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1258141396.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1258040069.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
97099402Washington 1930 N.G.S. Extracted article very good Rock article pages 131-185 53 b.w. photos by Rock map tight clean nice copy 17 x 14.7 cm. FIRST & ONLY EDITION A fascinating primary resource & monograph on the Tibetan ethnic group by the first white man to record & photograph the customs & traditions of the Amnyi people. The Labrang of the Lhardi tribe marvel of the Ser Chen gorge Living Buddhas the first white man to view the Yellow River gorges Lhardi tribe in Labrang camping in Dakhso canyon Butsang dress & elaborate costume. Also the Ngoloks highly primitive peoples Amnyi Machen mountains discovery & recording of the Yellow Chinese Poppy of the Tibetan highlands exploration into the unknown Amnyi Druggu mountains prayers hung on trees with spectacular vistas of mountains.great reading! When found with the complete issue it also has articles on Sumatra: W. Robert Moore: AMONG THE HILL TRIBES OF SUMATRA with 32 photos SUMATRA A RIBBON OF COLOR ON THE EUQATOR with 25 natural-color photographs. See us for the other article on Sumatra. . unknown
195671352Roma: Instituto Italiano oer Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente 1956. First edition small 4to pp. ix 3 194 plus 82 plates 2 folding each with a descriptive leaf of text; 5 folding maps printed in color in rear cover pocket; one corner bumped else fine in original gray printed boards. The Amne Machin range runs in the general northwest-to-southeast direction in eastern Qinghai Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the adjacent areas of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the southwestern corner of Gansu's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Rock Honorary Research Associate Far Eastern and Russian Institute University of Washington is one of the great explorers of the last half of the 20th century. He "was first sent to China in the early 1920s by the United States Department of Agriculture U.S.D.A. to collect seeds of a tree that later were used in the treatment of leprosy. His explorations resulted in the introduction of conifers rhododendrons 493 species potentilla and primula to the U.S. Nonetheless biographer Hubert Rhodes wrote in 1956 that Rock's collection process - collecting all plants not just searching for exotics - had important implications and opened possibilities for reforestation in North America's severest northern climates. Rock also introduced blight-resistant chestnuts. He deposited a sizable collection of birds and mammals at the U.S. National Museum the Arnold Arboretum and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. During his later years botanizing back in Hawaii in the 1950s Rock noted ominously that many native species he had collected earlier in his career had vanished completely . His efforts in linguistics are widely recognized; he spent years collecting and translating 8000 volumes of original Naxi literature including their religious tracts" Hunt Botanical Institute website. Instituto Italiano oer Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente unknown
193769051Leipzig: Verlag der Offizin Richard Hadl 1937. Rare offprint "separatum" from Artibus Asiae volume VII; 4to pp. 85 1; 16 mounted plates at the back a few illustrations in the text; first 2 leaves a bit toned else a very good sound copy in contemporary black wrappers printed paper label on upper cover. Rock 1884-1962 was "captivated by the ritual books he found in the possession of the Naxi religious specialists the 'dongba' while plant hunting in China's borderlands. Rock went on to devote the remaining years of his life to the translation of these books that contained such a treasure house of knowledge a corpus of literature that for Rock offered tantalising glimpses at the indigenous religion of pre-Buddhist Tibet. Rock a voracious autodidact appreciated an intellectual challenge: this was a script that by the time he first encountered it in the 1920s nobody had previously deciphered aside from some exploratory incomplete translations conducted via Chinese by French scholars and explorers. This vast corpus of ritual literature was essentially unexplored territory and this was where Rock liked to tread. Through his assiduous collecting and cataloguing and not without controversy he preserved thousands of these texts in collections now spread throughout the western world . While Rock's first published translations were no more than concise summaries of the stories he discovered within the Naxi manuscripts he later developed a more extensive anthropological style of translation. This meant recording in exacting detail the phonetic reading given by a dongba and then embarking upon a full written commentary. The first translation to use this method was published in 1937 as 'The birth and origin of Dto-mba Shilo the founder of Mo-so shamanism according to Mo-so manuscripts' a seminal work on Dobbaq-sheel'lo the mythical founding father of the dongba religion" see Poupard D.J. Introduction to: A Pictographic Naxi Origin Myth from Southwest China Leiden University Press. Only University of Hawaii in OCLC. Verlag der Offizin Richard Hadl unknown
2019Atlantic-9780331437843Forgotten Books 2019. Hardcover. New. Forgotten Books hardcover
2019Atlantic-9780331437843Forgotten Books 2019. Hardcover. New. Forgotten Books hardcover
97099302Washington 1930 N.G.S. Original stiff wrs. very good Rock article on pages 385-437 25 color 36 b.w. photos also by Rock with map and a second article: CARRYING THE COLOR CAMERA THROUGH UNMAPPED CHINA 24 color photos full issue. An excellent primary resource with perhaps the first color photographs of the people area & high mountains of Tibet. A fascinating resource covering the author's seven months' field work covering the hitherto unrecorded mountains known as Minya Konka & Muti Konka & the resident ethnic groups. Covering the King of Muli who greatly cooperated with the expedition with a photo of both Rock & the King route map from Yunnan through Tibet & Szechwan the fir forests below Chiprin pass the summit of Djesi pass 16300 ft. Chengtsi Valley Nashi people Yulonghsi district people photos of the 25600 ft. Minya Konka mountain Kulu monastery of the Muli people. Konkaling bandits frescoes of mountain gods of Minya Konka and so much more. This article also contains superb color photos under the sub-title: CARRYING THE COLOR CAMERA THROUGH UNMAPPED CHINA. A stunning early look at some places and mountains no white man has ever gone. unknown
1974k0733Lawai Hawaii Rutland Vermont ; Tokyo : Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden ; Cha 1974. hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. 1974 Tuttle 1st hardcover printing Near Fine/Fine- DJ/VG Slipcase dustjacket has only very mild shelfwear name in corner of endpaper is only marking found a touch of foxing at fore-edge of textblock slipcase is evenly tanned name & sticker residue at top edge staples loose at top edge. Priority & Intl shipping not available ships with care in a box. Lawai, Hawaii Rutland, Vermont ; Tokyo : Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden ; Cha hardcover
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1974mon0004102401Lawai Hawaii Rutland Vermont ; 1974T. hardcover. Good. 1.8000 10.4000 7.6000. Lawai, Hawaii Rutland, Vermont ; hardcover
1913018726Honolulu: Privately published under patronage 1913. Well illustrated large thick octavo pp 6 518 one internal gathering weak the hinge at the title page cracked and a little weak a slight stain following the title page otherwise clean internally green cloth slightly worn the spine with several snags and tears. Originally a gift from Dean Eric Faigle to Syracuse University Library with their bookplate on the front endpaper a blindstamp on the title page and an ink number on the dedication page. Rock worked for thirteen years in Hawaii before his major expeditions to China. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Privately published under patronage Hardcover
1015484328.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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97098702Washington 1924 N.G.S. Original yellow stiff wrs.extra- cted article pages 447-492 40 b. w. photos by Rock map very good. An excellent primary resource on Rock's Tibetan exploration among the independent Lama kingdom of Muli in the extreme Southwest of Szechwan. Hitherto almost nothing has been written about this ethnic group known to the Chinese as Hsi Fan or "Western Barbarians." The road to Muli lies through Gorges & over mountains pierced by the mighty Yangtze which has cut a 13000 feet deep trench through the limestone. The trip to Likian to Muli is one of the most trying in South- western China. Rock treked through the Lolo forest lands and Nashi sheepherders Tibetan highlands of Laposhan to the summit of the Yangtze-Youngning at 12550 feet to the Lushi tribe. A fascinating account of the Muli & its Lamasary with 700 Lamas. The full issue contains an additional article: THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S YUNNAN PROVINCE EXPEDITION by Gilbert Grosvenor with 5 photographs. A marvelous resource. unknown
97098703Washington 1924 N.G.S. Original yellow stiff wrs. full issue Rock article pp. 447-492 40 b. w. photos by Rock map very good. An excellent primary resource on Rock's Tibetan exploration among the independent Lama kingdom of Muli in the extreme Southwest of Szechwan. Hitherto almost nothing has been written about this ethnic group known to the Chinese as Hsi Fan or "Western Barbarians." The road to Muli lies through Gorges & over mountains pierced by the mighty Yangtze which has cut a 13000 feet deep trench through the limestone. The trip to Likian to Muli is one of the most trying in South- western China. Rock treked through the Lolo forest lands and Nashi sheepherders Tibetan highlands of Laposhan to the summit of the Yangtze-Youngning at 12550 feet to the Lushi tribe. A fascinating account of the Muli & its Lamasary with 700 Lamas. The full issue contains an additional article: THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S YUNNAN PROVINCE EXPEDITION by Gilbert Grosvenor with 5 photographs. A marvelous resource. unknown
1952600297Rome: Instituto Italiano Per Il Medio ed Extremo Orientale 1952 Rome: Instituto Italiano Per Il Medio ed Extremo Orientale 1952 806 pp with a color plate frontis and 58 B&W plates after text. Text is clean tight and unmarked Pages largely uncut. Grey stiff paper covers are clean with light edgewear. A comprehensive discussion of the religious rites of the Ancient Nakhi Kingdom of Yunnan. 1st Edition. Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Instituto Italiano Per Il Medio ed Extremo Orientale paperback
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97098002Washington 1926 N.G.S. Original stiff wrs. very good Rock article on pages 133-186 47 b.w. photos map the full issue. A stunning primary monograph. With the first photographs ever made of many scenes. Rock's caravan set out for a three months' trip. Traversing the Mekoong on a rope bridge rope toboggan for Tibetans Yunnan gorges of the Yangtze rival Salwin crossing in dugout canoes of the Lutzu. The Tungchul- ing Lamas the last Christian outpost mission in Bahang. Traversing the Yunnan area in to Tibet Nashi Lamas of the Kangpu Lamasery Tibetans of teh Atuntze valley sheep pilg- rims to the Dokerla and other exciting first reports on the area. unknown
2019x-3030140458Palgrave Macmillan 2019. Hardcover. New. 283 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.75 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
3030140458.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2013Q-1862309655Red Fox 2013-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Red Fox paperback
2013Q-1862309663Red Fox 2013-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Red Fox paperback
