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Lansdell (Henry). Chinese Central Asia. A Ride to Little Tibet, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1893, double-page wood eng. frontis to first vol., three folding maps, two leaves of pubs. ads. at rear of first vol., and single leaf of pubs. ads. at rear of second vol., a little foxing to maps and prelims., orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and spines faded, 8vo. Yakusi L38. Lansdell, attempted to reach Lhasa in 1888, hoping to prepare the way for missionary work in the region. Due to poor Anglo-Tibetan relations however, he reached only Kathmandu and Leh, visiting Bokhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Yarkand, Khotan and Kashmir. (2)

Margary (Augustus Raymond). The Journey of Augustus Raymond Margary from Shanghae to Bhamo, and Back to Manwyne, 1st ed., 1876, b&w eng. frontis., folding map (spotted and a little frayed with one or two marginal tears without loss), contemp. half maroon morocco, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Gill (Captain William), The River of Golden Sand, The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1880, b&w wood eng. plates and illusts., maps, etc., occn. foxing, modern plain cloth with handwritten paper label to spine of each vol., plus Sangermano (Father), A Description of the Burmese Empire compiled chiefly from native documents, trans. William Tandy, 1833, reprinted, Government Press, Rangoon, 1924, orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, and Vassal (Gabrielle M.), In and Around Yunnan Fou, 1st ed., 1922, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. yellow cloth, rubbed and a little soiled, plus others on Burma and related, including Burma Past and Present, by Albert Fytche, 2 vols. bound in one, 1878, An Australian in China, being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma, by George Ernest Morrison, 3rd ed., 1902, The Pulse of Asia, by Ellsworth Huntington, 1910, etc. (13)

Pratt (A.E.). To The Snows of Tibet Through China, 1st ed., 1892, port. frontis., folding map at rear, b&w plts. mostly after photos, modern half calf gilt, with morocco label to spine, large 8vo (1)

Prejevalsky (Lieutenant-Colonel N. ). Mongolia, The Tangut Country, and The Solitudes of Northern Tibet, being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1876, port. frontis., folding b&w map (spotted and linen-backed), wood eng. illusts. to text, a little spotting to front and rear, and damp stained to top margin throughout, affecting text, modern qtr. black morocco gilt, together with From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lov-Nor, trans. E. Delmar Morgan, 1st English ed., 1879, two folding partly col. maps (the first now linen-backed), occn. sl. foxing, orig. cloth, rubbed and soiled, some fraying and minor wear to extrems., plus another defective copy of the same work, lacking the two maps in worn cloth, and Mongolie et Pays des Tangoutes, 1st French ed., 1880, ex-library copy, all 8vo (5)

Burrard (Major Sir Gerald). Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet, 1st ed., Jenkins, 1925, b&w plts. from photos., folding charts, spotting to edges, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. rubbed, 8vo (1)

Neve (Ernest F.), Beyond the Pir Panjal, Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir, Church Missionary Society, 1915, plts. from photos., Sunday school bookplt., orig. pict. cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Palit (Major-General D.K., ed.), History of the Regiment of Artillery, Indian Army, Leo Cooper, 1972, illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., sunned at spine, 8vo, plus Strachey (Sir John), India, Kegan Paul, 1888, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine sunned, 8vo, together with a qty. of others, India, China, Tibet, history and travel etc. (3 shelves)

Coin BOOKS, Assam, Sikkim and Tibet: Rhodes, NG and Bose, SK, The Coinage of Assam, 2 vols, Kolkata 2003 and 2004; Bose, SK, Coins and Tokens of Assam, Shillong 1999; Bhattacharyya, PK, Aspect of Cultural History of Sikkim, Studies in Coinage; Bertsch, W, The Currency of Tibet; Bertsch, W, A Study of Tibetan Paper Money, Dharamsala 1997; Barpujari, SK and Bhuyan, AC, Political History of Assam 1826-1947, 3 vols, Gauhati 1977, 1978, 1980; Mitra, A, Coins of Ahom Kingdom, Calcutta 2001; Gohain, UN, Assam under the Ahoms. (10)

Pollok (Colonel F.T. and Thom, W.S.). Wild Sports of Burma and Assam, 1st ed., 1900, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, three maps, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., together with Deasy (Captain H.H.P.), In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan. Being the Record of Three Years Exploration, 2nd imp., 1901, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, large folding map with minor repair, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., plus Duncan (Jane E.), The Summer Ride through Western Tibet, 1st ed., 1906, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map and single ad. leaf at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, and Pigot (Brigadier General R.), Twenty-Five Years Big Game Hunting, 1st ed., 1928, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spine, all 8vo, and others related including a few ex-lib. copies. (22)

Blacks Colour Guides. Tibet & Nepal, Painted & Described by A. Henry Savage Landor, 1st ed., January, 1905, Norway by Nico & Beatrix Jungman, 1st ed., April, 1905, The Dolomites, by E. Harrison Compton & Reginald Farrer, 1st ed., 1913, The Thames, by Mortimer Menpes & G.E. Mitton, 1st ed., July, 1906, Essex, by L. Burleigh Bruhl & A.R. Hope Moncrieff, 1st ed., 1909,. col. illusts., all orig. dec. cloth, some slightly rubbed but mostly bright cond., and others from the series All ex-libris Prinknash Abbey, with labels to front endpapers. (23)

Grenard (F.). Tibet, the Country and its Inhabitants, Hutchinson, 1904, folding map, ads. at rear, occasional spotting, front free endpaper cropped and with bookplate, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine sunned, 8vo, together with Olufsen (O.), Through the Unknown Pamirs, the Second Danish Pamir Expedition, 1898-99, Heinemann, 1904, illusts., large folding map and charts at rear, bookplt., orig. cloth gilt, lower cover sl. marked, 8vo, plus Farrer (Reginald), On the Eaves of the World, 2 vols., Arnold, 1917, half-titles, plts. from photos., map at rear of first vol., some spotting, bookplt. to front pastedowns, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and eight others, China, Japan etc.. (12)

Smythe (F.S.). Climbs and Ski Runs, Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica, Blackwood, 1931, frontis., b&w plts. from photos., orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with. Hedi (Sven), Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 vols., Macmillan, 1909, presentation copy blindstamped on titles, numerous b&w plts., folding maps, t.e.g., new endpapers, later cloth, spines sunned, 8vo, plus five others by F.S. Smythe (7)

Toulba (Ali Foad). Ceylon, The Land of Eternal Charm, 1st ed., 1926, b & w plts. after photos., orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks, authors presentation inscription to Yousef Philippe Gelat Bey, dated Cairo, Feb. 19th 1927, 8vo, together with Easton (John).An Unfrequented Highway, Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori, 1928, b & w plts, etc. orig. red cloth, a few minor marks, large 8vo, plus Brassey (Earl). The Sunbeam R.Y.S., Voyages and Experiences in Many Waters, 1918, b & w plts. after photos., orig. dec. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked to extremities, 8vo, and other misc. travel, mostly middle east and far east interest, 19th and 20th century (approx. 30)

Ward (F. Kingdon). A Plant Hunter in Tibet, 1st ed, 1934, sixteen b & w photo. plts., incl. frontis., correct as list, edges foxed, orig. cloth, spine sl. faded, 8vo, together with Plant Hunters Paradise, 1st ed., 1937, twelve b & w photo. plts., incl. frontis., two folding maps, correct as list, edges foxed, orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., rubbed, and frayed to edges, 8vo, plus Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, 1st ed., 1930, sixteen b & w photo. plts., correct as list, first and final leaves foxed, orig. cloth, spine sl. faded, and frayed at ends, 8vo, plus one other by Kingdon Ward (4)

Morse (Hosea Ballou). The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire, Longmans, 1908, folding map (detached), plts. and diagrams, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. darkened, 8vo, together with Thomson (Thomas), Western Himalaya and Tibet, Reeve & Co., 1852, ex-lib. copy with ink stamps and blindstamps, litho. frontis. and folding map, some repairs, recent half calf with morocco label to spine, 8vo, plus Roth (H. Ling), Oriental Silverwork, Malay and Chinese, Truslove & Hanson, 1910, numerous b&w plts., occasional spotting, orig. cloth, rubbed, lower cover stained, 4to, together with fifteen others related (18)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). The Mystery Rivers of Tibet...., 1st ed., 1923, b & w frontis. and plts., folding map and pubs. ads. at rear, red ink stamp to front free endpaper, orig. cloth, 8vo (1)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). In Farthest Burma. The Record of an Arduous Journey of Exploration and Research through the Unknown Frontier Territory of Burma and Tibet, 1st ed., 1921, b & w frontis. and plts., folding map and pubs. ads. at rear, library bokkplates to endpapers at front & rear, inner lower joint cracked, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (1)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). The Land of the Blue Poppy. Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet, 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1913, b & w frontis. and plts., five maps (4 folding), contemp. inscription to half-title, occ. scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo (1)

Gill (Captain William). The River of Golden Sand, the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, 2 vols., Murray, 1880, uncol. wood eng. frontis. and vign. title to each, nine folding maps and tables, large folding map (torn along folds) in pocket at rear, recent cloth gilt, 8vo (2)

Lydekker (R.). The Game Animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet, 2nd ed., revised by J.G. Dollman, Rowland Ward, 1924, numerous illusts. from photos., printed in sepia tint, 'zebra-skin' endpapers (hinges partially split), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed at edges, spine sunned, 8vo (1)

"ARGENTINA PAST AND PRESENT" by W.H. Koebel, with illustrations by E. W. Christmas, published A & C Black, London, 1914, in decorative cloth boards, together with similar volumes, "The Stones of Italy" by C. Formilli, "The Dolomites" by E Harrison Compton, "Egypt" by R Talbot Kelly, "Tibet and Nepal" by A Henry Savage Landor, "The Savage South Seas" painted by Norman H Hardy and "Japan, A Record in Colour" by Mortimer Mempes, all A & C Black (7)

Workman (Fanny Bullock & William Hunter). In the Ice World of Himalaya ... Among the Peaks and Passes of Ladakh, Nubra, Suru, and Baltistan, 1st ed., 1900,. b & w illusts. from photos., three folding maps at rear (one torn, without loss), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, together with Hedin (Sven), Trans Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1909, half titles present, num. b & w illusts. from photos., ten maps, incl. three folding, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, (a third vol. was published in 1913), plus Bruce (Brigadier General Hon C.G.), Himalayan Wanderer, 1st ed., 1934, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., some minor scattered spotting, recent quarter calf gilt, all 8vo, and others of Himalayan interest (23)

Bonvalot (Gabriel). Across Thibet, being a Translation of "De Paris au Tonking a Travers le Tibet Inconnu", 1st US ed., NY, Cassell, 1892, frontis., numerous plts. and illusts., folding col. map (strengthened along folds) in pocket at front, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo (1)

Byron (Robert). First Russia then Tibet, 1933, col. frontis, b & w plts, occn. light foxing, some staining to fore-edges, orig. cloth, spine sl. frayed at ends, 8vo, plus Wilson-Carmichael (Amy), Lotus Buds, 1910, numerous sepia plts, captioned tissue guards, t.e.g, remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. faded, extrems. a little rubbed, 4to, plus four others related (6)

Himalayan Views. A mid-19th century drawing book, comprising thirteen full-page pencil drawings and twenty-four well-executed pen-and-ink drawings of views, dated between 1857 and 1865, eight of the pencil drawings being views in Germany, all of the others comprising views in India, Tibet, and the Himalayas, some with figures, the pen-and-ink drawings all neatly captioned in English, some other pages with preliminary, unfinished sketches, bound in contemp. blue-green boards, unlettered, soiled and rubbed, oblong royal 8vo (185 x 270 mm) A good series of detailed topographical views, many of Himalayan scenery, by an amateur artist. Unsigned, and with no discernable mark of provenance. Includes views of Goruckpoor, Gya, Suspool, Benares, Delhi, Sissoo, Lahoul, and Ladakh. (1)

Hedin (Sven) Transhimalaja. Entdeckungen und Abenteuer in Tibet 3 vol. first German edition plates and illustrations some folding folding maps at end lightly browned at edges original cloth with illustration mounted on upper covers a little rubbed spines slightly faded [Yakushi H177b] Leipzig 1909-12 § Hess (Willy) Die Werke Sven Hedins plates cloth original wrappers bound in Stockholm 1962 § Yakushi (Y.) Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature original cloth Tokyo 1984; and another on Hedin 8vo & 4to (6)

Landon (Perceval) Lhasa 2 vol. modern cloth 1905 § Feer (L.) Fragments Extraits du Kandjour Annales du Musée Guimet vol.5 modern cloth Paris 1883 § Thomas (F.W.) Nam: An Ancient Language of the Sino-Tibetan Borderland reprint printer's library copy with stamp original printed boards 1951 § Shafer (R.) Bibliography of Sino-Tibetan Languages 2 vol. original wrappers Wiesbaden 1957-63 § Landor (A.Henry Savage) In the Forbidden Land 2 vol. second impression 1898 § Sandberg (G.) Tibet and the Tibetans 1906 § Maraini (Fosco) Secret Tibet 1952 § Bell (Charles) Portrait of the Dalai Lama 1946 § Fleming (Peter) Bayonets to Lhasa 1961 § Bailey (F.M.) No Passport to Tibet 1957 plates and illustrations all but the first four original cloth the fifth rebacked preserving original spines the last two with dust-jackets the last price-clipped slightly rubbed; and c.25 others on Tibet 8vo & 4to (c.30)

LANDON (PERCEVAL) Lhasa, An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet...2 vols, 2nd ed., plates (many col.) and maps as called-for, orig. navy cl., spines faded, 1905 LOCATION D

A small collection of Esoteric titles to include; Kant, Immanuel - (John RICHARDSON, translation and biography) - Metaphysical Works of the celebrated Immanuel Kant, translated from the German, with a Sketch of his Life and Writings, by John Richardson, many years a student of the Kantian philosophy. Containing 1. Logic. 2. Prolegomena to Future Metaphysics. 3. Enquiry into the Proofs for the Existence of God, and into the Theodicy, now first published: London, Printed for W.Simpkin and R.Marshall, 1836, 8vo, cloth covered boards (distressed) Three titles bound in one book, first edition in English of the third title, each with separate pagination and titlepage, bound together with extra titlepage as above. Frontis. engraved portrait of Kant, book 3 frontis engraved double portrait of Kant and Hume, 1 advertising leaf to rear:Schlagintweit Emil.- Buddhism in Tibet illustrated by literary documents and objects of religious worship. With an account of the Buddhist systems preceeding it in India. With.twenty tables of native print in the text: Leipzig, & London, 1863, 8vo, cloth covered boards, stained and worn, some worm distress to text margins;Cotsworth, Moses B. - Rational Almanac Tracing the Evolution of Modern Almanacs from Ancient ideas of time, and suggesting improvements...13 months to the year. Holidays and Festivals, also week days fixed on permanent dates to gain much more public convenience. 180 illustrations explaining the mystery of the pyramids, sphinx, obelisks, Druidical circles, mounds, vertical stones, etc: Moses B. Cotsworth, Acomb, York; n/d [1905] gilt decorated dark blue cloth, slim 8vo, probably the finest copy of this scarcest of Cotsworth's work;Tissot, Dr (trans by Kirkpatrick, J) - Advice to the People in General, with Regard to Their Health, But Particularly Calculated for Those, Who are the Most Unlikely to be Provided in Time with the Best Assistance, in Acute Diseases, or Upon Any Sudden Inward or Outward Accident: London, 1768, 3rd revised and corrected edn, 8vo, full sheep with raised bands, weak shoulders, loss to top and tail of spine;Von Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph (trans by Goodrick A.T.S) -The Adventurous Simplicissimus Being the Description of the Life of a Strange Vagabond Named Melchior Sternfels Von Fuchshaim - 1st English Edition 1912, being the life of a strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim: London, 1912, 8vo, numbered limited edition being number 744/1000 only, original publishers boards, quarted morocco over dec cloth, gilt;Blunt, John Henry - Dictionary of sects, heresies, ecclesiastic parties, and schools of religious thought: London, Rivingtons, 1874, royal 8vo, original publishers cloth binding, rubbed and generally worn, gilt (6)

Ward (F. Kingdon). The Mystery Rivers of Tibet..., 1st ed., 1923, sixteen b & w photographic pls., incl. frontis., one folding map, three further maps on letterpress, 'presentation copy' blindstamp to title-page, orig. yellow cloth stamped in black, spine faded and sl. frayed at ends, a few markings to covers, 8vo (1)

Banerjee (N R) Nepalese Architecture, 1980, Hodgson (B H) Essays on the Languages, Literature and Religion of Nepal and Tibet, 1972, Deluxe Edition in leather, presentation copy no. 2 of 200, and other books on Nepal

Early Travel and Documentary Films. A group of programmes and other early cinema printed ephemera, mostly c. 1910/20s, including a menu for the Fourth Annual Cinematograph Trade Dinner (Tuesday 16th April 1912), with Sir Ernest Shackleton as Chairman, a programme of Shackelton's Antarctic Expedition at the Philharmonic Hall, Great Portland Street, a souvenir programme for 'Man of Aran' & 'Wings Over Everest', at Polytechnic Theatre, London, a programme for 'Death Valley, Epic of America's Hell', 'Martin Johnson on the Borderland of Civilisation', 'The Wolf of Tibet', 'Fairylands of Southern Seas', 'Zeebrugge', 'The Cradle of the World', 'Through India with Our King & Queen including The Delhi Durbar 1912', etc. (approx. 30)

An unusual Russian oak draw leaf table the extending top inlaid with a central eight point medallion and spear angles within a barber pole border supported by a traditional panelled box sub structure containing two drawers with ring handles each side carved with a geometric representation of probably an animal on turned bun columns flat stretchers and bun feet 74cm high 79cm wide 177cm fully extended probably 18th century Provenance: Originally one of a pair and by direct descent from St. George Littledale big game sportsman traveller and explorer of the Pamirs Central Asia and Tibet. Littledale lived at Wick Hill House Warfield Bracknell where in an inventory taken in February 1913 by John Barker and Co. Ltd. of Kensington are listed “Antique Russian oak and inlaid tables lift up tops fitted drawer turned columns and stretcher feet £30”

Jacquemont (Victor). Letters from India; Describing a Journey in the British Dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore, and Cashmere, During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831. Undertaken by Order of the French Government, 2nd ed., 1st ed., 1834, eng. port. frontis., folding eng. map (with closed tears), contemp. half calf, rubbed & worn, 8vo (2)

Bonvalot (Gabriel). De Paris au Tonkin a Travers Le Tibet Inconnu, Paris, Hachette, 1892, half-title, port. frontis., wood engs., large folding map at rear, t.e.g., contemp. crimson half morocco gilt, large 8vo, together with Orleans (Prince Henri d'), Du Tonkin aux Indes Janvier 1895-Janvier 1896, Paris, 1898, numerous b&w illusts., folding maps, etc., author's presentation inscription to half title, contemp. qtr. morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus Hedin (Sven), L'Asie Incommue, Dans les Sables de l'Asie, trans. Charles Rabot, 2 vols., Paris, n.d., c. 1903, b&w illusts. after photos., etc., contemp. half cloth, some minor marks, and others related, including The Oriental Annual, ed. James P. Walker, New York, n.d., c. 1850, The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India, illust. William Daniell, 1835 (some wear), etc. (9)

Ollone (Henry Marie Gustave d'). Les Derniers Barbares, Chine - Tibet - Mongolie, Mission D'Ollone 1906-1909, Paris, Lafitte, 1911, port. frontis., plts. and illusts. from photos., four maps on two folding sheets at rear, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco with gilt dec. spine and orig. printed wrappers bound-in, 4to Presentation copy signed by the author. (1)

Fragment of a Ningxia rug west China second half 19th century 4ft.9in. x 2ft.5in. 1.45m. x 0.74m. Lower end rewoven; this is the fragmentary top end of a long runner-see for example Rippon Boswell Antique Chinese Carpets- Masterpieces from the Te-Chun Wang Collection no. 38 for a complete runner of related design and Larsson Carpets from China Xinjiang & Tibet plts. 43-44 for two Ningxia pieces of the same type and age and approximately the same size as the present rug which have also been shortened from runners in the same manner./t

A TIBET MEDAL. Edward V11 Silver Issue, named to 6700 Pte F Harris, 1st Bn Ryl Fuslrs, Bar Gyantse.

Combe, G. A., A Tibetan on Tibet, London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1926, 8vo (220mm x 140mm.), half title, photographic frontispiece, contemporary pencil annotations, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt Combe served as H. M. Consul for Western China and the Tibetan Marches, during the 1920 s. With Rai Sarat Chandra Das Tibetan-English Dictionary (Alipore, West Bengal, 1960), the W. Y. Evans-Wentz edited Tibet s Great Yogi Milaprepa... (London, 1928), Dawa Norbu Red Star Over Tibet (London, 1974), C. P. Fitzgerald s The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People (London, 1972), Heinrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet (London, 1953), H. A. Jaschke s Tibetan Grammar (New York, 1974), Roy Andrew Miller The Tibetan System of Writing (Washington D. C., 1956), Andre Migot Tibetan Marches (London, 1955), L. Austine Waddell The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism (Cambridge, 1959), Andre Guibaut Tibetan Venture In the Country if the Ngolo-Setas (London, 1947) and Alexandra David-Neel Initiations and Initiates in Tibet (London, 1931)

A Yak Skull with Horns, mounted on a shield shape plaque, inscribed and dated Tibet 1903, 80 x 75 cm

Meek (C K) Tribal Studies in Northern Nigeria, 1931, two vols, Roberts (Austin) The Mammals of South Africa, 1951, illus, and a series of black and white photographs, Tibet, early 20th century (4)

Cardew (Lieut. F.G.). A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army, to the Year 1895, pub. Calcutta, 1903, indelible ink stamp to first two leaves, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, (inner joints strengthened), together with Graham (Brigadier Gen. C.A.L.), The History of the Indian Mountain Artilery, pub. Aldershot, 1957, frontis., sketch maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, plus Pratt (A.E.), The Snows of Tibet (A.E.) to the Snows of Tibet through China, 1st ed., 1892, port. frontis., wood engs., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, (lending library paper label to upper cover) and two others, all 8vo (5)

Pratt Anne The Flowering Plants of Great Britain London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [n.d.] 8vo (220mm x 140mm) four volumes (including a volume of The Grasses Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain) colour plates original green cloth gilt g.e. head and tail of spine frayed corners bumped With a number of other works including Osbert Sitwells Left Hand Right Hand! (London 1946) Nelson Dawsons Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Work (London 1907) F. Spencer Chapmans The Jungle is Neutral (London 1950) and Heinrich Harrers SevenYears in Tibet (London 1953)

Seth Vikram A Suitable Boy London Phoenix House 1993 4to (235mm x 150mm) original paper wrappers pictorial dust-jacket Uncorrected Proof copy No. 112. of 750. Limited Edition copies With a number of other works including a number of proof copies including Julie Burchills Ambition (London 1989) Leslie Linders The Journal of Beatrix Potter 1881-1897. (London 1989) Sue Townsend The Queen and I (London 1992) Catriona Bass Inside the Treasure House A Time in Tibet (London1990) Luiano de Crescenzo Thus Spake Bellavista (London 1977) Ruth Rendells Going Wrong (London 1990) Maeve Binchy Circle of Friends (London 1990) Kingsley Amis The Folks that live on the Hill (London 1990) Celia Brayfields White Ice (London 1993) Charles McCarry The Bride of the Wilderness (London 1988) Timothy Wards What the Buddha Never Taught (London 1990) David Napleys Murder at the Villa Mdeira (London 1988) Margaret Yorkes Criminal Damage (London 1992) Audrey Slaughters Private View (London 1989) adBalraj Khanna Sweet Chillies (London 1991)

LOTS 2286-2300 belonged to the botanist, Isaac Henry Burkill; many of the books are Author's presentation copies to him or his wife Ethel. Mr. Burkill worked at Kew, in India - he was botanist on the Abor expedition, 1911-12 - Singapore and Malaya, where he was Director of Gardens, Straits Settlements, 1912-25. He published several scientific and technical papers. DAS (SARAT CHANDRA) Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, 2nd revised edition, frontis, 3 plates, 4 coloured folding plans, folding coloured map, original green cloth gilt, front hinge weak, John Murray, 1902--LANDON (PERCEVAL) Lhasa, Colonial ed, plates, folding map, orig pict. cl., 1906 --and 7 others (9) LOCATION B

Landon (Perceval). The Opening of Tibet. An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903 4, New York, 1905, mounted col. frontis., numerous b & w plts. from photos., endpapers renewed, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. green cloth gilt, spine sl. rubbed at ends, large 8vo (1)

Landon (Perceval). Lhasa, An Account of the Country and People or Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the year 1903 4, 2. vols., 2nd ed., Hurst and Blackett, 1905, half title and port. frontis. to each, numerous b&w plts. and illusts. from photos., folding maps and charts, owner inscription to front free endpapers, t.e.g. orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, sunned at spines, 4to (2)

Landor (A. Henry Savage). In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisoned, Torture, and Ultimate Release, 1st one volume ed., 1899, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts., folding map at rear, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and some wear to spine, 8vo, together with China and the Allies, by A. Henry Savage Landor, 2. vols., New York, 1901, col. frontis. to vol. 1, num. b & w illusts. and sketch maps, dec. e.p.s, t.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, thick 8vo, with others of Far East interest (approx. 30)

HEDIN, Sven - Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. 2 vols., London 1910, original red and gilt cloth, spines chipped, contemp inscription. KRAPF, Rev. Dr. J. L. - Travels, Researches and Missionary Labours ... Eastern Africa, London 1860, folding map, original brown and gilt cloth. faults and a/f, and another title (4).

Cornwell, Bernard, Sharpe's Trafalgar, London, Harper Collins Publisher, 2000, 8vo (190 x 125mm.), half title, title signed by the auhtor, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With a number of other works including Iain M. Banks 'Feersum Endjinn' (London, 1994), Ronald W. Clark's 'An Eccentric In the Alps' (London, 1959), Hugh Ruttledge's 'Everest 1933' (London, 1936), Edward Shackleton 'Nansen The Explorer' (London, 1959), Heinrich Harrer's 'Seven Years in Tibet' (London, 1953), and a signed copy of Salmon Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' (London, 1988).

Gordon (T.E.). The Roof of the World, being the Narrative of a Journey Over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1871, twenty-four tinted litho plts. (one folding), folding map at rear, numerous tinted litho illusts. to text, contemp. half calf by Mudie, gilt dec. spine with red morocco title label, slight wear to upper joint, 8vo (1)

Hayden (Sir Henry and Cosson, Caesar). Sport and Travel in the Highlands of Tibet, with an introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband, 1st ed., 1927, port. frontis, b&w illusts. from photos., folding map in rear pocket, orig. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo (1)

Landor (A. Henry Savage). In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet Capture by the Tibetan Authorities Improvement, Torture, and Ultimate Release, 2nd impression, 1898, num. b & w photo. plts., a few col. plts., one folding map, all complete as list, occ. minor spotting, orig. dec. cloth, spines rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Stanley (Henry M.), Coomassie and Magdala: the Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, 1st ed., 1874, two folding maps with some splits to folds, 50 pp. publishers catalogue to rear, b & w wood engraved plts., orig. green dec. cloth, heavily rubbed and marked with some fraying to extrems., 8vo, and Ross (Sir John), Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage..., 1835, engraved chart, 28 engraved topographical views only (of 29), lacking folding chart at rear, occ. minor spotting, later cloth gilt, 4to, others related incl. a copy of Livingstone's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile lacking folding map and with recent reback (8)

Ottley (W. J.). With Mounted Infantry in Tibet, 1st ed., 1906, port., b&w plts. and illusts., a.e.g., contemp. full crushed black morocco gilt, 8vo (1)

Sherring (Charles A.). Western Tibet and the British Borderland. The Sacred Country of Hindus and Buddhists. With an Account of the Government, Religion and Customs of Its Peoples. With a Chapter by T.G. Longstaff, Describing an Attempt to Climb Guroa Mandhata, 1st ed., 1906, photogravure frontis, b&w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy, 8vo (1)

Tibet 1903-04 one clasp, Gyantse (911 Dvr Saif Ali 32nd Sikh Pioneers), good very fine

Tibet 1903-04 silver, no clasp (4895 Lce: Cpl. F. Summer Hill Tel: Dept.), suspension loose, otherwise good very fine, scarce

A Great War D.S.O. Group of Nine to General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Divisional Commander, France 1918 later Master General of the Ordnance, India Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander's (K.C.B.) set of insignia by Garrard, London, silver-gilt, gold appliqué and enamel, extremely fine, in damaged case of issue, with riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top riband bar; Tibet, no clasp (Capt. H.E. ap Rhys Pryce 12th Mule Corps); 1914 Star, with Bar (Major. H.E. ap R. Pryce. I.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt. Col. H.E. ap R. Pryce), name officially corrected on first medal; India General Service, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Col. Comdt. H.E. ap Rhys Pryce, I.A.), officially corrected; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, good very fine and better (10)

Pair: Lance Naick Natha Singh, 32nd Sikh Pioneers Tibet 1903-04 one clasp, Gyantse, silver issue (3435 Sepoy Natha Singh, 32d Sikh Pioneers); India General Service 1908-35 one clasp, Abor 1911-12 (3435 Lce. Naick Natha Sing 32nd Sikh Pioneers), good very fine, mounted for display (2)

Ward (F. Kingdon). The Mystery Rivers of Tibet.., 1st ed., 1923, sixteen b & w photographic pls., incl. frontis., one folding map, three further maps on letterpress, orig. yellow cloth stamped in black, spine faded, and sl. frayed at ends, 8vo (1)

Byron (Robert), First Russia Then Tibet, 1933 First edition, in green cloth as issued. With: Younghusband's Wonders of the Himalaya (1924); Seaver's Francis Younghusband (1952); French's Younghusband (1994, in dustwrapper); Moorehead's The Blue Nile (1962 1st edn, in dw); & Moorehead's The White Nile (1960 1st edn) (6)