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Eastward To Tartary
by Robert D Kaplan
Robert D. Kaplan is chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm, and the author of fourteen books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate; Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power; Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History; and Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos. He has been a foreign correspondent for The...
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An Account Of the Kingdom Of Caubul, and Its Dependencies In Persia, Tartary, and India
by Mountstuart Elphinstone
History Of Civilizations Of Central Asia
by A H Dani V M Masson B a Litvinsky M S Asimov C E Bosworth
Central Asia Books & Ephemera
Journey to Khiva: A Writer's Search for Central Asia
by Glazebrook, Philip
New York: Kodansha International, 1992. Hardcover, first edition, with unclipped dust jacket. Sunning to jacket spine and light wear to jacket edges. Light foxing to page block. Boards excellent, contents clean. AD. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.
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A$27.16
In Exile from the Land of Snows: the First Full Account of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans Since the Chinese Conquest
by Avedon, John F
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394518179 . Index, bibliography, notes, many pages of photographs, some in color. Map endpapers. Cloth-backed boards. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 383 pages .
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A$23.26
Through The Unknown Pamirs -- The Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99
by Olufsen, O
New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. HARDCOVER 1969 reprint. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no rubbing, no foxing, clean, tight binding. This edition was not issued with a dust jacket (= no copy of this edition has a publisher's dust jacket). This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book...
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A$54.27
Ascent Of K2 Second Highest Peak In The World --- 1955 First UK Edition SIGNED by first summiters Lacedelli and Compagnoni
by Desio, Ardito
London: Elek Books, 1955. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1955 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original teal cloth with gilt lettering spine. SIGNED by Achille Compangnoni and by Lino Lacedelli on their summit portrait photos opposite page 225. Lacedelli and Compagnoni were the first two people to attain the summit of K2. The book is in clean, unfaded condition with no rubbing, old owner name penned to top of blank FFEP...
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A$2,558.32
The Dragon Country (A History Of Bhutan)
by Das, Nirmala
Bombay: Orient Longman, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. The book has minor bumping to cover corners, owner name penned to top of front cover and to top of FFEP, bookseller stamp on FFEP, some underlining on 3 pages, new price stamped on copyright page, no other marks or writing, solid binding, no foxing, complete. The book measures tall x 144mm, and has 99 pages, several b/w sketches. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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A$31.01
![Puteshestvie cherez Mongoliiu v Tibet, k stolitse Tale-lamy [A Journey across Mongolia to Tibet, and the Capital of the Dalai-Lama. Translated from the French]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/942/921/1163921942.0.b.jpg)
Puteshestvie cherez Mongoliiu v Tibet, k stolitse Tale-lamy [A Journey across Mongolia to Tibet, and the Capital of the Dalai-Lama. Translated from the French]
by Huc, R.E., and Gabet, J
Moscow: K.S. Henry, 1866. First edition in Russian, 8vo, pp.[ii], vi, 322, [ii]. A very good copy in later half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt. Slightly foxed throughout, a few ink stains. Red Chinese chop on title. Russian newspaper clipping (1880's) about Mongolia and Baikal bound in at end. The Russian translation of Huc and Gabet's account of their travels undertaken in 1844-46, first published in Paris in 1850 as Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine, which...
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A$1,813.90
Kamet Conquered
by Smythe, Frank S
London: Victor Gollancz, 1932. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRTS PRINTING of First Edition. Original black cloth, gilt lettering spine. Tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, fore-edge foxing, usual foxing on a preliminary pages and final pages, slight sunning to spine, generally clean covers. NO Dust Wrapper. Book measures 237mm tall x 148mm, and has 420 pages, 60 b/w photos, 2 maps (1 folding contour map), 7 appendices, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK...
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A$69.77
Twenty Years In The Himalaya -- 1910 FIRST EDIITON
by Bruce, C. G
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION 1910. Rebound in textured purple cloth with gilt lettering spine. Complete with all plates, maps, pages. The text block has been slightly trimmed. Old owner name and date 1912 on blank FFEP otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages. Fading spine. Light foxing on several pages mainly opposite photo plates. Paper cracked at inside hinges but binding mesh is strong and holding well. The book measures 218mm tall x...
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A$465.15
A Ride To Khiva - Travels And Adventures In Central Asia
by Fred Burnaby
Paperback / softback. New.
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A$51.29
Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Kaplan, Robert D
New York: Random House, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 364 pp. Bottom edge rubbed, one leaf dog-eared. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Kaplan, a keen observer of culture, correspondent for Atlantic Monthly and author of Balkan Ghosts, traveled through Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan in 1998 and 1999. From the DJ:...
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A$48.05
CATALOGUE OF MAPS PUBLISHED BY THE SURVEY OF INDIA -- CORRECTED UP TO 1ST JULY 1924
by Colonel E. A. Tandy (under the direction of)
Calcutta: The Survey Of India, 1924. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. Original printed wrappers with red cloth spine. This is the catalogue updated and corrected to July 1924 as printed, but hand updated/corrected in fine red pen to 11 December 1925. The book is large format measuring 332mm tall x 250mm. It has 61 pages and many index maps including two folding ones. One index map shows Mt Everest, Makalu and Gauri Sankar with printed elevations 29002 feet, 27790 feet, and 23440 feet...
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A$271.34
Khiva. Collection of photos.
This collection of photos includes depictions of views from Khiva, the capital of the Khanate of Khiva, and the palaces of the Khiva khans, including the alley near Nurullaboy Palace and the pool. Additionally, the collection features images with the traces of what might have been a prison, possibly for women along with their graves, the local people crossing the Shavat canal, musicians at a party, and various other scenes portraying the everyday life of the local population.At least one of these photos...
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A$2,325.75
Trespassers on the Roof of the World : The Secret Exploration of Tibet
by Peter Hopkirk
Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1995. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$11.60
Through The Heart Of Asia Over The Pamir To India -- TWO VOLUMES first edition
by Gabriel Bonvolat
London & New York: Chapman & Hall -- A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Albert Pepin. TWO VOLUMES First Edition. Mixed publisher set with volume I being the London issue and volume II being the New York issue. Nearly identical light wear pattern to both volumes with exactly the same spine tone, suggests that this was a very early pairing, if not an original pairing by the publishers. The only difference in the London and New York volume is the publisher...
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A$1,007.82
VICTORY OVER K2 Second highest peak in the World
by Desio, Ardito
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Poor/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original blue coated boards with white and light blue lettering spine. Ex-library with usual library marks and pocket. The book is very worn around edges, has a 3cm split at top front of spine, has a big part of the title page missing. All pages (other than the missing part of the title page) are present as are all of the photo plates....
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A$15.50
Caucus-Race -- 1938 FIRST EDITION
by Merrick, Henrietta Sands
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1938 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original grey cloth with red lettering front & spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book is in superior condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, very slight wear at top of spine, tight binding, no foxing, sharp corners. The book measures 221mm tall x 146mm, and has 272 pages, 29 b/w photos, map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL...
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A$18.61
Between Oxus and Jumna
by Arnold J Toynbee
London: Readers Union, 1963. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. + Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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A$9.70
To The Untouched Mountain. The New Zealand Conquest of Molamenqing, Tibet -- FIRST EDITION
by Anderson, Warwick
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1983. Original blue boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no rubbing, no foxing, clean, tight binding -- never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, no chips, no soiling, no fading. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years....
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A$38.76
Between the Oxus and the Indus
by Schomberg, R. C. F. (Colonel)
Lahore, Pakistan: Sang-E-Meel Publications. Good with no dust jacket. (2003). Hardcover. 969351503X . Yellow highlighting on many pages. Illustrations poorly reproduced.; A 2003 facsimile reprint of the 1935 frist edition. 274 pages. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: 209 x 133mm. Bookmark ribbon. This edition has the illustrations poorly reproduced, and does not have the folding map. Contents: Introduction; The Gilgit Agency; The Fief of Punyal; The Twin States of Kuh and Ghizr; The...
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The Art of Burma, Korea, Tibet
by Griswold, Alexander B. & Chewon Kim & Peter H. Pott
New York: Greystone Press, 1968. Second Edition (Revised) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The book measure 236mm tall x 172mm and has 273 pages, color photo plates, b/w sketches, index. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding, NOT ex-library. The original dust jacket is in nice condition with no chips or tears, some light wear at very ends of spine (see photo). PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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A$15.50
The Uprooted Tibetans in India -- A Socialogical Study of continuity and Change
by Saklani, Girija
New Dehli: Cosmo, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in fine condition but has some minor puckering to spine cloth (common for books published in India), tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing. The original dust jacket is in fine condition. The book measures 217mm tall x 142mm, and has 452 pages, 35 b/w photos, 3 maps, glossary, index. FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE CONTENTS SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE DJ FLAP AND THE...
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A$46.52
Beyond the Caspian - A Naturalist in Central Asia
by Carruthers, Douglas
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Hinges weak. Corner clipped from front free endpaper and frontispiece. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; xx, 290 pages + colour frontispiece + 6 colour plates + 18 black-and-white illustrations on 15 plates (1 double-page) + colour folding map. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 216 x 139mm. Includes a 17 page Bibliography. [Reference:...
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