186pp., b/w photographs. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1970). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More

Paris: 1781. Map. Engraving with hand colored outline. Image measures 12 3/4" x 8 1/2". Page measures 15 x 10 7/8" This map of South Asia covers the area surrounding the Indian Ocean, extending from the Indus River basin to the Gulf of Thailand. From a present perspective, the map encompasses the nations of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, the Maldives, and parts of Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Sumatra, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The map is accented with hand coloring, and..... More

London: Flint River Press, 1995. Many color photo Illus. by Janez Skok. 4to, red cloth, d.w. (London: Flint River Press, 1995). Fine. More

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

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

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

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

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

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