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1901ref. 1246S.n.: N.p. 1901. First separate edition. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. In publisher’s yellow wrappers. Traces of folding. Cover somewhat dusted. Title and date in pencil on cover. Pages wavy at lower edge. Otherwise in very good condition. First separate edition. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. In publisher’s yellow wrappers. 295–300 2 p. Stein’s early paper on the archeological excavations and findings in Khotan during his first major expedition to Central-Asia in 1900–1901. Originally published in Journal of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 33 Issue 2 April 1901. Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . [N.p.] unknown
1884ref. 2789Budapest: Tettey Nándor 1884. Second edition. In original binding. In very good condition. Second edition. In original binding. 420 p. with the portrait of the author. During the author's trip he thoroughly visited North America and also visited the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia. He reports in detail about his experiences personal experiences and the American social conditions in his work. Tettey Nándor unknown
2003ref. BN420960König 2003. 2003. Cast - Abguss : eine Skulptur ; deutscher Abguss des englisch-deutschen Wörterbuchs Cast - Abguss : eine Skulptur ; deutscher Abguss des englisch-deutschen Wörterbuchs Erwin Wurm. Galerie Aurel Scheibler König unknown
1933ref. mon0003322514Macmillan and Co. Limited 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1941ref. ABE-1663294676224Reprint of the 1907 Oxford first edition. Printed in Peking with a 1941 date on front covers and 1939 on copyright pages. Small quarto 27.5206 cm LWH wt: 2.4 kg xxiv 621pp plus 38 plates; viii 238pp plus 119 plates. 2 volumes complete. Wear to spines with minor loss internal pages in unread condition with the top page edges still uncut. Reprinted in Peking, China, 1941 paperback
1929ref. ABE-1686803480689First edition. Folio 3425.9cm viii 114pp 267p-380p illustrated with 2 plates. Rebound retaining original wrappers. Ink stamp erased from half title. Front wrapper creased. Edges untrimmed. Top edges uncut. Part III ONLY. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1929 hardcover
1909ref. 1271Budapest: S.n. 1909. First English separate edition. Text in English. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Wrappers restored. Pages with traces of creasing. Otherwise in very good condition. First English separate edition. Text in English. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 28 p. First English separate edition of Stein’s report on his second major expedition to Central Asia between 1906 and 1908. The text is the translation of the paper Stein read at the Hungarian Geographical Society on April 23 and 26 1909 as it is stated on the first page. Although it reads on the cover in German that this is a separate offprint it is misleading because in “Földrajzi Közlemények” the paper was published in Hungarian supposedly the cover title of the Hungarian edition was – by mistake – also translated and for some reason not into English but German. The first English journal edition with slightly different text is the one in Geographical Journal for July and September 1909 which is the text of Stein’s lecture to the Royal Geographical Society meeting of 8 March 1909. Sir Marc Aurél Stein 1862–1943 was a Hungarian born British archaeologist mainly concerned with exploring ancient Central Asia. Member of “The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire” as Knight Commander KCIE and Fellow of British Academy. He made four major expeditions to Central Asia in 1900 1906–1908 1913–1916 and 1930. His greatest discovery was made at Mogao Caves also known as “Caves of the Thousand Buddhas” near Dunhuang in 1907. The Stein collection mostly manuscripts and other relics has been placed in the British Library the British Museum and partly to the Srinagar Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi. . [S.n.] unknown
ref. BN520360Motilal Banarsidass. Serindia Vol. V. Maps Serindia Vol. V. Maps Marc Aurel Stein Motilal Banarsidass unknown
1929ref. 030709London: Macmillan and Co Ltd 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ruddy cloth gilt front corners and head bumped white soiling on the rear. Foxed interior. Gilt top edge. Contains 50 plates 2 folding panoramic views and 2 folding colour maps. Review copy with publisher's notice laid in. Stein traced Alexander the Great's march of conquest towards India which opened up that area to classical Western culture. Macmillan and Co Ltd Hardcover
1933ref. 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
1930ref. 38354Calcutta: Govt of India Central Publication Branch. Fair with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Plain brown cloth hardcover. 3 iii 115 pages followed by 8 plates and 2 folding maps. The page edges have creases tears repairs and some stains moreso in the first third of the book. The folding maps each have a tear. The cloth is mildly soiled and worn. Laid in is a typewritten copy of a letter dated May 16 1928 from Stein to the Hon'able Sir Norman Bolton Chief Commissioner North-West Frontier province. ; quarto . Govt of India Central Publication Branch hardcover
1929ref. 48589Macmillan 1929. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece plates inc. 2 folding panoramas and 2 folding coloured maps neat ignature on front paste-down; original teracotta cloth upper board blocked in gilt gilt back gil top uncut trivial nick at extreme head of backstrip else a very good bright crisp clean copy. With personal bookplates on front paste-down. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Macmillan, hardcover
1904ref. 2154Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1904. First. Orig Printed Wraps. VG. pp 747-774 with plates 1-7 from the Smithsonian Report for 1903. Map showing a portion of Chinese Turkestan taken from Stein's original. Very scarce Stein offprint/ephemera. VG in original printed Smithsonian wrappers. Smithsonian Institution unknown
1933ref. C102996London: Macmillan 1933. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Crown 8vo. Original publishers full maroon cloth lettered gilt at spine. Front cover with embossed gilt roundel showing Athena with arm outstretched brandishing the aegis incorporating the gorgoneion Stein's personal emblem top edge gilt others uncut.With panoramic views 20 colour plates123 b.w. photos fold-out map 342p. index. Neat small inscription on fep to Leonard Harrison Matthews 1901Ã1986 from his parents dated May 1933. He was a distinguished British zoologist especially known for his research and writings on marine mammals. Top front corner very slightly bumped otherwise bright clean very good indeed. Excellent condition. Macmillan, hardcover
1937ref. 39549London: Macmillan & Co 1937. 4to 31.3 cm 12.25". xix 1 267 1 pp.; 1 fold. map. 63 plts. 6 col. many multi-image illus. lacking 2 maps. First edition: A thorough account of Stein's first two archeological journeys carried out in 193133. Born in Budapest Marc Aurel Stein 18621943 studied Sanskrit and Old Persian archeology and mapmaking before beginning a career in teaching in India; he eventually became a British citizen and embarked on a series of expeditions during which he obtained among other things sculptures textiles the earliest known records of daily Indian life ca. 105 a.d. and most famously and controversially a treasure trove of manuscripts and paintings from the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. The present meticulously detailed travelogue is illustrated with numerous photographic plates including 34 at the back of the volume depicting large numbers of samples of ceramics and pottery some of which are in color in-text maps and one oversized folding map. Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Publisher's red cloth spine with gilt-stamped title front cover with gilt-stamped title and gilt embossed medallion of Athena; without dust jacket spine and edges sunned spine to a light beige covers showing minor smudges. Dedication page with rubber-stamped numeral in lower margin with pencilled note "withdrawn." This copy without the pocket and two folding maps expected therein with no sign or trace of their removal at the back of the volume but curiously with many blank leaves after the last plate as if to balance the non-present maps and with the portion of the "list of plans" relevant to the absent maps obscured by an affixed rectangle of matching paper. => A solid internally clean eminently enjoyable copy of these important observations priced to reflect its "omissions. Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1933ref. 37601London: Macmillan & Co. 1933. 8vo 24 cm; 9.5". xxiv 342 pp. First edition. Based on lectures given at the Lowell Institute this book reflects on the explorations made by Marc Aurel Stein in four expeditions to Central Asia that took him into Eastern Turkestan westernmost China and across the Hindu Kush and the Pamirs. His greatest triumph involved => discovery of the world's oldest printed text Diamond Sutra dating to A.D. 868 plus 40000 other scrolls. He received a knighthood for his efforts which extended over 30 years. Stein's account is accompanied by many illustrations in both black and white and color. These include a color frontispiece several fold-out panoramas and a folding color map at rear with all color illustrations having intact tissue guards. Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Rust-brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt medallion to front board in an edgeworn lightly soiled dust jacket with significant portions torn away at spine smaller losses at corners/edges and price-clip and two small stains to rear panel. Binding clean with extremities bumped. Purple monogram ownership stamp to front free endpaper p. 83 and a leaf in the index; text otherwise clean with upper corners lightly creased across and a few leaves unopened. => Good in a good dust jacket that appears in most instances to be lacking entirely. Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1912ref. 41007London: Macmillan & Co. 1912. 8vo 24.2 cm 9.52". 2 vols. I: Col. frontis. xxxviii 546 pp.; 3 fold. plts. 105 2 col. plts. II: Frontis. xxi 1 517 3 2 adv. pp.; 4 fold. plts. 2 fold. maps 120 5 col. plts. First edition: "With numerous illustrations colour plates panoramas and maps from original surveys." Marc Aurel Stein conducted four expeditions to Central Asia that took him into Eastern Turkestan westernmost China and across the Hindu Kush and the Pamirs. His greatest triumph involved => discovery of the world's oldest printed text the Diamond Sutra dating to A.D. 868 plus 40000 other scrolls. He received a knighthood for his efforts which extended over 30 years. The present account was based on his 190608 archaeological and geographical exploration carried out "under the orders of the Government of India" p. vii; the volumes are => illustrated with over 200 plates including color-printed reproductions of artwork folding maps and photographic images of Stein's travels. Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. Publisher's dark red cloth front covers each with gilt-stamped classical vignette; vol. I with edges and extremities rubbed corners bumped minor mottling and spots of discoloration; vol. II similar with area of damage to upper outer fore-edge. Top edges gilt. Vol. I front hinge inside starting from foot and sewing loosening; inner margins of frontispiece and printed guard leaf reinforced some time ago with cellophane tape; one leaf with outer margin tattered and resulting short tear not touching text. Vol. II with back hinge inside cracked. Some text pages in both volumes showing pressure lines imprinted from plates. A respectable set of these hefty books somewhat weakened by their own size and by use "priced accordingly"; together a record of a significant expedition that offers => both visual and textual interest. Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1998ref. 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
1923ref. 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
1931ref. 29308Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. Very Good. 1931. Hardcover. Half leather/cloth titled in gilt; hubbed spine. Edges are rubbed cloth lightly stained corners bumped. Text block edge foxed. Very occasional foxing to leaves. Foldout map 64 photos 33 plates 13 plans. Original wrappers bound in. One of 750 copies. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India no. 43. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Government of India Central Publication Branch hardcover
1904ref. 651A very nice copy of the "Cheaper edition" published a year after the first edition. Folding map present. Bright pictorial cloth. Scarce. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
1998ref. 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
1933ref. 002702London: Macmillan & Co Limited 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. xxiv 336 1 folding map at the back 2 pp book adverts. Publisher's brown cloth gilt with embossed gilt decoration to front cover top edge gilt coloured frontispiece title vignette 147 illustrations of places people landscapes buildings etc. Slight toning of eps owner inscription of Oxford scholar D.Penny on ffep corners bumped a little rubbing of top and tail of spine else very good. Many coloured plates with tissue guards illustrating the paintings from the Cave of a Thousand Buddhas at Tun Huang. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ Macmillan & Co Limited hardcover
1933Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 16 fine coloured plates (complete with captioned guards) on 15, 123 monochrome plates on 78, 8 large folding monochrome panoramas and a large folding coloured map, some very light occasional marginal spotting as often; original sienna cloth, gilt back, upper cover blocked in gilt, gilt top, uncut, one or two leaves unopened, joints a trifle rubbed else a very good, bright, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE
1933ref. 008560London: MacMillan & Co 1933 8vo. original brown cloth gilt teg others uncut occ. spots in text else clean & bright throughout; lacks dustwrapper; pp. xxiv 342 2 original pub. advts last colophon with colour frontispiece147 illustrations inc. panoramas & a colour folding map. Heavy item 1.8 kg additional postage may be required for international delivery. An excellent copy about fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket. MacMillan & Co hardcover
