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1974ref. 034909Amadora: Livraria Bertrand 1974. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. In-4º288x208. 1 Vol. de 46-1 pp. Ric Hochet começou a sua carreira como um ardina. No ano seguinte encontramo-lo como jornalista herói de histórias completas curtas. Conhece o comissário J. Sigismond Bourdon da Polícia Judiciária e juntos formam uma dupla que desvenda numerosos enigmas policiais Livraria Bertrand hardcover
1974ref. 032150Amadora: Livraria Bertrand 1974. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. In-4º288x208. 1 Vol. de 46-1 pp. Ric Hochet começou a sua carreira como um ardina. No ano seguinte encontramo-lo como jornalista herói de histórias completas curtas. Conhece o comissário J. Sigismond Bourdon da Polícia Judiciária e juntos formam uma dupla que desvenda numerosos enigmas policiais Livraria Bertrand hardcover
1956ref. 87668Roma: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente 1956. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo 25cm. Printed paper-covered boards hardcover; 194pp text; 82 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates halftones each with a printed caption on facing tissue-guard; five large folding maps in color housed in rear pocket. Some mild toning and hand-soil to binding; minor bump to base of front board; overall a well-preserved Very Good or better copy with the text complete clean and unmarked. Issued as the twelfth volume in the Institute's "Serie Orientale Roma." A scholarly study of the lands flora fauna and peoples of the Amnye Ma-Chhen Range in eastern Tibet based on explorations made in 1924 and 1926. A notable work mapping for the first time the course of the headwaters of the Yellow River. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente unknown
2017ref. 87733Leuven: Peeters 2017. First Edition. First Impression. Thick octavo 24.5cm; original pictorial card wrappers; xxxvi34-940pp; illus.; text is entirely in French. A Fine copy of this substantial monograph on Tibetan ache lhamo theatre as it was performed in the pre-modern era before 1950 and as it is still performed today in the Tibet Autonomous Region and within the Tibetan diaspora in India and Nepal. 87733. Peeters unknown
1979ref. 85781Berkeley: Dharma Publishing 1979. Third printing. Two quarto volumes; cloth hardcovers dustjackets; 210pp paginated continuously; illus. Both volumes clean tight and unmarked - Near Fine. In the original dustwrappers slightly rubbed at extremities v.II with a small loss to rear panel and a closed tear at base of front flap-fold Very Good overall. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn with his printed bookplate to pastedowns. Photographs taken by the author and her husband Lama Anagarika Govinda during an expedition to Central and Western Tibet in the years 1947-49. A remarkable record of Tibetan geography architecture and sacred art in the period immediately preceding the Seventeen Point Agreement which ceded sovereignty over Tibet to China. Dharma Publishing unknown
1993ref. 85837London: Serindia Publications 1993. First Edition. First impression. Quarto. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 319pp; illustrations in color and b/w. A fine unworn copy. In the original dustwrapper similarly Fine. From the library of noted poet / translator / Buddhist scholar Nathaniel Tarn with his printed bookplate inside front cover. Serindia Publications unknown
1968ref. 85865Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1968-1970. First Thus. Three volumes. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's navy blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spines and front boards. Dustjackets. xix; 319pp.; xiv; 1; 326pp.; xv; 1; 235pp. All vols clean and tight very light wear to the cloth with some minor scuffing to corners and spine ends; internally clean a little thumbing to the page edges in places. top-edges a little dusty; in clean bright pictorial dustjackets with soiling to the paler regions and some shallow fraying to the spine ends the front panel of "The People of Tibet" has a patch of abrasion to the front panel possiblyy from a poorly removed label. A very good clean set. First published in 1928. Bell was for a large portion of his life the British Political Officer for the Bhutan Sikkim and Tibet regions of "British India" and was in effect considered the unofficial British Ambassador to Tibet. Although he resigned from these appointments in 1919 Bell was despatched on a diplomatic mission to Lhasa in the early 1920's for which he was subsequently knighted and became close acquaintances with the Dalai Lama being chosen to represent Tibetan interests in the Simla Convention where Great Britain and China met ostensibly to decide the fate of Tibet. The Clarendon Press unknown
1934ref. 131686London: The China Inland Mission 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. London The China Inland Mission September 1934/ November 1933. Octavo 157 3 CIM information pages with 2 illustrations plus 21 pages of plates. Cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; flyleaves a little tanned; an excellent copy. The author was 'For Twenty-two Years a Missionary in China'. The China Inland Mission hardcover
ref. 9620401964.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1937ref. 64643London UK: G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1937. 8vo. 6 328 pp. Blue publisher’s cloth yellow lettering on spine minor dustsoiling light shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art of warriors minor scuffing head & foot of spine age toning still NF/VG copy. First edition of this very uncommon memoir by the noted war correspondent and British India journalist writing of his experiences marching with the Indian Legation troops based out of Lahore to relieve the Legations in Beijing China during the Boxer Rebellion commenting on the race by Japanese Russian American & British to be the first into the capital. He also includes his reminiscences of the experiences with the 1903 Younghusband Expedition into Tibet witnessed the firghting the troops marching into Lhasa and later first-hand account of the Third Afghan War. Newman d. 1942 who wrote under the pseudonym of “Kim” as journalist on “The Statesman” and “Englishman” staffs later returned for health reasons to England and wrote as a columnist until his death. Very rare in original dustjacket. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., hardcover
2019ref. SBBI-mon0000011958Tibet Relief Fund 2019. paperback. Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Tibet Relief Fund paperback
1913ref. 59889Cambridge: At the University Press 1913. Tall 8vo. xii 283 1 pp. including 1 pp. of publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 39 plates 5 maps 4 large folding. Blue-green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing to head & foot of spine wear to lower corners rear inner hinge just starting still VG bright copy w/ ownership markings on front pastedown removed bookplate on rear pastedown. First edition of this classic work recounting the author’s journey from Shanghai to Tibet collecting plants and specimens through Western China and southeast Asia. He discovered many species unknown in Europe and the Americas including the Tibetan Blue Poppy introduced their seeds to many botanical gardens and details such adventures as swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo avoiding impending avalanches and more. At the University Press, hardcover
2012ref. 75473Boston and London: Shambhala 2012. First edition of this translation. Large octavo. lxi 1 618 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering front cover with an Asian deity in gilt marbled brown endpapers. Matching publisher's slipcase. An excellent copy of this Tibetan classic.The epic of Gesar is the longest single piece of literature in the world canon encompassing some 120 volumes; here the first three volumes are translated telling of Gesar's birth his mischievous childhood and his youth spent in exile and his rivalry for the throne with his treacherous uncle. For hundreds of years versions of the Gesar of Ling epic have been sung by bards in Tibet China Central Asia and across the eastern Silk Route. King Gesar renowned throughout these areas represents the ideal warrior. As a leader with his people's loyalty and trust he conquers all their enemies and protects the peace. The example of King Gesar is also understood as a spiritual teaching. The "enemies" in the stories represent the emotional and psychological challenges that turn people toward greed aggression and envy and away from the true teachings of Buddhism. Shambhala hardcover
1932ref. 74978Chicago: Lakeside Press 1932. First edition of this obscure publication done for the Chicago 1933 World's Fair. Octavo. 64 pp. plus photographic portrait of the donor Victor Bendix. A very good copy.Dr. G. Montell was born in Pajala Sweden on 7 November 1899. His research focused on Inner Mongolia Outer Mongolia and the Chinese Summer Palace at Chengde Jehol. He was a member of Sven Hedin's Sino-Swedish Expedition to Central Asia in 1929–1933 and the extensive ethnographic collection which he acquired on behalf of Hedin is now housed in the Ethnographic Museum Statens etnografiska museum in Stockholm. He subsequently became Director of the Asian Department of that museum Lakeside Press unknown
1987ref. 46988Beijing: New World Press and People’s Publishing House of Tibet 1987. Folio. 164 pp. Over 75 colour plates numerous black & white text illustrations. Embossed-blue silk gilt lettering front cover & spine illustrated endpapers minor shelfwear w/ d.j. minor shelfwear VG/VG copy. First edition of this work reproducing the beautiful biographical paintings of Phags-pa 1235-1280 drawing from 25 surviving scrolls of painted silk now stored in the Sa-skya Monastery in Tibet. Phags-pa served as State Tutor under Kublai Khan when he moved his capital from Shangdu Duolun in inner Mongolia to Beijing establishing the Yuan Dynasty. New World Press and People’s Publishing House of Tibet, unknown
1988ref. BN312036Carlsen Verlag 1988. 1988. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 8. Im Bann der Schlange. Rick Master Nr. 8. Im Bann der Schlange. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1987ref. BN312075Carlsen Verlag 1987. 1987. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 4. Im Schatten des Chamäleons. Rick Master Nr. 4. Im Schatten des Chamäleons. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1990ref. BN312016Carlsen Verlag 1990. 1990. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 15. Bei Vollmond Mord. Rick Master Nr. 15. Bei Vollmond Mord. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
ref. BN325964Le Lombard. Hardcover. Ric Hochet - tome 77 - ICI 77 Ric Hochet - tome 77 - ICI 77 Tibet et André-Paul Duchateau Le Lombard hardcover
ref. BN312535LE GANG. Hardcover. ALDO RÉMY Tome 3 La Rage au Coeur ALDO RÉMY Tome 3 La Rage au Coeur TIBET LE GANG hardcover
ref. BN326627Le Lombard. Ric Hochet - tome 75 - Code pour l'au-delà Ric Hochet - tome 75 - Code pour l'au-delà Tibet et A-P Duchâteau Le Lombard unknown
ref. BN329671Le Lombard. Chick Bill - tome 69 - Secret du géant Flure Le Chick Bill - tome 69 - Secret du géant Flure Le Duchâteau et Tibet Le Lombard unknown
ref. BN321615AURACAN. Softcover. Qui fait peur à maman Qui fait peur à maman Tibet AURACAN paperback
ref. BN494203Kult. Rick Master Integral 2 Z0 Kult Rick Master Integral 2 Z0 Kult Duchateau Tibet Kult unknown
ref. BN494176Kult. Rick Master Integral 3 Z0 Kult Rick Master Integral 3 Z0 Kult Duchateau Tibet Kult unknown
