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CHINA; MONGOLIA & TIBET

"FOUR YEARS IN TIBET"

By Ahmad Shah,
Ahmad Shah's journey to Cashmere and into Lower Tibet. He also gives details of the History;
Government; Geography and People of Tibet. Reprint of the 1906 edition.
Hard Back. 76 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1206-X) £8.50 plus F p&p *

"BUDDHISM IN CHINA"

By Rev. S Beal
From the "Non-Christian Religious Systems" series. Reprint of the 1884 Edition.
Hard Back. 263 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1190-X) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"TRAVELS OF FAH-HIAN and SUNG-YUN BUDDHIST PILGRIMS FROM
CHINA TO INDIA (400 ad. and 518 ad.)"

By Samuel Beal
This work contains two translations from Chinese of the Travels of Fah-Hian (400-415 ad.)
and the Mission of Sung-Yun both Buddhist pilgrims from China to India. A reprint of the 1869 edition.
Hard back. 208 pages (ISBN: 81-206-0824-0) £8.95 plus E p&p

"THE PEOPLE OF TIBET"

By Charles Bell
A detailed study of the Geography; History; People of Tibet and their ways of life.
Illustrated. Reprint of the 1928 edition.
Hard Back. 319 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0478-4) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"TIBET: PAST AND PRESENT"

By Charles Bell
From Tibet's early history to Britain's relationship with the Country. Reprint of the 1924 edition.
Hard Back. 326 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0482-2) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE RELIGION OF TIBET"

By Charles Bell
This book describes how Buddhism came to Tibet, its development to suit the needs of an exceptional Country and People and how, for several Centuries and down to the present day, it dominates the Tibetan Nation. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Reprint of 1931 Edition.
Hard Back. 235 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0480-6) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO"

By L.F.Benedetto
Reprint of the 1931 edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. 438 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0949-2) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"AMONG THE TIBETANS"

By Isabella L Bishop,
An account of a journey in Tibet including Tibetan customs, manners, climate and natural features.
Woodcut illustrations. Reprint of the 1904 edition.
Hard Back. 159 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1147-0) £15.99 plus D p&p *

"DIARY OF A JOURNEY ACROSS TIBET"

By Captain Hamilton Bower,
A plain unvarnished diary kept during his journey from Leh, Ladakh to Peking, China between 1891 to 1892. Together with a chapter covering the Country, Religion, Flora and Fauna. Reprint of the 1894 edition. 31 illustrations.
Hard Back. 309 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1901-8) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"TRAVELS INTO BOKHARA" Three Volume Set

By Lieutenant Alexander Burnes H.E.I.C.
Being an account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia. Also narrative of a voyage on the Indus from the Sea to Lahore. Performed under orders of the Government of India in the years 1831-1833. Reprint of the 1834 edition.
Volume One:- The journey from Delhi to Lahore; Peshawur; Cabool; over the Hindoo Koosh;
Koondooz and Bokhara. 356 pages
Volume Two:- Journey in the Toorkmun Desert: a general and geographical memoir on part of
Central Asia: An historical sketch of the Countries between India and the Caspian Seas; and Commerce of Central Asia. 473 pages
Volume Three:- Memoir on the Indus and its tributary Rivers in the Punjab. 332 pages
Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0792-9) Set £47.95 plus G p&p *

"UNKNOWN MONGOLIA" Two Volume Set

By D.Carruthers
A record of travel and exploration in North West Mongolia and Dzungeria in the years 1910 and 1911 (with three chapters on sport by J.H.Miller). Reprint of the 1913 edition.
Both Hard Back. 659 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0857-7) Set £39.95 plus G p&p *

"AN ACCOUNT OF TIBET - THE TRAVELS OF IPPOLITO DESIDERI, 1712 - 1727"
Revised edition.

Edited by Filippo De Filippi
Describes Ippolito Desideri's journey from Rome to his Jesuit Mission in Lhasa and his description
of Tibet, its people, customs etc. Reprint of the 1937 edition.
Hard back. 478 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1019-9) £22.50 plus F p&p

"FROM PEKIN TO SIKKIM"

By Count De Lesdain,
Through the Ordos, the Gobi Desert, and Tibet. This book details the wedding tour of the Count and Countesse De Lesdain made between 1904 and 1905. Reprint of the 1908 Edition. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
Hard Back. 301 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1046-6) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"IN FORBIDDEN CHINA"

By Vicomte D'Ollone,
Translated by Bernard Miall this book covers the French Army Major Vicomte D'Ollone's mission
to China Tibet and Mongolia between 1906 to 1909. Reprinted from the 1912 translation of the
French second edition. Well illustrated with b&w photographs.
Hard Back. 318 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1045-8) £22.50 plus F p&p *

"ANTIQUITIES OF INDIAN TIBET - THE CHRONICLES OF LADAKH AND MINOR CHRONICLES" Two Volume Set

By A.H.Francke
Volume One:- A personal narrative of a journey in 1910 from Simla to Srinagar, through Kinnaur,
1 Spiti and Ladakh, for the express purpose of investigating the Buddhist Antiquities.
133 pages.
Volume Two:- The Chronicles of Ladakh and Minor Chronicles. 310 pages.
Reprints of the 1926 edition
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0769-4) Set £45.95 plus G p&p *

"A HISTORY OF WESTERN TIBET"

By A.H.Francke
The history of Western Tibet from Greek and Roman times through to the 1840's. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1907 edition.
Hard Back. 191 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1043-1) £15.99 plus E p&p *

"TO THE FORBIDDEN LAND"

By Sven Hedin
Discoveries and adventures in Tibet (selected and adapted from Hedin's Trans Himalaya)
Reprint of the 1934 edition.
Hard Back. 148 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0390-7) £6.50 plus D p&p *

"MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS RELATING TO INDIAN SUBJECTS"
Two Volume Set

By Brian H Hodgson
Volume One:- On the Kocch, Bodo and Dhimal tribes; and on Himalayan ethnology. 407 pages.
Volume Two:- On the aborigines of North Eastern India; the Indo-Chinese Borderers and their connection with the Himalayans & Tibetans; Mongolian affinities of the Caucasians;
physical types of Tibetans; aborigines of Central India; Route of Nepalese mission to Pekin; accounts of Law and Police as recognised in the State of Nepal. 348 pages.
Reprint of the 1880 editions.
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0717-1) Set £36.95 plus G p&p *

"TIBET THE MYSTERIOUS"

By Thomas H Holdich
This book illustrates the sequence of exploration in that great wilderness which lie far beyond Lhasa.
After a short outline of Tibetan history and geography, Holdich records the exploration of Tibet
from the Mogul invasion through to the 1903-04 British Expedition.
Illustrated. Reprint of the 1906 edition.
Hard Back. 356 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1146-2) £22.50 plus F p&p *

"TRAVELS IN TARTARY, THIBET AND CHINA, 1844-1846"
Two Volume Sets

By Huc and Gabit
Translated by William Hazlitt. Reprint of 1928 edition.
Hard Back. Volume One:-387 pages.
Hard Back. Volume Two:-406 pages (ISBN: 81-206-0396-6) Set £27.95 plus G p&p *

"LETTERS FROM INDIA" Two volumes.

By Victor Jacquemont
Letters from India describing a journey in the British dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore and Cashmere during the years, 1828 to 1831. Reprint of the 1834 edition.
Volume One:- 409 pages
Volume Two:- 378 pages
Hard back. (ISBN: 81-206-0830-5) Set £30.95 plus G p&p

"WHERE THREE EMPIRES MEET"

By E.F.Knight
A narrative of recent travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and adjoining Countries.
Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Hard Back. 528 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0828-3) £12.95 plus D p&p *

"INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF MYSTERIOUS TIBET AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES"

By George Knight
Leader of the British Expedition to Tibet in 1922-23. Reprint of the 1930 edition.
Hard Back. 72 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0752-X) £6.50 plus D p&p *

"THE OPENING OF TIBET"

By Percival Landon,
This book is an account of Lhasa and the country and people of central Tibet and of the progress
of the mission sent there by the English Government in 1903-04. Well illustrated with b&w photographs. Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Hard Back. 484 pages (ISBN: 81-206-1145-4) £25.99 plus G p&p *

"TIBET AND NEPAL PAINTED AND DESCRIBED"

By A.H.S.Landor
A journey through Nepal and Tibet. Well illustrated. Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Hard Back. 233 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0852-6) £25.95 plus F p&p *

"THE GREAT AND SMALL GAME OF INDIA, BURMA and TIBET"

By R.Lydekker,
Originally printed in 1900 by the Taxidermists, Rowland Ward Limited, this an interesting and beautifully illustrated book. In addition to providing useful hunting information for the sportsman of the turn of the Century, it includes detailed descriptions of the Large and Small Game of the Indian Sub Continent, together with notes on their habits. This book contains 9 Colour plates and 62 b&w photographs.
Hard back. 415 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1162-4) £41.95 plus G p&p *

"RECONNOITRING CENTRAL ASIA"

By Charles Marvin,
Pioneering adventures in the region lying between Russia and India. Popular accounts of travels and adventures of British and Russian Agents/ Explorers made between the 1860's and 1880's. Reprinted from the 1885 second Edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. 421 pages (ISBN: 81-206-1149-7) £19.95 plus E p&p *

"CHINA AND THE CHINESE"

By John L Nevus
A general description of the Country and its inhabitants; its civilisation and form of Government;
its religious and social institutions; its intercourse with other Nations; and its present condition and
prospects. Reprint of the 1869 edition.
Hard Back. 456 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0690-6) £19.95 plus E p&p *

"MONGOLIA, THE TANGUT COUNTRY AND SOLITUDES OF NORTHERN TIBET"
Two Volume Set

By N.Prejevalsky, Russian Staff Corps.
Being a narrative of three years travel in Eastern High Asia. Reprint of the 1876 edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. Volume One:-287 pages
Hard Back. Volume Two:-320 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0680-9) Set £30.95 plus G p&p *

"ANCIENT ACCOUNTS OF INDIA AND CHINA"

By Eusebius Renaudot,
An ancient account of India and China written by two Mohammedan Travellers, who visited these countries during the 9th Century. Translated from Arabic. Reprint of the 1733 edition.
Hard back. 260 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1021-0) £19.95 plus E p&p

"THE LIFE OF BUDDHA AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF HIS ORDER"

By W.Woodville Rockhill,
The life of Buddha derived from Tibetan works in the Bkah-Hgyur and Bstan-Hgyur, followed by notices on the early history of Tibet and Khoten.
Reprint of the 1884 Edition.
Hard back. 272 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0748-1) £8.50 plus E p&p

"LAND OF THE LAMAS"

By W.W.Rockhill
Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1891 edition.
Hard Back. 397 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0354-0) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"INDIAN PANDITS IN THE LAND OF SNOW"

By Sarat Chandra Das
The story of Indian Pandits in Tibet and China. Reprint of 1893 edition.
Hard Back. 127 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0776-7) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"WESTERN TIBET AND THE BRITISH BORDER LAND"

By Charles Sherring
The Sacred Country of Hindus and Buddhists, with an account of the Government, Religion and
Customs of its Peoples. Reprint of the 1906 edition.
Hard Back. 376 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0854-2) £25.95 plus F p&p *

"RUINS OF DESTERT CATHAY" Two Volumes

By M.Aurel Stein,
Personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and Western most China. Together with numerous
illustrations; Colour plates; Panoramas and maps from the original surveys. Reprint of the 1912 edition.
Volume One:- 546 pages
Volume Two:-517 pages
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-1207-8) Set £44.95 plus G p&p *

"PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF WESTERN TIBET"

By Captain H Strachey
The purely geographical part of a report submitted to the Indian Government in 1847 after the author's return from the Tibetan Boundary Commission. Reprint of the 1854 edition.
Hard Back. 69 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1044-X) £6.99 plus D p&p *

"AN ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF THE TESHOO LAMA IN TIBET"

By Samuel Turner
Containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan and part of Tibet. Reprint of the 1800 edition.
Hard Back. 473 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0687-6) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE BUDDHISM OF TIBET OR LAMAISM"

By L.Austine Waddell,
With its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology and in its Relation to Indian Buddhism. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1899 edition.
Hard Back. 598 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0673-6) £15.99 plus F p&p *

"THROUGH UNKNOWN TIBET"

By Captain M.S.Wellby, 18th Hussars
An account of a journey across Tibet and China including hunting stories and details of the Mohammedan Rebellion in China, 1895-6. Illustrated. Reprint of the 1898 edition.
Hard Back. 440 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1058-X) £22.50 plus F p&p *

"INDIA AND TIBET"

By F.E.Younghusband
A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two Countries from the time of Warren
Hastings to 1910. Includes a detailed account of the Mission to Lhasa of 1904. Reprint of the
1910 edition. Illustrated.
Hard Back. 455 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0846-1) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE HEART OF A CONTINENT"

By F.E.Younghusband
A narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza, 1884-1894. Reprint of the 1904 edition.
Hard Back. 332 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0850-X) £19.95 plus F p&p *

HIMALAYAS & NEPAL
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"A JOURNEY OF LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN NEPAL AND NORTHERN INDIA"

By Cecil Bendall
A detailed account of the Author's tour of Nepal and Northern India during the winter of 1884-85.
Originally published in 1886.
Hard Back. 100 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0615-9) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"1857 - A FRIEND IN NEED.....FRIENDSHIP FORGOTTEN - 1887"

By William Digby C.I.E
Nepal and India; an episode in Indian Foreign Office Administration. Reprint of the 1890 edition.
Hard Back. 148 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0849-6) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL"

By Francis Buchanan Hamilton
An account of the Kingdom of Nepal and of the territories annexed to this Dominion by the HOUSE OF GORKHA. Reprint of the 1819 edition.
Hard Back. 316 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0143-2) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"LIFE OF BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON - BRITISH RESIDENT AT THE COURT OF NEPAL"

By W.W.Hunter,
Biography of Brian Hodgson (1800 to 1894) and his life at the Court of Nepal. Reprint of the 1896 edition.
Hard Back. 390 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0566-7) £15.95 plus F p&p *

"AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL"

By Colonel W.Kirkpatrick
Being the substance of observations made during a mission to that Country in the Year 1793.
Reprint of the 1811 edition.
Hard Back. 386 Pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0103-3) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"NEPAL" Two Volume Set

By Percival Landon
Volume One:- The early dawn; the Mallas; Bhim Sen and Hodgson; Jang Bahadur; Nana Sahib;
the Valley. Together with details of Regalia; Decorations etc. 358 pages.
Volume Two:- Unknown Nepal - the Towns & Tracks; Maharajas Rana Udip, Bir & Deva;
and the life of Maharaja Chandra Sham Sher. 363 pages.
Reprint of the 1928 editions.
Both Hard Back. (ISBN: 81-206-0723-6) Set £30.99 plus G p&p *

"TIBET AND NEPAL PAINTED AND DESCRIBED"

By A.H.S.Landor
A journey through Nepal and Tibet. Well illustrated. Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Hard Back. 233 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0852-6) £25.95 plus F p&p *

"LE NEPAL" Three Volumes

By Sylvain Levi,
Etude historique d'un Royaume Hindou. In FRENCH. Reprint of the 1905 Edition. Illustrated.
Volume One:- 394 pages
Volume Two:-411 pages
Volume Three:- 222 pages
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-0580-2) Set £57.95 plus G p&p *

"THE STORY OF THE STUPA"

By A.H.Longhurst
The umbrella as a symbol of Religious Sovereignty, the evolution of Stupa, Kerala architecture and
Himalayan architecture. A reprint of the 1936 edition.
Hard Back. 52 pages and 42 plates. (IBSN: 81-206-0160-2) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"HINDU-KOH: WANDERINGS AND WILD SPORT ON AND BEYOND THE
HIMALAYAS (1853-1854)"

By Major General Donald MacIntyre V.C.
Hunting game in the Himalayas. Reprint of the 1889 edition.
Hard Back. 464 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0851-8) £25.99 plus F p&p *

"TRAVELS IN INDIA; HIMALAYAN PROVINCES OF HINDUSTAN and the PUNJAB. in LADAKH and KASHMIR. In PESHWAR, KABUL, KUNDUZ and BOKHARA
from 1819-1825" Two Volume Set

By W.Moorcroft and Trebeck
Reprint of the 1841 edition.
Volume One:- 459 pages
Volume Two:- 508 pages
Both Hard Back, (ISBN 81-206-0497-0) Set £35.95 plus G p&p*

"A JOURNEY TO KATMANDU"

By Laurence Oliphant,
Tales of a journey from Celyon to Katmandu with the Camp of Jung Bahadoor including a sketch of the Nepalese Ambassador at home. Reprint of the 1852 edition.
Hard back. 214 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0941-7) £8.99 plus D p&p *

"A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTRIES ADJACENT TO INDIA ON THE NORTH-WEST INCLUDING SINDE; AFGHANISTAN; BELOOCHISTAN; THE PUNJAB AND THE NEIGHBOURING STATES" Two volumes

By Edward Thornton,
First published in London, 1844.
Volume One:- covers AASNEE (a village of Afghanistan in the District of Hurrund) to KYTOO (on the north-western border of Afghanistan, a lofty mountain.) 422 pages.
Volume Two:- covers LADAKH to ZURUD (in Beloochistan a village on the route from Shawl to Kelat). 402 pages with end Map.
Both Hard back. (ISBN 81-206-0937-9) Set £30.95 plus G p&p *

"FOUR MONTHS' CAMPING IN THE HIMALAYAS"

By W.G.N.Van der Sleen.
A selection of recollections of a four month tour of the Himalayas, on an expedition under taken
from a general interest in this region. Well illustrated. Reprint of the 1929 edition.
Hard back. 212 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0880-1) £19.95 plus E p&p

"GORKHAS - HANDBOOK FOR THE INDIAN ARMY"

By Lt Colonel Eden Vansittart, 2/10th Gurkha Rifles
Compiled under the order of the Government of India. Contains details of the Geography;
History; Peoples of Nepal and notes on Gurkha Recruiting. Reprint of the 1906 edition.
Hard Back. 200 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0703-1) £14.99 plus F p&p *

"NOTES ON NEPAL"

By Captain Eden Vansittart, 2/5th Gurkha Rifles,
Covers the Geography, History and Peoples of Nepal. Reprint of the 1896 edition.
Hard back. 212 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0774-0) £12.99 plus E p&p *

"HISTORY OF NEPAL"

By Daniel Wright,
The history of Nepal from mythology to the War with the British. It also includes a literary
sketch of the portion of Nepal open to Europeans together with a description of the Country,
and the Population. 16 plates. Reprint of the 1877 edition.
Hard back. 324 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0552-7) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE WONDERS OF THE HIMALAYA"

By F.E.Younghusband
Travels in the Himalayan in the Years 1884 and 1886. Reprint of the 1924.
Hard Back. 210 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0875-5) £12.95 plus E p&p *

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