The Wildest Dreams of Kew: A Profile of Nepal.
186pp., b/w photographs. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1970). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
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An Ever-Changing Place: A Year Among Snow Monkeys and Sherpas in the Himalayas.
b/w photo illus. 190pp. 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1978). Very good(+) in a very good dust wrapper. More
Homage a l'Himalaya et a ses Peuples.
Paris: Martiniere, 2004. Preface de Sa Saintete le Dalai-Lama. Full-page color photographs throughout. 216pp with text in French. Short oblong 4to, gray boards, d.w. Paris: Editions de la Martiniere, (2004). First edition. A near fine copy. More
Lands of the Himalayas
London: Flint River Press, 1995. Many color photo Illus. by Janez Skok. 4to, red cloth, d.w. (London: Flint River Press, 1995). Fine. More
Nepal: The Kingdom in the Himalayas.
New Delhi: Oxford Book & Stationery Co., 1961. 70 plates in color & black & white, 18 maps and diagrams. 114pp of text. 4to, gilt decorated white boards, chipped and torn dust wrapper. New Delhi: Oxford Book & Stationery Co., (1961). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Himalayan Journals: Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains, &c.
London: John Murray, 1855. 2 volumes. A new edition, carefully revised and condensed. Frontispiece in both volumes and 77 other woodcut illustrations. 8vo, original green cloth stamped in blind and pictorial gilt (cloth is dampstained at upper corners not affecting the text). London: John Murray, 1855. Interior is very clean. More
The Kathmandu Valley Towns: A Record of Life and Change in Nepal.
New York: Weatherhill, 1974. Packed with 505 photographs and illustrations, mostly black & white. 327pp. Oblong 4to, white-lettered black silk, d.w. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1974. First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier; or Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter.
London: Macmillan, 1878. Frontispiece and 8 other b/w illustrations, some in-text. xvi, 361 pages. 8vo, attractively rebound in black leather-backed cloth with the original cover image of gilt-stamped tiger preserved. London: Macmillan, 1878. First edition. A near fine copy of this uncommon book. More
The Himalayas: An Illustrated Summary of the World's Highest Mountain Ranges.
Calcutta: Daw Sen & Co, 1966. Illustrated in black & white. Unpaginated. Extremely oblong 12mo, pictorial boards. Calcutta: Daw Sen & Co., 1966. First edition. Discolored near hinge as usual, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce and informative book. More
The Last Home of Mystery
Garden City: Garden City, 1929. Adventures in Nepal together with accounts of Ceylon, British India, the Native States, the Persian Gulf, the Overland Desert Mail and the Baghdad Railway. Illustrated with a map and many black & white photos. xi + 332pp. 8vo, orange cloth with decorative black stamping (some light soiling). New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1929. A very good(-) copy. More
Sir Edmund Hillary & the People of Everest
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002. Foreword by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Color photographs by Anne B. Keiser. 174pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, (2002). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
Himalayas.
Preface by Arnold Toynbee. Introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary. Essay by Kyuya Fukada. Fully illustrated with full-page color photographs by Shirakawa. Large folio, white cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Abrams, (1986). Near fine. More
Great Temples of The East
New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1963. First US edition. The Wonders of Cambodia, India, Siam, and Nepal. 284 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper. New York, Ivan Obolensky, Inc., (1963). A very good (+) copy. More
Inde Indostan, Bengale, &c. et Partie Septentrionale de la Presqu'isle en deca du Gange
Paris: Edme Mentelle, 1802. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19 5/8" x 25 1/4". This striking 1802 map by Tardieu of the Himalayan region, extending from the deltas of the Indus River to the Ganges River, shows northern India, the Punjab, Nepal, and present-day Pakistan, Bangladesh, and part of Afghanistan. The highly detailed map identifies towns, cities, roads, and rivers. Mountains are depicted pictorially, and regional boundaries are hand colored. Prior to the 19th century, paper makers in..... More
British India
Edinburgh: John Thomson, 1817. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Right image measures 20" x 23 1/2", left image measures 20" x 23 3/4". Both sheets measures 21 1/4" x 49 1/4". Attached set of 2. This beautiful four part map displays northern and southern India, Nepal, and Cabul. On the right is the map titled "British India - Southern part", covering the region from Bombay to Chilika Lake, and southward to Cape Comorin and the Gulf of Manara, including..... More
Nepal Himalaya
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. With 61 photographs taken by the Author. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge University Press, 1952. First Edition. Many of the pages are foxed, otherwise a near fine, sound book in a very good photographic dust wrapper with one internal repair. More
Rati-Lila: An Interpretation of the Tantric Imagery of the Temples of Nepal.
Geneva: Nagel, 1969. Illustrated with color and black & white plates. 165pp, folio, boards, dust wrapper; d.w. edge-worn. Geneva; Nagel, (1969). Very good. More
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