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China slmk Schram, Louis, 1883- The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan border. Their origin, history, and social organization. With an introduction by Owen Lattimore. (Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; New series., volume 44, pt. 1). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1954-61, 138 pages, illus, maps. Large format paperback, (measures 9" x 12") minor shelf wear. Good… Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1952. Antoine Mostaert, Francis Woodman Cleaves. 'Trois documents mongols des Archives secretes vaticanes'.Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 15, December 1952, pages 419 to 506, bib. Inscribed by Cleaves on the front cover panel to a friend, a professor of Chinese studies. Offprint of an article, paperbound. Good, clean copy. $12.50 Box 12

Philipinnes sulu1 Sulu studies, 1. Edited by Gerard Rixhon. Jolo, Sulu(Philipinnes): Notre Dame of Jolo College, 1972, 271 pages, notes, illus. Paperbound. Very good. At least 4 volumes in this series were eventually published. Scarce. $25.00 Box 5678 Contributors: Edited by Gerard Rixhon. Hassan, Irene. Coordinated investigation of Sulu Culture. Subject Tausug language -- English Sulu (Philippines)… Read more about this item

Mongolia masq Mostaert, Antoine, 1881-1971. Sur quelques passages de l'Histoire secrète des Mongols. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1953, xx, 277 pages, index. From the library of a Chinese specialist with his signature on wrapper. Wrapper has small piece missing at top of front wrapper. Good, clean, tight copy. He also states that the book was a gift from a specialist in… Read more about this item

Arabic mapa Modern Arabic poetry: an anthology. Edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi. New York:Columbia University Press, 1987, xxviii, 498 pages. Good to very good copy in like dust jacket. $14.50 Box 23 Summary:After centuries of oppressive Ottoman rule, the Arab world began to find new vitality and freedom in the twentieth century. The accompanying resurgence of creative expression… Read more about this item

England lmc Thesiger, Wilfred. The life of my choice. London: Collins, 1987, 459 p., [32] p. of plates: illus, index. Very good to fine in like good dust jacket. The front free endpaper top corner has a fold crease where it was probably folded over and then folded back. $20.00 Box 23 … Read more about this item

Central Asia bvvm Barthold, V. V. Four Studies on the History of Central Asia, Volume III, Mir 'Ali-Shir, A History of the Turkman People. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1962, 187 pages,illus, bib, index. Translated from the Russian by V. & T. Minorsky. The book is in the original green mint cloth with gilt on the spine and front cover panel.… Read more about this item

Cambodia blp Briggs, Lawrence P. The Ancient Khmer Empire. (Series: Transactions New Series, Volume 41 Part 1). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, (1951), 1962 later printing, 295 pages, illus (black and white), bib, index. Large format paperback in good to very good condition. $16.50 Box 5678

Frye, Richard Nelson, 1920- The heritage of Persia. Cleveland, World Pub. Co. 1963 (Series >World histories of civilization). 301 p., notes, bib, index, maps, illus. Very good in dust jacket $10.00 Box 5678

Admiral Steven van der Haghen's voyage to the East Indies : 1603-1606 Authors:Levinus Hulsius, Isaacus Genius, Alison D. Anderson (Editor), James Ford Bell Library Associates Summary:Neundte Schiffart (or, The Ninth Sea Voyage) was the ninth in a series of pamphlets about overseas voyages and exploration published by Levinius Hulsius (Hulse), who skillfully selected, edited and translated eyewitness accounts. This particular… Read more about this item

Georgia aceg Amiranachvili, Chalva. Les emaux de Georgie. (Series:Collection Merveilles de l'art en Orient). Paris, Editions du Cercle d'Art, 1962,123 pages, bib, illus.Very nice copy in dust jacket.Large, heavy volume,about 10.25 inches by 13x 10" or 26 x 33 cm; weighs about 2 pounds or 1.9 kilograms. Gorgeous illustrations, number tipped in. $20.00 Front hall Amiranachvili was… Read more about this item

Persia hazt Hafiz Abru(d.833 A.H/1429 A.D).Zubdat al-tavārīkh. Volume 1. Introduction , editing and annotation by Sayyed H. S. Kamal Haj. زبدة ال. Zubdat al-tavārīkh. taʼlīf-i Persia hamt Ḥāfiẓ Abrū ; muqaddamah, taṣḥīḥ va taʻlīqāt-i, Kamāl Ḥājj Sayyid Javādī. Four volumes were published. Tihrān: Sāzmān-i Chāp va Intishārāt-i Vizārat-i Farhang va Irshād-i Islāmī: Nashr-i Nay, 1372-1380 [1993Chāp-i 1.Tihrān : Sāzmān-i Chāp… Read more about this item

India srge Stoneman, Richard The Greek experience of India: from Alexander to the Indo-Greeks. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2019, 525 pages, bib, index. Fine in fine dust jacket. $30.00 Box B50 Contents: Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Conventions; Prologue: The Moon at Noon; Part I. First impressions;… Read more about this item

Central Asia Turkoman. Thatcher, Amos Bateman. Turkoman rugs; An illustrative monograph on the rugs woven by the Turkoman tribes of Central Asia. A Publication of the Hajji Baba Club. London: Holland Press, 1977, 155 pages, 55 black and white plates, glossary, bib. Fine copy of the hardcover. (Originally published in 1940 in New York by E. Weyhe). $23.50 Box 2424

India rlsr Rudolph, Lloyd I. and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. In pursuit of Lakshmi: the political economy of the Indian state. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987, xvii, 529 pages, notes, indexes. Paperbound, which has been bound in red library buckram with gilt lettering on spine. From the library of a librarian/bibliophile who had all his paperbacks bound in cloth.… Read more about this item

Kurdish 1991 Hazhar/ Hejar? Farhang-i Kurdi-Farsi hanbanah burinah. (Kurdish-Persian dictionary). Tehran: Surush, 1991?, Volume 1 – any more published? Good, tight copy of the hardcover, small piece missing from one page, a free endpaper. $35.00 Box B50 Notes: Persian and Kurdish Title on cover: Kurdish-Persian dictionary, Volume 1.

India zmdp Zebrowski, Mark. Deccani painting. Berkeley: Sotheby Publications/ University of California Press, 1983, 296 pages: illustrations (some color), bib, index. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Neat signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. A large and heavy volume, $50.00 In front hall closet.

Middle East vanw Vámbéry, Ármin. Meine Wanderungen und Erlebnisse in Persien, von Hermann Vámbéry, nach der ungarischen Original-Ausgabe. Pest: G. Heckenast, 1867, vii, 364 pages, plates, two colored, portrait. Rebound in clean, tight, brown library buckram. From the library of a bibliophile and reference librarian in Middle Eastern studies. $285.00 Box 70, III, 6

Kurdish meho Meho, Lokman I. T (Bibliographies and Indexes in World History)he Kurds and Kurdistan: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography New York: Greenwood Press, 2001, xiv, 365, indexes. There is a small note, in ink, on top edge of front lining paper, with "Office copy, added 1-01"

Antioch dgth Downey, Glanville, 1908-1991 Antioch in the age of Theodosius the Great Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1962] Description 162 p. 20 cm. Good in dust jacket