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2009Best.-Nr. 78616D. A. P. /Distributed Art Publishers. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 160 pp. With 106 col. Ills. 25 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; With colored pencils and graphite the rising self-taught artist Aurel Schmidt born in Kaloomps Canada in 1982 renders terrifying Arcimboldo-esque babes with a highly charged punk sensibility-alongside forests of maggots busts of tangled snakes faces and figures made of spiders cockroaches cum and discarded hamburger. Man Eater the first comprehensive volume devoted to Schmidt's work includes more than 60 drawings from the last five years amplified by a generous selection of details that allow the reader to fully experience the painstaking precision of the artist's hand. Featuring works from her recent solo exhibitions at Deitch Projects in New York and Peres Projects in Los Angeles as well as drawings shown at the Deste Museum in Athens Greece this volume includes images from Schmidt's Burnouts series of cigarette-burned faces and Party Monster series depicting New York City nightlife gone wild. Essay by curator Kathy Grayson. . 2009. 0981577148 . D. A. P. /Distributed Art Publishers paperback
2001Best.-Nr. 70672SDI Publications. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 780 pp. With 226 ills. 17 col. and one foldout map. 35 x 26 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2001. 1878529420 . SDI Publications hardcover
Best.-Nr. Z1-R-021-02183Pearson Custom Publishing. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Pearson Custom Publishing unknown
Best.-Nr. 86117103London 1933 MacMillan. Brown cloth very good 342p. index 9 panoramic views 20 color plates123 b.w. photos fold-out map very good 3 cm. tear front top hinge mended spine head & tail bit worn else clean & solid. FIRST EDITION A succinct account of his explorations antiquarian and geo- graphical account in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of innermost Asia. Strenuous and hard travel were his daily path which led the author to places no white man traversed. His archaeological work into the Pamirs K'un-lun sand- buried sites Niya Miran Lou-lan cave shrines of the Thousand Buddhas at Dunhuang &c. These early important finds set off a sensation throughout the scholarly world and were the reason for subsequent research expeditions. A valuable important primary source. He was the last of the great geographers of uncharted areas. Stein 1862 to 1943. The First Edition was issued in brown cloth with gold stamping on the spine and covers with top edges in gilt 17 x 24 cm. . unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 1477Paris: Auguste Picard 1939. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher’s printed wrappers. Cover moderately tanned towards the extremities. Pages yellowed due to acidic paper. Lower right corner dog-eared throughout. Overall in very good condition. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the front cover in black ink. Text in French. In publisher’s printed wrappers. 2 263–268 p. Inscribed copy of Stein’s report about his aerial archaeological survey of ancient Roman limes in Transjordan and Iraq which he carried out in 1938. Transcript of his lecture at the 1939 annual meeting of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 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. . Auguste Picard unknown
Best.-Nr. Cosmo-9788170200956Cosmo Publications. Hardcover. New. Cosmo Publications hardcover
Best.-Nr. Cosmo-9788170200956Cosmo Publications. Hardcover. New. Cosmo Publications hardcover
1782Best.-Nr. 17290Carpentras, Dominique-Gaspard Quenin, 1782 ; in-4, veau marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièces de titre grenat, roulette sur les coupes (exemplaire réemboité) ; VIII, 288 pp. , blasons gravés sur cuivre.
Best.-Nr. 120506London Macmillan and Co 1929. . First edition; 8vo 24 x 17.5 cm; numerous photographic illustrations of which several folding 2 folding maps contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper very occasional spot; publisher's original brown cloth gilt medallion to upper board spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt touch of bumping to head and foot of spine very occasional spot a very good copy; xvi 182 pp. The routes and battlefields of Alexander's campaign in the east had been a long-standing interest of Stein's and whilst surveying for the Indian Government on the North-West frontier he was able to indulge his fascination. Yakushi S336. London, Macmillan and Co, 1929. hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 103018London: Fisher Unwin 1904. "Cheaper Edition" one year after the first and comprising first edition sheets with a cancel title. "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 sic" Yakushi Octavo. Photogravure frontispiece and numerous illustrations to the text folding coloured map at the rear. Original ochre cloth title gilt to the spine and to the front board in yellow with pictorial design in black and yellow. A little rubbed and slightly spotted free endpapers lightly browned light foxing to the fore-edge and to first few leaves but overall very good. Howgego IV S65; Yakushi S328a. hardcover
Best.-Nr. M4288aVery rare complete set of 2 volumes. Oxford University Press London 1948. First edition. Text volume: In-4 xxxiv & 128 pages 4 maps. Plates atlas: 32 loose plates 2 folding 20 in color. Text volume in fine condition. Plates volumes: the portfolio is rubbed and faded but intact the plates themselves are in fine condition. From the library of German scholar Hans-Jürgen Jordan HJJ. Language: English. This set ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BCI. Relevant subjects: Other. unknown
Best.-Nr. 85137601London 1912 Macmillan. Brown cloth teg. very good 2 vol. set 546517p. index 3 fold-out maps line drawings332 bw photos 9 color lithos 6 fold-out panoramas 17 x 24 cm. a bit of minor damp stain to end paperspine 1 corner bumped. . . . AN IMPORTANT PRIMARY RESOURCE: A FIRST STUDY . . The most fascinating of Stein's popular publications including chapters on his negotiations for the treasures i the walled-up library at Dunhuang. His personal record of archeological & geographical explorations carried out in the remote parts of Asia. . Stein traveled on foot over 10000 miles from the valley of the Indo-Afghan border across the snowy ranges of the Hindu Kush up the cradle of the River Oxus on the roof of the world & down to the Tarim River basin to the dreaded Taklamakan desert. A keen archaeological primary resource plus the first discovery of Tun-Huang and the Caves of the 1000 Buddha's. A major resource for early Buddhist studies and Central Asian exploration the Silk Road and that whole area. By and large the most impressive resource on this hitherto unexplored area. The Holy Grail of early Buddhist images and Buddhism. . THE FIRST EDITION WAS LONDON 1912 IN 2 VOLUMES. Bound in original brown cloth with gold-stamping and top edges gilt 17 x 24 cm. . Color photos are posted to our website. . REFERENCES: . Yakushi S331 Stein 1862-1943 . unknown
1934Best.-Nr. 32820559First separate edition. This is Stein's lecture delivered on the occasion of being awarded the Society's Huxley Medal. Original wrappers. 4to. pp. 179-202 7 leaves of plates 2 folding maps. Old owner's inscription along spine giving the work's author and title edge fading else very good. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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
Best.-Nr. Cosmo-9788170202318Cosmo Publications. Hardcover. New. Cosmo Publications hardcover
Best.-Nr. Cosmo-9788170202318Cosmo Publications. Hardcover. New. Cosmo Publications hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 16471London: Hurst and Blackett 1904. Early printing. With a large folding map and 135 illustrations. 8vo original sienna polished cloth gilt lettered and pictorially decorated in black and yellow on the spine and decorated and lettered in black and yellow on the upper cover. xv 503. A fresh and desirable copy of this scarce and important work pages 13-28 with either a chip or neat repair along the bottom margin not effecting the text in any way head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and with a small chip. VERY SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK BY STEIN. In 1900-1901 Stein excavated several ruined sites in the Taklamakan Desert around Khotan publishing his experiences in SAND-BURIED RUINS OF KHOTAN. This would be the first of two expeditions which would lead to his being awarded the Founder's Gold Medal by the Royal Geographic Society. The rare account of Stein’s first great Central Asian expedition. Stein followed in the footsteps of Sven Hedin who in 1893 had found unexplored ruins at the oasis of Khotan along the southern edge of the great Taklamakan desert in Chinese Turkestan. Hedin was unable to undertake any systematic examination of the sitebut Stein convinced the Indian Government under Lord Curzon to supply and fund his archaeological and geographical expedition in 1900-01. Stein’s excavations became the first scientific survey of the spread of Buddhism out of India and into greater Asia. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 2159Macmillan 1933. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispiece 16 fine coloured plates on 15 all captioned guards present 123 monochrome plates on 78 8 large folding monochrome panoramas and 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. Macmillan, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6131642Cosmo Publications . Hardback. New. pp. 2750 Maps Cosmo Publications hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 88842London: Macmillan 1912. Con centinaia di tavole f.t. di cui 14 tavole perlopiù ripiegate in nero ed a colori e 3 grandi tavole geografiche più volte ripiegate. Legatura editoriale in piena tela color vinaccia con titoli in oro ai dorsi e medaglioni ai piatti. Tagli di testa dorati. Esemplare genuino ed in ottimo stato di conservazione. Edizione originale di questa celebre ed importante relazione di viaggio con la quale l'autore intende rendere noti i risultati delle esplorazioni archeologiche e geografiche compiute negli anni 1906 e 1908. Macmillan, 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
1933Best.-Nr. 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
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
1931Best.-Nr. 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
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