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4to Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine 1973.. 1st edition. Colour frontispiece, 20 plates (2 coloured) and bibliography. Red cloth with pictorial dustwrapper. viii+340pp. A translation of the biography of an 8th century physician, two chapters from the Phyi-rgyud treatise on medicine written in 3rd century CE and a history of Tibetan medicine. ... more information

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8vo T Fisher Unwin 1912.. 2nd impression. Frontispiece, 31 plates of 39 photographs and 1 folding map. Colour pictorial terracotta cloth. 318pp. An expedition of 5000 miles, much through unexplored country. The author was interested in the non-Han races still retaining their independence especially the Miao-tze, the 'Lolos' and the Si fan in northern Tibet. ... more information

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8vo Wm H Allen & Company 1879.. Frontispiece, 1 plate, 1 folding map and 1 plan. Green cloth, edges a little rubbed, front cloth a little buckled. xi+335pp. A new Afghan war in the offing renewed interest in the area and Britain's encounters there and led Eyre to republish his book on his captivity in Kabul in 1841-2. The original book passed through many editions before the author even got to see it and so he never had a chance to sort or edit his writing. In this new edition he has included t... more information

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Volume 2 only of the 2 vols T N Longman and O Rees 1803.. 4to 32 plates ( many folding) and 1 folding map as called for in this volume. Contemporary calf boards, rubbed and detached. vii+320pp Internally clean and sound. This, the first Aiken edition is considered the best translation. Denon, a French artist and archaeologist, joined Napoleon's expedition to Egypt and produced this fine work first published in Paris in 1802. This volume covers discoveries in Upper Egypt starting with Thebes. ... more information

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8vo Longmans Green & Co, New York 1929.. 1st US edition. 52 plates of 91 photographs (2 with small tears not affecting images), 2 maps, text illustrations and plans; and bibliography. 1 page with tear. Blue cloth, edges rubbed and cloth slightly stained, front hinge a little worn. 180pp. These expeditions between 1904 and 1907 yielded many beautiful treasures from the silk route sites. Beginning in Turfan, Le Coq excavated in the ancient city of Karakhoja where they found the frescoes, manuscripts ... more information

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