Resultados de búsqueda: Afganistan, Hunza, Central Asia from Catron Grant Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1971 New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1971 From accounts of british military operations in Afganistan to an intriguing digression on the meaning of rugs, Myrdal weaves together the fascinating strands of the history of Central Asia. This book is ultimately a tribute to the fierce independence of these nations and an account of their struggle against both the West and the Russians in maintaining their own cultures and destinies. Text is clean, tight and unmarked with B&W illustrations. Endpapers have owner's name and stamp. DJ is clean and bright in mylar jacket, price clipped. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Connecticut: Archon Books, 1979 Connecticut: Archon Books, 1979 Text is clean, tight and unmarked. With B&W illustrations and two maps on beige heavy stock bound into book. Blue boards are VG+, DJ is clean and bright, First American Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good +.. First American Edition.. Hardcover. As New/Very Good +.

New York: Harper Collins, 2009 New York: Harper Collins, 2009 326 pp with one map During the last years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent some of its most elite troops to unfamiliar lands in Central Asia to fight a vaguely defined enemy, which eventually defeated their superior numbers with unconventional tactics.Although the Soviet leadership initially saw saw the invasion as a victory, many Russian soldiers came toview the war as a demoralizing, and devestating defeat, the consequences of which had a substantial impact on the Soviet union and its collapse. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, would be "as new but for a remainder mark on bottom page edges. DJ is "as new.". Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/As New.. Stated First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/As New.

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.

London: The Oriental Translation Fund, 1844 London: The Oriental Translation Fund, 1844 x, 291 pp Text is clean and unmarked, front hinge cracked but holding. Considerable glue-staining and foxing to endpapers and first three pages. Library sticker (The University of Bridgeport) and pocket on endpapers. Publisher's green cloth binding is bumped at extremities with a short split to hinge at head of spine. Paper sticker on spine is partially rubbed away. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Long Beach, CA: Whitehorn Publishing, 1960 237 Pp. With B&W illustrations. Text is clean, tight, unmarked. Dedication on the frontpapers. Light blue/dark blue binding has a dime-sized piece missing on the front cover where a price tag was removed. Spine and board edges are rubbed. Spine ends are frayed. A portion of the dust jacket with author's biographical notes is enclosed.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Houghton Mifflin, 1926 Houghton Mifflin, 1926 xii, 305 pp with a large folding map bound in after text. At the height of the 'Great Game' tensions between british India and Russia, Leuit.-Colonel Etherton, in his capacity as British Consul-General and Political Resident in Chinese Turkistan, led an expedition in 1918 north from Kashmir thru Hunza and thence to Central Asia , Chinese Turkistan and Mongolia in order to ascertain what the Soviets were up to. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. a slip attached to the title page states that this is an advance review copy pre the release date of 2/26/1926. A foldout map of Central Asia is bound-in after text. The map is "as new."The grey-green textured cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are intact with light bumping to extremities. First Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. First Printing.. Hardcover.

U.S.A.: Kodansha Amer Inc, 1994 289 pp with one map in text and additional maps on endpapers. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and undamaged, now in protective mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1984 246 pp with one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged.. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Coblestone books/Dutton, 1992 84 pp with one map and color and B&W illustrations throughout text. Clean, tight and unmarked.Decorative paper covers with a photo of Uighur horsewomen are clean and intact but have some shelfwear. A photographic acount of the peoples of China's northwest provinces, Zinjiang and Gansu. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Conklin, Paul, David and Peter.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1980 301 (4) pp with 32 color plates. Erratum slip included. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Bookplate of Steve Gossett, financier and adventurer, on front endpapers. DJ is bright and intact with slight rubbing to spine ends.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

University of California Press, 1999 University of California Press, 1999 242 pp with eight color plates, one map and B&W drawings in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red cloth boards are bright and undamaged. Dust jacket is "as New.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing, 1972 New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing, 1972 A reprint of the 1885 classic in a Limited Edition of 1000, of which this is number 58.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front and endpapers have a few spots. The red cloth boards with gold-embossed leather spine and corners are slightly warped but clean. The DJ is yellowed, soiled, with chipping at spine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Good +/Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Good +/Good Minus.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976 London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976 xvii, 173 pp with 15 pp of publisher's list. This book is reproduced from a typed manuscript rather than typeset. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

U.S.A.: Quartet Books, 1993 202 pp with maps on endpapers. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged. Now in protective mylar. An account of a a caravan of Russians fleeing Samarkand as the Russian Revolution nears.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Garden City Publuishing, 1925 Garden City Publuishing, 1925 44 pp with 165 maps and line drawings drawn by Hedin. Text is clean, tight and unmarked,with a little soil to lower page edges. Tan cloth boards are VG+, dust jacket is intact but has a number of chips missing. Size: thick 8vo. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

NYC: The American Museum of Natural History, 1932 l, 678 pp with one color illustration frontis 127 B&W plates and a large folding map bound in after text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked save for a few pencilled margin notes.A page listing the staff of the trip is loose and chipped but present. The first of the American Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) scientific reports detailing the organization of the expedition and its paleontoogical discoveries in the Mongolian Gobi.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Thick Crown Quarto.

Lahore, Pakistan: Sang-e-meel Publications, 1993 208 pp with 16 color plates. A seies of articles published by Professor Ahmad Hasan Dani, first printed in Pakistani newspapers, presenting the past, present and future of Central Asia. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Peshawar bookseller's stamp on front endpapers. Dust jacket is bright and undamaged save for slight shelfwear.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: macMillan and Co., 1929 xvi, 182 pp with 97 B&W photographic illustrations and 2 maps. Text is clean, tight,toned, unmarked exce3pt for pencil tics next to illustration numbers. Top of page edges gilt. Stamp of 'B' on lower page edges and front pastedown. Rust cloth boards with gold cartouche on upper board VG, clean and only lightly bumped at extremities., gold-stamped titles along spine dulledt,. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford University Press, 1996 366 pp with a preface by Peter Hopkirk. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Covers are bright, undamaged with slight shelfwear.. Trade Paperback. Very Good.