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1938Best.-Nr. 132258Zurich: Orell Fussli 1938. Softcover. Very Good. Very good cardboard cover with dust jacket taped to it. In German. Pages clean. Illustrated. Chipping to dust jacket spine ends. Orell Fussli unknown books
Best.-Nr. 336324Bucharest: Foreign Languages Press. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated mostly in b/w. 201 pages. 4to blue cloth slightly sunned and scuffed. Bucharest: Foreign Languages Press undated. A very good copy. Foreign Languages Press unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 107697Budapest: Közgazdasági es Jogi Könyvkiadó 1962. half cloth paper-covered boards title and author stamped on front board. 8vo. half cloth paper-covered boards title and author stamped on front board. 515 1 pages. Text in Hungarian. Contents in Russian German French and English. Preface by Ferene Erdei.The Cultural Institutions and Cultural Administration a work on "socialist cultural organization." Listing of statutes relating to cultural development and organization bibliography concluding remarks and index. Spine sunned. Közgazdasági es Jogi Könyvkiadó unknown books
2013Best.-Nr. 158490Berlin 2013. Softcover. VG. White & BW illus. stapled wraps. 20 pp. BW and color illus. Text is in German and English. Issued in conjunction with a 2013 exhibition of large pieces of artwork by German sculptor Norbert Kricke 1922-1984. With an essay artist poem exhibitions history and chronology. Views include of some of works and their creation in progress. One of 500 copies. Scarce. paperback books
1927Best.-Nr. 792761927. Paperback. Good. photos folding map viii pp. 417-512. Original blue wrapper. 25cm. Moderate cover soil. Includes the first part of a paper by Stein titled "Alexander's Campaign on the Indian North-West Frontier" found at pp. 417-440 -- plus the folding map at the end. paperback books
Best.-Nr. B79002-9Chicago/London The University of Chicago Press 1977. xiii 1 585pp. 34 illus. hors texte. Text figs. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Chicago/London (The University of Chicago Press), 1977. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. B79002-6Chicago/London The University of Chicago Press 1977. xiii 1 585pp. 34 illus. hors texte. Text figs. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Chicago/London (The University of Chicago Press), 1977. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. B79002-7Chicago/London The University of Chicago Press 1977. xiii 1 585pp. 34 illus. hors texte. Text figs. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Chicago/London (The University of Chicago Press), 1977. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. B79002-8Chicago/London The University of Chicago Press 1977. xiii 1 585pp. 34 illus. hors texte. Text figs. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Chicago/London (The University of Chicago Press), 1977. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. B111241-2London John Murray 1995. xiv 6 393pp. 29 illus. hors texte. 5 maps. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. London (John Murray), 1995. hardcover books
1906Best.-Nr. 58610Budapest: Athenaeum Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársulat 1906. Large 8vo pp. 12 658 2; pictorial endpapers 53 plates some in color some double-page 1 folding over 300 illustrations in the text; original brown calf over green cloth-covered boards spine lettered and decorated in gilt; very good and sound. The Earth its multitude past and present history and history of discovery. Athenaeum Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársulat unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 42994London: Geographical Society 1938. One color map approx. 495 x 540 mm. folded down to 216 x 140 mm.; neatly taped into stiff modern boards paper cover label; fine. With 3 inset maps including "Luristan map of parts of Pish-i-koh and Delfan"; and "Fars sketch map of route from Ardakan to Fahliun". This map would later be used in Stein's book Old Routes of Western Iran 1940. Geographical Society unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 1418538New Delhi India: Cosmo Publications 1981. Hardcover. Quarto 10 211 i-xxxiii image plates 1-13 site maps. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is wrapped in mylar sleeve several small open tears and chipping to top edge one large 4 in. x 2 in. section of back cover missing. Spine is black with white and blue lettering. Volume fully bound in red cloth some light stains to cloth. Cracking to gutter from half title page to page 9. Light age toning throughout textblock and dust soiling to top edge of textblock. Shelved in Locked Annex ND-QA. 1418538. FP New Rockville Stock. Cosmo Publications hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 1398783Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1991. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xiv 205 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Gray spine with white lettering. Dust jacket has mild shelving wear and creasing along the rear head edge. Boards and textblock have mild shelving wear. Shelved in Room A. 1398783. Special Collections. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1952Best.-Nr. 229295Bucharest: The Book 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in an about Very good dustwrapper. 134 pages. Nice gray cloth cover. Tears on foredges and spine of dustwrapper Pages clean. The Book hardcover books
1927Best.-Nr. 68246London: Royal Geographic Society November and December 1927. Extracts from two RGS's Journals 8vo pp. 417-440; 515-540 i.e. 50 pages; 10 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 3 plates map in the text and a folding map printed in color at the back; neatly bound in black cloth-backed blue paper wrappers printed paper label on spine; fine. Royal Geographic Society, November and December unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. NF3948ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THREE EXPEDITIONS IN INNERMOST ASIA AND NORTH-WESTERN CHINA Macmillan 1933 first edition t.p.e.'s gold gilt light wear to fore edge corner tips a bit more so to the spine extremities which reveal several short closed tears else a near vg copy with near fine contents replete with all photos illustrations color plates and fold-outs called for. Macmillan unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 68822Oxford: privately printed at the Clarendon Press 1923. First edition 8vo pp. 19 1; original brown printed wrappers; some minor creasing slight separation at the top of the spine; all else very good. Inscribed at the top of the from wrapper: "With kindest regards of / A. Stein." Pandit Govind Kaul a respected scholar of Persian and Sanskrit was born in Srinagar and came into contact with Aurel Stein through George Buhler "that doyen of European Indologists . It was Buhler's commendatory reference that attracted Stein's attention towards G.K. and he solicited his assistance in translating Kalhan's Rajatarangini - a job that G.K. along with Pandit Sahaz Bhatt did with utmost competence from 1888 to 1896 and to Stein's great satisfaction. "G.K. went into another collaboration with Stein and fellow scholar Sahaz Bhatt when they classified and catalogued more than six thousand Sanskrit manuscripts for Maharaja Ranbir Singh's library at Raghunath Temple Jammu. Yet another contribution G.K. made was to compile Kashmiri folk tales with Stein which the latter formally edited with George Grierson and published in 1917 as " Hatim's Tales." The tales supposedly told by one Hatim Tilawony were interpreted by Govind Kaul who also rendered assistance to Grierson in the compilation of his Kashmiri dictionary but did not live to see the work completed. Grierson went on to record later that Govind Kaul's assistance to him was "one of the many debts he ever owed to Stein. "On Govind Kaul's death in June 1899 a shocked Stein lamented that Govind Kaul ''like another Kalhana departed as my best Indian friend beyond all hope of reunion in this Janma'. Paying fulsome tributes to him Stein wrote: 'Whenever Govind Kaul was by my side whether in the dusty exile of Lahore or alpine coolness of Mohand Marg in Kashmir I was in continuity with the past as the historical student of India. His personality embodied all that change of ages indicated and showed as the mind and psyche of India'." Nine in OCLC: only Harvard LC and Wisconsin in the US. See Unmesh The Monthly Newsletter of the Kashmir Institute volume I no. 2 October 1997. privately printed at the Clarendon Press unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 85921Guangxi Guilin Shi: Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she 1998. Di 1 ban. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 volumes 4 text and one unbound map portfolio. Original cloth. 43cm. Volume 5 the map portfolio contains 96 unbound maps with overlays -- 94 of the maps are numbered 1-94; the other two are unnumbered. This tied portfolio is housed in a cloth slipcase matching the text volumes in color and approximate size. The whole set is contained in a tied folding portfolio. Shipping weight for this folio-sized set is probably about 55 lbs 25 kilos. Chinese text. This massive set is the Chinese translation of Stein's massive and most sought-after work "Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China." which was published in 1921. Stein is often regarded in China as little more than an opportunistic Western looter of China's ancient manuscripts and archeological treasures so it is probably not surprising that it took 77 years for a Chinese translation to be published. Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she hardcover books
1933Best.-Nr. 1373740London: Macmillan and Co 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxiv 342 2 pages with 147 illustrations eight of which are folding. In Very Good condition. Bound in original red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt embossed ornament to front board. Minor shelf wear. Some scratching and rubbing to boards. Bumping to spine and corners. Top edge of textblock gilt. Some foxing to bottom and fore edge. Interior pages clean. PH consignment. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. 1373740. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1912Best.-Nr. 67321London: Macmillan & Co 1912. First edition 2 volumes thick 8vo portrait of the author 8 color plates 6 folding panoramas 3 large folding maps and 333 illus. on 219 plates; original terra cotta cloth covers decorated in gilt spines lettered in gilt; lightly rubbed one small crack at the top of the spine of volume I; all else very good and sound. The large folding map at the back of volume II is loose but present and is laid down and with old repairs at the folds and the final leaf of ads has a small hole where the rebacking of the maps adhered. Macmillan & Co unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 67469London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1933. First edition 8vo pp. xxiv 342 2 ads; color frontispiece 147 illustrations on rectos and versos of 78 plates 16 in color including 8 folding panoramas and a large folding map; original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine t.e.g.; ex-James J. Hill Library with traces of call numbers on spine perforated stamp in the bottom margin of the title page and a small rubberstamp on the last page of text and on the verso of the large folding map; all else near fine clean and sound. "Comprehensive summary of the results of the author's three Central Asian expeditions and of his researches carried out during the years 1900-16" Yakushi. Yakushi S723a. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
1903Best.-Nr. 68185London: T. Fisher Unwin 1903. First edition 8vo pp. xliii 1 524; folding map printed in color 135 illustrations from photographs and drawings in the text; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; this copy from the British Embassy in Peking Beijing with rubberstamps on endpapers and title page marked withdrawn and slight evidence of a sticker removal at the base of the spine but no other external markings; front hinge starting; a good sound and clean copy. "Stein was born in Budapest in 1862 and died at Kabul in 1943. This is a general narrative of his first exploration to Central Asia of 1900-1901. Crossing the Karakoram and the Pamirs he entered Chinese Turkestan and explored archaeologically the sand-buried ruins of Khotan and its neighbourings" Yakushi . "Stein's great achievement during this and two subsequent expeditions . . . was to establish the existence of a hitherto lost civilization along the Silk Route in Chinese central Asia . . . Stein was the first archaeologist to discover evidence of the spread of Graeco-Buddhist culture of north-west India across Chinese Turkestan and into China itself" ODNB. Yakushi S713; Erdelyi 1.041. T. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 72460Oxford: Clarendon Press 1920. First edition 3 volumes in 1 folio pp. 6 143 1; viii 155-266 vi 2 267-379 3; text in English with Prakrit text transliterated and with English supporting text; 13 gravure plates of facsimiles plus a final plate of Kharosthi letters and numerals; contemporary quarter black pebble-grain morocco likely a German binding smooth gilt-paneled spine laid out in 5 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1; some scuffing and wear small cracks starting at the top and bottom of the upper joint otherwise a very good sound and clean copy. With a dozen or so typed and manuscript erudite notes in German laid in. Volume I: Text of inscriptions discovered at the Niya site 1901; volume II: Text of inscriptions discovered at the Niya Endere and Lou-lan sites 1906-7; and volume III: Text of inscriptions discovered at the Niya and Lou-lan sites 1913-14. Also with a complete index verborum. Erdelyi 2.08. Clarendon Press unknown books
Best.-Nr. 97020701London 1928 Oxford. Rose cloth 4 vol. set: vol. 1-2 text vol. 3 plates & plans vol. 4 maps bibliography unclipped mended dust jackets in mylar protectors 25.5 x 34 cm. brilliantly bright superb clean copy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . . . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 SETS . A monumental work well-illustrated study on the trade route countries of Central Asia. Always a rare set when complete. . "With descriptive lists of antiques by F.H. Andrews & F.M.G. Lorimer; & appendices by J. Allan et al." Volume 1 2: text 1159 pages with text illustrations. Vol. 3: 137 plates 59 plans. Vol. 4: 51 color folding maps in matching rose cloth case with index tabs. . M. AUREL STEINS PERSONAL COPY: This is a very nice copy which was likely owned by the author as his personal letter was found used as a book mark in one of the volumes. The letter is 19 x 25.5 cm. plain toned white paper written by Sir Aurel Stein using a very wide fountain pen and blue ink. The letter is in remarkable condition and has been folded twice but now is quite flat and solid. . WITH A VERY RARE HOLOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM AUREL STEIN: "At Highbroom Ewhurst Guilford: February 15 1925 Dear Sirs Thanks for your letter of the 9th inst. and the account rendered with it. I note in the account of entry of 10/6 charged for the Return of Income Tax for the years 1922-3 and 1923-4. As I was absent from the United Kingdom during the whole of these financial years no Income Tax was due from the royalties received in these years on my behalf. I accordingly request the favour of an explanation as to how this charge arises against my account and hope for a refund of the amount. Yours faithfully A. Stein" . Perhaps Aurel Stein got his reply from the Income Tax office and or this was a copy of his letter. It was found lost as a "book mark" found in this set. A lovely insight to Stein and his thoughts on how the British government had wrongly charged him Income Tax. A lovely holographic letter written in pen and ink in his usual and steady hand. Stein letters are rare and seldom found on the market. . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 765 COPIES. We understand that this set was issued in a Limited Edition of only 765 complete copies the balance of 250 sets were incomplete as they lacked 48 maps. . THE MAPS AND MAP BOX VOLUME: The matching map box is also in bound in rose cloth 25.5 x 34 cm. and is 5 cm. thick. There is some minor and usual wear to the upper and lower part of the hinged flap with some old mends. The contents consist of 47 maps each with white index tabs plus 4 other maps index tabs: "ABCD" and the index complete as issued. . CONDITION: . Bound in the publisher's cloth as issued. . This is the brightest and freshest copy we have ever had in our 45 years of tenure. The cloth of the main three volumes is nearly flawless with bright rose color brilliant gold stamping on the spines and front covers. There is no scuffing whatsoever and the head/tails of the spines are fresh with a few of the usual wrinkles expected. The joints are strong tight and the book appears to be by and large unused. There are a few bumped corners: vol. 1: the front upper right corner has a very small bump; vol. 2: faint and very tiny hint of a bump on front lower right else none; vol. 3: front right and left and rear corners tiny bump front lower right a larger bump please see scans posted to our website for photographs. . DUST JACKETS: The set of three volumes all have the original dust jackets each protected in Mylar covers. There was some of the usual wear to the unprotected dust jackets and some restoration with matching paper was performed from the inside to stabilize the tears and small missing pieces. Overall the jackets are nice with some repairs to the upper and lower spine as well as corners and a few other spots here and there. Finding this set with the dust jacket is exceptionally rare and unusual. The set if ever found most always lacks the dust jackets. . . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Stein 1862-1943. Arntzen I 506. . unknown books
