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8vo., Second Impression, with 2 full-page maps in the text, page-edges browning; blue cloth, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the same month as the first edition. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians, and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet.
vii + 125pp. + coloured folding map, 25cm., photomechanical reprint, cloth, very good condition, X75704
192pp.with ills., 25cm., illustrated cart.cover, dustwrapper, VG, X71608
Very Good English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish. [4], 24 p., 17 numerous b/w plates. The Mongols of Persia and their gold coins.= Iran Mogollari ve altin paralari. First Edition.
x + 299pp., 23cm., 1st ed., in the series "Indian University Uralic Altaic Series" vol.133, softcover, G, X71517
320pp., 22cm., 1st edition, first partial translation into English of "The secret history of the Mongols", cart.cover, dustwrapper (bit used), very good condition, X75728
lxv + 277pp., 24cm., first edition of the first full translation into English of "The secret history of the Mongols", hardback (editor's blue cloth), ["This work was completed in 1956 and set type in 1957. For personal reasons it was set aside and not published until the present" (1982)], X75729
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Story of John Jewitt - A young Englishman is taken as a slave by Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island; The Children of the Wilderness - Part I - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated journey in little-known Mongolia; Winning a Wife - An incident involving an Englishman in Tirah; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-Out - Part I - The conclusion of Frederick C. Glass's adventures on a little-known Brazilian river; The Sea Devil - An extraordinary six-hour battle with a huge West Indian manta, or ray; Where the gold went - Charles Siringo describes the pursuit of two men who had robbed the famous Treadwell mine in Alaska; The Cannibal Islands - Part I - Clifford W. Collinson has spent several years in the Solomon Islands - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees (conclusion) - a couple with a donkey cart set out to explore the area without any modern luxuries; My Motor-Boat - what happend when a man tried to run a second-hand boat he purchased; How We Killed the "Rat" - a scheme to kill an intruding rat goes sadly wrong; A Woman in Unknown Albania (conclusion) - Rose Wilder Lane explores the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish; A Lonely Job - a young ship's officer acts as caretaker of a vessel wrecked off the Australian coast; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
94 + 19pp.with ills., 23cm., softcover, G, X71796
Very Good German Paperback. Some markings on pages. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In German. 279-298 pp. Timurs Osteuropapolitik. [Separatum]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. Timur's policy for Eastern Europe.
pp.43-102, 23cm., offprint from "Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae" vol.27 (1972), in the series "Budapest Oriental Series" vol.4, softcover, G, X71597
français In-8 de 179 pp.; broché de l'éditeur. Bibliothèque des centres d'études supérieures spécialisés.
Very Good Russian Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Russian. 223, [19 p., b/w ills. Traditsionnaia kultura Tuvintsev glazami inostrantsiev (Kolets XIX - Nachalo XX veka). Traditional culture of Tuvans through the eyes of foreigners from 19th century to beginning of the 20th century.
Brasschaat, A. De Bièvre 1926, 184pp.avec ills., brochure originale, bon état, R20359
Fine English Original full imitation leather bound. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Russian. 363, [1] p. Turcologica. K semidesyatiletiiu Akademika A. N. Kononova. TURKOLOGY History of Turks Inner - Central Asia Philology Turkish / Turkic linguistics Epigraphy.
Fine English Original cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. 271, [1] p. Turkologischeskiye issledovaniya. TURKOLOGY History of Turks Inner - Central Asia Philology Turkish / Turkic linguistics Epigraphy.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 581 p. Tuva destanlari, Vol. 1. Tuvan folk legends and epics.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 144 p. Tuva destanlari, Vol. 2. Tuvan folk legends and epics.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 200 p., ills. Tuva samanizmi. A study on Tuvan shamanism.
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English, Russian and Tuvan language. (Tuvinian - Tyvan - Tuvin). 35 p., b/w ills. Tuvan tales about animals. A compilation of Tuvan fables.
New English Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In Russian. 360 p., b/w ills. Tuvinskaya literatura. Slovar. Contemporary and modern poets and authors from Tuvan Republic.
Fine Russian Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Russian. 149 p. Tuvinskoe stikhoslojenie. Tuvan versification: Poets and poems.
Récit de voyage qui mêle aux considérations géographiques des aperçus culturels. Les cartes représentent le « recouvrement volcanique de la Mongolie méridionale » et la répartition des clans Mongols autour du Lac Tai-Hai.
xix + 589pp. + frontispice, 25cm., in the series "Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica" vol.76, hardback (cart.cover), fine condition, X71560
(Viaggiatori russi in Asia Centrale - Viaggi - Esplorazioni - Mongolia - Cina) In 4°, legatura coeva, firmata Charles Magnier, in mezzo marocchino rosso con punte, dorso a 5 falsi nervi con titoli ed impressioni in oro, ai piatti carta marmorizzata monocroma e filetti in oro, taglio di testa dorato, guardie in carta marmorizzata a pettine, pp. (2),563,(1), con ritratto di Piassetsky in antiporta, 90 incisioni nel testo, molte a piena pagina, tratte da disegni dell'Autore ed una carta geografica fuori testo. Relazione della spedizione scientifica e commerciale in Cina diretta dal colonnello Yulian Sosnovsky ed allestita dal Governo Russo negli anni 1874 e 1875 a cui partecipò come naturalista il medico e pittore Pavel Pyasetsky. Tre piccole ed ininfluenti abrasioni superficiali alla carta marmorizzata del piatto anteriore, peraltro bel volume, solido e ben conservato.
