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Unesco, 1968. Grand et fort In-4 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 293 pages. Avec planches, dessins, glossaire, index et bibliographie. Bel état.
Un volume di 358 pagine, cartonato editoriale con sovracoperta illustrata. Dimensioni: 27x34 cm. Ottime condizioni. 433 figure in b/n e a colori nel testo, 102 tavole in b/n e a colori fuori testo. Testo in lingua inglese, con riassunto in lingua hindi. (Per peso e dimensioni il libro sarà spedito in Italia con Paccocelere3 al prezzo di 15,00 euro) (Additional postage charges are requested for international shipping of this book. You will be notified by email, or you may email us before you order for a shipping quote)
Mm 180x250 Collana "Serie Orientale Roma" - Brossura originale con copertina a stampa, 159 pagine con una cartina dei luoghi ripiegata in chiusura del volume. Testo in lingua francese - french text. Copia in ottime condizioni nelle sue legature ben salde. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
<p>4 volumi in tre tomi, 31 cm, rilegatura in cartone editoriale, titolo ai piatti e ai dorsi ; p. 378, con molti disegni nel testo. Volume xxxv completo. Moltissime tavole in b/n e alcune a colori nel testo. English text, in fine condition</p>
148 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Island of Hong Kong - political and economic origins of early western mapping; Is Hong Kong the old name of Ap Lei Chau Island?; The Secrets of Chinese Maps - a map collector's insights; Stoneware Jars and Potters in Southeast Asia; The Art of Nepal; Tibetan Leather Boxes; Book Review; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Volume in 4° (cm. 28,5x23), pp. VIII, 317, (3), Cartoncino editoriale muto, privo della sovraccoperta (che recava il titolo ed era assicurata al dorso da tuttora visibili punti di colla). La sguardia bianca anteriore è staccata, ma presente. Interno ottimo e con due dei tagli in barbe. Tiratura di 100 es a numerazione romana, e 900 es. a numerazione arabe, questo è l'es. n.166. Racconta di LHASA, NEPAL: Patna, INDIA: Agra, Benares, Allahabad, Delhi capitale del Mogol), turbulenze tra Mogol e suo Vazir e i grandi della corte, Bengala, Pondichéry, Carnat, Meliapur e memorie di S. Tommaso, Madrasta. Navigazione: Capo di BUona Speranza, Sant0Elena, Martinica, Port Louis, Parigi, Marsifìglia, Roma. Considerazioni sui requisiti di Missionari Gesuiti nnel Indie. In appendice "Breve RAGGUAGLIO del VIAGGIO", e "SENTIMENTI dell'autore intorno alle Missioni dell'India", il "Manuale missionario" e la "Relazione" del FREYRE. Note. Addenda et emendanda. Sterminati ndice generale e INDICE TIBETANO. DESIDERI, il primo europeo esperto della cultura e lingua tibetana. Così com'è, senza sovraccoperta.
Berkeley, Institute of International Studies, University of California, 1963-1968, quattro volumi in-8vo brossura, pp. XII-274 con una carta ripiegata in fine + XII-214 con una carta ripiegata in fine + (8)-224 + (10)-250. Così, opera completa. Ottimo.
8vo., with a frontispiece (original guard present), numerous plates and a folding map, light browning to endpapers; original green buckram, gilt back, boards unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE
Album in-8 p. (mm. 210x280), brossura editoriale, pp. (20), con 9 ill. fotografiche in bianco e nero e a colori che documentano “a 20 day walking journey from Dolalghat, following the trail, to the Everest Icefall. Post monsoon season, Nepal 1975”. Libro fotografico dell’artista britannico, Hamish Fulton. Edizione di 1000 copie, ben conservata.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, covers a trifle faded else a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter slightly tanned at backstrip. Very scarce; especially in the dustwrapper
88 pages. Features: One-page ad for the 1960 Ford Falcon Tudor Wagon; Two-page color Cadillac ad shows green 1960 Coupe de Ville in Mantucket; 1900-1956 - the fun and fury of 15 Presidential campaigns - great photos; Frigidaire fridge ad shows mom and daughter in blue dresses with yellow fridge; Photo-illustrated article on a visit to Nepal; Photos of babies in bikinis; Canadian Club ad with colour photos of Indian tiger hunt; Wonderful world of light -photos; Adolph Eichmann - Nazi Butcher - his crimes, his escape, his 15 years of hiding, his capture; Nice Chesterfield King ad with photo of couple of beach; Color ad for Gravy Train dog food; Nice Budweiser ad shows lady with puppies; Albert Asker - money alone was not enough; The story behind the painting of Toulouse-Lautrec; Plastic surgery gives a young housewife the kind of nose she always wanted; Park your child in Denmark; John Wayne - The Big Man of the Westerns - great photo-illustrated article on him and his family; and more. Opening to bottom of coverfold and bit of loss to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, 10 plates (one large and folding) in photogravure, 63 illustrations in the text and a large folding coloured map (lightly spotted; one short tear without material loss in one fold); original cloth gilt, gilt back, mildly rubbed at joints, corners lightly bruised else a remarkably bright, clean copy of a very scarce work. Classic account of a journey by a Japanese monk through Tibet to Nepal between 1897-1903, and including a year's residence in the forbidden city of Lhasa disguised as a local doctor. His extraordinary narrative, detailing a series of events that ought never to have occurred at all, was originally published in a long series of articles written for two leading Japanese newspapers, and subsequently issued in book form (in Japanese) by Hakubunkwan. This is the first appearance in English. ONE OF THE RAREST MODERN BOOKS ON TIBET AND A VALUABLE PRIMARY SOURCE. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF WHICH THIS IS A WELL ABOVE AVERAGE COPY. Cordier BS 4382; Yakushi K35.
