Aitchison, C.U.

A COLLECTION OF TREATISE, ENGAGEMENTS, AND SUNNDS, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Volume II, [only of VIII]. Containing the Treaties, &c., relating to the N.W. Provinces, Oudh, Nipal, The Punjab and the States on the Punjab Frontier.

Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer Calcutta: Printed by G.A. Savielle ..., 1863. 1st Ed. xv + 439pp. 2 folding maps. Light browning, ex.-lib. with ink and perforated stamps to titlepage, occasional ink stamps, rebound in modern gilt lettered red cloth.

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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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Aris, Michael.

HIDDEN TREASURES AND SECRET LIVES. A Study of Pemalingpa (1450-1521) and the Sixth Dalai Lama (1683-1706).

Kegan Paul International, 1989. [xiv] + 278pp. 6 colour plates, 2 tables. Good in d/w.

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Bailey, Rev. T. Grahame.

LINGUISTIC STUDIES FROM THE HIMALAYAS Being Studies in the Grammar of Fifteen Himalayan Dialects.

Royal Asiatic Society, 1915. 1st Ed. xv + [iv] + 277pp. Light age toning, indecipherable inscription, original boards, spine neatly taped with title label.
¶ On Purik, Lower Kanauri, Chitkhuli, Kagani and Bahramgala, Koci, Jubbal, Suket and Mandi, Bilaspur and Nalagarh dialects.

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Bell, Sir Charles.

PORTRAIT OF THE DALAI LAMA.

Collins, 1946. 1st Ed. 414pp. Colour port. frontis., 48 b/w. plates from photos. E.p. maps, ownership inscription, original gilt lettered orange cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. soiled and rubbed, top edge of leaves spotted, head and tail of spine sl. bumped and lightly faded.

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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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Cahun, Léon.

INTRODUCTION A L’HISTOIRE DE L’ASIE Tures et Mongols Des origines à 1405.

Paris Armand Colin et Cie, 1896. 1st Ed. xiii + 519pp. Original wrapps. bound in, inscription of H. Valat, marbled e.ps., early half leather with marbled boards, some marking, spine rubbed with loss.
¶ A history of the Mongols and Turks in Central Asia.

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Curtin, Jeremiah.

THE MONGOLS. A History.Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1908. xxvi + 426pp. + [iv] adverts. Photogravure port. frontis., folding map. Light marginal browning, frontis. very sl. spotted, sl. waterstaining at head and tail of verso of frontis., lightly soiled and rubbed original gilt lettered dark red cloth, sl. dampstaining to fore edge of boards, corners sl. bumped, head and tail of spine bumped and sl. chipped, t.e.g.
¶ Association Copy, inscribed to title page and top edge of page 1 by the Author’s wife - ‘Mary F.G. Tench from Mrs. J. Curtin Xmas/09.’ ‘Mary F.G. Tench in rememberance of Jeremiah Curtin.’

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Dalton, O.M.

THE TREASURE OF THE OXUS With Other Examples of Early Oriental Metal-Work.

Trustees of the British Museum, 1964. 3rd Ed. lxxvi + 75pp. + [iv]. Port. frontis., 40 plates, 82 figures. Ex.-lib. with bookplate, ink stamps to title page, faded and rubbed d/w. with several sm. tears.

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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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