Alec-Tweedie, Mrs.

AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY Russia Siberia China.

Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1929. Revised Cheap Edition up to date. Sm. 8vo. [viii] + 285pp. + [iii]. Adverts. Numerous ills. Some light browning, with the pencil signature of Ann Savours Shirley, original black lettered red cloth, sl. cloth wrinkling to upper board, spine sl. faded and bumped.
¶ Inscribed to title page ‘From the Authoress to Lord ? 1929.’

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Aoki, Bunkyo.

STUDY ON EARLY TIBETAN CHRONICLES. Regarding discrepancies of Dates and the Adjustments. A Report of Study for 1954-1955 by the aubsidy from The Ministry of Education, Japan.

Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Toky, Japan), 1955. Large 8vo. [iv] + 10pp. + vi + 161pp. + [i]. 3 folding tables. F.e.ps. and margins lightly browned, good in soiled and sl. chipped d/w. browned to edges and spine.

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Bacot, J.; Thomas, F.W. and Toussaint, Ch.

DOCUMENTS DE TOUEN-HOUANG Relatifs a l’Histoire du Tibet.

Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner,, 1940-46. 1st Ed. 294pp. + [iv]. 2 plates. Loose errata leaf. Unopened. Light age toning, original wrapps. minor wear, tail of spine sl. chipped.
¶ Annales du Musee Guimet, Bibliotheque d'Etudes, Volume 51. Transcriptions and Translations (some English, most French) of Tibetan historical texts found at Dunhuang by Stein and Pelliot.

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Biddulph, John.

TRIBES OF THE HINDOO KOOSH. Preface to the 1971 Edition Karl Gratzl.

Akademische Druck ... Graz, 1971. Facsimile Reprint of 1880 Ed. vi + 164pp. + clxix. Frontis., folding tables, folding map. Lightly faded and rubbed d/w.
¶ With the pencil signature of ‘Garry J Alder March 1974’ Author of related books.

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Bonington, Chris.

THE EVEREST YEARS A Climbers Life.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 256pp. Profusely ills. mainly colour from photos. Very good in sl rubbed d/w.
¶ Signed by the Author to title page.

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Burnaby, Fred.

A RIDE TO KHIVA: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia. With Maps and an Appendix, Containing, Amongst Other Information, a Series of March Routes, Translated from Several Russian Works.

Time Life, 1986. Reprint of 1876 Ed. xviii + 487pp. + [vii]. 3 folding maps including 2 in pockets. Bookplate and prospectus loosely inserted, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, marbled e.ps., gilt lettered simulated leather, a.e.g.

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David-Neel, Alexander.

INITIATIONS AND INITIATES IN TIBET. Authorised Translation by Fred Rothwell.

Rider & Co., 1931. 1st English Ed. 224pp. Numerous plates. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, some browning, with the signature of ‘M.M. Baker Cheltenham 1941’, gilt lettered maroon cloth, spine faded and bumped, minor marking and wear.

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Denwood, Philip.

TIBETAN.

John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 1999. xviii + [ii] + 372pp. + [ii]. Map. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, good in white lettered magenta pictorial boards, lightly faded to spine.
¶ London Oriental and African Language Library, Volume 3.

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Dinwiddie, Donald. (Editor).

PORTRAITS OF THE MASTERS. Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages. With contributions by Heather Stoddard, Donald Dinwiddie, Ramon N. Prats, Peter Alan Roberts, Cyrus Stearns and Tenzin Dechen Rochard.

Serinda Publications Inc., Chicago/Oliver Hoare Ltd., 2003. 1st Ed. Large 4to. 396pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour. Very good in d/w.

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Dum-Tragut, Jasmine.

ARMENIAN. Modern Eastern Armenian.

John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2009. Thick 8vo. xiv + [ii] + 742pp. + [viii]. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, very good in black lettered mustard laminated pictorial boards
¶ London Oriental and African Language Library, Volume 14.

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(Hedin). Ossiannilsson, K.G.

SVEN HEDIN NOBLEMAN. An Open Letter From ... Authorized Translation by H.G. Wright.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1917. 1st UK Ed. Sm. 8vo. 223pp. From the library of Lionel Carley, with the ink ownership stamps of Robert Norman, light age toning, light blue lettered navy blue cloth, spine with light vertical crease and sl. bumped.

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Hewitt, B.G.

GEORGIAN. A Structural Reference Grammar.

John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 1995. Thick 8vo. xviii + 714pp. + [ii]. Map. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, very good in white lettered red pictorial boards.
¶ London Oriental and African Language Library, Volume 2.

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Janhunen, Juha A.

MONGOLIAN.

John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2012. Large 8vo. xiv + [ii] + 320pp. Map. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, very good in black lettered yellow laminated pictorial boards
¶ London Oriental and African Language Library, Volume 19.

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Kircher, Athanasius.

CHINA ILLUSTRATA.

Ratna Pustak Bhandar Kathmandu Nepal, 1979. Reprint of 1667 Ed. 4to. xxxix + [18]pp. + 237pp. + [xi]. Profusely ills. Prelims. creased to leading corner, ills. e.ps., gilt lettered cloth, upper leading corner bumped, spine sl. bumped.
¶ Bibliotheca Himalayica, Series I, Volume 24. Edited by H.K. Kulöy.

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Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E.

TABO a Lamp for the Kingdom. Early Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Art in the Western Himalaya. With contributions by Christian Luczanits, Luciano Petech, Ernst Steinkellner, Erna Wandl.

Skira, Milan, 1997. 1st Ed. 4to. 279pp. + [I]. 240 ills. including 150 in colour. Very good in d/w.

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