Search Results: Tibet from Catron Grant Books

Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1800 Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1800 14 plates, two fold-out, and one folding map. Atlas volume only, from the scarce first edition of one of the most important books on Tibet and Bhutan. The accompanying volume to an account of Captain Turner's expedition in 1783, commissioned by Warren Hastings, to the court of the Panchen Lama in Tashilhumpo, Tibet. Binding is sound, moisture stain to lower third of pages. period calf-backed boards, gilt spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Fair amount of wear and rubbing to binding, chips and worn leather at head and heel of spine; toning and scattered foxing, . 1st French Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. 1st French Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

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

The Asia Society, 1969 The Asia Society, 1969 The Art of Tibet is the catalogue of an exhibition selected by Dr. Pal, then keeper of the Indian Collections, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and shown in the Asia House Galler y in 1969. profusely illustrated in color and B&W .Text is extremely clean, tight and unmarked. The DJ has some scuffing along the top edge, and slight soil on back. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good +.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +.

London: Edward Arnold, 1904 London: Edward Arnold, 1904 xxii +269 pp + 18 pp of advertisements. 16 B&W plates, 2 fold-out maps, one with a closed tear outside the map"s frame. An account of a flight of a party of English travelers across the southern provinces of China to escape the Boxer rebellion. and the group's stay with the Lolos, now called Yei, and other of Southern China's non-Chinese minority groups.Text is clean, tight and unmarked, slightly yellowed. Black buckram boards with gold-stamped title and a red stamped frame with Chinese characters, are a little bumped and frayed at corners and spine ends. Spine is slightly lighter than boards. An exceptionally nice copy of a very rare book. Pictures on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Rupert hart-Davis, 1961 London: Rupert hart-Davis, 1961 319 pp with 30 B&W illustrations and 5 maps. "There was nothing inevitable about the politico-military adventure (the British military expedition to Lhasa in 1904) described in these pages. Its main purposes were rooted in fallacy. By the time they were fulfilled they had been forgotten.Its achievements were largely disavowed and its staunch leader censured. Its outward aspect is swashbucking, romantic and clear-cut; its inner history ambiguous and confused; its aftermath unedifying. Over it hangs an air of apology and embarrassment. Of all the little wars that set the frontiers of a great Empire, is the strangiet and most striking. " Peter Fleming. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. The front page edges have some pale brown splashes that do not extend inside. The red cloth boards have several spots. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read More

Gangtok, Sikkim: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 1973 Gangtok, Sikkim: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 1973 65 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Grey paper covers have a gift inscription on front, and partial split at head of spine. Stapled Softcover. Very Good. Journal.. Paperback. Very Good.

Indiana University Prtess, 1975 Reprinted from Oriens Extremus Vol 22 No. 2 1975. Bound pamphlet. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers have a little edgewear.. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good.

U.S.A.: World Heritage Press, 1997 U.S.A.: World Heritage Press, 1997 230 pp. Seven essays on contemporary Tibetan culture. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are brigfht and undamaged. Trade Paperback. Fine.. Paperback. Fine.

National Geographic, 2000 252 pp with 8 color plates. A first-person account of the tragic 1998 attempt to kayak down Tibet'sTsang Po river as it drops off the Tibetan Plateau to the plains of India. A good companion account to Michael McRae's "The Seige of Shangri-La." Text is clean, tight and unmarked, immaculate. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. #001916. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

University of Chicago Press, 1939 University of Chicago Press, 1939 87 pp with one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. laid-in Ssgned letter on letterhead from the Dalai Lama thanking the International Campaign for Tibet for support for the Tibetan cause. Tan paper boards are clean, undamaged. Soft Cover. Very Good. 6.5" x 9.5". Ex-Library.. By The Dalai Lama. Paperback. Very Good.

Praeger, 1968 Praeger, 1968 Text is clean and tight, there are circa a half dozen underlines. Myriad B&W illustrations. Dark blue boards are bumped at corners. DJ is intact but has big chips, two 2" tears and moisture damage to top edge. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Good +/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. Hardcover. Good +/Poor.

Prague: Artia, 1956 Prague: Artia, 1956 224 pp with color and sepia photography on every page. Text in German. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Library stamps (University of Denver)and pocket on endpapers and title page. Beige cloth boards with a gold-stamped Buddhist symbol on the front and red lozanges with gold titles along spine are VG with just a little bumping to extremities. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1999 U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1999 574 pp with 6 maps and 8 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Now in protective mylar. #001711. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Macmillan, 1950 Macmillan, 1950 239 pp with 12 B&W plates. The author traveled through India, Tibet and the Far East shortly after WWII. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. grey cloth boards are clean, bumped at extremities,.DJ Is intact with some edgewear. Now in protective mylar. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

George M. Doran Company, 1927 George M. Doran Company, 1927 viii + 203 pp with handsome yellow and tan woodblock prints in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front and rear hinges are cracked but holding. Endpapers have a repeat battern of stylized Buddhas. Tan cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are rubbed with slight loss of material at corners, bumped at spine ends. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nadejen, Theodore. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nadejen, Theodore.

Dover Publications, 1977 224 pages plus 5 pages of Tibetan text and an extensive catalog of Dover publications. This Dover edition is a replication of the second edition of the work originally published by The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Calcutta 1919. It contains the grammer only. Text is clean and unmarked. Cover is cracked at front hinge but holding tight, soiled and scuffed but intact. Owner's name on flyleaf. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Published.

Abbeville Press, 1987 200 pps. printed on heavy-weight glossy paper with numerous full-color photographs. Blue cardstock endpapers - some slight damage near inner front cover margin. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked - As New. Dark blue cloth-covered boards with blind embossed titles on front and white printing on spine clean and tight with one bumped corner. Glossy, reinforced DJ with full-color photographic spread and white type shows minor surface wear and an insignifcant closed ter on reverse but is clean, tight and bright. A very handsome book with stunning photographs of the indigineous Tibetan people. In protecive mylar.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Kelly, Thomas L.. 10.25" x 10.25".

London: John Murray, 1904 London: John Murray, 1904 332 pp with a portrait of Younghusband (1863 - 1942) frontis, nine B&W plates and a fold-out map of Peking to Yarkand after text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Some foxing to endpapers. Yellow cloth boards are VG with some dulling to spine. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.. Fourth Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

British Museum Publications, 1981 British Museum Publications, 1981 An account of the history, religion and customs of Tibet illustrated by examples from the collection of the British Museum. 144pp. Color and B&W illustrations. This copy is clean, tight unmarked. Back cover is lightly yellowed., otherwise VG. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket.