(Rieger, H. C.; Toffin, G.; Panday, K. K.; et al).

Mountain Environment and Development: A Collection of Papers Published on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Swiss Association for Technical Assistance in Nepal (Sata).

(Kathmandu, Nepal: Sahayogi Press, 1982). 1982). - Small quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial rust brown & white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped. The rear wrap is darkened & lightly soiled & the title is handwritten on the spine. [vii] & 214 pages. The publication date is circled in ink on the verso of the title. Black-and-white illustrations, tables & diagrams. Good. Good .

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Book number: 15292

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT; H. C. RIEGER; G. TOFFIN; K. K. PANDAY; Swiss Association for Technical Assistance in Nepal (SATA); 20TH ANNIVERSARY; PAPERS; NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; MIGRATION; FARMING; LIVESTOCK; AGRICULTURE;

(Denholm, Jeannette; et al. Project Direction).

Regenerative Agriculture Technologies for the Hill Farmers of Nepal: An Information Kit. (Cover Title).

Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Rural Reconstruction Association / Cavite, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, (1992). Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Rural Reconstruction Association / Cavite, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, (1992). (1992). Very good. - Small quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover. The contents are bound between pictorial maroon stiff paper cover sheets with a brown plastic binder. The cover sheets are rubbed with some light creasing to the top & bottom edges. The rear cover sheet is unevenly faded with some small pieces of paper adhering to its lower half. Unnumbered pages printed on variously colored stocks. Profuse textual illustrations, charts & diagrams. The stamp of the Institute of Forestry Project is on the contents page. The last leaf is lightly creased with some small stains. Very good.

A series of workshops was held from April 16 to 25, 1992 for the purpose of producing this information kit. The workshops were titled Regenerative Agriculture in the Hills of Nepal, Cropping Systems and Post-Harvest Technologies, Vegetable and Fruit Production, Natural Resources and Their Enhancement, Livestock and Fodder, Soil Fertility Composting and Manuring, and Pest Management.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 15399

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE HILL FARMERS OF NEPAL; INFORMATION KIT; WORKSHOPS; JEANNETTE DENHOLM; REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE IN THE HILLS OF NEPAL; CROPPING SYSTEMS AND POST-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES; VEGETABLE AND FRUIT PRODU

Acharya, Meena.

The Maithili Women of Sirsia. The Status of Women in Nepal. Volume II: Field Studies Part 1.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, (1981). (1981). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are very lightly bumped with soiling to the rear wrap. There is some light soiling to the front wrap with a crease across its bottom corner. [vii], xxxviii & 241 pages. Illustrated with tables, diagrams & black-and-white photographic illustrations. Very good.

First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 15199

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; WOMEN'S STUDIES; THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN NEPAL; THE MAITHILI WOMEN OF SIRSIA; MEENA ACHARYA; CULTURE; SOCIETY; ECONOMY; POWER; AUTHORITY; LEGAL RIGHTS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Acharya, Meena; and Bennett, Lynn.

Rural Women of Nepal: An Aggregate Analysis and Summary of 8 Village Studies. The Status of Women in Nepal. Volume II, Part 9: Field Studies.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, (1981). (1981). - Large octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled. There is a light crease to the front wrap, a small piece out its bottom corner & an owner's ink name on its top edge. [vi], xxxvii, [i] & 432 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & numerous graphs & tables, including a folding table. There are tiny pieces out of the bottom corners of the first 3 leaves & the first few leaves & last few leaves are lightly bumped. Good.

First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Good .

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Book number: 15321

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; WOMEN'S STUDIES; THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN NEPAL; THE RURAL WOMEN OF NEPAL; AN AGGREGATE ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY OF 8 VILLAGE STUDIES; FIELD STUDIES; MEENA ACHARYA; LYNN BENNETT; SOCIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; DEMOGRAPHICS; FAMILY; MARRIAGE; EMPLOY

Acharya, Meena (Part 1); Bennett, Lynn (Part 2); Pradhan, Bina (Part 3); Shrestha, Indira (Part 4).

The Status of Women in Nepal. Volume I: Background Report. Part 1: Statistical Profile of Nepalese Women: A Critical Review. Part 2: Tradition and Change in the Legal Status of Nepalese Women. Part 3: Institutions Concerning Women in Nepal. Part 4: Annotated Bibliography on Women in Nepal. (4 Volumes).

Kathmandu, Nepal: Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, (1979). (1979). - Large octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with an owner's stamp on the front wrap of each volume. There is a short tear to the spine of Part 2 & a small piece out of the bottom corner of its rear wrap. xix, 101 & [1] pages; xvi & 107 pages; xvii & 140 pages; and xiii & 69 pages. There is an owner's stamp on each title page & on the top edge of each volume. The page corners in Parts I & 2 are lightly bumped. Black-and-white photographic illustrations, charts & tables. Good.

First edition, limited to 500 copies. Good .

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Book number: 15323

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; WOMEN'S STUDIES; THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN NEPAL; BACKGROUND REPORT; STATISTICAL PROFILE OF NEPALESE WOMEN: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN THE LEGAL STATUS OF NEPALESE WOMEN; INSTITUTIONS CONCERNING WOMEN IN NEPAL; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WO

Anderson, Mary M.

The Festivals of Nepal.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1971). (1971). - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. 288 pages. 23 color illustrations, including a frontispiece. The corners are bumped, else near fine.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 15312

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; THE FESTIVALS OF NEPAL; MARY M. ANDERSON; PROCESSIONS; RITUALS; METAPHYSICS; MYTHS; LEGENDS; BUDDHISM; HINDUISM; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Banskota, Mahesh.

Environment Management, Rural Development and Project Planning.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA), Tribhuvan University, 1980. 1980. - Small quarto [11-1/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed white & blue wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with a light ink mark to the front wrap. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & have been partially repaired with scotch tape. [3] leaves & 43 pages, mechanically reproduced. Illustrated with black-and-white charts. The printing of the 1-page foreword is somewhat light but readable. Good.

CEDA Occasional Paper Series. "With the Compliments of CEDA" is stamped on the front wrap and the stamp of "Resource Conservation and Utilization Project Library" is on the verso of the title and on the bottom margin of page 29. Good .

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Book number: 15251

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT PLANNING; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MAHESH BANSKOTA; CEDA; CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

Beine, David K.

Ensnared by Aids: Cultural Contexts of Hiv/Aids in Nepal.

(Kathmandu, Nepal): Mandala Book Point, (2003). (2003). (Kathmandu, Nepal): Mandala Book Point, (2003). (2003). Very good. - Octavo, 8-5/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in blue wraps titled in white with an illustration in red, white and blue on the front cove, in a matching stiff dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & bumped. 411 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams & tables. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 99304

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; MEDICINE; HEALTH; AIDS; ENSNARED BY AIDS: CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF HIV/AIDS IN NEPAL; DAVID K. BEINE; ETHNOSCIENCE; ILLNESS; SURVEYS; STUDIES; CULTURE; SOCIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY.

Bennett, Lynn.

The Parbatiya Women of Bakundol. The Status of Women in Nepal. Volume II: Field Studies Part 7.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, (1981). (1981). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled. [vii], xxxix, [i] & 290 pages. The bottom page corners are slightly bumped. Illustrated with maps, tables, diagrams & black-and-white photographic illustrations. Very good.

First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 15200

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; WOMEN'S STUDIES; THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN NEPAL; THE PARBATIYA WOMEN OF BAKUNDOL; LYNN BENNETT; VILLAGE LIFE; FAMILY; KINSHIP; MARRIAGE; ECONOMY; CASTE; FARMING; MARKET ECONOMY; EMPLOYMENT; EDUCATION; LEGAL RIGHTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLE

Evans, Patrick T.; compiler.

Agroforestry in the Terai. Seminar / Hetauda, March 21st - 23rd, 1990. Proceedings.

Hetauda, Nepal: Terai Community Forestry Development Project, 1990. 1990. - Small quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover. The contents are bound between plastic sheets & printed green cover sheets with a black plastic ring binder. The cover sheets are lightly bumped & their edges are faded. Title, [ii] & 107 pages, mechanically reproduced & printed on one side only. The page corners are lightly bumped & there are a very few red ink markings & notations. Very good.

Papers on such subjects as the history of agroforestry in the Terai, the Sagarnath Forestry Development Project, the Butwal Plywood Factory, the Small Farmers Development Project and flora of agroforestry significance in the Terai. Very good .

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Book number: 15252

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; TERAI COMMUNITY FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; AGROFORESTRY IN THE TERAI; SEMINAR; PAPERS; HETAUDA; PATRICK T. EVANS; SAGARNATH FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; BUTWAL PLYWOOD FACTORY; SMALL FARMERS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; FARMING; FOOD PRODUCT

Forbes, Ann; and McGranahan, Carole.

Developing Tibet? a Survey of International Development Projects.

(Cambridge, MA): Cultural Survival / (Washington, DC): The International Campaign for Tibet, 1992. 1992. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is rubbed & bumped with some light creasing to the wraps. vii & 163 pages. illustrated with a black-and-white map. There is minor creasing to the bottom corners of the pages. Very good.

From the library of Peter Matthiessen. Laid in is two-page autograph letter signed addressed to him from co-author Ann Forbes on Cultural Survival letterhead. Forbes is sending him a copy of this report and writes about the research she is doing in Nepal.

Cultural Survival Report No. 33. Very good .

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Book number: 25903

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; TIBET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL SURVIVAL REPORT; THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET; DEVELOPING TIBET? A Survey of International Development Projects; ANN FORBES; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; CAROLE MCGRANAHAN; NGO PROJECTS; UNITED NATIONS;

Forbes, Ann Armbrecht.

Settlements of Hope: An Account of Tibetan Refugees in Nepal.

Cambridge, MA: Cultural Survival, Inc. (1989). (1989). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled. The spine is rubbed with the head chipped. xiii & 170 pages. There are a few pencil markings in the text. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Signed "Ann Forbes" by the author on the half-title.

The book examines how Tibetan exiles in Nepal have been able to preserve their heritage by maintaining their cultural identity and freely practicing their religion. The brief foreword is by the Dalai Lama. Very good .

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Book number: 15254

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; TIBET; NEPAL; TIBETAN EXILES; TIBETAN REFUGEES; SETTLEMENTS OF HOPE; ANN ARMBRECHT FORBES; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CULTURAL IDENTITY; HERITAGE; RELIGION; AID; ECONOMICS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fuller, Elizabeth.

Nima: A Sherpa in Connecticut.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1984). (1984). - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed, chipped & soiled with a piece out of the tail of the spine. vii, [i] & 199 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

The story of how an American couple, following a trek through the Himalayas, brought an eighteen-year-old Sherpa to Connecticut to be treated for tuberculosis. Fine .

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Book number: 15478

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SHERPA GUIDE; TUBERCULOSIS; ELIZABETH FULLER; NIMA: A SHERPA IN CONNECTICUT; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Gellner, David N.; Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna; and Whelpton, John; editors.

Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal.

Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, (1997). (1997). Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, (1997). (1997). Fine. - Octavo, pictorial blue paper covered boards. The boards are rubbed & lightly bumped. xxii & 623 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. This book, focusing on Nepal, originated in a conference and seminar series on culture, politics and identity in the Himalayan region. Fine .

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Book number: 15263

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY IN A HINDU KINGDOM: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary NepaL; DAVID N. GELLNER; JOANNE PFAFF-CZARMECKA; JOHN WHELPTON; CASTE; COMMUNALISM; COMMUNISIM; NEWARS; HINDUISM; GURUNGS; ETHNIC IDENTITY; NATION BUIL

Grunfeld, A. Tom.

The Making of Modern Tibet.

Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1987). (1987). - Octavo, black cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with some light spotting & with tiny white stains to the spine. The dust jacket is rubbed with some creasing to the edges. x & 277 pages. The top corner has been excised from the front endpaper. The pages are slightly darkened. Good. Good .

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Book number: 22944

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; TIBET; THE MAKING OF MODERN TIBET; A. TOM GRUNFELD; HISTORY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; CUSTOMS; RELIGION; POLITICS; ECONOMY; CHINA.