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The Archaeology of Ancient China
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The Archaeology of Ancient China

by Kwang-Chih Chang

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3rd Edition
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1977
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9780300021448
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. 3rd Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Fading to spine. A little creasing to top edge. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Revised and enlarged third edition. Orange cloth binding. Some pencilled margin markings, text is… Read more about this item
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Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border
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Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border

by Archibald John Little

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1st Edition
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1901
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London: William Heinemann, 1901. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm). First printing. Pale blue buckram binding, illustrated to front board. Page edges untrimmed. Fading and light foxing to spine, a little light marking to boards. Binding strained in a couple of places but securely bound. Heavy tanning to free endpapers, very… Read more about this item
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Tibet Past & Present
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Tibet Past & Present

by Sir Charles Bell

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1st Edition
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1924
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6.25 x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm). First printing. Dark blue buckram binding. Slight cracking to endpaper joints but very securely bound. Two fold-out maps with slight creasing and a little light foxing. Numerous photographic plates, including three in colour. Stain to rear free endpaper, very clean… Read more about this item
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On the Eaves of the World: (Complete 2 Volume Set)
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On the Eaves of the World: (Complete 2 Volume Set)

by Reginald Farrer

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1st Edition
Published
1917
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London: Edward Arnold, 1917. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). First printing. Complete two volume set. Blue cloth bindings, page edges untrimmed. A little light marking to covers. Binding of Volume I has a stain to top page edge and slight creasing to edge of spine. Good solid bindings. Patches of… Read more about this item
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Peking to Lhasa: The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire Made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira
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Peking to Lhasa: The Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire Made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira

by Francis Younghusband (Ed.) / General George Pereira

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1st Edition
Published
1925
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London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1925. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). First printing. Dark blue cloth binding. Light marking to rear board, slight bumping to upper corner of boards. Light foxing to page edges, occasional patches of light foxing to text. Good solid binding. Portrait frontis plus 32 photographic plates.… Read more about this item
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Black River of Tibet
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Black River of Tibet

by John Hanbury-Tracy

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1st Edition
Published
1938
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London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1938. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Black cloth binding. Map endpapers. A little light marking to boards. Slight bumping to upper corner of boards. Previous owner's bookplate to verso of front free endpaper has resulted in slight rippling to the page. Light… Read more about this item
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The Creation of The Chinese Script: (China Society Occasional Papers No. 20)
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The Creation of The Chinese Script: (China Society Occasional Papers No. 20)

by Arthur Cooper

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1st Edition
Published
1978
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London: The China Society , 1978. 1st Edition . Fine. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21 cm). Unread copy. Very slight fading to edges of cover, otherwise in first class condition throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of… Read more about this item
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The Dream of Lhasa: The Life of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-88), Explorer of Central Asia
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The Dream of Lhasa: The Life of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-88), Explorer of Central Asia

by Donald Rayfield

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Edition
1st Edition
Published
1976
ISBN
9780236400157
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London: Elek, 1976. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Slight wear and creasing to top edge. Marking to rear cover where book has been leant on when writing. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Beige cloth binding. Foxing… Read more about this item
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Wandering in China
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Wandering in China

by Harry A. Franck

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1st Edition
Published
1924
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London: T, Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1924. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). First UK edition. Red cloth binding. Stain and light crease to front board. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, occasional patches of foxing to the text and plates. Tear to upper corner of contents page (original binding flaw).… Read more about this item
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China-Tibet-Assam: A Journey 1911
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China-Tibet-Assam: A Journey 1911

by F.M. Bailey

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1st Edition
Published
1945
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London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1945. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20.5 cm). Red cloth binding with red dyed top page edge. A little light rubbing to covers. A few spots of light foxing to page edges, slight red stain to lower page edge. Very clean text throughout. Illustrated. The fold-out map… Read more about this item
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The Back Blocks of China
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The Back Blocks of China

by Robert Logan Jack

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1st Edition
Published
1904
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London: Edward Arnold, 1904. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Black cloth binding with panel to front board. A little light marking to spine. Page edges untrimmed and unopened. Publisher's file copy with large 'File Copy' label to front board. Single patch of foxing to front free endpaper, otherwise in… Read more about this item
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The Capital Question of China
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The Capital Question of China

by Lionel Curtis

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1st Edition
Published
1932
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London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1932. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 6.25 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Light creasing to spine, foxing to page edges. Vertical crease to front free endpaper. A few occasional spots of foxing to text. Includes the plan of Peking Legation Quarter and three fold-out maps, all… Read more about this item
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The Big Game of Central and Western China: Being and Account of a Journey From Shanghai to London Overland Across the Gobi Desert
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The Big Game of Central and Western China: Being and Account of a Journey From Shanghai to London Overland Across the Gobi Desert

by Harold Frank Wallace

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1st Edition
Published
1913
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London: John Murray, 1913. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Orange buckram binding. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Fading to spine, a little light marking to rear board. Old repair to upper corner of rear board. Light foxing to map at p1 and to the first couple of pages… Read more about this item
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Our Second Decade in China 1915-1925: Sketches and Reminiscences by Missionaries of the Augustana Synod Mission in the Province of Honan
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Our Second Decade in China 1915-1925: Sketches and Reminiscences by Missionaries of the Augustana Synod Mission in the Province of Honan

by Gustav Carlberg (Ed.)

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1st Edition
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1925
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London: Board of Foreign Missions of the Augustana Synod, 1925. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6.25 x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm). Green cloth binding. Gilt lettering and pagoda illustration in black to front board. Very slight rubbing to ends of spine, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Well illustrated. Gift inscription to front free endpaper:… Read more about this item
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Travel and Adventure in Tibet.: Including the Diary of Miss Annie R. Taylor's Remarkable Journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the heart of the Forbidden Land
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Travel and Adventure in Tibet.: Including the Diary of Miss Annie R. Taylor's Remarkable Journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the heart of the Forbidden Land

by William Carey

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1st Edition
Published
1902
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm). First UK Edition. Half red morocco leather binding with pink buckram boards. Gilt decoration to spine, marbled page edges and endpapers. Spine darkened and has slight rubbing to edges. Good solid binding, clean text throughout. Prize bookplate tipped in to… Read more about this item
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Tibetan Venture: In the Country of the Ngolo-Setas
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Tibetan Venture: In the Country of the Ngolo-Setas

by Andre Guibaut

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Very Good
Edition
2nd Impression
Published
1948
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London: John Murray, 1948. 2nd Impression . Near Fine/Very Good. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Dust jacket: Very clean original jacket. Spine browned with very slight rubbing to head. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Beige buckram binding, outer and lower page edges untrimmed. Small… Read more about this item
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The Tower of Five Glories
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The Tower of Five Glories

by C.F. Fitzgerald

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Edition
1st Edition
Published
1941
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London: The Cresset Press, 1941. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Browning to spine and edges of covers. Slight loss to ends of spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Beige cloth binding. A couple of light marks to page… Read more about this item
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The Ancient History of China to the End of the Chou Dynasty
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The Ancient History of China to the End of the Chou Dynasty

by Friedrich Hirth

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Edition
3rd Impression
Published
1923
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1923. 3rd Impression . Very Good Minus. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Maroon cloth binding. Rubbing and slight wear to ends of spine and corners of boards, a few light marks to boards. Ex library book with residue from labels to front endpaper, stamps to front endpaper and verso of… Read more about this item
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The First Holy One
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The First Holy One

by Maurice Collis

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1st Edition
Published
1948
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London: Faber and Faber, 1948. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22.5 cm). Dust jacket: Ends of spine and corners of cover worn with some loss. Fading to spine, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Red cloth binding. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers,… Read more about this item
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Geomorphology of the Nanking Area
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Geomorphology of the Nanking Area

by George B. Barbour

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1st Edition Offprint
Published
1933
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National Research Institure of Geology, Academia Sinica, 1933. 1st Edition Offprint . Very Good Minus. 7.5 x 10.5 inches (19 x 26.5 cm). Offprint from Contributions from the National Research Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica No. 3. Original paper wraps with light marking and creasing, Slight wear to ends of spine, light creasing to upper corner of all… Read more about this item
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