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Tibet lmdte Lobzang Mingyur Dorje. A Tibetan-English primer by Lama Lobzang mingyur dorje ... Revised edition. [Calcutta]: [University of Calcutta], 1938, 2 preliminary leaves, 37 pages. Paperbound book with some small tears to edges. There is also some ink staining to very edge of side paper edge, else good copy of a fragile and uncommon work. $14.50 … Read more about this item

Persia plbb Storey, C. A. (Charles Ambrose), 1888- Persian literature; a bio-bibliographical Survey. (Volume 2, part 1.: A. Mathematics. B. Weights and measures. C. Astronomy and astrology). London: Luzac, (1953-), 1958, xl, 192 pages. Other areas were covered in different volumes: (Partial contents: v.1. Qur'anic literature; history and biography, pt. 1 History, pt. 2. Biography; additions and corrections, indexes.--. D.… Read more about this item

Textiles wfhi Wolfe, ffrida. How to identify oriental rugs. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1927, xii, 54 pages, 44 plates (4 in color), 1 map, illus, index. Good copy of the original hardcover. There is a small dent to the side edge of the front cover with some loss of cloth. Also, there is a small offsetting from… Read more about this item

Mongolia masq2 Mostaert, Antoine, 1881-1971. ' Sur quelques passages de l'Histoire secrète des Mongols*' Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 14, December 1951, Numbers 3 and 4, pages 329-403. Harvard-Yenching Institute. A journal article, paperbound. Good, clean copy, has two staples. $17.50 Box 12

Mongolia masq1 Mostaert, Antoine, 1881-1971. ' Sur quelques passages de l'Histoire secrète des Mongols*' Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 13, December 1950, Numbers 3 and 4, pages 285-361. Harvard-Yenching Institute. A journal article, paperbound. Good, clean copy, has two staples. $17.50 Box 12

Mongolia hjas 19483 Cleaves, Francis Woodman. "The Expression Dur-A Qocarulcaju" in the Letter of Oijeitu to Philippe Le Bel". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 11, December 1948, Numbers 3 and 4, Pages 441 to 455. Harvard-Yenching Institute. Good, clean tight copy of the offprint. Has two staples on side. Given by Cleaves to a friend,… Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1948 Cleaves, Francis Woodman. "The Expression Job Ese Bol- in the Secret History of the Mongols". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 11, December 1948, Numbers 3 and 4, Pages 311 to 320. Harvard-Yenching Institute. Good, clean tight copy of the offprint. Given by Cleaves to a friend, a professor of Chinese studies. $7.50 … Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1453 Cleaves, Francis Woodman. "The Sino-Mongolian Edict of 1453 in The Topkapi Sarayi Müzesị". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 13, December 1950, Numbers 3 and 4, Pages 431 to 446, 8 black and white plates. Harvard-Yenching Institute. Good, clean tight copy of the offprint. Has three staples on side. Given by Cleaves to a… Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1950 Cleaves, Francis Woodman. "The Sino-Mongolian Inscription of 1335 in Memory of Chang Ying-Jui.". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 13, June 1950, Numbers 1 and 2, Pages 1 to 131 pages, 35 black and white plates. Harvard-Yenching Institute. (An affectionate dedication (in Latin) to Father Antoine Mostaert (1881-1971), a missionary and scholar associated with the Catholic… Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1951 Cleaves, Francis Woodman. "A Chancellery Practice of The Mongols in The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 14, December 1951, pages 493 to 526, black and white plates. Harvard-Yenching Institute. Offprint of an article, paperbound. Good, clean copy. $8.50 Box 12

Mongolia hjas1949 Cleaves, Francis Woodman. "The Mongolian Names and Terms in The History of The Nation of The Archers by Grigor of Akanc". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, December 1949, Volume 12, pages 400 to 443. Harvard-Yenching Institute. Offprint of an article, paperbound. Good, clean copy. $8.50 Box 12

China slmk Schram, Louis, 1883- The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan border. Their origin, history, and social organization. With an introduction by Owen Lattimore. (Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; New series., volume 44, pt. 1). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1954-61, 138 pages, illus, maps. Large format paperback, (measures 9" x 12") minor shelf wear. Good copy.$25.00 Box 27 Summary: The… Read more about this item

Mongolia hjas1952. Antoine Mostaert, Francis Woodman Cleaves. 'Trois documents mongols des Archives secretes vaticanes'.Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 15, December 1952, pages 419 to 506, bib. Inscribed by Cleaves on the front cover panel to a friend, a professor of Chinese studies. Offprint of an article, paperbound. Good, clean copy. $12.50 Box 12

Mongolia masq Mostaert, Antoine, 1881-1971. Sur quelques passages de l'Histoire secrète des Mongols. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1953, xx, 277 pages, index. From the library of a Chinese specialist with his signature on wrapper. Wrapper has small piece missing at top of front wrapper. Good, clean, tight copy. He also states that the book was a gift from a specialist in… Read more about this item

Central Asia bvvm Barthold, V. V. Four Studies on the History of Central Asia, Volume III, Mir 'Ali-Shir, A History of the Turkman People. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1962, 187 pages,illus, bib, index. Translated from the Russian by V. & T. Minorsky. The book is in the original green mint cloth with gilt on the spine and front cover panel.… Read more about this item

Georgia regk Russian embassies to the Georgian kings (1589-1605). Edited with Introduction, Additional Notes, Commentaries and Bibliography by W. E. D. Allen. Text translated by Anthony D. Mango. (Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd ser., no. 138-139). Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, Cambridge [England], 1970, 2 volumes (xxxii, 640 pages) illustrations (some color), maps… Read more about this item

Georgia aceg Amiranachvili, Chalva. Les emaux de Georgie. (Series:Collection Merveilles de l'art en Orient). Paris, Editions du Cercle d'Art, 1962,123 pages, bib, illus.Very nice copy in dust jacket.Large, heavy volume,about 10.25 inches by 13x 10" or 26 x 33 cm; weighs about 2 pounds or 1.9 kilograms. Gorgeous illustrations, number tipped in. $20.00 box 27 Amiranachvili was the Director of the… Read more about this item

Central Asia Turkoman. Thatcher, Amos Bateman. Turkoman rugs; An illustrative monograph on the rugs woven by the Turkoman tribes of Central Asia. A Publication of the Hajji Baba Club. London: Holland Press, 1977, 155 pages, 55 black and white plates, glossary, bib. Fine copy of the hardcover. (Originally published in 1940 in New York by E. Weyhe). $23.50 Box 2424

Persiadmstu Dickson, Martin B. Shah Tahmasb and Uzbeks (The Duel for Khurasan Ubayd Khan: 930-940/1524-1540). Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, (1972), x, 391 pages, lxv, abstract included. Bound in bright red library bukram with gilt letterin on spine. Original wrappers bound in. This is the 1972 reprint of Martin Dickson's Ph.D. thesis of 1958. University Microfilms, a division of Xerox, was… Read more about this item

Persia mjjo Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht von, 1616-1644. Journal und observation: 1637-1640. Herausgegeben von Margrete Refslund-Klemann. Kobenhavn: Andr. Fred. Host, 1942, xx, 233 p. : ill., facsim., map, port, bib, index. Like new condition, originally issued in paperback, rebound in brown library buckram cloth with black letterin. Wrappers bound in. Attractive copy of an uncommon edition. From the personal library of… Read more about this item