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The Central Authority in British India 1774-1784. A Study of the Relations of the Supreme Council with the Madras Government Under the Regulating Act of 1773

Dasgupta, A.P. [Amar Prasad] · 1931

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Calcutta, Calcutta Univ. Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. 368 pp. 8vo. An excellent account of the controversy between Calcutta and Madras during the period of Lord North's Regulating Act. A very good+ copy, clean, crisp, and unmarked.

Between the Oxus and the Indus

Schomberg, R.C.F. [Reginald Charles Francis] · 1935

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London, Martin Hopkinson Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. 270 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w photos and one folding map. 8vo. A fascinating account, both geographically and anthropologically, of the area and the people of the Giltgit Agency, Punyal, Yasin, and Hunza, including the Hun...

Ten Years of Self-Supporting Missions in India

Taylor, William · 1882

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Phillips & Hunt, 1882. First edition. Cloth. frontis, 484 pp. 12mo. Examination of the huge missionary movement in India, with special emphasis on the south of India. Spine ends a bid worn else a very good copy, owner's name on first blank, binding tight, text clean.

Rhetoric and Ritual in Colonial India. The Shaping of a Public Culture in Surat City, 1852-1928

Haynes, Douglas E. · 1991

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Berkeley, Univ. California Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. xi, 363 pp. Illus. with two b/w maps. 8vo. Using an ethnohistorical approach, Haynes examines why the political leaders employed a language drawn from the liberal political traditions of Britain in an attempt to dev...

Un Manuscrit Francais Du Xviiie Siecle: Recherche de la Verite Sur L'Etat CIVIL, Politique Et Religieux Des Hindous, Par Jacques Maissin

Maissin, Jacques. Regnier, Rita H., intro. and notes · 1975

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Paris, L'ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1975. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. 368 pp. 4to. Publications de l'ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient, Volume XCVI. French text. A very good+ unopened (uncut) copy with minor shelfwear.

The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting. From the Paul F. Walter Collection

Pal, Pratapaditya · 1978

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978. First edition. Paper wrappers. xii, 210 pp. Illus. with 4 color plates, 78 b/w reproductions, 12 figures and 1 map. Sm. 4to. Catalogue of an exhibition at The Pierpont Morgan Library, Dec. 1978-Feb. 1979. 78 items illustrated and discus...

L'Art Amoureux Des Indes

Fouchet, Max-Pol · 1957

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Lausanne, La Guilde du Livre, 1957. First edition. Paper covered boards. 95 pp. Illus. with 96 b/w photos. 4to. A near fine copy in a very good repaired dust jacket.

Evolution Du Style Indien D'Amaravati

Stern, Philippe and Benisti, Mireille · 1961

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Paris, Presses Univ. de France, 1961. First edition. Paper wrappers. 116 pp. + plates. Illus. with 89 b/w drawings & 68 plates. 4to. Publications de Musee Guimet. Recherches et documents d'art et d'archeologie, tome 7. The great stupa was built in the 2nd c. A.D. A good copy, ...

The Wildest Dreams of Kew. A Profile of Nepal

Bernstein, Jeremy · 1970

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1970. First edition. Cloth. 186 pp. Illus. with 29 color & b/w photos. 8vo. Claude Jaccoux, photos. Dust jacket laminated to the boards else a very good copy.

Sir Christopher Wren 1632-1723

Waterhouse, Paul · 1923

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, The Architectural Press, 1923. First edition thus. Cloth. 93 pp. Illus. with 54 /w photos, drawings, and plans. 4to. With contributions by Paul Waterhouse; Sir Reginald Blomfield; Stanley C. Ramsey; Frederick R. Hiorns; Walter H. Godfrey; Patrick Abercrombie; E. Beresf...

Tabo. A Lamp for the Kingdom. Early Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Art in the Western Himalaya

Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E. · 1998

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, Thames and Hudson, 1998. First American edition. Cloth. 279 pp. Bibliography. Illus. with 150 color photos and 90 b/w photos & drawings. 4to. Signed by the author on the title page. Describes the art, iconography, and rituals of The Tabo Gompa, a Buddhist monastery s...

Tibet

Kling, Kevin · 1985

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Thames and Hudson, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Unpaged. Illus. with 91 color photos & 5 b/w photos and map. Obl. 4to. Photo-essay. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Tibetan Marches

Migot, Andre · 1955

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1955. Second printing. Cloth. 255 pp. Illus. with 31 b/w photos and 2 maps. 8vo. Peter Fleming, trans. & intro. Migot was a French doctor who set out from Kumming for the Sino-Tibetan marches. He travelled northward to Tangar and to Koko-Nor but was arr...

IM Schatten Des Himalaja. Zauber Und Wunder in Nepal

David-Neel, Alexandra · 1953

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Wiesbaden, F.A. Brockhaus, 1953. Later printing. Cloth. 185 pp. Illus. with 19 b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. Descriptions of David-Neel's experiences in Kathmandu and the surrounding areas. Yakushi D52b. Owner's name on free front endpaper else a fine copy in a good- dust jacket ...

Politika Kitaiskogo Gosudrstva Po Otnosheniiu K Gorodu (XI-XIII Veka) in Narody Azii I Ariki 6 (1971)

Stuzhina, Emilia Pavlovna · 1971

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Moskva, 1971. Offprint. Paper wrappers. (33-45 pp). 4to. "Policy of the Chinese State in relation to the city (xi-xiii c)" in Peoples of Asia and Africa, Vol. 6, 1971. In Russian. Small chips to lower edge else very good.

Zagadka Zolotogo Kurgana: Gde I Kogda Zarodilos’ "Skifskoe Iskusstvo.

Chernikov, S. S. (Sergei Sergeevich) · 1965

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Moskva, Nauka, 1965. First edition. Paper wrappers. 188, [4] pp. Illus. with 29 plates, 17 drawings (some folding). Sm. 8vo. Seriia "Iz istorii mirovoi kul’tury." Enigma of the Golden Barrow. In Russian. A semi-popular acount of the 1960 expedition to the Chiliktinskol brial m...

Afganskaia Derevnia. (Sel’Skaia Obshchina I Rassloenie Krest’Ianstva)

Davydov, A. D. (Aleksandr Davydovich) · 1969

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Moskva, Nauka, 1969. First edition. Paper wrappers. 262 pp. 8vo. Afghan village. Rural community and the stratification of the peasantry. In Russian. A very good clean unmarked copy, wrappers soiled.

Zaimstvovaniia V Angliiskom Iazyke

Sekirin, V. P. (Vsevolod Petrovich) · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Kiev, Izd-vo Kievskogo universiteta, 1964. First edition. Paper wrappers. 151 pp. 8vo. Adoptions in the English Language. In Russian. A very good copy.

Kul’Tura I Iskusstvo Narodov Srednei Azii: VI V. Do I.E. -Seredina XIX V.

Balashova, G. N. and IAkubovskii, A. IU. (Aleksandr IUr’evich) · 1952

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Moskva, Iskusstvo, 1952. First edition. Paper wrappers. 40 pp. + Plates [16]. Illus. with b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Series: Putevoditeli po vystavkam / Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh. Arts and Culture of the People of Central Asia. 6th c. B.C.-19th c. In Russian. Corner creased else a ve...

The Making of Modern Tibet

Grunfeld, A. Tom · 1987

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 1987. First edition. Paper covered boards. x, 277 pp. Illus. with two b/w maps. 8vo. Inscribed by the author. Includes one page "News from US-China Peoples Friendship Association" with a book review. Grunfeld is somewhat of an apologist for the Chinese, th...