Search Results: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan from Catron Grant Books

Seattle: American Adventurers Association, 1979 Seattle: American Adventurers Association Issues September 1979 and August 1980. Contain interviews with Ansel Adams and Reinhold Messner on his Everest climb, also ballooning over Albuquerque, and big ice climbing. Soft Cover. Good +.. Paperback. Good +.

London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1900 London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1900 vi, 452 pp with myriad B&W drawings and photos in text and large folding map bound-in at rear. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Map is undamaged save for a closed tear near spine. Endpapers have light glue staining, front hinge is tender, there is a contemporary booksellers sticker (Van Siclen Bibliopole, New York City) Red buckram boards with gold-stamped titles on spine have a little bumping to tail of spine which has caused the start of a split in fabric, else clean and undamaged. Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell, (1854-1938) was a British explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, British army surgeon, collector in Tibet, philologist, linguist, amateur archeologist, Doctor of Laws, and author. He traveled extensively in India throughout the 1890s (including Sikkim and areas on the borders of Nepal and Tibet) and wrote about the Tibetan Buddhist religious practices he observed there.… Read More

Seattle, WA: International Snow Leopard Trust, 1989 77 pp. 1 B&W map. Tan printed cover with stapled spine. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is listed as an endangered species thoughout its range by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The mountainous regions of central Asia encompass its range, within the countries of Afganistan, Bhutan, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet and the Soviet Union. This bibliography of over 500 references presents a comprehensive catalog of the literature that deals with the snow leopard. Virtually all sources that refer to the species have been included. A short annotation provides information on the content and scope of the reference. Following the bibliography is an index that lists the entries according to various general subject catagories: behavior, biology, captivity, classification, deseases, distribution by country, ecology, general reviews and management/conservation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing, 1970 New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing, 1970 The text is clean, tight, unmarked, slightly yellowed. B&W illustration frontpiece.Blue boards with gold blind stamping are VG with some bumping at the spine. Ribbon marker intact.The pictorial DJ is pretty trashed, with rips and chunks missing. Bibliotheca Himalaya Series 1, Vol. 5. Described as a Limited Edition of 1000, no number for this volume. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Poor.. First Thus.. Hardcover. Very Good +/Poor.

U.S.A.: Shambhala, 1999 U.S.A.: Shambhala, 1999 176 pp with color photography on every page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red paper boards are bright and undamaged. DJ is 'as new.'. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 11" x 11".. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. As New/As New.

New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1983 172 pp. A history of Sikkim that stresses its historical ties with India. Text is clean tight and unmarked. Blue cloth boards are clean and undamaged. DJ is bright and whole.. Presumed First.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: John Murray, 1955 London: John Murray, 1955 2 volumes in one. xvi, 348; xii, 345 + [2] ad pp. Described as 'A New Edition, carefully revised and condensed.' Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge tender. Page edges gilded. Dark red cloth boards are gold-stamped with an illustration of a mountain and an elaborate frame with intwined vines.Boards are clean with modest rubbing and a little dulling of spine. Hooker, a botanist like his more famous father, Sir William Jackson Hooker (a fern specialist), was well known for his books on flora, particularly in the Himalayas, India, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Antarctica. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

University of California Press, 1963 Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Oranges boards arel ightly bumped at corners and spine but overall VG for it's age. Front papers have marks of tape previously applied and removed but this is not ex-libe.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Hoshiarpur, India: V.v. Research Institute Book Agency, 1970 Hoshiarpur, India: V.v. Research Institute Book Agency, 1970 xxxiv, 354 pp. Text is clean, tight with remainder mark on bottom page edges Previous owner's bookplate on flyleaf. Red cloth boards are clean and bright. DJ is chipped. Now in protective mylar. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1958 288 pp. with 32 B&W plates. Stobart's travels as a footloose photographer have led him to Antarctica, the African jungles, Australia and the Himalayas. He joined with Sir Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay for their memorable first ascent of Mt. Everest. His documentary of the climb, "The Conquest of Everest," is a moving tribute to man's courage and adventurous spirit. Text is tight, clean and unmarked save for a bookplate on the front endpaper and an owner's name on the flyleaf. The DJ is intact but pretty ragged, in a mylar jacket.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Fair Minus.

U.S.A.: Rivercross Pub, 1996 177 pp. Short stories reflecting life in modern Bhutan. Review copy with loose review request.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Now in protective mylar.. First Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

U.S.A.: Running Press, 2003 502 pp. Thirty-two firsthand accounts ofthe most memorable Everest climbs. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Library markings on endpapers. Pictorial paper boards .. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

New Delhi: The New English Book Store, 1976 170 pp plus 111 color plates, five maps an six pp of drawings of ceremonial objects and costumes. Text is tight and unmarked with some staining affecting the botton half inch of the las few pages. Endpapers have a color drawing of the monastary. Red cloth boards are rubbed at extremities. DJ is bright, whole with closed tear at top of spine, now protected in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

Universe Books, 1970 Universe Books, 1970 Text is clean, tight and unmarked. B&W and color illustrations. DJ is VG with light rubbing along front edge. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.. First American Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

U.S.A.: Constable, 2002 U.S.A.: Constable, 2002 191 pp with color photography on every page. Photographer Andrew Stevenson follows the classic Annapurna Circuit, the short but sensational Annqapurna Sanctuary and the epic trail north to the secretive principality of Mustang. text is clean, bright and unmarked. Green cloth boards are clean and unfaded but have slight rubbing to extremities, Dust jacket is bright and intact. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10.25" x 9".. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Government of West Bengal, 1967 Government of West Bengal, 1967 540 pp + 31 B&W plates and 42 color plates plus index i - xxvii. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Bookseller's stamp and previous owner's name on endpaper. Dust jacket is pretty shredded, now in mylar wrapper. Large heavy book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor.

New Delhi: Pragati Publications, 1998 260 pp with maps on endpapers.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and intact with some edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980 San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980 227 pp with B&W photos on evry page. A photo study of life in a Buddhist Nepali village with an extensive bibliography. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has very light shelfwear. 7" x 9". Soft Cover. Very Good. 7" x 9".. Paperback. Very Good.

New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1984 New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1984 197 pp with 8 color plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge cracked but holding. DJ is rubbed with a chip missing from top of spine. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair.. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair.

Kathmandu: Amar Press, 1976 A useful phrasebook and prnunciation guide for tourists in Nepali. Text is clean and tight with no markings. Paper cover is a bit foxed and scuffed with two small 1/2 inch tears. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good. Privately Printed.