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200011409New York: Thames & Hudson 2000. First Edition. Hardcover 216 pages. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Red cloth boards with gilding on outer spine. Blind stamp on front board. Bumping to outer spine and boards. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Age wear to text block and throughout text. Significant scuffing to dust jacket. Rubbing creasing and bumping to dust jacket. Age wear to inner dust jacket. Thames & Hudson hardcover
193274978Chicago: 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
19403554907186281940. Hard Cover. Published in Peking China 1940. From the Foreword: The contents of the Tripartite Conference between China Britain and Tibet held at Delhi and Simla India in 1913-1914 have hitherto been kept secret in accordance with the agreement between China and Britain.Here is given a selection of valuable papers including the claims of the Tibetan Plenipotentiary on the boundary line the counter-claims of the Chinese Plenipotentiary the proposal of the British Plenipotentiary under pretext of mediation and the proceedings of the Conference. Publisher's pale brown wrappers. A Softcover. A VG copy page block browned internally light foxing to the wrappers. A solid VG copy. Not issued with a D/W. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
195687668Roma: 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."<br /> <br /> 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
181115798AB1811. 10th year. Leipzig Fleischer 1811. 13 : 9 cm. XIV pages 1 leaf 315 pages 2 leaves with 10 off 12 partly folded cooper-plates. Contemporary boards. This volume of the well known and estimated series treats extensivly with Tibet. Besides also with Burma a.o. The plates show views animals people etc. - A bit stained; binding rubbed spine demaged. hardcover
1857AB1069Paris:: Gaume freres 1857. 1857. 2 volumes. 12mo. xv 1 430; iv 524 pp. Early quarter red gilt-stamped calf marbled boards; rubbed. Bookplate; binder's rubber-stamp of L. Brisset Valognes. A folding map is expected with this title other issues not present here. In fact there are different issues of this work with different paginations. "French missionary-traveller was born at Toulouse on the 1st of August 1813. In his twenty-fourth year he entered the congregation of the Lazarists at Paris and shortly after receiving holy orders in 1839 went out to China. At Macao he spent some eighteen months in the Lazarist seminary preparing himself for the regular work of a missionary. Having acquired some command of the Chinese tongue and modified his personal appearance and dress in accordance with Chinese taste he started from Canton. He at first superintended a Christian mission in the southern provinces and then passing to Peking where he perfected his knowledge of the language eventually settled in the Valley of Black Waters or He Shuy a little to the north of the capital and just within the borders of Mongolia. There beyond the Great Wall a large but scattered population of native Christians had found a refuge from the persecutions of Kia-King to be united half a century later in a vast but vague apostolic vicariate. The assiduity with which Huc devoted himself to the study of the dialects and customs of the Tatars for whom at the cost of much labour he translated various religious works was an admirable preparation for undertaking in 1844 at the instigation of the vicar apostolic of Mongolia an expedition whose object was to dissipate the obscurity which hung over the country and habits of the Tibetans. September of that year found the missionary at Dolon Nor occupied with the final arrangements for his journey and shortly afterwards accompanied by his fellow-Lazarist Joseph Gabet and a young Tibetan priest who had embraced Christianity he set out. To escape attention the little party assumed the dress of lamas or priests. Crossing the Hwang-ho they advanced into the terrible sandy tract known as the Ordos Desert. After suffering dreadfully from want of water and fuel they entered Kansu having recrossed the flooded Hwang-ho but it was not till January 1845 that they reached Tang-Kiul on the boundary. Rather than encounter alone the horrors of a four months' journey to Lhasa they resolved to wait for eight months till the arrival of a Tibetan embassy on its return from Peking. Under an intelligent teacher they meanwhile studied the Tibetan language and Buddhist literature and during three months of their stay they resided in the famous Kunbum Lamasery which was reported to accommodate 4000 persons. Towards the end of September they joined the returning embassy which comprised 2000 men and 3700 animals. Crossing the deserts of Koko Nor they passed the great lake of that name with its island of contemplative lamas and following a difficult and tortuous track across snow-covered mountains they at last entered Lhasa on the 29th of January 1846. Favourably received by the regent they opened a little chapel and were in a fair way to establish an important mission when the Chinese ambassador interfered and had the two missionaries conveyed back to Canton where they arrived in October of the same year. For nearly three years Huc remained at Canton but Gabet returning to Europe proceeded thence to Rio de Janeiro and died there shortly afterwards. Huc returned to Europe in shattered health in 1852 visiting India Egypt and Palestine on his way and after a prolonged residence in Paris died on the 31st of March 1860." / "His writings comprise besides numerous letters and memoirs in the Annales de la propagation de la foi the famous Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie le Thibet et la Chine pendant les annees 1844-1846 2 vols. Paris 1850; Eng. trans. by W. Hazlitt 1851 abbreviated by M. Jones London 1867; its supplement crowned by the Academy entitled L'Empire chinois 2 vols. Paris 1854; Eng. trans. London 1859; and an elaborate historical work Le Christianisme en Chine &c. 4 vols. Paris 1857-1858; Eng. trans. London 1857-1858. These works are written written in a lucid racy picturesque style which secured for them an unusual degree of popularity. The Souvenirs is a narrative of a remarkable feat of travel and contains passages of so singular a character as in the absence of corroborative testimony to stir up a feeling of incredulity. That Huc was suspected unjustly was amply proved by later research. But he was by no means a practical geographer and the record of his travels loses greatly in value from the want of precise scientific data." Britannica. Gaume freres, 1857. hardcover
1904177840Simla: Intelligence Branch Topographical Division June 1904. The race for Lhasa A rare intelligence map produced during a spectacular move in the later stages of the "great game" showing Younghusband's route as far as the fortress at Gyantse. The map incorporates both existing information gathered by pundits and also the fruits of surveys undertaken by British cartographers during the advance. We have traced a single copy held by the British Library shelf number 57690.1. The Younghusband Expedition under a pretext of bringing the Tibetans to heel aimed at closing a Russian backdoor to the Raj. Departing in winter 1903 Younghusband and his force crossed the Tibetan border on 12 December and began the push to Lhasa. Reaching Guru in March 1904 British forces massacred Tibetan troops blocking their path the Massacre at Chumik Shenko and following a protracted effort to seize control of the fort at Gyantse in May and June they swept along the eastern road reaching Lhasa in early July. "Some fifteen years earlier as a young subaltern Francis Younghusband had dreamed of entering Lhasa alone disguised as a Yarkandi trader. Now in full diplomatic regalia and with a small armed escort he rode into the holy city. The Tibetans their morale broken offered no resistance" Hopkirk p. 183. In addition to its geopolitical goals the expedition was tasked with surveying the Tibetan interior. Captain Charles Ryder an experienced Survey of India cartographer joined the expedition as the mapping officer and information gathered by his team was fed back to Intelligence Branch in Simla and incorporated into field maps. This example dated June 1904 charts the expedition's course from its December 1903 departure point of Siliguri up to Gyantse where Younghusband was still bogged down and gives known elevations and the course of alternative routes into Tibet to be followed by troops advancing in Younghusband's wake. Along the route there are markings for the expedition's camps lines representing the journeys of detachments from the main expedition and a delineation of the makeshift telegraph line running up to Kang Ma. A pair of crossed swords and a date note the site of the Massacre of Chumik Shenko. The northern and north-east portions covering Lhasa and the territory to the west are sketched according to the valuable information gathered in the 19th century by pundits such as Nain Singh Rawat and Kishen Singh. Rawat the first non-European to win a gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society was also the first member of the Survey of India to reach Lhasa. His cousin Kishen Singh made four surveying expeditions of Tibet and Central Asia the fourth producing a detailed map of Lhasa and its environs. The map shows the course of the Tsangpo and Nyang Chu and some of the geographical features of Younghusband's planned route east to Lhasa including the pass at Karo-La and the large lake of Yamdok Tso both of which were explored in detail by Kishen Singh in 1880. The expedition and the more detailed surveys by Ryder and others that followed its success built on the achievements of the pundits giving Britain an unparalleled cartographic knowledge of the Tibetan interior. Heliozincograph printed on cloth 780 x 670 mm. Traces of couple of contemporary purple ink annotations. Clean and bright barring couple of minor stains old folds and creasing: very good. Peter Hopkirk Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa 1983. hardcover
201581503<p>8vo hardcover edition lacking dust jacket as issued. Second edition limited to 393 copies. Negligible wear. Near fine. </p> The Spheres hardcover
1934131686London: 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
199115762Bastei - Lübbe Verlag Bergisch - Gladbach 1991/. Taschenbuch/ Band 1/ Der Meister der Spezialeffekte/ Die Mord-Kulissen/ Das Festmahl der Schuldigen/ Der zweite Dolch/Buchzustand: gut/ ISBN 3891855311 Bastei - Lübbe Verlag Bergisch - Gladbach, unknown
104882kult . hardcover. gebraucht wie neu Leichte Gebrauchs-/Lagerspuren . kult hardcover
1988BN312036Carlsen Verlag 1988. 1988. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 8. Im Bann der Schlange. <br/><br/>Rick Master Nr. 8. Im Bann der Schlange. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1987BN312075Carlsen Verlag 1987. 1987. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 4. Im Schatten des Chamäleons. <br/><br/>Rick Master Nr. 4. Im Schatten des Chamäleons. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
1990BN312016Carlsen Verlag 1990. 1990. Softcover. Rick Master Nr. 15. Bei Vollmond Mord. <br/><br/>Rick Master Nr. 15. Bei Vollmond Mord. Tibet und Duchateau Carlsen Verlag paperback
105124Kult . hardcover. gebraucht sehr gut Leichte Gebrauchs-/Lagerspuren . Kult hardcover
1966036381Paris: Dargaud Editeur 1966. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Bom / Good / Bon. In-4º290x220. 1 volume de 62-2 pp. <br/> <br/> Dargaud Editeur hardcover
1974034909Amadora: 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 <br/> <br/> Livraria Bertrand hardcover
1974032150Amadora: 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 <br/> <br/> Livraria Bertrand hardcover
2010H-417-049Le Lombard 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book. Volume 77. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Le Lombard hardcover
2008I-144-119Le Lombard 2008. Good. Former library book. Volume 75. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Le Lombard unknown
2010I-144-121Le Lombard 2010. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Volume 77. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Le Lombard hardcover
2010I-362-540Le Lombard 2010. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Volume 77. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Le Lombard hardcover
BN325964Le Lombard. Hardcover. Ric Hochet - tome 77 - ICI 77 <br/><br/>Ric Hochet - tome 77 - ICI 77 Tibet et André-Paul Duchateau Le Lombard hardcover
BN326627Le Lombard. Ric Hochet - tome 75 - Code pour l'au-delà <br/><br/>Ric Hochet - tome 75 - Code pour l'au-delà Tibet et A-P Duchâteau Le Lombard unknown
1744175883Madrid: Imprenta del Reyno 1744. One of three copies traced in commerce in 100 years First edition in Spanish expanded from the equally rare Italian edition of 1738 from the library of the distinguished historian-collector Sir Charles Ralph Boxer. Reporting on the 18th-century Capuchin missions to Tibet this text records some of the earliest European impressions of Tibet's cosmopolitan society and religious traditions. Members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin travelled to Tibet in the early 18th century and had a presence in Lhasa for several extended periods over four decades until the collapse of the mission in the 1740s. Although published anonymously this report was written by Francesco Orazio della Penna 1680-1745 the leader of the mission and a skilled linguist who studied the language intensively for four years in a monastery and compiled the first Italian-Tibetan dictionary. He focuses on religious life reporting on the position and privileges of the Dalai Lama as well as on processions temples and holy law. For this edition the translator the Spanish polymath Antonio Maria Herrero added material including a report of Capuchin efforts to introduce moveable type printing in Tibetan. The type 1306 different pieces was cast in Rome and conveyed in 1741 to Lhasa where several books were successfully printed. Also of note is a reference on page 106 to Samuel van der Putte the Dutch explorer who resided in Lhasa in the 1730s and was the only lay westerner known to have been in Tibet during the 18th century. Boxer 1904-2000 "possessed an internationally known rare book collection which was seized by the Japanese in 1941 for the Imperial Library in Tokyo. After the war he was able to recover most of his books including the jewel of his collection the sixteenth-century 'Boxer codex' a manuscript with seventy-five drawings by an unknown Japanese or Chinese artist depicting the peoples of the China Sea" ODNB. He continued to add to his library and embarked on an academic career spanning two decades during which he wrote numerous works on Dutch and Portuguese maritime expansion especially in relation to East Asia. His distinctive red seal is found on the title page and his 23 December 1957 ink ownership signature is the front binder's blank. His ink notes on both binder's blanks including a reference to the sale of another copy for $250 in 1965 by the American bookdealers Lathrop Harper and the fact that the 1738 Italian edition had only 70 pages. Boxer recognized both the appeal and rarity of this edition: the Lilly library holds another example from his library perhaps that sold by Harper's. Provenance: a Maggs Brothers Bibliotheca Asiatica et Africana Part V Catalogue 521 1929 with its pencilled catalogue code "728-521" on the front free endpaper verso recorded as bound in half morocco. b Maggs Brothers Voyages and Travels Vol. 5 Part VIII Catalogue 847 1957 with its pencilled catalogue code "2715 Vol V" on the front free endpaper verso. c Bought from Maggs by C. R. Boxer with his ownership signature seal and notes. d Sotheby's "Atlases Maps Travel and Topography Natural History Science and Medicine" 8 May 1986 lot 410 sold for £2200. e Sotheby's "Atlases Travel and Natural History" 20 October 1988 lot 278 bought post-sale by Ad Orientum. Octavo 195 x 143 mm pp. iv 120. Binder's blanks after endpapers. Early 20th-century brown half morocco raised bands compartments ruled in gilt gilt devices spine lettered direct in gilt brown cloth sides boards ruled in gilt marbled endpapers edges gilt. Contents expertly cleaned most leaves with professional tissue repairs at top edge text only slightly affected: a very good copy. Cordier 2906; not in Löwendahl or Lust. hardcover
