BELL, SIR CHARLES ALFRED:

Grammar of colloquial Tibetan. Second edition. Calcutta, The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1919.

. Small 8vo. Pp. xiv, 224. With 3 folding tables. One large folding map in pocket at rear, repaired in outer margin, without any loss. Publisher's cloth. Bell (1870-1945) served the Indian Civil Service from 1891 and was later in charge of the diplomatic relations of the British Government with Tibet and Bhutan. This edition is enlarged and revised, first 1905 "Manual of Colloquial Tibean". Cf Cordier BS 2940. Cf Yakushi (1984) B108.

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Book number: 99255

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, tibet, tibetan, asia, asi, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic, travel, exploration,

BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY (Mrs. BISHOP):

Among the Tibetans. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1894.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 159. With 21 woodcut illustrations (of which 13 full page) by Edward Whymper. Publisher's green cloth with gilt illustrations, lightly rubbed and spine faded. First edition. Isabella Bird (1831-1904), a much-loved Victorian lady traveller, became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society. In 1889 Isabella travelled from Srinagar to Ladakh via Zoji-la, Leh, Sassir-la, Depsang and the Karakorum. Yakushi (1984) B169.

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Book number: 121534

Catalogue: Central Asia & India

Keywords: Central Asia & India, tibet, tibetan, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, lady traveller, travel, exploration, china, chine, chinese,

BONVALOT, GABRIEL:

De Paris au Tonkin a travers le Tibet inconnu. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1892.

. Large 8vo. Pp. (iv), 507. Three pages at end with contents missing. With one large folding map and 108 illustrations (of which some full page) after photographs taken by Prince Henri d'Orleans. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, e.g. Bookplate. A narrative of a journey taken from Jarkent to Chamdo through the Tien Shan and Tibet in the winter of 1889-90. Bonvalot travelled together with Prince d'Orleans. Cordier BI 2436. Yakushi (1984) B220.

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Book number: 777045

Catalogue: South Asia

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[UGGLA, ALLAN] - O'CONNOR, FREDERICK:

On the Frontier and Beyond: A Record of Thirty Years' Service. [Together with hand written letters to and from Allan Uggla]. London, John Murray, 1931.

. Pp. xii, 355, (3). With one map and 22 illustrations made from photographs. Publisher's blue cloth. Copy of Allan Uggla with his signature and bookplate (Ida and Allan Uggla). With some annotations in pencil by Allan Uggla. First edition. O'Connor spent thirty years in the service under the Government of India. After a few years in India he served in Tibet (was the first military attaché to Lhasa), and later on in Persia and Nepal. Enclosed to this work: 1. Letter to Allan Uggla from Sven Hedin dated 1922; 2. Letter from Ida to Allan Uggla dated Karakorum 1914; 3. The newspaper "Fars" in Persian dated 1914 with a poem by al-Molk (about the Swedes and Allan Uggla); 4. Postcard adressed to A. Uggla in Shiraz; 5. Letter in French to Ida Uggla (appeal for help of a person being in prison); 6. Thank you letter from Alf Åberg to Claes Uggla. Captain Allan Uggla was in charge of the Swedish gendarmerie in Persia. According to O'Connor: "Captain Uggla, who took over the command during the summer in 1913 made an admirable Commandant - tactful, suave, a good linguist, and a good organiser. He was the man for this difficult post." (pp. 200-01).

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Book number: 44005

Catalogue: Near East

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DAVID-NEEL, ALEXANDRINE:

My Journey to Lhasa. The Personal Story of the Only White Woman who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City. London, Heinemann, 1927.

. Pp. xviii, (ii), 310. With front portrait and 43 half tones mostly taken from the author's photographs. Publisher's cloth printed in gilt, corners and spine ends chipped. Old ownership label pasted in on front paste down. Ugly marks to cover page numbering on the first five introductory leaves. First edition, simultaneously published in Paris and New York. Alexandrine spent several years preparing for the adventurous journey to the holy city of Lhasa. She studied thoroughly Tibetan customs and language. Disguised as a Tibetan nun she crossed the wild, unexplored parts of Tibet with her young companion Lama Yongden. After four and half months they reached Lhasa which at the time was closed to women. Robinson p. 9. Yakushi (1984) D 45b.

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Book number: 121194

Catalogue: South Asia

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FEER, LÉON:

Le Tibet, le pays, le people, la religion. Paris 1886.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 107. With textual illustrations. Original printed boards, cloth spine, rubbed at corners. Publisher's stamp on free front endpaper. First edition. Leon Feer (1830-1902), a Buddhist scholar who wrote numerous works about Tibet and Buddhism. Included in "Bibliothèque Ethongraphique". Yakushi (1984) F25.

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Book number: 100006

Catalogue: South Asia

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FOUCAUX, PHILPPE-ÉDOUARD:

Grammaire de la langue tibétaine. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1858.

. Pp. xxxii, 231. Modern half calf, original wrappers with bound. Wrappers glued together with first and last leaves at inner margin. (Half title and last text leaf). One small hole in margin of last leaf. Some light staining throughout. Provenance: Staffan Rosén, professor of Korean at Upsala (Bookplate). Previously owned by Olov Bertil Andersson, Swedish sinologist, with his signature.First edition of the first Tibetan grammar in French. Foucaux (1811-1894) was a leading authority on Tibetan language and culture in Paris. He published a large number of Tibetan and Sanskrit works. Cordier BS 2933. Not in Vater or Zaunmüller.

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Book number: 121367

Catalogue: Central Asia & India

Keywords: Central Asia & India, tibet, tibetan, language, langue, lingustic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, east asia, china

FRANCKE, AUGUST HERMANN:

Sketch of Ladakhi grammar. In Cooperation with other Moravian Missionaries. Calcutta 1901.

. Pp. (vi), 63. Interleaved copy. Modern marbled boards, calf spine with red title label. First edition. This grammar, probably the first of its kind, was revised by Sir Grierson who also corrected the terminology. Francke was a German missionary who served in Ladakh and Lahul for several years. Later he was appointed the first professor of Tibetan at the Berlin University. Includes an Appendix containing idioms and useful sentences with literal translation. (Published as Extra No. 2 to the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. LXX, part I, 1901). Cordier BS 2938.

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Book number: 34004

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GILL, WILLIAM J.:

Från okända trakter. Resa genom Kina med dess alpländer och östra Tibet till Burma. Stockholm, C. Suneson, 1885.

. Pp. 290. With one folding map. Old ownership signature on title-page. Contemporary marbled boards, morocco spine, decorated and lettered in gilt, slightly rubbed, innner front hinge cracked. A rare, Swedish edition of "The river of golden sand; ..." (London 1880) translated by Dr. C.F. Bagge. "This account of a survey of river and land routes undertaken in 1876-77 by Captain Gill ... ends in Bhamo in Upper Burma, the end-point of Chinese overland trade routes. With detailed route maps and itineraries." Burma, World Bibl. Series, 132. Cordier BI 190-91.

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Book number: 17006

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, china, burma, chinese, burmese, kina, travel, voyage, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, southeast asia

GILL, WILLIAM J.:

Från okända trakter. Resa genom Kina med dess alpländer och östra Tibet till Burma. Stockholm, C. Suneson, 1885.

. Pp. 290. With one folding map. Uncut and unopened copy in original wrappers, printed in red and black, spine ends slightly chipped. A Swedish edition of "The River of Golden Sand; ...", originally published in London 1880. Translated into Swedish by Dr. C.F. Bagge. Contains a survey of river and land routes undertaken in 1876-77 through China and Tibet ending in Upper Burma. Burma, World Bibl. Series, 132. Cordier BI 190-91.

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Book number: 777086

Catalogue: East Asia

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HAMILTON, ROBERT-CLIFTON:

An Outline Grammar of the Dafla Language as Spoken by the Tribes immediately South of the Apa Tanang Country. Shillong, The Assam Secretariat Printing Office, 1900.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), 6, 127, (1). Small damage to upper right corner in parts (no loss). Original blue printed boards, cloth spine. Presentation copy to Ralph Lilley Turner (British Orientalist and linguist). First edition of a grammar of the Dafla or Nishi language. This is a Tibetan-Burman language spoken by groups in Assam on the North-East frontier of British India. The author describes the Eastern rather than the Western dialect of the Dafla language. A limited edition of 300 copies.

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Book number: 120642

Catalogue: South Asia

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HEDIN, SVEN:

Asien. Tusen mil på okända vägar. Two volumes. Stockholm 1903.

. Pp. (xii), 696, (8); (iv), 672, (8). With 4 maps, 164 plates and many more illustrations in the text. Publisher's green cloth printed in black and gilt. Old ownership signature. First edition. A very good copy of Hedin's narrative of his expedition to Central Asia and Tibet during the years 1899 to 1902. Hess p. 21.

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Book number: 100263

Catalogue: Central Asia

Keywords: Central Asia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage, tibet, tibetan, india, inde, indian,

HEDIN, SVEN:

En färd genom Asien 1893-97. Two volumes. Stockholm 1898.

. Pp. xii, (2), 565, (4); (vi), 537, (5). With 4 maps (of which 2 large folding and one double page in colour) and 258 illustrations, of which many full page plates. Publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, somewhat rubbed at extremities, slightly shaken. Old ownership signatures on pastedowns and front endpapers, also erased signatures on front endpapers. First edition of Hedin's narrative of his first expedition to Asia during the years 1893-97. It covers his explorations in the Pamirs, the deserts of the Takla Makan, and the Lop Nor regions, Tsaidam and Southern Tibet. He travelled 6250 miles, 2020 of them through regions never before visited by Europeans. Cordier BS 2853. Hess p. 19. Yakushi H97.

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Book number: 99203

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, tibet, china, kina, chinese, chine, travel, travels, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,

HEDIN, SVEN:

Transhimalaya. Upptäckter och äfventyr i Tibet. Original parts in three volumes. Stockholm 1909-12.

. As issued in parts in 19 original wrappers. Spine to one wrapper torn and one wrapper chipped. As issued loose in publisher's pictorial red cloth (three volumes), spines faded. Pp. (xx), 665, (3); 593, (3); 591, (8). With ten maps, mostly folding and coloured, and more than 100 full page or double page plates, of which several in colour. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. First edition of Hedin's narrative of his expedition to Tibet in 1906-1908. He surveyed the mountains north of the upper Brahmaputra which he called the Transhimalaya. Hess p. 23.

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Book number: 100252

Catalogue: South Asia

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HEDIN, SVEN, etc.:

De vetenskapliga resultaten av våra expeditioner i Central Asien och Tibet 1927-1935. Särtryck ur Ymer 1935, häfte 4. Stockholm 1935.

. Pp. 289- 338. With one folding coloured map and illustrations in the text. Contains short reports about the scientific results of the Sino-Swedish expedition 1925-35 by various scientists who participated. (Offprint from Ymer). Contains: Geological report by Erik Norin, G. Bexell and Nils G. Hörner; topographical and astronomical by Nils Ambolt; meteorological by Waldemar Halde; botanical and zoological by David Hummel; ethnographical and religious historical by Gösta Montell; music and folklore by Henning Haslund-Christensen; archaeological by T.J. Arne.

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Book number: 100301

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, tibet, tibetan, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,