Paris, Flammarion, s.d. gr. in-8, 328 pp., portrait en front., nbses ill., demi-chagrin noir à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée Qqs épid., petit manque en pied, papier jauni, mouillure marginale en début d'ouvrage. (reliure de l'époque).
Bookseller reference : 218483
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Borovik, Artyom
The Hidden War : A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan
ISBN# 0871135213 Paperback, illustrated, 288 pages
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Bosshard Walter
"Sous la yourte Mongole à travers les steppes de l'Asie centrale - ""Bibliothèque des voyages"""
Amiot Dumont. 1954. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 217 pages - nombreuses planches photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Annotation au crayon de papier en page de garde. Jaquette convenable.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : R240159752
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BOUVIER René et MAYNIAL Edouard)
Le Dernier des Grands Mogols. Vie d'AURENG ZEB.
Paris, Albin Michel, 1947. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée, 312 pp.
Bookseller reference : 4498
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BOUVIER (R.), MAYNIAL (Edouard)
Le dernier des Grands Mogols. Vie d'Aureng Zeb
Paris, Albin Michel, 1947 in-8, 317 pp., ill., demi-chagrin brun à coins, dos à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
Bookseller reference : 218562
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BOURGEOIS JEAN ET DANIELLE
LES SEIGNEURS D'ARYANA - NOMADES CONTREBANDIERS D'AFGHANISTAN.
FLAMMARION. 1971. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 250 pages - 1er plat illustré en couleurs - coins frottés - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - plats et dos salis - petit accrocs sur le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : R240084791
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BOURGEOIS JEAN ET DANIELLE
LES SEIGNEURS D'ARYANA : NOMADES, CONTREBANDIERS D'AFGHANISTAN
FLAMMARION. 1971. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 250 pages. Achevé d'imprimer le 3 décembre 1971. Quelques planches photos en noir et blanc. 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : R200086452
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Bourgeois Jean et Danielle
Les Seigneurs d'Aryana : Nomades contrebandiers d'Afghanistan
Flammarion. 1983. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. 190 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : RO30311121 ISBN : 2080605585
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Boussard. Jacques
The Civilization of Charlemagne
New York and Toronto: World University Library/McGraw-Hill Book Co 1979. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated from the French by Frances Partridge. Charlemagne's coronation by the Pope in 800 was recognized twelve years later by the eastern emperor in Byzantium and dates his claim to the title "Holy Roman Emperor" --the successor of the Roman emperors of the West. Cover picture shows a silver denier with Charlemagne's head. The book is illustrated with 22 color and 51 b/w historical photographs and 6 color maps. Illuminated manuscripts as well as ivories buildings jewelry and mosaics of the Carolingian Renaissance are splendidly illustrated. The white cover is tanned clean with a small blacked out area of half inch by three quarters of an inch. Binding is solid and tight square corners sharp. Trace wear to extremities. Sewn binding allows book to open flat for easy reading. Pages quite clean and free from any markings. 253 pages with Chronology Bibliography and Index. 7.5 x 5 inches. 1979 World University Library/McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York and Toronto World University Library/McGraw-Hill Book Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 023504
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Boyer, Martha
Mongol Jewelry. Jewelry Collected by the First and Second Danish Central Asian Expeditions.
Thames & Hudson, London, 1995. 276 Seiten / pp., mit zahlreichen Abbildungen / richly illustrated; 4°, ca. 30 x 24 cm, Leinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with Jacket
Bookseller reference : 32104
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Braun Otto by; Moore Jeanne translated from German by; Wilson Dick intro. by
A Comintern Agent in China 1932-1939
Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 1982. Gift quality copy that appears brand-new and unread bright textblock. Red cloth binding. Unclipped dust jacket with minor edge rubbing; 278p. including appendix. First Edition. Red Cloth. Fine/Fine in mylar. Illus. by B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Stanford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB8218 ISBN : 0804711380 9780804711388
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Brent Peter
Genghis Khan: The Rise Authority and Decline of Mongol Power
NY: McGraw-Hill 1976. Illustrated endpapers clean and tight textblock. Lightly bumped head and foot of spine and corners. Price-clipped dust jacket rippled head and foot of spine faint shelf soiled covers. 264pp. including acknowledgments and index. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by B&W Photographs/Colored Plates/Maps/Illustrated Endpapers. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hardcover. McGraw-Hill Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB8510 ISBN : 0070076502 9780070076501
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Breslow Arieh Lev
Beyond the Closed Door: Chinese Culture and the Creation of T'ai Ai Chi Ch'uan
Jerusalem: Almond Blossom Press 1995. Underlining and annotating throughout the textblock. Covers edge and corner worn corners dog-eared. 397p. including index. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Illus. by Black and White Photos and Illustrations. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback. Almond Blossom Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : EW1723 ISBN : 0964473003 9780964473003
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Briessen Fritz Van by
The Way of the Brush: Painting Techniques of China and Japan
Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1975. Peach endpapers immaculately clean and tight textblock. Beautiful black cloth binding minor bumping to head and foot. Unclipped dust jacket a bit of creasing to corners of spine mylar sleeved. Handmade slip case black and red with illustration on red side cut-out to make it easy to remove book from case. 329pp. including appendix and index. Reprint. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine in mylar. Illus. by 284 Illustrations in Color and Gravure. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Charles E. Tuttle Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB8979 ISBN : 080480625x 9780804806251
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Brinda Maharani of Kapurthala; as told to Elaine Williams
Maharani; The Story of and Indian Princess
NY: Henry Holt and Co. 1954. Textblock is very clean and tight. one 1/2" frayed spot along the bottom edge of the front board otherwise the binding is clean and lightly worn; very worn price-clipped dust jacket heavily chipped and frayed at the extremities with some loss to the head and foot of the spine; 246p. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Henry Holt and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SJ8584
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Bruneau Michel
"L'Asie d'entre Inde et Chine - Logiques territoriales des Etats (Collection ""Mappemonde"")"
Belin. 2006. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 317 pages. Quelques cartes monochromes dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : RO80245364
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BRÉARD (Charles)
Histoire de Pierre Berthelot pilote et cosmographe du roi de Portugal aux Indes Orientales, carme déchaussé né en Normandie en MDC, mort à Achem en MDCXXXVIII. Publiée d'après l'Itinerarium orientale avec une préface et des notes
Paris, Picard, 1889 in-8, 119 pp., portrait-frontispice, demi-chagrin bleu nuit, dos à nerfs, couv. cons. Ex-libris Roland Thibaut. (reliure moderne).
Bookseller reference : 229400
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Buchanan Keith; FitzGerald Charles P.; Ronan Colin A. by; Needham Joseph foreword by
China: The Land and The People: The History The Art And The Science
NY: Crown Publishers Inc. 1980. Textblock immaculate and tight. Red cloth binding with bumped head and foot of spine and corners are a bit bumped as well. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly rubbed head and foot of spine and creased corners mylar sleeved. 519pp. including bibliographical references and index. First Edition/1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Photographs/Pictures/Maps. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Crown Publishers, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB7694 ISBN : 0517544946 9780517544945
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Buck Pearl S.
American Unity in Asia
NY: The John Day Company 1942. Moderately age toned endpapers price indentation and previous owner's inked name/place on ffep inked writing along gutter on title page. Else textblock is clean and tight. Shelf toned top edge. Brownish-red cloth binding scuffed head of spine bumped foot of spine lightly bumped corners. Price-clipped dust jacket heavily spine-sunned moderately shelf soiled spine chipped head and foot of spine as well as torn corners to spine chipped corners couple small tears to edges. 140pp. 3rd Impression. Cloth. Good/Good in mylar. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hardcover. The John Day Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB8821
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Buffetrille Katia/Lobo Eric
Tibet, jours de fêtes
Romain Pages. 2002. In-4. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 191 pages - nombreuses photos en couleurs hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : R300311772
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BURNABY Fred.
Une Visite a Khiva. Aventures de Voyage dans l'Asie Centrale
Paris. Plon. 1877. In-12. Demi-chagrin rouge. 4 nerfs. Titre et fleurons dorés. Cartes dépliantes en couleurs. 464 p. Bon état intérieur. Carte restaurée. Couverture frottée.
Bookseller reference : 38120
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BUSSAGLI (Mario).
La Peinture de l'Asie Centrale.
Genève, Editions d'Art Albert Skira, sixième volume de la Collection "Les trésors de l'Asie", 1963 ; petit in-4, pleine toile de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs conservée, étui, 135 pp.
Bookseller reference : 15024
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BUSSAGLI
Les Trésors de l’Asie, La Peinture de l'Asie centrale
Skira 1963 In-4, pleine toile beige, sous jaquette imprimée, illustrations contrecollées, en couleurs, 133 pp. jaquette légèrement fatiguée, bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 1967
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Bushman Jennifer Scheel; Szymanski Jean Artley
Hard Sleeper: A Novel of Old and New China
Fort Bragg CA: Lost Coast Press 2003. Signed in black ink by Jennifer Scheel Bushman on title page. Hard Sleeper Postcard laid in. Gorgeous copy appears brand new and unread; Bright red cloth binding. Unclipped and mylar sleeved dust jacket. In a beautiful custom Robert Wang slipcase; 251p. Signed by Jennifer Scheel Bushman. First Edition/1st Printing. Red Cloth. Fine/Fine in mylar. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Lost Coast Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB8067 ISBN : 1882897730 9781882897735
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BUSSAGLI (Mario).
La Peinture de l'Asie Centrale.
Genève, Editions d'Art Albert Skira, sixième volume de la Collection "Les trésors de l'Asie", 1963 ; petit in-4, pleine toile de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs conservée, étui, 135 pp. Illustrations en couleurs, dans et hors-textes. Planches contrecollées. Bel exemplaire.
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Butani D. H
The Future of Pakistan
New Delhi: Promilla & Co. Publishers 1984. Cloth bookmarker sewn into the headband; textblock and binding is clean and tight with light edge and corner wear; price-clipped dust jacket with light to moderate edge and corner wear. 322p. including bibliographical references and index. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Promilla & Co., Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SJ9240
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CAILLEMER Henri
Islam blanc sous le toit du monde. Collection Connaissance de l'Asie.
Paris, Société Continentale d'Editions Modernes Illustrées, 1969 17 x 24, 334 pp., illustrations en N/B et en couleurs, 20 figures, cartonnage d'édition, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 16099
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Candlin Enid Saunders
The Breach in the Wall: a Memoir of the Old China
NY: Paragon House 1987. Textblock very clean and tight; Covers very clean and lightly edge-rubbed; 340p. including index. First Paper Back Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Paragon House Paperback
Bookseller reference : EW506 ISBN : 0913729957 9780913729953
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CASTONNET DES FOSSES (H.)
La Révolution et les clubs dans l'Inde française
Nantes, Forest et Grimaud, 1885 in-8, 39 pp., broché. Envoi à M. de Beaucourt.
Bookseller reference : 174148
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Caunter Rev. Hobart a Descriptive Account by
The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India
London: Bull and Churton 1835. bookplate of M. Huizinga Messchert on fep else clean and tight textblock. All edges gilt. Beautiful decorative binding with light edge and corner wear; 263p. Embossed Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by William Daniell 22 Engravings from Original Drawings by. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover. Bull and Churton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : SB5176
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Celik Gulersoy
Story of the Grand Bazaar
<p>This is a bright clean and complete copy of this delightful study of the history and customs of one of the world's most venerable market places. The secrets of the olden days are herein discussed with an insider's clarity of vision. A revelation and a true rarity.</p> Istanbul Kitapliji Ltd. paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio713
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central asia
ASIAN AFFAIRS ROYAL CENTRAL ASIAN SOCIETY - COLLECTION OF 27 ISSUES `1968-1999
London 1968-1999. Journal published 3 times a year. 27 issues during this period not a run. Octavo original red printed red wraps. Many important and interesting articles including: Balance of Power in Asia after Vietnam by Alastair Buchan 1969; Report from Bhutan by E. Burke Inlow 1978; Islam in Central Asia Since Gorbachev by Marie Broxup; 1987; Kashmir the Past 10 Years by Alexander Evans 1999. VG-Fine. Group of 27 issues. . paperback
Bookseller reference : a71670
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central asia
CENTRAL ASIAN REVIEW A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN 14 ISSUES PLU 2 INDEX VOLUMES. VOLUME I NO.1 JANUARY 1953 THRU VOLUME V NO. 1957
Oxford 1953-1957. Published by the Central Asian Research Centre St. Antony's College Oxford. Fourteen issues of this scholarly journal on Central Asia. Almost an unbroken run lacks 4 issues: Volume I i No. 4 Volume III Nos. 3 4 Volume IV No. 1. 4to. about 10pp. per issue original printed stapled wraps. Included maps several of which are large foldout. Two additional index volumes. Good plus to VG. 14 issues plus 2 index issues. . paperback
Bookseller reference : a82599
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CENTRAL ASIA
Independent Tartary.
London & New York.: John Tallis & Company. Circa 1850. Map outline hand-color 9.5x12.5in 32x24cm including decorative border bottom margin narrow with publisher's imprint mostly trimmed from lower edge centerfold. A most attractive map with the Tallis imprint. Three black and white vignettes show 'Tartars on a Journey' 'The Bride Chase' and 'The Tent'. . John Tallis & Company. unknown
Bookseller reference : 25914
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CENTRAL ASIA. ZALESKI Bronislav.
La Vie des Steppes Kirghizes. Descriptions récits & contes.
Paris J.B. Vasseur 1865. . First edition. Landscape folio 33 x 45 cm; 4 68pp. with a frontispiece and 21 etching plates engraved by Beilet and Forestier after Zaleski's drawings; light spotting Modern half straight-grained claret morocco over red cloth gilt lettering to upper cover flat spine ruled in blind; wear to spine numbered label to cover. First edition of these lovely illustrations of Central Asia showing deserts daily life villages and monuments after drawings by Zaleski during his nine-year stay in South-Eastern Russia. The title is misleading: his sketches actually depict what is also nowadays Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with the Caspian and Aral seas. This account covers as well the vegetation and animal life and the attempts at farming on the fertile bank of the Aral. Paris, J.B. Vasseur, 1865. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 98102
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CENTRAL ASIA. COMMISSION IMPERIALE ARCHEOLOGIQUE publisher.
Les Mosquées de Samarcande. Fascicule I. Gour-Emir. Mecheti Samarkanda. Vypusk I. Gur-Emir all published.
Saint-Petersbourg Exped. pour la confection des papiers d'Etat 1905. . Broadsheet 76 x 55 cm. IX pp. including title dedication text and plate list 18 plates after nature by Shchusev Pokryshkin and Minenko including 12 fully or partly in colour 3 folding or double-page 3 illustrations in text text in Russian and French; occasional spotting some folds repaired. Loose as issued in original printed wrappers some minor marginal tears and repairs. Preserved in a blue cloth solander box. he moment with the loose one upper wrapper only folds splits needed to be fixed Very good copy of the first edition in the large broadsheet format. An important large-scale and ambitious undertaking by the Russian Archaeological Commission whose work in the area prepared the ground for subsequent Western studies. This fasicule is devoted to the celebrated early 15th-century mausoleum of Tamerlane Timur and his family showing plans cuts and coloured details. It remains to this day unparelleled in scale and significance. Cresswell 304. Saint-Petersbourg, Exped. pour la confection des papiers d'Etat, 1905. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92971
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CENTRAL ASIA
Masterpieces of Architecture in Central Asia
Moscow: Planeta 1971. hardcover. very good/very good-. More than 200 photographs including some in color. 4to cloth d.w.; small stain to lower spine and portion of front cover dust wrapper worn with tear at head of spine. Moscow: Planeta 1971. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper. Text in Russian English Spanish French German Planeta unknown
Bookseller reference : 283228
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central asia
MIZAN NEWSLETTER 39 ISSUES
1959-1963 Oxford. 39 issues not consecutive run earliest August 1959 latest December 1963. Published by the Central Asian Research Centre in association with St. Antony's College. A monthly Review of Soviet Writings on the Middle East and Africa. 4to. about 25-40 pp. per issue mimeographed. 39 issues: unknown
Bookseller reference : a17883
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CENTRAL ASIA.
Russian Missions into the Interior of Asia.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. 1823. An early Russian player in the Great Game Octavo 210 x 125 mm. Later tan glazed boards unlettered spine. Lithographic frontispiece. A little rubbed light browning and a scatter of foxing. First edition of these rather scarce English versions of three important early Central Asian narratives published as part of Sir Richard Phillips's New Voyages and Travels series and including that of "intrepid Murav'ev" described by Peter Hopkirk as the first Russian player of the Great Game published his report on what is now Uzbekistan in 1822. "The Russian government has of late years taken various measures to give more solidity to its commercial relations with the countries in the interior of Asia Â… efforts have been made to conciliate the independent tribes Â… Contents include a short extract from an account of an expedition to Kokand in the years 1813-14 by Philip Nazaroff interpreter to the Siberian Corps Â… the account of an embassy to Bucharia in 1820-21 head of which was Mr. Negri Counsellor of State Â… by Dr. Eversmann physician to the Embassy in which we have inserted several interesting extracts from the letters Mr. P. l. Jakolew secretary to the embassy Â… and the narrative of a Journey to Turcomania and Chiva by Captain Mouraview" Introduction. Nazarov's was the first Russian embassy to Kokand First published in Russian in 1821; Eduard Eversmann a German-Russian naturalist joined Aleksandr Negri's embassy as a merchant but carried out important scientific work as well as leaving this account published as Reise Orenburg nach Buchara in 1823. Library Hub cites copies at just 5 locations among British and Irish institutional libraries: Oxford Glasgow Queen's Belfast Senate House and Natural History Museum. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., hardcover
Bookseller reference : 106587
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CENTRAL ASIA. KUZANETSOVA Ljalja text and photographs.
Shaking the Dust of Ages - Gypsies and Wanderers of the Central Asian Steppe.
Aperture New York. 1998. First edition. Quarto. 168 pages. Superb black-and white photographs prefaced by the photographer's memories of her time with the gypsies. Introduction by Inge Morath. Afterword by Marina Rasbeshkina. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Aperture, New York. unknown
Bookseller reference : CENTRALA029523
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CENTRAL ASIA. WIENCEK Henry LOWRY Glenn D. & HELLER Amanda.
Storm across Asia: Genghis Khan and the Mongols the Mogul expansion. Imperial visions. The rise and fall of empires. . . .
New York: HBJ Press Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1980. 4to. 168 6 pp. Over 120 pages of colour photographs maps. Brown cloth black lettering w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition. HBJ Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 53212 ISBN : 0150040296 9780150040293
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CENTRAL ASIA. POWELL E. Alexander.
The last home of mystery. Adventures in Nepal together with accounts of Ceylon British India. . . the Persian Gulf the Overland Desert Mail and the Baghdad Railway. . . .
New York: Sun Dial Press 1929. 8vo. xi 1 332 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher’s ads. Frontisp. numerous photo plates maps on endpapers. Orange publisher’s cloth illust. & lettering in black minor shelfwear rubbing w/ d.j. distinctive Art Deco cover art slight chipping head & foot of spine still VG/VG copy. Early printing. Sun Dial Press, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56359
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CENTRAL ASIA. D'AUVERGNE Captain V.
Zindari: a daughter of the Indian frontier and other thrilling tales of the Indian Frontier. Reminiscences of romance and adventure by an old Army officer whose duty toook him among the wild and lawless tribes of the mountain ranges. . . .
Calcutta: W. Newman & Co. Ltd. ca. 1925. Tall 8vo. 254 pp. Photo frontisp. 12 plates. Blue cloth embossed gilt lettering & border on front cover gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Denoy minor chipping head of spine couple minor closed tears still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this fascinating mix of personal memoir and fiction by the Curator of Calcutta’s Victoria Memorial in Chowringhee India. This anthology includes a number of stories about warfare and life on the edges of the British Empire in Pakistan India the Himalayas and Tibet. Captain d’Auvergne is curiously remembered with a well-documented claim of having been saved by a Tibetan Yeti during a blinding snowstorm in the Himalayas. W. Newman & Co., Ltd., hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49842
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CENTRAL ASIA
Masterpieces of Architecture in Central Asia
Moscow: Planeta 1971. hardcover. very good/very good-. More than 200 photographs including some in color. 4to cloth d.w.; small stain to lower spine and portion of front cover dust wrapper worn with tear at head of spine. Moscow: Planeta 1971. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Text in Russian English Spanish French German<br/><br/> Planeta unknown books
Bookseller reference : 283228
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Ch'i Pai Shih Hua Chi
80-7 Album Of Chi Pai-Shih' Paintings
1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Brocade Over Boards 12 1/4" X 8 1/2".Paper Cover Label Printed In Black And Red. Laid Paper. Leaves Attached To Form One Continuous Display 22 Color Illustrations With Look Of Originals Double Pages Printed On One Side Only Thus 22 Illustrated Pages On 88 Pages With Introductory Text In Chinese On First Page Small Tissue Label With Text In Chinese On Rear Pastedown With 1952 Probably A Date And Another Tissue Strip With Typewritten Text "80-7 Album Of Chi Pai-Shih's Paintings". <br/> <br/> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 044694
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CHAROENWONGSA Pisit, SUBHADRADIS Diskul M.C.
Archaeologia Mundi. Thaïlande.
NAGEL. 1976. In-8. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 269 pages. Nombreuses planches d'illustrations et photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs,. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 958-Asie centrale
Bookseller reference : RO80078405
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