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1903réf. 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and spine; this copy from the British Embassy in Peking Beijing with rubberstamps on endpapers and title page marked withdrawn and slight evidence of a sticker removal at the base of the spine but no other external markings; front hinge starting; a good sound and clean copy.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
1927réf. 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
réf. 122134London Royal Geographical Society 1908. . First edition; folio 34 x 22 cm; 23 panorama photos on 13 sheets many with two views per page one folding colour map; publisher's blue cloth gilt slightly rubbed ties lacking as often a very good copy; x 36 pp. Scarce early Stein item. The photographic panoramas are from the Kwen Lun range south of Khotan and on the Pamirs were taken on Stein's expedition in Chinese Turkestan 1900/1901. This was Stein's first exploration of Central Asia and this work provides a mass of geographical detail on the region. Yakushi S715. London, Royal Geographical Society, 1908. hardcover
1961réf. 217703Delhi.: Motilal Banarsidass. 1961. Two volumes. Volume I: Folding genealogical table xxxi 402pp. Volume II: 2 folding colour maps in pocket at rear 1 missing iv 555pp 24 x 17cm. Endpapers marked and browned some light general wear but good clean and firm copies. Indian reprint of Stein's great work of scholarship originally published in 1900. . Motilal Banarsidass. unknown
1901réf. 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
1928réf. 191508Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1928. Stein's great achievement. was to establish the existence of a hitherto lost civilization First edition of this comprehensive scientific report of Stein's 1913-16 expedition during which he travelled to Kashgar and Khotan and across the Pei-shan the Turfan depression and the Pamirs to Samarkand before turning south through eastern Persia to Baluchistan. As with Stein's other expedition publications the work is superbly produced and presented. "Stein's great achievement. was to establish the existence of a hitherto lost civilization along the Silk Route in Chinese central Asia. Despite the fact that better-financed expeditions from Germany and France led by Professor Albert Grunwedel and Albert von Le Coq and Paul Pelliot respectively worked in the same area Stein was the first archaeologist to discover evidence of the spread of the Graeco-Buddhist culture of north-west India across Chinese Turkestan and into China itself" ODNB. 3 vols quarto and custom map case. With 505 halftone illustrations from photographs some on folding sheets in text vols 138 plates a few in colour and 59 plans in third vol.; 52 folding maps four tabbed A-D and in printed envelope housed in map case. Vols in original brownish-red cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt front covers with embossed gilt roundel showing Athena with arm outstretched brandishing the aegis incorporating the gorgoneion Stein's personal emblem fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Recent brownish-red cloth map case with spine label standing in for original map case no longer present. Vols generally clean and fresh extremities a little bumped index map in custom case creased and marked a few others lightly worn as expected: a very good set. Howgego III S65; Yakushi S720. hardcover
1929réf. 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
1933réf. H7RBM33W6TKBLondon 1933. Large 8vo. MacMillan and co. Original publisher's terracotta cloth title in gold on spine and Stein's gold-tooled and blind-stamped emblem of Athena on the front board. With a coloured frontispiece a coloured map and 147 photographic illustrations of among others documents art and views some folding. xxiv 342 2 pp. First edition of the account of the three very important explorations by the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Steins 1862-1943 and of his researches carried out in Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of innermost Asia in 1900-1901 1906-1908 and 1913-1914. Stein travelled through Pamirs Khotan and Niya to Dunhuang Suchou Turfan and Kashgar to Samaskand and the northern and southern silk roads. In the present work he describes his archeological and topographical discoveries by showing artefacts like documents art objects and describing buildings and landscapes all illustrated with the photographic illustrations showing the eastern and western influences. Highly interesting summary of this important archeological expedition to Chinese Turkistan and its adjacent areas.With the bookplate of Louise Maxwell Scott on the front paste-down and another owner's inscription dated March 1991 and the bookplate of A. Constable Maxwell on the first free endpaper. Untrimmed in very good condition. ABE CAT Art History ART ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA EXPLORATION & TRAVEL TRAVEL & VOYAGES Archaeology Art & Art History China Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia ZZ Central & West Asia hardcover
1912réf. 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
2008réf. DADAX1437152759Kessinger Publishing 2008-10-01. paperback. New. 6.00x1.30x8.90. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
1998réf. 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
1998réf. 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
1912réf. 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
réf. a107729London 1927 first edition. Royal Geographical Society. Two octavo wraps issues in original printed blue covers. November issue has Stein article pp. 417-439; December issues pp. 515-540. Includes several bw photo plates on glossy stock and text illustrations. VG no owner marks. some light wear. 2 issues: . paperback
1931réf. 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
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1928réf. 5659Oxford UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Detailed report on explorations in Central Asia Kan-Su and Eastern Iran. Carried out and described under the orders of HM Indian Government. 3 large format over sized volumes plus a portfolio of maps in a separate box. Vol 1 & 2 have 1159 pages and profuse ill and plates. These are the detailed travel volumes. Vol 3 is the plate volume with 135 plates and 59 plans. Vol 4 is the Map box with 47 maps and 4 lettered maps. The text volumes contain over 500 photographic illustrations plus other plates some in color and plans. The map box contains over 50 individual maps numbered and lettered which show great detail on the areas explored. Original rust colored cloth with gilt on spine and front covers. This is Stein's major work on the anthropology and archaeology of Central Asia. Stein was inspired by Sven Hedin but financed by the Indian government. He discovered the existence of a lost civilization along the Silk Route in CHinese Central Asia. He also described the culture of north-west India and Chinese Turkestan and into China. Stein traveled almost 11000 miles between 1913 and 1916. He went from Kashmir to Kashgar across the Taklamakan Desert to Khotan across the Pamirs and Valleys of the Upper Oxus and more! Corners bumped as usual on these extraordinary thick and heavy works and former owner's raised private library blindstamp on page after title page in text and plate volumes. Text is fine minor bumping in first few plates. Only light spine wear. Basically a handsome solid VG set in original cloth. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
réf. 122934London Macmillan 1940. . First edition; 8vo 24 x 17.5 cm; coloured folding map in pocket at rear 112 photographic illustrations 31 plates of antiquities at end 25 plans and 7 maps discreet previous ownership inscription to front endpaper; publisher's original cloth gilt medallion to upper board gilt lettering to spine a fine copy; xxviii 432 pp. One of the scarcer Stein titles presumably due to its wartime publication. This is the record of Stein's travels between 1932 and 1936 through Southern and Western Iran from the extreme south-east of Baluchistan to the Persian frontiers with Iraq and Turkey in the hills of Kurdistan. London, Macmillan, 1940. hardcover
1969réf. 215105New York.: Greenwood. 1969. Maps 1 folding loosely inserted many illustrations 31 black and white plates xxviii 432pp index very light foxing edges but overall a very nice hardback copy. Archaeological expedition 1932-36. . Greenwood. hardcover
réf. 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
1929réf. 002701London: Macmillan & Co Limited 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. xvi 182 2 folding maps at the back. Publisher's brown cloth gilt with embossed gilt decoration to front cover top edge gilt frontispiece title vignette 97 illustrations of places people landscapes buildings etc. Slight toning of eps owner inscription of Oxford scholar D.Penny on ffep a few minor bumps and marks and rubbing of top and tail of spine else very good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ Macmillan & Co Limited hardcover
1964réf. 12837New York: Pantheon Books 1964. First Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. xxii 290. Frontis. map of Chinese Turkestan. Illustrated with a section of b&w photo reproductions. Introduction by editor Mirsky. Black publisher's cloth with spine titles in gilt. Crisp and bright. In the color illustrated dust jacket unclipped with print date 10/64: minimal sunning to the spine. Re-issue of the 1933 first edition. Dust jacket title continues: "The archeological discovery of the "silk route" linking the Roman Empire with Cathay." Dust jacket is now housed in a removable clear archival protector. Pantheon Books hardcover
1992réf. 002651Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc. 1992. Detailed account of three expeditions undertaken by intrepid Hungarian explorer and archaeologist Stein between 1900 and 1914. Tracing both the ancient southern and northern silk routes over high mountain ranges and desert in and around Chinese Turkestan now Xinjiang Stein discovered and excavated several highly important sites recovering a trove of ancient documents paintings tapestries and Buddhist relics as well as documenting and photographing the ruins of early settlements in the area. A high quality reprint of Stein's original 1933 edition. A new copy never previously owned or read. xxiv 342 pp. 17 col. and 131 b&w photos of which 6 are multi-page fold-out panoramas 1 fold-out col. map. . Reprint edition. Hardbound. New/new. 22 x 16 cm. SMC Publishing Inc. Hardcover
1964réf. 048171New York: Pantheon Books 1964. First edition 1964. Illustrated in black and white with a double page map of Chinese Turkestan and Adjacent Areas. Black cloth with dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition with good hinges firm text block clean pages no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a couple of very minor closed tears to the top edge of front front panel no chips. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pantheon Books Hardcover
1933réf. 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