China from Bob Worth Mountain Books

Flamingo, 2001. 2001 reprint VG pb. fiction: by the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, a journey deep into the heart of modern China

Pan Books, 1984 reprint. 1984 reprint VG pb. a look inside modern China

Canongate, 1997 reprint. 1997 reprint VG pb. a fascinating account of a Welsh mountaineer doing a bit of espionage in Tibet for the Indian army during the days of mounting tension between India and China after China's 'annexation' of Tibet in the 1950's. (it is basically a re-write of 'Prisoner in Red Tibet')

Review, 2003. 1st ed VG pb. a true story of love and conflict in modern China

Little Brown & Co, 1994. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a 5500 mile journey by bamboo raft across the Pacific

Diadem, 1983. 1st ed VG in VG dw. almost 900 pages, includes: Snow on the Equator; Ascent of Nanda Devi; When Men & Mountains Meet; Everest 1938; Two Mountains and a River; China to Chitral; Nepal Himalaya [Neate T46]

The Mountaineers, 2007. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. a 1600 mile walk across the Gobi in 2001, undertaken by a 63 year old woman and her 74 year old husband, with two camels

Harper Perennial, 2007. 2007 ed VG pb. retracing the route of The Long March across China in 2004, 70 years after the original

Bloomsbury, 2006. 1st ed Fine in VG dw. recounts the adventures of George Bogle, envoy to Tibet in 1774

Penguin Books, 1988 reprint. 1988 reprint G+ pb. The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through Theroux's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia.

Staples Press, 1954. 1st Eng ed VG- as spine darkened no dw. a Norwegian's escape from war-time Norway, across China and eventually to Canada, where he joined the RNAF just over a year later

Harper Press, 2006. 1st ed VG in VG dw. retracing the route of The Long March across China in 2004, 70 years after the original

Penguin Books, 1988. 1st Penguin ed VG pb. account of a modern day journey through China

John Murray, 2005. 1st ed VG in VG dw. travels through Mongolia, Tibet, China

Yale University Press, 1999. 1st US ed 1999 VG in VG dw. after the Russians withdrew in 1990, Man was able to visit the little known Gobi desert, living with nomads and retracing the steps of the early explorers

Collins, 1974. 1st ed VG in VG dw. the story of Lobsang Thondup, a Chinese who became Tibetan, also swapped sides in the Chinese Revolution, had an affair with Tibet's only woman 'living buddha', imprisoned, escaped, fled to Bhutan.

Sunbird Publishers, 2010 2nd imp. 2nd imp VG+ pb signed dedication by Braam Malherbe. Yes. account of an end-to-end run, non-stop, 4218km along the Great Wall of China, signed dedication by Braam Malherbe

Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. 1st UK ed VG in VG- dw. travels in Japan, Hong Kong, China and Soviet Union, the original publishers two page press release included

Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. 1st ed VG in VG dw. account of a solo run along the Great Wall of China from the desert to the sea

Vintage Books, 2007 reprint. 2007 reprint VG pb. fiction: a book banned in China, contains five short stories about Tibet, slim volume of 90 pages